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AFAM 110: Intro to African American Studies
This course provides an overview of African American history and culture. Topics include major events, persons, and issues spanning the period from the African heritage to contemporary times. Students survey the evolution of African American expressive culture in music, literature, film, art, and dance. The course includes lectures, discussions, and video presentations. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: AMER 101

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AFAM 205: Stereotype,Prejudice,Discrimination
An examination of psychological approaches to the problems of prejudice and discrimination. Topics covered include the prevalence of prejudice in American society, theoretical perspectives on the causes of prejudice, the psychological processes underlying different forms of prejudice (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and ethnocentrism), and methods of combating prejudice and encouraging acceptance of diversity. Such topics will be explored through examination of classic and contemporary research. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: PSYC 205, AMER 201

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AFAM 210: Hist of African American Muslims
This course provides an overview of the history of African-American Muslims. Included is an examination of aspects of the African diaspora related to the spread of Islam; beginning with expansion of Islam to West Africa, and concluding with African-American Muslims in the contemporary U.S. and Islamic world. Students will survey the historical, religious, social, cultural, and political evolution of Islam among the early Africans in the Americas, and African-Americans. The course includes lectures and discussion. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: ISLM 210
AFAM 215: NAACP: 100th Anniversary
This course will provide an overview of NAACP and its continuing influence on African American cultural and political life. Topics will include major historical events, persons, and issues spanning the period from institutional inception to the present day. Secondarily, students will survey the evolution of other progressive African American institutions and their continued importance in American social discourse. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 216: African American Literature I
A study of slave narratives and contemporary revisions. Includes works by Equiano, Douglass, Delaney, Jacobs, Morrison, Johnson, and Williams. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: ENGL 216

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AFAM 218: Blues Women in African Amer Lit
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 219: African Politics
A survey of the geography, social and political history, and postindependent politics of Black Africa. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: POLS 217

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AFAM 221: Cultures of Modern Africa
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 223: Black Body Images Media/Society
Representations of African Americans in popular American discourse have been a contested political and ideological terrain since the first depictions of 'Sambo,' 'Mammy,' and 'savages from the Dark Continent.' This course is designed to explore both contemporary and historic images of African American bodies from the genesis of popular (mis)conceptions generated in the antebellum South to current debates surrounding the issue in such diverse cultural spaces as sports (the Imus controversy; constructions of black femininity), hip-hop culture (depictions of black masculinity and black female sexuality), and the potency of language and symbol (discourse surrounding use of the 'n-word' and the noose as symbols of regressive ideologies). Course focus will vary by semester taught as either Black Body Images: Black females or Black Body Images: Black males. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 232: Race & Politics in the Age of Obama
Racial attitudes and beliefs have gone through dramatic changes in the last 100 years. African Americans once considered an 'inferior' race to that of Anglos now have political power at all levels of government, including the Oval Office. Our examination of race and politics begins with the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1965. We will seek to understand how a gradual series of changes in the political power and ambitions of African Americans post- 1965 took an exponential leap forward with the election of a bi-racial, BlackBerry toting, former law professor to the nation's highest office. We will explore what the election of President Obama has meant for Black politics (e.g., many African American leaders have criticized the President for not supporting policies that would benefit their community). We will also examine how the President is portrayed by his most angry critics and what this means for the success (or failure) of his presidency. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: POLS 232, AMER 232

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AFAM 235: Racism & The Af Am Experience
This course is a survey of the sociological and historical development of the theories of race and racism at the individual, group, and cultural levels. Students will examine the impact these theories have had on social policy. The course focuses on the African American experience in America with special attention given to institutional expressions of racism in American Society. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: AMER 235, SOAN 235
AFAM 241: African American Drama and Theater
This course surveys the work African American theater artists from the nineteenth century to the present day. Playwrights surveyed may include Richardson, Hughes, Hansberry, Childress, Bullins, Baraka, Fuller, Wilson, Cleage, Shange, and Parks. Readings are supplemented by field trips to Chicago theaters that feature African American plays. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: THTR 241, ENGL 241
AFAM 254: African American History
A survey of African American history from the sixteenth century to the present, with attention to important themes and events: the African heritage; slavery and the response to bondage; emancipation and reconstruction; African American society under Jim Crow; the northern migrations and the making of the urban ghettos; African American debates on freedom and models of Black leadership in the twentieth century; aspects of contemporary African American America. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: HIST 254

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AFAM 271: African American Philosophy
African-American philosophy can be defined in two ways: (1) wide-ranging philosophical work done by Americans of recent black African descent and (2) philosophical work on the lived experience of Americans of recent black African descent. We will primarily read philosophers whose philosophical work emphasizes the African-American experience. Thematically, the course will be guided by one overriding question: Given the historical reality of the Atlantic Slave Trade, the Three-Fifths Compromise, the anti-miscegenation laws, the Fugitive Slave Law, Lynch Law, and the Jim Crow laws, among many other inhumane practices, how does the experience of Africans in America constitute a unique combination of philosophical perspectives? Once we answer this question, we will understand how the African-American experience has created a new tradition in Western philosophy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
Cross-listed as: PHIL 271
AFAM 312: Black Metropolis
(Black Metropolis: A Study of Black Life in Chicago). This course is a study of race and urban life in Chicago. Considered the 'capital of black America' in the 1940s, Chicago's South Side was home to such notables as Joe Louis, Mahalia Jackson, Congressman William Dawson, Ebony magazine publisher John H. Johnson, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, and legendary writer Richard Wright. From the founding of Chicago by a black man to the participation of blacks in the rebuilding of the city following the Great Chicago fire, and into an exploration of Bronzeville, 'a city within a city,' this course will highlight blacks and their contributions to this great city. Study of landmark texts, documentaries, novels, and photography, along with field trips into the Chicago area will reveal the impact of the Great Migration on the city; contributions of talented musicians, writers, and photographers involved in the Chicago Renaissance, and the origins of the famous black Chicago newspaper, the Chicago Defender, including its regular column by Langston Hughes. And finally the course will look at black-white race relations and the activist Ida B. Wells. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: ENGL 312

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AFAM 325: Black Literature of the 1960's
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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AFAM 361: Tpc: AfAm Hst Civil Rights Movement
(Advanced Topics in African American History: The Modern American Civil Rights Movement) This course focuses on the origins, development, and accomplishments of the civil rights movement in post-World War II America. Particular emphasis will be given to the differences between the struggle for black equality in the south and its northern counterpart. Taught in a seminar format, the class will be both reading- and writing-intensive. Course readings and paper assignments are designed to help students develop a comparative analytical framework and to illuminate the following lines of inquiry: What caused and what sustained the civil rights movement? What changes took place within the movement over time, particularly at the level of leadership? What underlay the radicalization of the movement and what were the consequences? To what extent did the civil rights movement succeed and how do we measure that success today? Finally, how did the black civil rights movement inspire other groups and minorities in American society to organize? Prerequisite: History 120 or History 121. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: HIST 361, AMER 361
AFAM 380: Black Cinema
Black Cinema addresses a range of periods and movements in Black Cinema: the Los Angeles School (for example Haile Gerima), Blaxploitation and its critics, Women directors (Leslie Harris, Julie Dash, Yvonne Welbon, Kasi Lemmons) critiques of Hollywood (ex: Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle) and a unit on Spike Lee. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
Cross-listed as: COMM 380

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American Studies

AMER 101: Intro to African American Studies
This course provides an overview of African American history and culture. Topics include major events, persons, and issues spanning the period from the African heritage to contemporary times. Students survey the evolution of African American expressive culture in music, literature, film, art, and dance. The course includes lectures, discussions, and video presentations. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 110

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AMER 102: Theater in Chicago
Investigation and discussion of both classic and modern plays through attending performances at a wide variety of Chicago theaters, ranging from small special-interest companies to the world-famous Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters. Reading and analysis of selected plays is coupled with written critiques and group discussion. Cost of theater tickets is not included in tuition; it will be billed upon enrollment and is not refundable.
THTR 102

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AMER 110: Intro to American Studies
Have Americans always shared a common culture, or do the differences between us outweigh what unites us? In this introduction to the field of American Studies, we will explore key debates about what it means to be American, specially the impact of gender, race, ethnicity, and class on definitions of American identity, whether singular or collective. We will study mainly historical, political, and literary texts, especially first-person, nonfiction texts like letters, speeches, essays, and autobiographies in verse and prose. Students will also get a taste of the multidisciplinary nature of American Studies through film, music, dance, creative research projects, and guest speakers. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 119: Introduction to American Politics
Origins of the American political system, basic institutions, political parties and interest groups, and evolution of constitutional interpretation.
POLS 120

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AMER 120: Foundations American Republic
The origins of American society and the development of the United States from an under-developed new nation into a powerful national entity. Emphasis on the reading and analysis of documentary materials. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)
HIST 120

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AMER 121: Modern America
America's response to industrialism and its changing role in foreign affairs. Emphasis on the techniques of research and paper writing. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)
HIST 121

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AMER 200: Topics
(Fall 2012 Topic: American Celebrations) This course examines the social performances, both on stage and off, that simultaneously reaffirm the cultural vitality of ethnic communities and permits those communities to challenge aspects of dominant culture. The course will examine the way public rituals, ceremonies, festivals and other performative events enrich and define local ethnic community, while enlivening the larger Chicago community. This study of celebrations may include street fairs, parades and community centered cultural programs, and will serve as an attempt to understand both the invention and re-invention of community and personal identity. Substantial field study. (Cross-listed as SOAN 275 and THTR 235. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) (Spring 2013 Topic: American Advice: Bedroom to Kitchen) What do the Playboy Advisor, Miss Manners and Martha Stewart have in common? They all attempt to provide Americans with advice, suggestions, and tips on everything from etiquette to relationships to cuisine. Why do Americans turn to books, magazines, and advice columns—public forums—with their questions about child-rearing, housekeeping, marriage, and sex? What do these advisors (predominantly straight, white women) collectively and individually assume about the best way to live? How have advisors adapted to changing morals in an increasingly diverse landscape of public comment? Focusing mostly on the 20th century, we will explore the race, class, and gender assumptions of a range of American advisors—from Dear Abby to Savage Love. We will also examine advisors' ideas about what makes an ideal marriage, a loving family, a happy home, a fantastic dinner party, and a satisfying sex life.
AMER 480

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AMER 201: Stereotype,Prejudice,Discrimination
An examination of psychological approaches to the problems of prejudice and discrimination. Topics covered include the prevalence of prejudice in American society, theoretical perspectives on the causes of prejudice, the psychological processes underlying different forms of prejudice (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and ethnocentrism), and methods of combating prejudice and encouraging acceptance of diversity. Such topics will be explored through examination of classic and contemporary research. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
PSYC 205, AFAM 205

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AMER 203: Early American Literature
AMER 204: Nineteenth Century American Lit
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AMER 205: Twentieth Century American Lit
AMER 206: American Environmental Lit
An historically organized survey of the various rhetorics through which nature has been understood by Americans from the Puritans to contemporary writers: the Calvinist fallen landscape, the rational continent of the American Enlightenment, conservation and 'wise use,' and preservation and 'biodiversity.'
ENGL 206, ES 206

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AMER 207: Literature of Place: Chicago
AMER 212: Educational Reform in the U.S.
This course will explore the meaning of educational reform in the United States, both from a historical and philosophical perspective and in the context of contemporary educational policy. Students will begin the course by studying the progressive educational reform movement of the early twentieth century. They will look at ways in which progressive education initiatives, including the open education movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, have been challenged by proponents of standardization in schools. Charter schools, magnet schools, school vouchers, and No Child Left Behind also will be examined in order to better understand how the notion of educational reform is one that can be viewed from a wide variety of perspectives and within multiple contexts.
EDUC 212, PHIL 214

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AMER 215: NAACP: 100th Anniversary
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 216: African American Literature I
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 217: African American Literature II
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 218: Blues Women in African Amer Lit
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 219: American Art
The visual arts in North America, covering painting, sculpture, architecture, and the applied domestic arts, from the Colonial period to the present.
ART 219
AMER 220: American Waters
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AMER 221: The Presidency
The president is the symbolic leader of the federal government but, compared to Congress, the framers of the U.S. Constitution intended the executive to be the weaker branch of the national government. This course examines the growth and accumulation of presidential power and the implications of a strong executive for domestic politics and America's foreign relations. It also considers relations between the institution of the presidency and the courts, the media, and the people.
POLS 221

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AMER 222: Congress
A glance at the enumerated powers granted the legislative branch under the U.S. Constitution suggests Congress is the strongest of the three branches of the national government. Yet the power of Congress is divided between two chambers, and the vast majority of legislation proposed in either chamber never becomes law. Congress is supposed to represent the interests of the people of the various states – and yet its public standing is nowadays at an historic low. This course examines the basic operations, structure, power dynamics, and politics of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. It also considers the rivalry and relationship between Congress and the President.
POLS 222

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AMER 223: Urban and Suburban Politics
AMER 224: Literature of the Vietnam War
This course examines the Vietnam War as refracted through various literary genres. The readings for the course include Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and Truong Nhu Tang's Vietcong Memoir. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ENGL 224, ASIA 224

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AMER 225: Mass Media and American Politics
An analysis of the influence of the mass media on American political institutions and American attitudes. Topics include First Amendment issues, political campaigns, political movements, public opinion, advertising, and entertainment.
POLS 224
AMER 226: Chicago: Global/Neighborhood City
'Chicago: Global City/City of Neighborhoods' recognizes that Chicago is both a global and a 'local' city. On the one hand, the city is involved in manufacturing, trade, and services on a worldwide basis. On the other hand, Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, often based on strong ethnic and racial identities. The course examines the city's dual quality by studying the interconnections between the world economy and the daily life of Chicagoans. A key connection is immigration, which we shall explore from the standpoint of several important communities, including, most prominently, Hispanics/Latinos (given our joint expertise in Spanish and Latin American Studies), as well as African-Americans, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. The course will take both an historical and contemporary approach, as we analyze how the city developed economically, politically, and culturally since the late 19th century, as well as how the city is adjusting today in an age of globalization. No prerequisite. Cross-listed in American Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics, Spanish, and serves as an elective for Urban Studies. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 239, LNAM 202, SPAN 202
AMER 227: History of Jazz
Principal styles of representative jazz musicians; the roots (including blues and ragtime); jazz in New Orleans and Chicago; and big band, swing, bop, and fusion. No prerequisite. (Cross-listed as American Studies 227. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
MUSC 227

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AMER 228: Women Writing Women
This course will survey selected women writers, in diverse genres past and present, with a focus on American women in the 20th and 21st centuries. Writers may include: Muriel Rukeyser, Adrienne Rich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Gloria Anzaldua, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as women writing in recent genres like creative nonfiction, memoir, and transgender fiction. We will explore questions such as: Does the diversity of American women in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender identification trouble the very concept of 'U.S. women writers'? What are ways that women have defined and undermined the concept of 'woman' in their writing? (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 228, ENGL 228
AMER 232: Race & Politics in Age of Obama
Racial attitudes and beliefs have gone through dramatic changes in the last 100 years. African Americans once considered an 'inferior' race to that of Anglos now have political power at all levels of government, including the Oval Office. Our examination of race and politics begins with the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1965. We will seek to understand how a gradual series of changes in the political power and ambitions of African Americans post- 1965 took an exponential leap forward with the election of a bi-racial, BlackBerry toting, former law professor to the nation's highest office. We will explore what the election of President Obama has meant for Black politics (e.g., many African American leaders have criticized the President for not supporting policies that would benefit their community). We will also examine how the President is portrayed by his most angry critics and what this means for the success (or failure) of his presidency. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 232, AFAM 232

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AMER 235: Racism & The Af Am Experience
This course is a survey of the sociological and historical development of the theories of race and racism at the individual, group, and cultural levels. Students will examine the impact these theories have had on social policy. The course focuses on the African American experience in America with special attention given to institutional expressions of racism in American Society. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 235, SOAN 235
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Arabic

ARBC 110: Beginning Arabic I
Students will learn to read, write and understand Modern Standard Literary Arabic, and to use the language in basic conversation, including exchanging courtesies, meeting people, asking questions and providing information.

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ARBC 112: Beginning Arabic II
Students will continue to learn to read, write and speak basic Modern Standard Literary Arabic in a variety of cultural situations.

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ARBC 210: Intermediate Arabic
Students will advance their knowledge of reading, writing and speaking basic Modern Literary Arabic as well as their understanding of the use of language in cultural context.

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ARBC 212: Advanced Intermediate Arabic
Students will continue to advance their knowledge of reading, writing and speaking basic Modern Literary Arabic as well as their understanding of the use of language in cultural context.

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Art

ART 110: Introduction to Visual Arts
This course introduces students to the subjects of art history and the questions and methods used in the discipline; the course considers basic issues, such as how one sees and interprets a work of art, but also explores how art is defined and how it works in culture. A principal aim of the course is to give students the opportunity to analyze and write about works of art. This is the recommended first course in art history and is required of majors.
ART 130: Elements of Design
Introduction to basic design problems in various two- and three-dimensional techniques and media. A prerequisite for most other courses in studio art.

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ART 131: Studio Art: Drawing
This introductory course exposes the student to a variety of drawing tools and techniques. The course focuses on the development of observational skill and on hand-eye coordination. Students learn the basics of value, line, and composition. The course stresses the development of a visual vocabulary and critical skills to express ideas in extended drawings. All drawing will be done through observation of the real three-dimensional world. Emphasis will be on developing a drawing. Students will participate in group critiques and will be exposed to ideas and techniques through slide lectures.

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ART 132: Creative Photography
An introductory course in the techniques and aesthetics of photography, dealing with the fundamentals of camera and darkroom procedures and study of the expressive possibilities of the medium. (Not open to students who have taken Art 232.)
ART 332
ART 133: Three-Dimensional Foundations
This course offers students an introduction to three dimensional art and design materials and methods. Inspired by Bauhaus course topics, the curriculum approaches additive and subtractive processes in material and conceptual explorations of form. Students will make studio projects and study important texts in 3D design and sculpture theory in building a vocabulary to deal with spatial design issues including figuration, abstraction, structure, surface, form and function. No prerequisite.

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ART 142: Digital Design Foundations
Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. The curriculum decodes digital tools and culture while explaining fundamental visual design principles within a historical context. Students develop an understanding of the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. There are no prerequisites for this course.

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ART 202: Greece in the Bronze Age
On-site study of Minoan and Mycenean cultures, with travel to sites such as Agamemnon's citadel at Myceanae and Minos's palace at Knossos. The course extends roughly from mid-March through early April. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for further information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 202, CLAS 202, SOAN 204
ART 203: Greece in Classical-Roman Ages
On-site exploration of Greek Civilization, examining its foundations in the Archaic Age, its height during the Classical Age and its transformation during the Hellenistic Age and finally the emergence of Roman influence on Greek cities. The course extends roughly from mid-April to mid-May and includes travel to sites such as Apollo's oracle at Delphi, the sacred island of Delos, and Greek cities along the Aegean coast of Turkey. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for more information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 203, CLAS 203, SOAN 203
ART 204: Greece in Byzantine-Medieval Ages
On-site study of the Byzantine Era in the Greek world. The course extends roughly from mid-May to early June, with travel to sites such as Ephesus, the Byzantine cities of Mistra and Monemvasia, and the monasteries of Meteora. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for more information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 204, CLAS 204, SOAN 204
ART 205: Japanese Art and Culture
The course focuses on the history of Japanese art from neolithic to modern times, with emphasis on the art forms of the major periods and their relationship to social, political, and religious developments. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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ART 206: Chinese Art and Culture
This course examines the history of Chinese art from the Bronze Age to the present with emphasis on the major art forms and their relationship to contemporary social, political, and religious development. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 206
ART 210: Ancient Art
Painting, sculpture, and architecture of ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome.
ART 211: Medieval Art
A survey of European art from the era of Constantine (ca. 400) through the Gothic period, about 1300.
ART 212: Italian Renaissance Art
An introduction to Italian art from the late Gothic period until the Reformation, ca. 1300 to 1600.
ART 215: European Art 1600-1750
An introduction to European art during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
ART 217: Nineteenth Century Art
Introduction to art and architecture in Europe and America from the neoclassicism associated with the French and American revolutions to the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist avant-gardes. Course readings emphasize the relationship of art to other social movements. Students tie classroom study to the collections of area museums.
ART 218: Twentieth Century Art
Introduction to European and American art from Post-Impressionism to Postmodernism. Course readings reveal competing constructions of this history that is still in the making. Students tie classroom study to the collections of area museums.
ART 219: American Art
The visual arts in North America, covering painting, sculpture, architecture, and the applied domestic arts, from the Colonial period to the present.
AMER 219
ART 220: History of Architecture
Evolution of architectural style and thought from antiquity to the present.
ART 221: Modern Architecture
This class examines the history of architecture from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Students will be introduced to architectural terminology and techniques for analyzing architecture. They will also study the major trends in architectural design in the twentieth century, the issues faced by architects, and the social and functional problems that architecture is designed to solve.
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ART 222: History of Photography
This course examines the history of photography from its invention in 1839 to the late 20th century. Students will be introduced to terminology and techniques specific to the photographic medium. This course will discuss photographic conventions and customs, and the extent to which they reflect and construct societal institutions (particularly in the United States). Students will also study the special properties of photography as icon, index and symbol, and become conversant in the semiotics of the image. No prerequisites; previous experience in Art 110: Introduction to Visual Arts will be helpful.
ART 223: Northern Renaissance Art
Arts of the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Spain from ca. 1350 to ca. 1550.
ART 224: History of Prints
The graphic arts of the Western tradition, from about 1400 to the twentieth century.
ART 225: American Architecture
The course will survey American architecture from the seventeenth century to the present. Topics will include early colonial architecture, architecture of the new republic, nineteenth century eclecticism and domestic revival, the Chicago School and the skyscraper style, and the development of modern architecture in the twentieth century. Other themes to be discussed include changes in domestic demographic and population patterns, post-war housing, issues in American historic preservation and new urbanism.
ART 226: Colonial Latin American Art
This course will consider the arts of Central and South America from the conquest to independence (ca. 1500-1850) and will explore the intersections among art, culture, and power in the specific conditions of Colonial Latin America. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement).
LNAM 226
ART 230: Painting
This course is designed for the beginning student in oil painting. The emphasis in this course is on the description and analysis of the world around us. Students will learn the basics of color theory, color mixing, how to prepare and stretch a canvas, how to use and mix paint, and different techniques for various effects using brushes, rags, and palette knives. Emphasis will be on value and depth and their relationship to color. Students must have experience in drawing with value. Students will participate in group critiques and will be exposed to ideas and techniques through slide lectures.

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ART 231: Figure Drawing
This course is designed to give advanced students an opportunity to develop their ability to draw and interpret the human form. Working from the model, students will explore a variety of techniques including gesture drawing, studies of volume and mass, and contour and cross-contour drawing.

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ART 232: Photography
Intended for majors and students with background in design, this course introduces the aesthetics and techniques specific to photography, including fundamentals of camera and darkroom procedure and the study of the expressive possibilities of the medium. Prerequisite: ART 130.

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ART 233: Sculpture
This course will familiarize students with the basic language and art-historical background of sculpture as both a narrative medium and a contemplative objectification of some of humankind's deepest desires. Reading key texts in the theory and history of modern and contemporary sculpture along with the creation of sketches, models and 3-dimensional artworks students will explore how sculpture functions in various contexts to convey meaning and to pose questions of reality and perception, identity, originality, psychology, society and space. Prerequisite: ART 130 or ART 133.
ART 234: Landscape Painting
An outdoor, landscape/nature course involving the student in the observation of nature, transcribed through perceptual data, and resulting in painting and drawing.
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Art History

ARTH 110: Introduction to Visual Arts
This course introduces students to the subjects of art history and the questions and methods used in the discipline; the course considers basic issues, such as how one sees and interprets a work of art, but also explores how art is defined and how it works in culture. A principal aim of the course is to give students the opportunity to analyze and write about works of art. This is the recommended first course in art history and is required of majors.

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ARTH 205: Japanese Art and Culture
The course focuses on the history of Japanese art from neolithic to modern times, with emphasis on the art forms of the major periods and their relationship to social, political, and religious developments. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 205

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ARTH 206: Chinese Art and Culture
This course examines the history of Chinese art from the Bronze Age to the present with emphasis on the major art forms and their relationship to contemporary social, political, and religious development. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 206

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ARTH 210: Ancient Art
Painting, sculpture, and architecture of ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome.
ARTH 211: Medieval Art
A survey of European art from the era of Constantine (ca. 400) through the Gothic period, about 1300.

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ARTH 212: Italian Renaissance Art
An introduction to Italian art from the late Gothic period until the Reformation, ca. 1300 to 1600.
ARTH 215: European Art 1600-1750
An introduction to European art during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
ARTH 217: Nineteenth Century Art
Introduction to art and architecture in Europe and America from the neoclassicism associated with the French and American revolutions to the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist avant-gardes. Course readings emphasize the relationship of art to other social movements. Students tie classroom study to the collections of area museums.

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ARTH 218: Twentieth Century Art
Introduction to European and American art from Post-Impressionism to Postmodernism. Course readings reveal competing constructions of this history that is still in the making. Students tie classroom study to the collections of area museums.

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ARTH 219: American Art
The visual arts in North America, covering painting, sculpture, architecture, and the applied domestic arts, from the Colonial period to the present.
AMER 219
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ARTH 220: History of Architecture
Evolution of architectural style and thought from antiquity to the present.
ARTH 221: Modern Architecture
This class examines the history of architecture from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Students will be introduced to architectural terminology and techniques for analyzing architecture. They will also study the major trends in architectural design in the twentieth century, the issues faced by architects, and the social and functional problems that architecture is designed to solve.
ARTH 222: History of Photography
This course examines the history of photography from its invention in 1839 to the late 20th century. Students will be introduced to terminology and techniques specific to the photographic medium. This course will discuss photographic conventions and customs, and the extent to which they reflect and construct societal institutions (particularly in the United States). Students will also study the special properties of photography as icon, index and symbol, and become conversant in the semiotics of the image. No prerequisites; previous experience in Art 110: Introduction to Visual Arts will be helpful.

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ARTH 223: Northern Renaissance Art
Arts of the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Spain from ca. 1350 to ca. 1550.
ARTH 224: History of Prints
The graphic arts of the Western tradition, from about 1400 to the twentieth century.
ARTH 225: American Architecture
The course will survey American architecture from the seventeenth century to the present. Topics will include early colonial architecture, architecture of the new republic, nineteenth century eclecticism and domestic revival, the Chicago School and the skyscraper style, and the development of modern architecture in the twentieth century. Other themes to be discussed include changes in domestic demographic and population patterns, post-war housing, issues in American historic preservation and new urbanism.

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ARTH 226: Colonial Latin American Art
This course will consider the arts of Central and South America from the conquest to independence (ca. 1500-1850) and will explore the intersections among art, culture, and power in the specific conditions of Colonial Latin America. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement).
LNAM 226
ARTH 238: Curating an Art Collection
This course explores the curatorial function of the Sonnenschein Gallery of Lake Forest College. Using the study of the history and theory of art galleries/museums as a foundation, this class will use the College's own extensive and eclectic art collection to get practical experience in the study, identification and arrangement of the art collection. The culmination of the class will be to plan and install an art exhibition in the Sonnenschein Gallery using collection components. Prerequisite: ARTH 110
ARTH 280: Architecture in East Asia
This course explores a diverse body of architecture in China and Japan from ancient to contemporary times. We will investigate the major architectural types in traditional East Asia—including cities, temples, palaces, gardens, and houses—as well as individual monuments like Japan's Himeji Castle and the 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing. In addition to examining the architectural history of these sites, we will discuss thematic issues related to design, space, landscape, ritual, memory, and modernity. No prerequisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 280
ARTH 306: Buddhist Arts of Asia
In the early centuries CE, Buddhism spread eastward from its origins in India to China, Korea, and Japan. It brought with it a rich religious tradition that altered forever the visual arts of these regions. Students in this course will explore the painting, sculpture, and monuments of the East Asian Buddhist world from ancient times to the twentieth century, paying particular attention to issues of patronage, ritual, iconography, symbolism, and style in order to better understand the complex relationships between religion and art. No pre-requisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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ARTH 320: Landscape and Representation
This course explores the many moments in human history when landscape is a subject for representation. Drawing from a wide range of chronological periods and cultures, the course will examine how the natural environment is depicted, for which audiences it is depicted, the artistic strategies by which landscapes are achieved, and the many meanings and associations that accompany the production of landscape imagery.
ARTH 322: Sight, Site & Insight
This course will explore the concept of the natural in the history of art and in contemporary art making. Students in the course will look at a variety of sites and analyze both verbal and visual responses to them. Topics will include landscape painting, earth art, urban design, landscape architecture, Native American land use, and many other issues having to do with landscape and human interactions with nature. The class will combine art making with evaluating texts and writing about the natural world. Short field trips to local sites and a long field trip over mid-semester break to the Southwest required.
ART 322
ARTH 323: Monuments and Memory
This course explores the cultural function of monuments and other images dedicated to memory. We shall consider the definition of a monument and the social behavior of remembrance. Topics will include the commemoration of public triumph, defeat, trauma, private memory, funerary architecture, photography, and mourning. Prerequisite: one art history course.
ARTH 325: Women, Art and Society
This course considers the contributions of women artists to the Western tradition of art making and examines the way art in the Western world has used the figure of woman to carry meaning and express notions of femininity in different periods. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 325
ARTH 326: Gender Identity in Modern Art
Since the late nineteenth century, communities of artists and critics have defined themselves in opposition to the dominant forms of maleness and heterosexuality. This course examines the definitions of 'homosexuality' and 'feminism,' and traces their development in and influence on the visual arts. Prerequisite: one art history course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 326

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ARTH 350: Museum/Gallery Practicum
This course combines study of the history and theory of art exhibition with field trips to Chicago-area museums and galleries, and culminates with the practical experience of planning and installing an exhibition in the Sonnenschein Gallery.
ARTH 355: The Art of the Sixties
Students in this class will examine the many and varied practices of art making in the 1960s, a decade characterized by national and global ideological change, the explosion of counterculture and the retirement of older notions of what qualifies as 'art.' Yet, so as not to study this decade in a vacuum, close attention will be paid to the artistic practices preceding the 1960s in order to more fully understand the iconoclasms that would follow. Pre-requisite: At least one art history class or consent of instructor.
ARTH 360: Contemporary Art
Focuses on the art of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, from about 1970 until the present day, to trace the development of contemporary artistic movements and expression. Prerequisite: ARTH 110, or another college-level art history course.

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ARTH 380: Renaissance Art and Domesticity
This course examines the original setting of works of art in the secular context of the household during the Renaissance (about 1300-1650). It will also consider representations of the domestic sphere as evidence for the functions of objects in houses, palaces, or villas. Addressing issues of patronage, function and audience, the course explores the uses men and women in the Renaissance made of works of art in their homes. Among the art forms we will analyze are: domestic architecture, paintings (frescoes, portraits, cassone, spalliere), sculpture, furnishings, metalwork, ceramics, tapestries and other textiles. Prerequisite: at least one art history course or consent of the instructor.
WOMN 380
ARTH 485: Sem: Means & Meth of Art Historians
(Seminar: Means and Methods of Art Historians). In-depth consideration of special issues, fields, or topics with careful attention given to questions of methods of investigation and the reporting of research. An exploration of some of the principal methods used by art historians in their investigations of the visual arts including historiography, style and connoisseurship, iconography and iconology, social history, and other means of interpretation. Prerequisite: senior standing in the major or permission of the instructor.

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Asian Studies

ASIA 107: Developing World Thirst for Energy
This course will introduce the concepts behind the ever-increasing global demand for energy. Through laboratory experiments, field trips, and discussions of current events, students will develop an understanding of the many issues related to meeting the world's energy needs. In particular, the dramatic economic growth in China and India raise additional issues about sustainable energy generation in the face of global imbalances in the carbon cycle.
CHEM 107
ASIA 110: Beginning Chinese I
This course is an introduction to the forms of spoken Chinese. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Chinese 110 and 112, together with writing practice. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
CHIN 110
ASIA 111: Beginning Japanese I
An introduction to the form of spoken Japanese along with Japanese customs and culture.Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Japanese 110 and 112, together with writing practice in the hiragana and the katakana syllabaries. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
JAPN 110
ASIA 112: Beginning Chinese II
This course is an introduction to the forms of spoken Chinese. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Chinese 110 and 112, together with writing practice. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
CHIN 112
ASIA 113: Beginning Japanese II
An introduction to the form of spoken Japanese along with Japanese customs and culture. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Japanese 110 and 112, together with writing practice in the hiragana and the katakana syllabaries and some basic kanji. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence. Prerequisite: Japanese 110 or consent of the instructor.
JAPN 112
ASIA 200: Origins of East Asia
Introduction to the great civilizations of China and Japan, with emphasis on development of their fundamental characteristics. Highlights both shared traditions and significant differences between the two countries. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 200

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ASIA 201: Modern East Asia
Study of China, Japan, and Korea as each moved toward modern nationhood over the last 200 years. Attention to the difficulties each has confronted, including Japan's vision of empire shattered by World War II, China's civil war, and Korea's transformation through foreign interventions. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 201

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ASIA 202: History of India
A survey of civilization in south Asia over five millennia, focusing on core themes such as society, culture, political economy, administrative institutions, religious practices, and the impact of foreign invasions and cultures. Utilizing archaeological evidence as well as written sources, we study the peoples and civilizations of the subcontinent (including the Harappan civilization, the Aryans, technology and society from the Iron Age to the era of Buddha, the Mauryas and other north Indian polities, and the Gupta era and the kingdoms of south India). Then we discuss the Indo-Islamic heritage and the impact of Turkish rule, ending with the Mughal Empire. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 202, ISLM 202

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ASIA 203: Modern South Asia
Survey of South Asia - today the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - from 1750 to the present, a period that includes more than a century and a half of British colonial rule. The course is designed to offer a critical study of the issues that shaped the region: the transition to colonialism in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and its impact on the Indian economy, culminating in revolt against the British in 1857; the rise of Indian nationalist movements, the anti-colonial struggle, and events leading to independence and partition of the subcontinent in 1947 and the aftermath; political developments in the post-colonial states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Theories about caste, class, gender, and the role of religion are explored in detail to illuminate the post-colonial problems of the subcontinent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 203

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ASIA 205: Japanese Art and Culture
The course focuses on the history of Japanese art from neolithic to modern times, with emphasis on the art forms of the major periods and their relationship to social, political, and religious developments. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ARTH 205

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ASIA 206: Chinese Art
This course examines the history of Chinese art from the Bronze Age to the present with emphasis on the major art forms and their relationship to contemporary social, political, and religious development. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ART 206

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ASIA 210: Intermediate Chinese
This course will continue the fundamentals of Chinese conversation begun in the first-year series, Chinese 110 and 112, and continue work on reading and writing the language. Extensive oral practice and conversation exercises are stressed. Classes will be supplemented with laboratory exercises and written work.
CHIN 210
ASIA 211: Intermediate Japanese
This course will continue the fundamentals of Japanese conversation begun in the first-year series, Japanese 110 and 112, and continue work on reading and writing the language. Extensive oral practice and conversation exercises are stressed. Classes will be supplemented with work in the language laboratory and daily written work. Prerequisite: Japanese 112 or consent of instructor.
JAPN 210
ASIA 212: Intermediate Chinese
This is the second course in intermediate Chinese. It focuses on further developments of the four language skills to support sustained oral and written performance at the intermediate level to prepare students for third year Chinese study. The focus will be on oral expression with expanding vocabulary, enhancing understanding of grammar, and introducing more complex structures and texts.
CHIN 212
ASIA 213: Islam
This course examines the history of Islam, the teachings of different philosophical schools, and the literature of Islamic societies. The roots of the religious tradition as well as its development in different cultural contexts will be examined. Students will read texts drawn from Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and North American Muslim sources. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 213, ISLM 213

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ASIA 214: Hinduism
This course examines the teachings of the Hindu religious tradition as presented in the earliest writings of the tradition, as well as in dramas, epic narratives, and contemporary religious practice. In the course of the semester, we will visit Hindu Temples in the Chicago area as we explore the historical, social, and cultural context of Indian religious themes as they continue to be practiced in the 21st century. Texts range from philosophical musings about the nature of the universe to the story of a king who loses his wife to a 10-headed demon. (Meets Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 214

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ASIA 215: Buddhism
An introduction to the origins of Buddhism in India as well as to the major cultural and historical influences on the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia, particularly in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, China, and Japan. The course will examine various forms of Buddhist practice including devotion, ethics, sangha membership, meditation, rituals, and festivals. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 215
ASIA 216: Chinese Religions
Focusing primarily on the teachings of the Confucian (and neo-Confucian), Daoist, and early Chinese Buddhist traditions, we will explore the concepts and practices of these communities within their historical, cultural, and social contexts. Reading narrative, poetic, and classical texts in translation that present such ideas as the ethics of human-heartedness, the relativity of all things, and the importance of self-sacrifice, we will discuss what teachings these masterful texts offer 21st century questioners. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 216
ASIA 217: Religions of Asia
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 218: Asian Politics
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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ASIA 219: Advanced Intermediate Japanese
A continuation of the Japanese language fundamentals begun in Japanese 110, 112, and 210. Extensive practice in oral expression and increasingly stronger emphasis on reading and writing, with an extensive use of audio and video materials. Prerequisite: Japanese 210 or consent of the instructor.
JAPN 212
ASIA 220: Islam and Pop Culture
In recent decades the global Islamic revival has produced a new generation of Muslim film stars and fashion models, Sufi self-help gurus, Muslim comic book heroes, romance novel writers, calligraphy artists, and even Barbie dolls. This course explores the pop sensations, market niches, and even celebrity scandals of 'Popular Islam' within the broader context of religious identity, experience, and authority in Islamic traditions. Balancing textual depth with geographic breadth, the course includes several case studies: Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mali, Turkey, and North America. Students will learn about how religious trends are created -- and debated -- on pop culture's public stage. We will reflect critically on both primary materials and inter-disciplinary scholarly writings about the relationships between pop culture, religious identities, devotional practices, and political projects. No pre-requisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 220, ISLM 220
ASIA 224: Literature of the Vietnam War
This course examines the Vietnam War as refracted through various literary genres. The readings for the course include Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and Truong Nhu Tang's Vietcong Memoir. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ENGL 224, AMER 224

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ASIA 245: Film and Religion: Asia and America
This course uses films from Korea, China, Japan, India, and the U.S. to examine universal questions of values, ethics, and meaning. These films are explored as products of specific cultures and religious traditions, and as voices speaking about the human condition to audiences beyond their borders. Participants in the class will bring their own perspectives into conversation with those of the filmmakers as they unravel the films' assumptions, symbols, and messages. No prerequisites. Open to students at all levels. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 245
ASIA 247: Anthropology of Pacific Islands
This course is intended to provide an ethnographic and historical overview of classic and contemporary directions of anthropological research in the eastern Pacific. The primary course goal is to develop n ethnographic and historical appreciation for Polynesian culture at the three points of the Polynesian triangle. We will work toward this goal by a focused examination of the cultures of particular island groups in the eastern Pacific. En route, students will be introduced to issues as diverse as Polynesian voyaging and myths, and the ways that traditional cultural beliefs and practices and the social institutions in which they coalesce such as chieftanship, kinship and adoption are subject to historical change. We will pay particular attention to the distinct expressions of social relationships and cultural forms that developed under varying conditions across the region. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 247

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ASIA 250: Introduction to Chinese Literature
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 252: Chinese Literature and Civilization
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 260: Intro to Chinese Culture in English
This course will explore elements of Contemporary Chinese culture and themes related to living, studying or working in China, as seen in films, videos, internet sources, and selected fiction and non-fiction texts. Topics covered include China's diverse geography, peoples and cuisine, doing business in China, the societal role of Chinese medicine, festivals and weddings, interpreting folk and contemporary art forms, current trends and themes in popular culture. This course will be taught in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
CHIN 260

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ASIA 273: Global Engagement Contemp China I
Focused on contemporary China, this course provides an introduction to Chinese culture, history, politics, and society. Using lecture, readings, discussions, and field trips, the class creates an opportunity for students to engage contemporary issues facing Chinese culture and society. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 274: 21st Century China
An interdisciplinary class based on individual research and experiential learning in China, this course consists of 8 on-campus orientation sessions, individual pre-travel research, and participation in Asia-related events during the spring semester. The primary focus of the class is a 21-day May study tour in China, followed by post-travel research projects due in June. Pre-requisites: one Asian Studies class or 1 year of an Asian language; and approval for off-campus study. Open to sophomores and juniors. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Applicants for early decision (spring) must submit all Stage I and II forms to the Office of Off-Campus Programs, and completed applications and references for the May China Program to the Dean of Faculty Office by May 1. If openings remain unfilled, a second round of applications will be accepted in the fall. Fall Stage I and II forms must be submitted to the Office of Off-Campus Programs, and May China Program applications to the Dean of Faculty Office by October 15.
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Biology

BIOL 102: People and the World of Plants
This course introduces students to the fascinating world of the botanical sciences, and to the long legacy of plant-human interaction. We will study traditional modes of herbal healing found in different cultures, explore the origins and development of world agriculture, and consider the effects of stimulant, depressive, and psychotropic plants on the human mind. Field trips to the Chicago Botanic Garden and local prairie and woodland restoration projects will be an important component of this course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
BIOL 103: Human Biology
This course examines the structure and function of many of the major organ systems of the human body. In so doing, it will introduce students to a range of important topics related to human beings. These will include the nature of science as a discipline, and the biological basis of health, disease, nutrition, exercise, sensation, and reproduction.
BIOL 104: Human Genetics
An introduction to the inheritance of human characteristics. The nature of the genes, structure and function of chromosomes, developmental genetics, and the relationship between genes and human disease are discussed. Cloning, genetic engineering, and gene therapy are also covered. Three hours per week.
BIOL 105: Public Health
Food poisoning outbreaks, strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and the rise of infectious diseases including AIDS and TB have brought new awareness and the realization that public health is not just a concern of Third World countries. These and other topics including environmental factors that influence health, vaccine schedules, and how antibiotics work will be covered. Lectures, discussion, and student group projects. Three hours per week.

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BIOL 106: Nutrition and the Human Body
American culture is obsessed with food, but what do we really know about food? This course will explore multiple biological aspects of food. The course will begin with basic nutrition and then study diets, vitamins, and other supplements to determine if they really work. The biological, genetic, and environmental aspects of disorders such as obesity, anorexia, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer will be examined. The safety of food has become a greater concern in society due to genetic engineering, irradiation of food, use of pesticides, and food-borne illness such as 'mad cow' and E. coli. These risks will be studied. The course will conclude with an exploration of the effects of meat- or grain-based diets on the environment.
BIOL 108: Learning About the Living World
This course will examine selected topics in life science and earth science such as the human body and its functioning, ecology, ecosystems, weather, the water cycle, and erosion. Designed primarily to provide elementary education majors with the necessary background for teaching in K-8 schools, the course is appropriate for other students interested in strengthening their knowledge and confidence in investigating fundamental concepts and ideas in science. Students will participate in lectures, discussion, student presentations and projects, and laboratory activities. Does not satisfy requirements for the Biology major.
EDUC 108

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BIOL 111: In Search of Life Beyond Earth
The principal goal of this course will be for participants to gain a holistic appreciation of life on Earth and to learn why recent discoveries have intensified interest in determining if life exists elsewhere in the universe. It will examine characteristics that define life on Earth and examine theories addressing the origin of life including cosmological events that gave rise to the universe, galaxies, and solar system. Lecture, discussion, and student projects.
BIOL 114: Truth and Lies in Medical News
Students will learn to critically review health research from a variety of sources including professional and academic journals, popular magazines and newspapers, other media sources reporting on medical topics, and the Internet. We will apply analytic skills from a variety of disciplines including human biology, medicine and nursing, biostatistics and public health. Students will be introduced to health research, beginning with application of the scientific method, through study design data collection, quantitative analysis methods, and research reporting. Topical examples will be drawn from medicine, nursing, nutrition, alternative health care, public health, gerontology, exercise, and general health.
BIOL 115: Science and Popular Culture
For many individuals, an understanding of science is often obtained from popular entertainments such as novels, television shows, and movies. In this course, students will examine science from a biological perspective as it is portrayed in popular culture. Students will critically assess the validity of science and scientific assumptions presented in popular culture, while also assessing how scientists are portrayed. As a result, students will better understand science both as a process and as a way of understanding the natural world. Specific topics will include genetic engineering, biological warfare, and plagues. The course will include lectures, student presentations, and papers.
BIOL 116: Exploring the Brain
This course will address how the mind and brain work by exploring current and classical neurobiological topics, particularly those of interest to college students, through the use of professional and academic journals, textbooks, popular magazines and newspapers, as well as other media sources. Topics will include neuronal development and neuronal death; diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, and psychiatric disorders; and topics such as drugs and alcoholism. Three hours per week.
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BIOL 117: Age of the Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs fascinate people of all ages. In this class, participants will go beyond Jurassic Park to gain an in depth knowledge of the great diversity of this group of animals and how they lived their lives. Additionally, the plants and animals that lived alongside the dinosaurs will be examined in order to introduce students to ecological principles and patterns that transcend time. Participants should expect active in-class discussions, hands-on activities, and a multi-disciplinary introduction to the field of dinosaur paleontology. The course includes local field trips. Three hours per week.
BIOL 120: Organismal Biology
This course will address the organization and function of multicellular organisms. Although focused primarily on plants and animals, other kinds of organisms will be discussed. Regulation, homeostasis, and integration of function; nutrient acquisition, processing, and assimilation; photosynthesis; gas exchange; reproductive patterns; and development are all topics that are included in this course. Readings from an introductory text and the secondary and primary scientific literature will be required. Students must also register for a lab. Co-requisite: CHEM 115. Science placement test required for entrance to both BIOL 120 and CHEM 115. Please see Requirements page on the Biology Department website for details.

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BIOL 130: Bio Inq: Deadly Shape Hostage Brain
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Deadly Shapes, Hostage Brains) Age-related neurological diseases that hold our brain hostage are major 21st-century global health burdens and are among the most actively funded areas of medical research. In this course, students will delve into primary literature through research projects that investigate how deadly protein shapes underlie complex neurodegenerative illnesses, like Alzheimer's, Huntington disease, and Parkinson disease and discover how little we still know, despite astonishing advances. Students will dissect human brains to understand the underlying brain pathology. Trips to Chicago to visit neurology laboratories, neuroscience research centers, and attend a major neuroscience conference will present the latest advances in neurological research. Additionally, students will debate ethical dilemmas that face society as neuroscientists race towards solving current medical mysteries and experiment with potential new treatments. Students who have taken FIYS106 will not receive credit for this course. Two discussion/lecture and two laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.

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BIOL 131: Bio Inq: Invasion Ecology
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Invasion Ecology) This course will introduce students to the study of invasive species. The course will demonstrate how invasive species are used to address complex issues in ecology, evolution, and biogeography, and how invasive species can affect habitat structure, community composition, and ecosystem services. Invasion ecology is integrative by its very nature and students will have the chance to explore numerous aspects in invasion ecology from local examples of species of economic and ecological concern, to species considered global epidemics. Specific examples will be driven by student interest. The course may include local field trips. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.

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BIOL 132: Bio Inq: Plant-Animal Interactions
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Plant-Animal Interactions) This course will introduce students to the ecological and evolutionary relationships between plants and the animals that eat them, defend them, or carry their pollen or seeds. The course will address chemical and physical plant defenses against animals, ecological interactions among plants and animals, and relationships in a community context, using examples from tropical, temperate, and marine ecosystems. The course includes local field trips. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.
BIOL 133: Bio Inq: Tropical Forest Biology
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Tropical Forest Biology) The immense biological diversity in tropical forests provides scientists with a frontier for the discovery of new species, new drugs and new ecological relationships. This course will address tropical forest structure and function, ecological relationships among forest species and issues surrounding the conservation of tropical forests. The course may include local field trips. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.

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BIOL 134: Bio Inq: Emerging World Diseases
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Emerging World Diseases) In this age of antibiotics and vaccines, why do millions die each year from infectious diseases worldwide? With new viruses and pathogens continually emerging, can we ever hope to win the battle? This course will address the biological mechanism of infectious disease and the socio- economic and ecological factors that influence the outbreak of disease in various world populations. Emerging (e.g. SARS, Ebola, West Nile) and re-emerging (e.g. tuberculosis) diseases will be studied, as well as other major threats to global public health (e.g. malaria, anthrax). Discussion, lecture, student presentations, and laboratory sessions. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
BIOL 135: Bio Inq: Human Ecology
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Human Ecology) Human beings are some of the most interesting, complicated, self serving, expressive, destructive, and beautiful organisms to evolve on Earth. Participants in Human Ecology will investigate the many ways in which the Earth is an ecosystem for humans, with the principal goal of this course to compare and contrast how humans have changed the Earth to better suit its needs as a species, and the consequences that have and are arising from such ecosystem modification. Topics covered through the course include human evolution, food acquisition, economics, and climate change among many others. Participants will be required to attend multiple field trips throughout the semester. One 3-hour meeting per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.
BIOL 136: Bio Inq: Sensing the Environment
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Sensing the Environment) Virtually everything an animal does depends on receiving and correctly interpreting information from its external and internal environments. This course will examine the nature of different stimuli and the general properties of sensory reception. Specific biological examples will be chosen by students, and could include topics such as photoreception, chemoreception, mechanoreception, electroreception, thermoreception, magnetoreception, and nociception. Two discussion/lecture and two laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.
BIOL 137: Bio Inq: Diet & Disease
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Diet & Disease) The leading causes of disability and death in developed countries are multifactoral diseases that have a strong behavioral component, including: diabetes, heart disease, obesity and cancer. Are we truly what we eat? This course will examine the relationship between diet and human diseases. The semester will begin with a foundation of basic nutritional concepts including metabolism, daily requirements during growth, development and athletic training, as well as digestion and energy needs. In addition, we will examine the genetic, endocrine and neurological controls of eating and hunger and learn the cellular and physiological basis of the major food related diseases. We will critically analyze some popular diets and food supplements, in addition to analyzing different eating habits from around the world and assess if food groups promote or prevent different types of diseases. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.

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BIOL 138: Bio Inq: Human Evolution
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Human Evolution) This course will introduce students to basic concepts of evolution as they apply to the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens. We will consider what fossil and molecular evidence tell us about the origin of the human species; how adaptive evolution has shaped human populations morphologically, physiologically, and behaviorally; how human evolution has been intertwined with the evolution of other organisms and diseases; and the ways in which humans are currently evolving and are likely to evolve in the future. Class sessions will combine discussion, short lectures, student presentations, and other formats. This course will emphasize development of abilities to critically read scientific literature, communicate effectively about science, appreciate how and why we do science, and use electronic tools to search scientific literature. Two 80-minute meetings per week. Prerequisites: Biology 120 and Chemistry 115.
BIOL 139: Bio Inq: Biology Aging
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Biology Aging) From yeast to humans, virtually all organisms change with time. Various explanations have been proposed for aging and senescence, including environmental factors such as accumulated DNA damage, metabolism, and oxidative stress, as well as genetic factors regulating molecular clocks, cellular repair, and homeostasis. This course will investigate the physiology and underling mechanisms of aging focusing on current research. Students will explore the topics through reading of primary literature, discussion, writing assignments, and presentations. Three discussion/lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.

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BIOL 141: Biol Inq: Health Science Reporting
(Biological Inquiry Seminar: Health Science Reporting). The scientific method requires researchers to build upon knowledge generated by others. Much of this knowledge is disseminated through scholarly articles in scientific journals. Because scientific papers are often complex, including technical terms and statistical analyses, misunderstandings are common. News and popular media broadcast medical and health findings to the general public, frequently oversimplifying or misinterpreting the science. In this course, students will critique medical journalism and medical research by comparing popular reporting to original scientific sources. Emphasizing reading and understanding of scholarly literature in medicine, students will develop their capacity to recognize, comprehend, and critique medical research. Class activities will include lectures, discussion, student presentations, and written exercises. Prerequisite: BIOL 120. Corequisite: CHEM 116.
BIOL 150: Reasoning & Statistical Inference
(Reasoning and Statistical Inference in Biology) This course is designed to develop and expand students' understanding of quantitative biological information. The focus of the course is on quantitative literacy. Specific topics will include interpretation of descriptive statistics, graphical representations of biological data, bivariate statistics, and the results of hypothesis testing. Examples will be drawn from published and unpublished data sources, including and faculty and student research. Students will also work with practice datasets. Strongly recommended for first-year students interested in the Biology Major. Three lecture/discussion hours per week. No prerequisite.

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BIOL 205: Introduction to Forensics
Elements of both biology and law are integrated within the field of forensics and how scientific evidence is interpreted in the courtroom. As scientific techniques evolve to identify individuals (e.g. DNA fingerprinting and blood typing) or to understand an individual's responses to injury (e.g. physiological responses to drugs and murder weapons), the legal system must reply with how that evidence will be admissible within the court system. This course will discuss how scientific evidence can be admissible in court using the standards of Frye and Daubert. This course will also involve numerous hand-on labs where the students will complete a forensic analysis and then discuss how that evidence is viewed within the legal system. (Cross-listed as POLS 205.)
BIOL 208: Human Anatomy
This course introduces the structure of mammalian bodies, with particular emphasis on the human body. All of the major body systems (skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, etc.) are covered. Lab includes dissection and study of representative mammalian specimens, as well as study of human skeletons and models. Class meets seven hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 120, CHEM 115.
BIOL 220: Ecology and Evolution
The roles of ecological and evolutionary processes in shaping life's diversity are examined. Specific topics may include adaptive evolution, origins of species, reconstruction of evolutionary history, population dynamics and extinction, species interactions, community processes, conservation, and the importance of these topics to humanity. Lab sessions will combine group work in field research projects with quantitative analyses and synthesis of your findings in terms of published results from the primary literature. These projects will result in a written and/or oral presentation of your findings. This is an intermediate-level biology course that assumes prior experience with the primary scientific literature, analysis of quantitative data and mathematical models, and rigorous laboratory work. Three lecture hours plus one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 120, another college natural science course with a lab, or CHEM 108

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BIOL 221: Molecules, Genes, and Cells
This course will examine cells as the fundamental units of life. Topics will include the structure and function of the cell and its molecular constituents; energy relationships at the cellular level; and an introduction to the nature and organization of the genetic material. Laboratory sessions will emphasize student-designed projects. Classroom sessions will involve group work, discussions, seminars, problem-solving sessions, and lectures. Three lecture and four laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 120 and CHEM 116. Students who complete CHEM 115 with a grade of B+ or better may enroll in BIOL 221 concurrently with CHEM 116.

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BIOL 320: Microbiology
This course will focus on the biology of single-celled organisms, with emphasis on bacteria and infectious disease. Topics include antibiotic mechanisms and resistance, bacterial gene swapping, epidemiology, host-microbe interactions, and the immune response. Several weeks of independent study will allow the student to isolate, research, and identify three bacterial species. Three lecture and four laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: Biol 221, and either Biol 220 or Junior status. Students must also register for a lab.

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BIOL 322: Molecular Biology
The structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells: DNA replication, transcription, translation, and regulation. Laboratories will apply current molecular techniques to an open-ended research problem. Three lecture and four laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: Biol 221, and either Biol 220 or Junior status.
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Business

BUSN 120: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
This course introduces students to the world of entrepreneurship through the development of the entrepreneurial mindset. The focus will be on both starting a new business as well as on the advancement of entrepreneurial thinking within a large corporation. Students will analyze the entrepreneurial process of formulating, planning, and implementing new business ventures and opportunities from domestic and international viewpoints. Building upon these concepts, the financial aspects and issues confronting entrepreneurs will be analyzed in order to foster the development of sound financial plans and controls for the organization. (This course does not satisfy major or minor requirements in Business, Economics, or Finance.)
BUSN 180: Quant Methods for Econ and Busn
Distribution analysis, sampling theory, statistical inference, and regression analysis, with emphasis on the application of statistical techniques using spreadsheet software to analyze economic and business issues. Students who have taken this course will not receive credit for any other basic statistics course, including Mathematics 150.
ECON 180

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BUSN 230: Financial Accounting
Methods, practices, and concepts underlying the communication of relevant financial information to external parties. Development of the accounting model, measurement processes, data terminology and classification, internal control, interpretation and uses of financial statements. Prerequisites: ECON 110 and either MATH 110 or MATH 160.

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BUSN 268: Integrating Mkting W/ Journalism
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the holistic marketing communications approach that focuses on presenting a consistent message using complimentary media including print journalism, broadcast journalism and advertising journalism. Students will develop a basic understanding of print journalism, broadcast journalism and advertising journalism in respect to their role within the communication process. Marketing communication tools that will be examined include advertising, direct marketing, interactive/internet marketing, sales promotion, publicity/public relations and personal selling. The course will also cover legal and ethical issues involved with marketing communications and journalism.
COMM 268
BUSN 280: The Mexican-American Border
As the only place where the third world and first world touch, the Mexican-American border is unique. This course will focus on the border and how its unique location in the world has created a culture, language, politics, religion and economy that reflect the interdependence between these two neighboring countries. The course will begin with the history of the border from the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 to the passage of NAFTA in 2004 and then examine the impact of free trade on Mexico. The course will explore how people (immigration - both legal and illegal), resources (oil, workers), consumer products (household appliances, food, music, and art), environmental waste (toxic waste, water and air pollution) and technology (outsourcing) cross borders as globalization impacts both Mexicans and Americans. The course involves a three-week stay along the border in May. Pre-requisites: ECON 110 and SPAN 112 or its equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
IREL 280, ECON 280, LNAM 280,

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BUSN 315: Operations Management
The course covers subjects related to the management process in a production system. The following topics are covered: design of products and services, quality control systems, capacity planning, process design, work analysis and measurement, facility location, and production scheduling. The inventory control system unit will discuss the relationship between inventory systems and other functions in an organization. Prerequisite: BUSN 230.

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BUSN 322: Emerging Markets Analysis
Analysis of emerging markets of East Asia and Latin America, paying particular attention to growth strategies and the impact of market reforms, financial markets development, and foreign capital flows on economic performance of these countries. The course relies on case studies from Asian countries of China, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong and Latin American economies of Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Prerequisite: ECON 220.
ASIA 322, LNAM 322

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BUSN 330: Intermediate Accounting
Accounting concepts, principles, and theory with an emphasis on the special problems that arise in applying these concepts to external reporting. Prerequisites: Business 230 with a grade of C- or better; junior standing.
BUSN 331: Managerial Accounting
Use of accounting information for evaluation of planning and control decisions. Topics include budgeting, cost-volume analysis, product costing, and standards for planning, control, and performance measurement. Prerequisite: Business 230 with a grade of C- or better.

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BUSN 341: Global Cultures & Intnl Bus-Chgo
As influences of global activities increase locally, Chicago provides vast resources for the study of cultures, economic policies, political relations, and global business strategies. More than 130 consulates and foreign trade offices, and headquarters of many global companies, are in Chicago. This course will address the development and implications of various cultures in relation to local and global business activities. An emphasis will be field research, visits, and other activities involving Chicago-area resources. Instructional activities will include team projects, interviews, and observations to address issues related to Chicago's role in international trade and economic development for emerging markets. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Prerequisite: Junior standing, or permission of instructor.
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BUSN 342: African Culture & Business Develop
While globalization can potentially enhance economic development and improve the quality of life, many nations, especially those in Africa, do not receive these benefits. Course emphasis will be on an analysis of efforts by businesses, community organizations, and government agencies to serve African societies plagued by poverty and other social concerns. Instructional resources will include: readings from sources with varied points of view; speakers representing countries and cultural groups; and field research visits to cultural exhibits and retail enterprises. Instructional experiences will include: (1) interviews with people familiar with various African cultures and business activities; (2) student team projects to analyze global cases for improvement of food production, water purification health care delivery, telecommunications, and educational programs; (3) promotional activities to expand awareness of efforts to enhance economic development and quality of life in Africa. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Prerequisite: Junior standing, or permission of instructor.
BUSN 345: Principles of Marketing Strategy
This course is designed to provide undergraduate students with a broad background on the nature and scope of marketing concepts used in business. Building upon these concepts, students will examine the process of developing the four elements of the marketing mix (product, promotion, price and place) and how marketing managers use these elements to gain competitive advantage in a global economy. The development of marketing related strategies and tactics used to identify, create and maintain satisfying relationships with customers that result in value for both the customer and the marketer will be analyzed leading to an understanding of the role marketing plays within firms and society. Prerequisite: ECON 110.

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BUSN 346: Entrepreneurial Marketing
This course focuses on marketing strategies that are relevant for new businesses or new product launches within a corporate setting. Entrepreneurial marketing is built around seven core elements which include innovation, calculated risk-taking, strategic flexibility, resource leveraging, customer intensity, managing the economic situation, and the creation of industry change. The concentration on entrepreneurial skills from the initial creation of the opportunity through the business plan in addition to financing perspectives and managing the growth will be analyzed. Students will apply what they learned in the development of a comprehensive entrepreneurial business plan. Prerequisite: BUSN 345.

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BUSN 350: Capital Budgeting
Study of advanced financial management and the evaluation of domestic and global business investment opportunities. Topics include the discounting of cash flows, foreign market risk analysis, capital asset pricing, and financial leverage decisions. Prerequisites: Economics/Business 180 and Finance 237.

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BUSN 355: Marketing Rsch Cross-Cultural Set
A study of methods related to quantitative and qualitative research in varied business and non-profit settings. The course will emphasize research into cultures encountered in industrialized societies, global emerging markets, and less developed economies. Coverage includes theoretical foundations and applications of research designs, data collection techniques, and data analysis. Assignments involve planning and implementing field research, case study analysis, and team presentations based on data collection experiences. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Prerequisite: Economics/Business 180.
BUSN 425: Business & Economic Forecasting
Employs regression techniques, time-series analysis, and business and economic indicators for forecasting economic and business variables. (May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
BUSN 431: International Finance
Identifies and analyzes fundamentals of international financial theory. Topics include exchange rate determination, balance of payments accounting, and international monetary systems and their evolution. Prerequisites: Economics 210 and 220; junior or senior standing. (May be taken by economics majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
ECON 431

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BUSN 470: Latin American Global Business
Emphasizes analytic activities and case problems for corporate and entrepreneurial organizations operating or considering operations in Latin America. Economic theories, statistical tests, accounting records, financial analysis, and marketing concepts will be used to investigate business situations. (May be taken by business and international relations majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement if not used for GEC Senior Studies Requirement.) Prerequisites: Economics/Business 180, Economics 210, Economics 220, Business 230, Finance 237 (or permission of instructor for Latin American Studies majors).
LNAM 470
BUSN 471: Asian Bus Culture & Trade Relations
As China, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan expand trade activities and increase their global influence, other Asian nations (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam) continue to face economic hardships. This course will address geographic, historic, cultural, economic, and political factors that influence business opportunities, economic development, and quality of life in Asia. An emphasis will be on regional and global trade relations related to health care, infrastructure, food distribution, telecommunications, and education/job training. Instructional experiences will include field research involving Chicago-area resources along with analytic activities and case problems for business organizations operating or considering operations in Asia. (May be taken by business and Asian studies majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement if not used for GEC Senior Studies Requirement.). Prerequisites: Economics/Business 180, Economics 210, Economics 220, Business 230, Finance 237 (or permission of instructor for Asian Studies majors).
ASIA 471

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BUSN 480: Soc Security,Pensions, Retirement
Analyzes social security, pensions, and retirement from three perspectives: the individual, the business firm, and public policy. The course will address a range of issues drawing upon microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and finance. The impact that the baby boomers' retirement has had on the economy has received much attention in public policy debates. Those debates include widely differing characterizations of the problems and solutions. Students will be expected to develop their own critical sense of these issues. Open to senior business or economics majors or juniors as space allows. (May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
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BUSN 483: Behavioral Economics
This course is designed to introduce students to behavioral economics, an emerging subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into standard economics. It will examine experimental evidence of how human behavior systematically departs from the standard assumptions of economics, and will investigate attempts by behavioral economists to improve economic analyses. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and Economics 210.
ECON 483

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BUSN 489: Globalization and Its Impact
Examines the impact of globalization on rich countries (the United States) and poor countries (Mexico, India, and China). An examination of free trade agreements will cast light on the political motives behind these agreements as well as the economic projections made. The economic impact of the creation of free trade zones is explored using both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Statistical evidence will document whether globalization has caused growth in GDP, employment, and income in poor countries. The responsibility of multinational companies in creating sweatshops, worker exploitation, and cultural disintegration are discussed in light of U.S. businesses located in Mexico, India, and China. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.) Prerequisites: Economics 110, 180, 210, and 220.

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BUSN 490: Internship
Provides an opportunity to supplement academic training with work experience in the field of business and economics. Interested students must work with Career Services to develop a resume and register with the instructor by the following deadlines: by April 1 for a Fall internship; by November 1 for a Spring internship; and by the week following spring break for a Summer internship. Business and Economics internships may be done for either one or two credits. Internships need to be for different experiences therefore continuation of previous internships, part-time or summer jobs is not allowed. The department will not give credit for internships that do not build directly on prior course work. Students on academic probation are ineligible for this program. Contact the Internship Supervisor for Economics and Business regarding additional information and guidelines.
ECON 490, FIN 490

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Chemistry

CHEM 102: Chemistry and the Environment
Explore chemical phenomena in the world around you. Learn about the chemical cycles present throughout nature. Understand the chemistry behind current environmental issues such as air pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, and energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear, renewable). The relevant scientific background will be developed as needed to explain these particular topics. Lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. Not applicable toward the major or minor.
CHEM 103: Our Chemical World
This course is a descriptive examination of modern chemistry that will emphasize aspects important for students in the humanities and social sciences. Among the topics to be examined: the impact of science and technology on society; chemical change; nuclear chemistry; consumer chemistry; acids and bases; and plastics and polymers. Demonstrations and some experiments with group participation. Not applicable toward the major or minor.

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CHEM 107: Developing World Thirst for Energy
This course will introduce the concepts behind the ever-increasing global demand for energy. Through laboratory experiments, field trips, and discussions of current events, students will develop an understanding of the many issues related to meeting the world's energy needs. In particular, the dramatic economic growth in China and India raise additional issues about sustainable energy generation in the face of global imbalances in the carbon cycle.
ASIA 107
CHEM 108: Environmental Chemistry
A working knowledge of most environmental issues facing us in the twenty-first century requires a modest understanding of some key geochemical principles. This course introduces geochemistry concepts and skills as they arise in the context of current environmental issues, including chemical cycles in nature, air pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, energy sources, water quality, and solid waste. The course will incorporate 'field' experiences: visits to water quality and/or atmospheric laboratories, as well as local sampling and analysis. Students will be asked to collect and interpret their own data, as well as to test scientific explanations of environmental issues with simple models.
ES 108

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CHEM 109: Learning About the Physical World
This course will examine selected topics in physical science such as the physical and chemical properties of matter, energy, motion of objects, waves and vibrations, components of the solar system and interactions of objects in the universe. This course is appropriate for students interested in strengthening their knowledge and confidence in investigating fundamental concepts and ideas in science. The course is designed with elementary education majors in mind to provide them with the necessary background for teaching science. Students will participate in lectures, discussions, projects, and laboratory activities. Two 80-minute class hours per week. Not applicable toward the chemistry major or minor.
EDUC 109

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CHEM 114: Foundations of Chemistry
Foundations of Chemistry is designed to develop fundamental study skills along with a quantitative and conceptual understanding of chemistry. This course will emphasize stoichiometry, atomic and molecular structure, and solution chemistry principles. There is no laboratory component for this course and it does not count toward the chemistry major or minor. However, the course can serve as an entrance to the major or minor. The course is intended to be a skills-building and preparatory course for subsequent enrollment into Chemistry 115. Prerequisite: Completion of a science placement test to assess quantitative skills and, for non-first year students, permission of instructor.

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CHEM 115: Chemistry I
An introduction to and study of the fundamental concepts and principles of chemistry. Atomic and molecular structure, periodic relationships, chemical bonding, stoichiometry. Properties and theories of gases, liquids, and solids. Laboratory introduces quantitative measurements and computer applications. This course will meet admissions requirements for medical, dental, or pharmacy school. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Students must register for a lab. Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on the departmental placement test to assess quantitative skills or a passing grade in Chemistry 114. Please see Chemistry Department requirements page for details.
CHEM 116: Chemistry II
Thermodynamics and kinetics; chemical equilibria; acids, bases, and buffers; coordination compounds; descriptive chemistry of metals and nonmetals. Laboratory is both quantitative and descriptive and uses much instrumentation. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 115.

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CHEM 220: Org Chemistry I
Introduction to functional groups; nomenclature; resonance; inductive and steric effects; stereochemistry; carbonyl chemistry; nature of organic reactions. Laboratory focuses on microscale synthetic techniques, gas chromatography, and infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 116 or permission of the instructor. Students must also register for a lab.

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CHEM 221: Org Chemistry II
Addition, substitution, and elimination reactions; molecular rearrangements; aromaticity; carbohydrates and heterocyclic chemistry. Laboratory focuses on microscale organic synthesis, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and GC/MS. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 220 or permission of the instructor.

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CHEM 300: Biochemistry
Introduction to biochemistry at the cellular and chemical levels. Emphasis on protein structure and function, enzymes, bioenergetics, intermediary metabolism, carbohydrates, and other biological molecules. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 221 and BIOL 120, or permission of the instructor. Students must also register for a lab.

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CHEM 320: Physical Chem I
Quantum mechanics and the nature of the chemical bond. Emphasis on understanding atomic orbitals, atomic and molecular energy, and the chemical bond. Applications of molecular quantum mechanics; spectroscopy and computational chemistry. Laboratory focuses on experiments that led to the development of quantum mechanics, molecular modeling, and spectroscopy. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 221, MATH 111 or MATH 116; prerequisite or corequisite: PHYS 110 or PHYS 120. Students must also register for a lab.

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CHEM 321: Physical Chem II
The energy and dynamic behavior of groups of molecules. Emphasis on non-ideal gases, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and reaction-rate theory. Laboratory focuses on kinetics and thermodynamics with a culminating independent project-based experience. Prerequisite: CHEM 320; prerequisite or corequisite: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121.

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CHEM 340: Inorganic Chemistry
Relationship among structure, properties, and chemical reactivity of elements from the entire periodic table. Molecular bonding theories, molecular symmetry and group theory, solid-state materials, transition-metal complexes, catalysts, and bioinorganic molecules. Laboratory work includes synthesis, spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and inert-atmosphere techniques. Two class meetings and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 321.

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CHEM 410: Instrumental Analysis
Theory and techniques of instrumentation used in modern chemical analysis. Optical spectroscopy (UV-Vis, fluorescence, FT-IR, Raman), NMR, mass spectrometry, electroanalytical chemistry, and modern separation techniques (GC, HPLC, and electrophoresis). Laboratory experiments will include most modern instrumental methods and culminate in an independent project. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Satisfies the Senior Studies Requirement. Prerequisite (or corequisite with premission of the instructor): CHEM 320. Students must also register for a lab.
CHEM 410: Instrumental Analysis
Theory and techniques of instrumentation used in modern chemical analysis. Optical spectroscopy (UV-Vis, fluorescence, FT-IR, Raman), NMR, mass spectrometry, electroanalytical chemistry, and modern separation techniques (GC, HPLC, and electrophoresis). Laboratory experiments will include most modern instrumental methods and culminate in an independent project. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Satisfies the Senior Studies Requirement. Prerequisite (or corequisite with premission of the instructor): CHEM 320. Students must also register for a lab.

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CHEM 415: Biochemistry
Application of chemistry to biological molecules. Topics selected from the following: X-ray crystallography; NMR spectroscopy; molecular modeling; computational methods in biochemical systems; protein-DNA interactions; photobiophysics; enzyme catalysis and mechanisms; and DNA chemistry. Four class meetings, no laboratory. Prerequisites: CHEM 300 and CHEM 321, or permission of the instructor.
CHEM 430: Advanced Organic Chemistry
Extended treatment of familiar topics of organic chemistry. Emphasis on stereochemistry, radical chemistry, and reactions used in modern organic synthesis. Laboratory is oriented toward synthesis, structural analysis, and the use of chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. Three class meetings, one laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Chemistry 221 and 321.

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CHEM 450: Research in Chemistry
Independent research guided by a faculty advisor. Research areas include organic synthesis; organometallic catalysis; enzyme inhibition; X-ray crystallography; computational chemistry; molecular modeling; solid state chemistry; and spectroscopic studies of air pollution.
CHEM 490: Internship
An extensive, in-depth, independent research project with faculty guidance. Includes a formal written dissertation and oral presentation. Satisfies the Senior Studies Requirement.
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Chinese

CHIN 110: Beginning Chinese I
This course is an introduction to the forms of spoken Chinese. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Chinese 110 and 112, together with writing practice. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
ASIA 110

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CHIN 112: Beginning Chinese II
This course is an introduction to the forms of spoken Chinese. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Chinese 110 and 112, together with writing practice. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
ASIA 112

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CHIN 210: Intermediate Chinese
This course will continue the fundamentals of Chinese conversation begun in the first-year series, Chinese 110 and 112, and continue work on reading and writing the language. Extensive oral practice and conversation exercises are stressed. Classes will be supplemented with laboratory exercises and written work.
ASIA 210

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CHIN 212: Advanced Intermediate Chinese
This is the second course in intermediate Chinese. It focuses on further developments of the four language skills to support sustained oral and written performance at the intermediate level to prepare students for third year Chinese study. The focus will be on oral expression with expanding vocabulary, enhancing understanding of grammar, and introducing more complex structures and texts.
ASIA 212

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CHIN 260: Intro to Chinese Culture in English
This course will explore elements of Contemporary Chinese culture and themes related to living, studying or working in China, as seen in films, videos, internet sources, and selected fiction and non-fiction texts. Topics covered include China's diverse geography, peoples and cuisine, doing business in China, the societal role of Chinese medicine, festivals and weddings, interpreting folk and contemporary art forms, current trends and themes in popular culture. This course will be taught in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 260

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CHIN 312: Chinese Oral & Written Proficiency
This course is a continuation of Chinese 212. The focus will be on oral and written expression in cultural context, expanding vocabulary and enhancing understanding of Chinese grammar. Chinese idiomatic expressions and various aspects of Chinese culture will also be explored throughout the course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 312

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Classical Studies

CLAS 210: Ancient Greece

HIST 210
CLAS 211: Roman History
Roman civilization studied as the evolution from a predatory conquest state led by a military aristocracy to a world empire that enforced universal peace and preserved Classical civilization under a sacred monarchy, whose breakdown gave birth to Christian Europe and the papacy in the West and Byzantium in the East.
HIST 211

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CLAS 216: Introduction to Archaeology
This course aims to familiarize students with one of the sub-fields of the discipline of anthropology: archaeology. As an offering that will require students to frequently travel to the Field Museum and gain access to more than 30,000,000 archaeological and anthropological objects, this course will offer hands-on training in theories and practice of the discipline of archaeology as well as the arts related to archives of anthropological collections. Lectures, seminar discussions and lab work on the premises of the Field Museum will be the main pedagogical tools in this course.
SOAN 216
CLAS 250: Classical Rhetorical Tradition
A historical survey of theorizing about the role of public discourse in human affairs in ancient Greece and Rome.
COMM 250

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CLAS 275: Greek Greats
Students will read canonical works at the core of classical Greek civilization and situate the imaginative appropriation of this rich literature in a cultural context that is both historical and contemporary. Students read Homer's epic Iliad (selections) and Odyssey (in its entirety), three plays each by the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, two works of the satirical Aristophanes, and examples of lyric poetry ranging from Archaic to Hellenistic times. Immersion in primary sources provides ample historical perspectives as well as critical approaches to issues of our time. The course involves lectures but is principally a seminar. Ancient Greek drama and theater will be investigated utilizing film and interactive Web-based media and sources. Prerequisites: second-year standing and a Lake Forest College literature course, or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
CLAS 280: Cultivating Ancient Worlds
This course is a multi- and interdisciplinary undertaking, highlighting our two primary means of engaging the cultures of antiquity: the primary texts of literature and collections of artifacts in museums. Civilizations treated: Mesopotamia (Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian), Egypt, Persia, Greece, and China. Texts include everything from formulaic phrases, ritual incantation, epigraphy, and diplomatic reports to lyric poetry, philosophic dialogues, and vast epic narrative. We will read and discuss texts, and visit major collections in Chicago. Prerequisite: second-year standing.
CLAS 290: Western Philosophy: Ancient Greece
The nature of reality, knowledge, goodness, and beauty traced from the pre-Socratics through Plato and Aristotle. Some attention will be given to questions of philosophical style and to the transition to the medieval period.
PHIL 290

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CLAS 302: Greek and Roman Religion
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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College Writing

CWR 100: College Writing
Designed for first-year students and other students (upon consultation with the director of writing programs) to achieve effective expository and argumentative prose. Frequent papers will develop basic writing and research skills. (Not open to upperclass students. Does not meet GEC Humanitites Requirement.)

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Communication

COMM 110: Introduction to Communication
Communication is a word that encompasses a wide range of human activity. This course will introduce students to: the over-arching theoretical considerations that define the field of communication, fundamental questions about how best to go about the practice of communication inquiry, keystone works in the history of the field of communication, and philosophical considerations that undergird the contemporary study of communication. The course is dedicated to the two animating themes in Lake Forest College's Department of Communication: media studies and rhetoric. Readings, written assignments, and class discussion will involve these two themes and the numerous points of contact between them.
COMM 112: Intro to Visual Communication
This course examines forms of visual communication outside the traditional fine arts of painting and sculpture. It will concentrate primarily on the history and theory of graphic design, advertising, and propaganda, with consideration of both static and moving images.

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COMM 120: Intro to Journalism
A course in news reporting and writing for newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media.

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COMM 135: Rhetoric and Speech
Preparation and criticism of both formal and informal public speeches, including exposition, narration, description, argumentation, and persuasion.

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COMM 212: Visual Rhetoric
We are surrounded by visual communication in our daily lives, yet the ubiquity of visual imagery makes it difficult for us to critically evaluate the images we see. In this course we will approach visual artifacts as texts, paying particular attention to their relationship to the political, social, and economic climate in which they reside. Throughout the semester we will develop a lexicon of visual terms, engage a variety of visual texts, such as monuments, advertisements, photography, typography, and architecture, and practice evaluating visual arguments. Not open to students who have already completed COMM 112 or COMM 370.
COMM 250: Classical Rhetorical Tradition
A historical survey of theorizing about the role of public discourse in human affairs in ancient Greece and Rome.
CLAS 250

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COMM 251: Rhetorical History of the U.S.
A historical survey of rhetorical artifacts focusing on how interested parties use discourse to establish, maintain or revive power. (Cross-listed as American Studies 251.)
AMER 251

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COMM 253: Argumentation and Advocacy
Focuses on building skills in researching, constructing, organizing, and presenting arguments on disputed subjects.

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COMM 255: Rhetorical Criticism
The analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of persuasive discourse. A writing-intensive course.

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COMM 268: Integrating Mkting W/ Journalism
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the holistic marketing communications approach that focuses on presenting a consistent message using complimentary media including print journalism, broadcast journalism and advertising journalism. Students will develop a basic understanding of print journalism, broadcast journalism and advertising journalism in respect to their role within the communication process. Marketing communication tools that will be examined include advertising, direct marketing, interactive/internet marketing, sales promotion, publicity/public relations and personal selling. The course will also cover legal and ethical issues involved with marketing communications and journalism.
BUSN 268
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COMM 275: Introduction to Film Studies
Cinema technique, production, language, style, genres, movements, and criticism, through the analysis of particularly important and representative films and directors.
AMER 275

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COMM 281: Theories of Mass Communication
A survey of 20th and 21st century theories and research perspectives on mass communication.

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COMM 283: Race, Media and Culture
Television, film, audio, and broadcast media have pervasive influence on how we experience and understand the world. This course will offer tools with which to analyze overt, subtle and hidden messages about culture, races, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, social class, age, and ability, as presented to us through the media. We will move beyond viewing TV, film, and other media into analysis of the values implicit in each genre, participating in projects within the wider community, and examination of personal, cultural, and racial identity. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
COMM 285: Modern Media History
An introduction to the history of media of communication. Focus on the media in Western society from the 19th through 21st centuries.

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COMM 287: Media Systems and Institutions
Behind our favorite movies, TV programs, websites, and songs exist powerful media institutions. Disney, Fox, Warner Brothers, Google, and Apple are just a few of the media industry giants upon which we have grown increasingly dependent for our everyday entertainment and information needs. In this course we will examine these media institutions, including their historical development, organizational structure, and methods of production and distribution. We will also analyze and compare the various types of media systems that exist in the U.S. and worldwide, including commercial, public, and state-controlled media models. Finally, we will consider the issues of globalization and digital convergence, and the ways these phenomena are changing the organization and function of modern media industries. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to meet with media professionals both in the classroom and in the community as part of independent projects.

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COMM 301: Communication Research Methods
Qualitative and quantitative methods for doing research involving communication in scholarly and professional contexts.

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COMM 350: Topics in Communication
Intensive study of selected subjects within the field of communications. Topics vary by semester. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement, depending on topic.) Spring 2011 Topic: Queer Cinema. This course addresses queer cinematic representations and explores the relationship between Hollywood heterosexism and the rise of queer film scholarship in the 1970s. We will consider issues of spectatorship, authorship, and queerness inherent within mainstream and experimental films. Equipped with theories of media and theories of gender and sexuality, we will investigate a variety of creative works made by gay and lesbian filmmakers and reconsider the category of so-called New Queer Cinema. This class will examine work by directors including: Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes, John Waters, Isaac Julien, Su Friedrich and Sadie Benning. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Spring 2012 Topic: Feminism and Pop Culture (previously offered in Fall 2010). This course examines the ways women have been portrayed and are currently portrayed in the media: in television and movies, in popular music, on the internet, in print sources like magazines and other cultural phenomena. Additionally, we will examine how feminism has been enacted, defined and denigrated over time in an attempt to understand this misunderstood concept. With readings ranging from critical theory to popular fiction by and about women, we will speculate on the impact of and source for popular portrayals of women and feminism and what they might be telling us about women's roles in society. Issues of race, class, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability will be important as we critically examine the forms and functions of women and feminism in popular culture. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 351, WOMN 350

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COMM 370: Visual Rhetoric
Although much of the rhetorical tradition focuses on how speech and writing persuade audiences, visual elements continue to be important. In this course students will develop a strong understanding of visual rhetorical theories and the ways these theories guide critical interpretation of visual texts. Through an analysis of a diverse set of communication media--including photographs, television programs, advertisements, political campaigns, museums, and monuments—we will consider the ways that visual texts move individuals, communities, and publics to rhetorical action. Prerequisite: COMM 255 or permission of instructor.

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COMM 372: Rhetoric of Economics & the Market
In this course we consider the relationship between rhetorical discourse and economics. Do economists merely present empirical conclusions or do they use the techniques of persuasion to create both disciplinary and public understandings of their subject? Is the free market an 'invisible hand' that works to stabilize society or is it a construct of persuasive discourse? Finally we will examine the value of public deliberation regarding complex economic policies. Prerequisite: COMM 255 or permission of instructor.

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COMM 375: Documentary Production
This course will emphasize the power of documentaries and their potential to address issues of social significance. Specifically we will integrate critical viewings with practical documentary production. This course covers the aesthetic and technical fundamentals of producing documentaries. It provides working tools to plan and make arguments creatively, collaboratively, and artistically. The goal is to gain experience in video production while learning about the history and theory of documentary film and video.

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COMM 380: Black Cinema
Black Cinema addresses a range of periods and movements in Black Cinema: the Los Angeles School (for example Haile Gerima), Blaxploitation and its critics, Women directors (Leslie Harris, Julie Dash, Yvonne Welbon, Kasi Lemmons) critiques of Hollywood (ex: Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle) and a unit on Spike Lee. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 380

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COMM 381: Hst & Theory Freedom of Expression
Applies philosophies of communication to specific debates within the topic of freedom of expression, including debates concerning indecency, obscenity, slander, sedition, violence, and hate speech.
COMM 382: Women's Rhet & Feminist Critique
Traces the development of women's oratorical tradition and the feminist critique by looking at how U.S. women argued for the right to speak before they had the vote and then how they continue arguing for equality once the right to suffrage had been established. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 382
COMM 383: New Media & Society
Theoretical perspectives on the internet and other new media with a particular focus on perceived cultural meanings.

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COMM 384: The Rhetorical Presidency
Examines the rhetorical nature of the office of the President of the United States.
COMM 385: The Public Sphere
In this course we take up the issue of the 'public sphere' to consider its value and operation in modern society. In the 18th century, most public debate took place in small coffeehouses where locals would meet to discuss the issues of the day. Now, public debate takes on all forms--in the media, entertainment, theater, music, art, schools, etc. Because this is an upper-level course, the expectations are high. You will be expected to describe the contemporary public sphere, but to critically evaluate the public sphere using theories from established scholars and your own research efforts. Key questions for this class include: What count as 'public' and 'private'? What is the role of the public? What is the 'public sphere' and how has it changed over time? What voices are excluded in the public sphere? What are the best ways to be public? What role do photography, film, literature, sports, etc., have in a public sphere? Is face-to-face interaction crucial for public life?
COMM 386: Reading Popular Culture:Television
Focusing on how culturally we are both producers and products of our popular culture we will try to answer the question: 'are we, as a culture, using the potential of television wisely'?
COMM 387: Rhetoric of Law
This course will introduce students to the idea that the US legal system is rhetorical in that it shapes and is shaped by discourse. We will begin by considering what is rhetorical about the law and will then focus our attention on the rhetorical effects of legal discourse. Bearing in mind that the law is particularly performative- that is, it has the power to produce the effects that it names- we will consider the role that the actual language of the law plays in doing the work of the law. We will examine a variety of legal texts and contexts including the courtroom, the trial transcript, appellate opinion, legal textbooks and the Supreme Court opinion in order to understand how prior legal discourses affect the outcomes of legal questions. To do so we will learn about and apply particular critical lenses to our texts including rhetorical culture, critical legal studies, narrative and the law as literature movement, and discourse analysis. In addition to reading trial transcripts and legal opinions, students will be expected to visit a courtroom and watch the proceedings during the course of the semester.

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COMM 388: Rhetoric and Public Memory
This course will look at the theories of public memory and apply them to a collection of texts on the Holocaust in order to understand how these texts influence the present generation and will influence future generations' understanding of the Holocaust.
COMM 389: Political Economy of Media
This course will introduce students to critical theories concerned with the political and economic authority of modern media industries. We will discuss the potential impact of the consolidation of media ownership on the diversity and localism of media; the gatekeeping and agenda-setting functions of globalizing and corporatized media; the increasingly influential role of multinational media corporations in international policy and trade negotiations; the struggle between public and commercial interests to define and control the infrastructure, content, and interactive spaces of new media; and the possibilities and pitfalls of past and present media reform movements.
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Computer Science

CSCI 107: Introduction to Web Programming
A broad introduction to World Wide Web programming and related technologies. Topics include Internet history and its architecture, managing an account on a Web server, HTML markup, use of style sheets (CSS), page layout design, introduction to interactive programming with JavaScript, the document object model (DOM), and HTML forms. This is a general audience course suitable for those with no prior programming experience.

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CSCI 109: Intro to Programming for Robots
This course introduces the basic elements of computer programming by using the Mindstorms programming environment. Students work in teams, writing programs to make their robots perform assigned tasks. The standard building blocks of programming (sequencing, repetition, selection) are developed in the user-friendly, icon-based, drag-and-drop Mindstorms environment. During the second half of the course, students program robots in Python and Java. Each student must have a laptop computer for each class session. This is a beginning course, designed for students with no programming experience. (Not open to students who have completed FIYS 113 or CSCI 112. Does not satisfy requirements for the CSCI major or minor.)
CSCI 112: Computer Science I
Introduction to computer science. Topics include the basic building blocks of problem solving (sequence, selection, repetition), object-oriented programming, basic data structures and algorithms. A prior knowledge of computer science is not required, although a good background in high school Mathematics is recommended. Students may receive credit for this course based on the AP computer science exam.

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CSCI 212: Computer Science II
Continuation of Computer Science I. Emphasis on advanced data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design. Topics include linked data structures, recursion, algorithm analysis, interfaces, and inheritance. Prerequisite: Computer Science 112.

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CSCI 213: Intro to Computer Architecture
Computer architecture, including digital logic, modern CPU design, memory layout, assembly language programming, addressing techniques, input/output design, and interfacing with high-level languages. Prerequisite: Computer Science 112.
CSCI 214: Principles of Digital Logic
Basic logic, digital electronics, microcomputer architecture, and interfacing, with hands-on laboratory activity. Prerequisite: Computer Science 213.
CSCI 260: Symbolic Logic
An introduction to propositional and predicate logic. Topics include formal semantics, translation, natural deduction, quantification theory, and completeness. The relevance of logic to computer theory and artificial intelligence is stressed.
CSCI 270: Advanced Web Programming
This course builds upon Web programming fundamentals. Review of HTML fundamentals and introduction to HTML 5. Review of CSS fundamentals. Detailed coverage of CSS topics including cascade, selectors, box model, positioning, and pure CSS page layout. Introduction to grid design and wireframing. Review of JavaScript fundamentals. Introduction to using pre-written DHTML widgets and JavaScript frameworks such as JQuery. Introduction to server-side scripting with PHP. Prerequisites: Art 142 and CSCI 107. Students are encouraged to take CSCI 112 before this course.
CSCI 277: Web Design and Development
In a project and laboratory-based format, this course focuses on the intersecting skills sets and theoretical knowledge of the graphic artist and Web programmer. Core concepts covered include Web site conceptualization, design conventions and usability considerations, constructing graphical mockups, progressing to XHTML/CSS integration and template construction. Additional topics include Web standards and validation, open source content management systems, dynamically server generated pages, and data collection with XHTML forms. Students will gain proficiency with software such as Adobe's Illustrator and Dreamweaver. A computer laboratory fee will be assessed for this course. Pre-requisites: CSCI 107 and Art 142.
ART 277

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CSCI 312: Client-Server Web Applications
An in-depth study of building Web applications using the client-server model. Topics include an overview of HTML and HTML forms for collecting user data, client-server interaction, CGI programming, storage and manipulation of server data using databases, and returning dynamic content to the client. Preprocessed HTML documents with PHP or Java Server Pages and Web session control with cookies and other useful objects. Additional topics may include the distributed object framework, XML for data extensibility, and an overview of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) and .NET platform for distributed Web applications. Prerequisite: Computer Science 212.
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CSCI 317: Data Structures and Algorithms
The study of advanced data structures and algorithm analysis. Topics include trees, hash tables, heaps, sorting algorithms, and graph algorithms. The emphasis will be on applying data structures to design and implement efficient algorithms. Additional topics may include dynamic programming and computational complexity. Prerequisite: Computer Science 212.

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CSCI 318: Programming Languages
A study of different problem solving paradigms, and representative programming languages. Topics include imperative vs. functional vs. event-driven vs. declarative paradigms, markup vs. computation, typing, memory organization, scope, and lifetime management. Lab exercises focus on working in the various paradigms, and the trade-offs involved. Prerequisite: Computer Science 212.
CSCI 323: Cryptography
An introduction to cryptology and cryptanalysis, the making of codes and the breaking of codes. History and basic concepts. Classical ciphers and attacks on classical ciphers. One-time Pad. Modern ciphers including DES, AES. Public key ciphers including RSA and Diffie-Hellman. Digital signatures. Additional topics may include Elliptic Curve systems, knapsack systems, and other cryptographic systems. Prerequisites: Mathematics 230 and Computer Science 212, or permission of the instructor.

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CSCI 325: Artificial Intelligence

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CSCI 334: Theory of Computation
This course covers fundamental ideas in the theory of computation, including formal languages, computability, complexity, and reducibility among computational problems. Topics include formal languages, finite state automata, Kleene's theorem, formal grammars, pushdown automata, context-free languages, Turing machines, computability, Church's Thesis, decidability, unsolvability, and NP- completeness. Prerequisites: CSCI 212 and Mathematics 230.
MATH 334
CSCI 336: Operating Systems
An introduction to modern operating systems and their most important features. Topics include multiprocessing, virtual memory, multithreading, concurrency, I/O, networking, security, and distributed computing. Students construct a major component of an operating system in C or C++. Prerequisites: Computer Science 212 and 213.
CSCI 360: Math Modeling
Introduction to the process and techniques of modeling actual situations using mathematical methods and computer simulation. Topics may include optimization, dynamical systems, axiom systems, queuing theory, and introduction of a simulation language. Team projects and reports. Prerequisites: Mathematics 111, Computer Science 212, and some additional sophistication in at least one of the following: mathematics, computer science, or applying mathematics in a field of interest.
CSCI 365: Algebraic Coding Theory
CSCI 375: Combinatorics & Graph Theory
Enumeration techniques with emphasis on permutations and combinations, generating functions, recurrence relations, inclusion and exclusion, and the pigeonhole principle. Graph theory with emphasis on trees, circuits, cut sets, planar graphs, chromatic numbers, and transportation networks. Additional topics from designs with emphasis on Latin squares, finite projective and affine geometries, block designs, and design of experiments. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230.
MATH 375
CSCI 417: Algorithms and Algorithm Analysis
The study of algorithms and their mathematical analysis. Divide-and-conquer, greedy, brute-force, dynamic programming, backtracking, advanced tree and graph algorithms, big-O notation, case and amortized analysis. Prerequisites: Mathematics 230 and Computer Science 317.

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CSCI 425: Artificial Intelligence
An introduction to AI via topics including tree and graph searches, min-max methods, alpha-beta pruning, heuristics, backtracking, natural language processing, and computer vision. Prerequisite: Computer Science 212.
CSCI 427: Introduction to Database Systems
An in-depth study of proper methods of design for database systems, with an emphasis on the relational model. Topics include relational design, query languages, and transactional processing. Lab exercises focus on GUI-driven, SQL-based access as well as modern, multi-tier styles of design. Prerequisite: Computer Science 212.
CSCI 461: Compiler Design
An introduction to the design and construction of compilers for modern programming languages. Topics include grammars, formal language definition, abstract syntax trees, symbol tables, syntax and semantic checking, code generation, and optimization. Students construct a modern compiler for an object-oriented programming language. Prerequisites: Mathematics 230 and Computer Science 212 and 213.
CSCI 488: Senior Seminar in Computer Science
A seminar-like discussion of software engineering, object-oriented design, and large-scale software development. Students will practice modern software engineering as well as read and present papers concerning the subject. Prerequisites: Computer Science 317, 318 and permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)

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CSCI 489: Advanced Topics in Computer Science
Special topics and projects in computer science, including but not limited to distributed systems, secure computing, Web development, user-interface design, and software engineering. Prerequisites: Computer Science 317, 318, and permission of instructor. (Meets GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)

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Economics

ECON 110: Principles of Economics
An introduction to both microeconomics, the theory of consumer and producer behavior, and macroeconomics, the determination of aggregate levels of production, employment, inflation, and growth. Application of economic principles to the analysis of current problems of the U.S. economy.

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ECON 180: Quant Methods for Econ & Busn
Distribution analysis, sampling theory, statistical inference, and regression analysis, with emphasis on the application of statistical techniques using spreadsheet software to analyze economic and business issues. Students who have taken this course will not receive credit for any other basic statistics course, including Mathematics 150.
BUSN 180

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ECON 210: Microeconomic Theory
Application of both theoretical and empirical analysis to consumer demand; to the firm both as producer of goods and as buyer of inputs, in both monopoly and competitive markets; and to public policy issues such as public goods, law and economics, and the environment. Prerequisites: ECON 110 and MATH 110 or MATH 160 with grades of C- or better.

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ECON 220: Macroeconomic Theory
Analysis of the determinants of aggregate production, prices, interest rates, and employment in macroeconomic models that combine the business, household, government, and financial sectors. Prerequisites: ECON 110 and MATH 110 or MATH 160 with grades of C- or better.

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ECON 240: Urban Economics
Application of economic analysis to current problems in urban and suburban America such as poverty, housing, transportation, growth, and finance. Prerequisite: ECON 110 with a grade of C- or better.
ECON 245: Child Labor in Latin America
Explores the role of child labor in the economies of developing Latin American countries, focusing on the question 'Do countries need to use child labor to industrialize?' Historically, industrialized countries have relied heavily on children to work in factories and mines. Today it appears history is repeating itself as developing countries utilize children in the informal sectors. The employment of children in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina will be examined in detail. The economic, political, social/cultural, and technological explanations for child labor will be explored for each country. Prerequisite: ECON 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ECON 265: Poverty, Inequality, Discrimination
This course explores how the discipline of economics can explain and analyze the causes and effects of poverty, inequality and discrimination. It will examine how various populations (defined by race, age, gender, class, sexual orientation, etc.) experience these differently. Students will be introduced to (1) economic theories of poverty, inequality and discrimination, (2) ways to measure each and (3) public policies designed to mitigate poverty, inequality and discrimination in the US. Since women are more likely than men to be poor and a large number of policies are aimed at women and children, particular emphasis is given to the role of gender. (Meets GEC cultural diversity requirement.) Prerequisite: ECON 110 with a grade of C- or better.
WOMN 265

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ECON 270: Free Trade or Fair Trade: Global
(Free Trade or Fair Trade: A History of Globalization) Mercantilism is a system of economic nationalism that views wealth as finite and international trade as win-lose. We will focus on the history of trade theory, starting with the Mercantilists in 16th Century Europe and moving through Adam Smith and David Ricardo into current thinkers. We will look at historical events – in particular the European Wars – and the impact of the mercantilist systems that led to these wars, focusing on the development of free trade theory in response. We will analyze the current free trade versus protectionism debate using economic analytical tools – focusing in particular on the difference between the short-run GDP maximization equation of trading partners versus long-run GDP maximization -- and discuss implications for public policy. Prerequisite: ECON 110
ECON 280: The Mexican-American Border
As the only place where the third world and first world touch, the Mexican-American border is unique. This course will focus on the border and how its unique location in the world has created a culture, language, politics, religion and economy that reflect the interdependence between these two neighboring countries. The course will begin with the history of the border from the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 to the passage of NAFTA in 2004 and then examine the impact of free trade on Mexico. The course will explore how people (immigration - both legal and illegal), resources (oil, workers), consumer products (household appliances, food, music, and art), environmental waste (toxic waste, water and air pollution) and technology (outsourcing) cross borders as globalization impacts both Mexicans and Americans. The course involves a three-week stay along the border in May. Pre-requisites: ECON 110 and SPAN 112 or its equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
IREL 280, BUSN 280, LNAM 280,

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ECON 310: Industrial Organization
Analysis of the behavior of firms under different industrial structures - competitive, monopolistic, oligopolistic. An evaluation of antitrust policies and other government regulations of industry. Specific topics covered include advertising, auctions, networks, product differentiation, market standards, and vertical and horizontal integrations. Prerequisite: ECON 210 with a grade of C- or better.
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ECON 313: Money & Banking
Analysis of bank and nonbank financial institutions. Topics include the S&L crisis, the impact of the 1980 and 1982 deregulation acts, the changing role of the Federal Reserve and the ability to conduct effective monetary policy, and bank asset and liability management. Prerequisite: ECON 220 with a grade of C- or better.

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ECON 320: Labor in the American Economy
Standard theories of labor economics are developed. Topics include labor supply, labor demand, education, discrimination, contracting, and unions. Particular emphasis is given to the labor force participation of married women and single mothers, earnings, wage distributions and inequality, job training, and employment benefits. Empirical analysis complements theoretical modeling, especially in the area of women's work and international comparisons regarding labor laws and labor market outcomes. Prerequisite: ECON 210.
WOMN 320

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ECON 325: Economics of Land
(The Economics of Land: Valuation, Use, and Taxation) The course examines several different roles of land in the economy; as a productive asset, as an investment, as a store of value, and as a base for taxation. Topics to be covered include various definitions of property rights, regulatory policy toward land use and land preservation, models of land valuation, and the theory and practice of property taxation and tax preferences. We will examine policies across different states, countries, and eras. Prerequisite: ECON 210.

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ECON 330: Econometrics
Use of statistical methods, especially multiple regression, to test hypotheses based on economic theory. Some use of computer programs. Prerequisites: Economics/Business 180 with a grade of C- or better; Economics 210 or Economics 220.

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ECON 340: Environ & Natural Resource Econ
Examines different economic theories regarding optimal use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, why market responses to pollution are typically unsatisfactory, and optimal pollution control. These theories are then applied to the real world, taking into consideration political and technological constraints. The impact of past and current policy on the environment will be studied, as will the potential impact of proposed legislation. Prerequisite: Economics 210 or permission of the instructor.
ES 340

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ECON 345: Economics and Law
This course covers an economic analysis of laws and legal institutions with an emphasis on how they affect markets and individual decision-making. Topics covered will include property, contract, tort, criminal, environmental, and antitrust laws. Prerequisite: ECON 210.
ECON 350: Public Finance
Theory and policy analysis of the effects of government spending and taxation on the allocation and distribution of income. Special attention is given to tax reform proposals and other current policy issues. Prerequisite: Economics 210 with a grade of C- or better.
ECON 360: Health Economics
Examines how economic analysis can be applied to various components of the health care system. Microeconomic theory is used to understand the operation of health care markets and the behavior of participants (consumers, insurers, physicians, and hospitals) in the health care industry. International comparisons and the role of the public sector will be included. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and 210.
ECON 370: Managerial Economics
Analyzes the various ways in which microeconomic principles and quantitative tools can be used to aid managers in making sound decisions. Topics include forecasting consumer demand, production and cost analysis, optimal pricing and production decisions, sensitivity analysis, and capital budgeting. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and 210.
ECON 375: Economics of Sport
The purpose of this course is to analyze the economics of sport. Sport throughout the world has a distinct and substantial commercial character, and developments in the world of modern sport cannot be fully understood without applying economic principles and methodology. Topics discussed include the market for players, the implications of the functioning of league monopolies, and an analysis of the economic impact of stadiums and mega-sports events such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Prerequisite: Economics 210.

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ECON 380: Game Theory
Game theory is the study of purposeful behavior in strategic situations. Game theory incorporates mathematical models of conflict and cooperation in situations of uncertainty (about nature and about decision makers). Various solution concepts such as Nash equilibrium, subgame perfect equilibrium, Bayesian and perfect Bayesian equilibrium will be analyzed. These concepts will be illustrated using a variety of economic models, from industrial organization, bargaining, the role of repeated interaction, and models of asymmetric information. Prerequisites: Economics 210 and Mathematics 110 with grades of C- or better.

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ECON 381: Economics of Development
Studies the problem of sustaining accelerated economic growth in less-developed countries. This course emphasizes the issues of growth; poverty and inequality; how land labor and credit affect economic development; problems of capital formation, economic planning and international specialization and trade; and the interaction of industrialization, agricultural development, and population change. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and Economics 210. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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ECON 385: Mathematical Economics
Calculus and linear algebra are applied to the analysis of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. The tools of mathematical optimization are developed with a particular focus on comparative statics. Issues of discrete and continuous time and uncertainty in economics are explored. Prerequisites: Mathematics 111 and Econonomics 210 or 220; or permission of instructor.
ECON 425: Business & Economic Forecasting
Employs regression techniques, time-series analysis, and business and economic indicators for forecasting economic and business variables. Prerequisites: Economics 110 and 180. (May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
ECON 430: International Trade Theory & Policy
Analysis of elements of economic structure that determine trade flows, theory relating to how trade flows alter economic structure, the free trade versus protectionism argument, and selected topics in international economic integration and development. Prerequisites: Economics 210 and 220; junior or senior standing. (May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement; meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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ECON 431: International Finance
Identifies and analyzes fundamentals of international financial theory. Topics include exchange rate determination, balance of payments accounting, and international monetary systems and their evolution. Prerequisites: Economics 210 and 220; junior or senior standing. (May be taken by economics majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
BUSN 431

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ECON 440: Advanced Macroeconomics
Analysis and comparison of Keynesian, neoKeynesian, neoclassical, monetarist, and rational expectationist perspectives on macroeconomic theory and stabilization policy. Prerequisites: Mathematics 110 and Economics 220; junior or senior standing. (May be taken by economics majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)

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ECON 480: Soc Security,Pensions, Retirement
Analyzes social security, pensions, and retirement from three perspectives: the individual, the business firm, and public policy. The course will address a range of issues drawing upon microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and finance. The impact that the baby boomers' retirement has had on the economy has received much attention in public policy debates. Those debates include widely differing characterizations of the problems and solutions. Students will be expected to develop their own critical sense of these issues. Open to senior business or economics majors or juniors as space allows. Prerequisite: Economics 210.(May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)
ECON 483: Behavioral Economics
This course is designed to introduce students to behavioral economics, an emerging subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into standard economics. It will examine experimental evidence of how human behavior systematically departs from the standard assumptions of economics, and will investigate attempts by behavioral economists to improve economic analyses. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and Economics 210.
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ECON 489: Globalization and Its Impact
Examines the impact of globalization on rich countries (the United States) and poor countries (Mexico, India, and China). An examination of free trade agreements will cast light on the political motives behind these agreements as well as the economic projections made. The economic impact of the creation of free trade zones is explored using both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Statistical evidence will document whether globalization has caused growth in GDP, employment, and income in poor countries. The responsibility of multinational companies in creating sweatshops, worker exploitation, and cultural disintegration are discussed in light of U.S. businesses located in Mexico, India, and China. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.) Prerequisites: Economics 110, 180, 210, and 220.

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Education

EDUC 104: Elem Math from Advanced Standpoint
EDUC 104: Elementary Math from an Advanced Standpoint This course presents an overview, for a sophisticated audience, of several topics from elementary mathematics. The course stresses three themes: mathematics in the liberal arts, mathematics from a historical perspective, and mathematics as a problem-solving activity. Topics to be covered include numeration systems, non-base-10 representations, and elementary number theory including primes and factorizations, rationals as terminating and repeating decimals, irrationals, simple probability experiments, elementary set theory, and mathematical reasoning.
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EDUC 108: Learning About the Living World
This course will examine selected topics in life science and earth science such as the human body and its functioning, ecology, ecosystems, weather, the water cycle, and erosion. Designed primarily to provide elementary education majors with the necessary background for teaching in K-8 schools, the course is appropriate for other students interested in strengthening their knowledge and confidence in investigating fundamental concepts and ideas in science. Students will participate in lectures, discussion, student presentations and projects, and laboratory activities. Two 50-minute class hours per week plus one two-hour session for laboratory, demonstrations, or field work. Does not satisfy requirements for the Biology major.
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EDUC 109: Learning About the Physical World
This course will examine selected topics in physical science such as the physical and chemical properties of matter, energy, motion of objects, waves and vibrations, components of the solar system and interactions of objects in the universe. This course is appropriate for students interested in strengthening their knowledge and confidence in investigating fundamental concepts and ideas in science. The course is designed with elementary education majors in mind to provide them with the necessary background for teaching science. Students will participate in lectures, discussions, projects, and laboratory activities. Two 80-minute class hours per week. Not applicable toward the chemistry major or minor.
CHEM 109

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EDUC 210: Observing the Schooling Process
An introduction to the teaching-learning process from elementary through high school. Participants observe, analyze, and discuss a variety of educational environments, including classrooms with exceptional students and classrooms in multicultural settings. Major focus on developing competencies in educational library research and writing skills. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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EDUC 212: Educational Reform in the U.S.
This course will explore the meaning of educational reform in the United States, both from a historical and philosophical perspective and in the context of contemporary educational policy. Students will begin the course by studying the progressive educational reform movement of the early twentieth century. They will look at ways in which progressive education initiatives, including the open education movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, have been challenged by proponents of standardization in schools. Charter schools, magnet schools, school vouchers, and No Child Left Behind also will be examined in order to better understand how the notion of educational reform is one that can be viewed from a wide variety of perspectives and within multiple contexts.
AMER 212, PHIL 214

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EDUC 215: Instructional CommTheory & Practice
EDUC 215: Instructional Communication Theory and Practice This course applies socio-linguistic theory to the understanding of learning in academic settings. Based on the premise that knowledge is socially constructed, race, gender, class, and ethnicity are considered social markers that shape the meanings and the values assigned to instructional messages. Students study communication practices in the classroom, apply theories in their analyses, and practice methods and strategies toward becoming more effective communicators through creation and/or delivery of lecture, discussion and cooperative learning simulations. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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EDUC 220: Philosophy of Education
Survey of significant theories of education, introduction to philosophical analysis of educational concepts, and development of analytical skills applicable to clarifying and resolving pedagogical and policy issues.
PHIL 220

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EDUC 232: The Teaching of Writing
Introduces students to theories of writing development with the intention of learning to teach others how to improve their writing skills and strategies.
EDUC 244: Anthropology of Education
For the anthropologist, education is the mechanism of socialreproduction, a strategy not limited to schooling but in fact encompassing a person's entire life. For much of the world, the privileging of schooling as a site of education has had real ramifications on the possibility of maintaining cultural forms that go against the pressures of globalization and capitalism. This course opens with a broad consideration of education before focusing on schooling as the preferred institutional form of education under early 21st century globalism. Our questions will include both how schooling operates to maintain existing social structures and power relations and the possibilities - and consequences - of schools as a site of change. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 244

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EDUC 270: Hist of Educ in American Society
EDUC 270: History of Education in American Society and Thought Historical role of education in American society; education as a panacea and as a practical solution; schooling vs. education. Emphasis is on the twentieth century.
HIST 270, AMER 270

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EDUC 303: Reading Methods in Elementary Schl
EDUC 303: Reading Methods in the Elementary School Places emphasis on theories of language acquisition and on characteristics of language development as they relate to teaching reading and the language arts. Includes research-based practices related to teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition and development, fluency, and grapho-phonemic skills; includes multiple approaches to reading and language instruction. Students will learn strategies for teaching ELL students and students with exceptional needs and differentiation models for meeting the needs of each student. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 304. Prerequisites: Education 210 and certification candidate status.
EDUC 403

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EDUC 304: Elementary Fieldwork & Seminar
Half-day internship in the elementary school. Elementary certification candidates complete 150 hours of supervised classroom observation and participation. Placements are arranged by the Education Department and supervised by faculty within the Education Department on a biweekly basis. Placement in a multicultural setting is required. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 303. Prerequisites: Education 210 and certification candidate status. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 404

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EDUC 305: Teaching in the Elementary School
This course emphasizes the importance of developing special skills, competencies, and understanding for teaching elementary school students. It includes philosophy, curriculum, instruction, and methods; design and development of elementary-grade lessons and programs; and observation and participation in elementary school classrooms. Prerequisites: Education 210, Education 313, Education 315, and Psychology 210.
EDUC 306: Teaching Adolescent Students
This course emphasizes the importance of developing special skills, competencies, and understanding for teaching middle school students. It includes middle-grade philosophy, curriculum, instruction, and methods; design and development of middle-grade lessons and programs; assessment coordination and referral of students to health and social services; and observation and participation in middle school classrooms. Prerequisites: Education 303 and 304.
EDUC 506

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EDUC 309: Immigration and Education
EDUC 309: Immigration and Education: Race, Language, and American Schools While immigration has become a lightning rod for political debate, there is a long history of using education as a tool toward socializing different newcomer groups into American society. This course will examine the ways in which schools have wrestled with the issues of immigration, race, and language as well as the policies and programs that serve to meet immigrant needs in schools, and the social and political implications of immigration. There will be special attention given to Chicago's particular port-of-entry issues. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 310: Equity & Social Justice in Educ
(Equity and Social Justice in Education) This course intends to examine notions of 'equity' and 'social justice' in the context of three aspects of education: the historical founding of U.S. schools on oppressive ideals; the ways in which race, gender, and sexual orientation affect and disrupt one's experiences of schooling; and the evolution of the efforts to work against these phenomena within the field of education. The course will explore equity and social justice from a variety of perspectives and through different texts, including analytical journal articles and personal narratives. Readings and discussions will be based heavily on the local world of public education as a microcosm of these issues as they have played out nationally and internationally. Not open to first-year students.
ETHC 340

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EDUC 311: Advanced Fieldwork
Students who have completed 210 and wish to have additional experience of a different nature in school settings may apply for independent study in schools. Research on some special aspect of schooling is often required. This course is graded only on a Credit/D/Fail basis.

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EDUC 312: Integrating Arts in Learning Proc
EDUC 312: Integrating the Arts in the Learning Process This course focuses on the integration of the fine arts in the elementary school curriculum. Students will learn how to meaningfully incorporate the visual arts, drama, music, and dance across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities in K-8 classrooms to enrich the learning process.

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EDUC 313: Reading in the Content Areas
Multiple approaches to the teaching of reading, characteristics of language development and its relation to intellectual development in the disciplines, and the application of instructional models to the teaching of writing and reading in the content areas, including teaching exceptional students, especially English Language Learners. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 315. Prerequisites: Education 210 and teacher certification candidate status.
EDUC 413

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EDUC 314: Inclusive Learning Environments
Emphasis on approaches and methodology that establish an inclusive classroom environment, including strategies for curriculum and management modification for students with exceptionalities. Response to Intervention, IEPs, and other school practices that aim to meet the needs of each child are included in this course. Topics include identification of various exceptionalities (e.g., learning disabilities, mental retardation, physical disabilities, etc.) that affect students and the structuring of their learning environments; the role of the special educator in relation to the regular classroom teacher; federal and state legislation that governs special education and the role of the regular classroom teacher; observation and analysis of students with exceptionalities in various learning environments; multicultural and linguistic differences as related to special education; and the development of classroom cultures that are sensitive and responsive to differences in gender and sexual orientation. Prerequisite: Psychology 210, Psychology 318, or permission of the department chairperson.
EDUC 414

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EDUC 315: Middle School Fieldwork & Seminar
Half-day internship in the middle and junior high school. Secondary certification candidates complete 150 hours of supervised classroom observation and participation. Placements are arranged by the Education Department and supervised by faculty within the Education Department on a biweekly basis. Placement at a multicultural site is required. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 313. Prerequisite: Acceptance for certification candidacy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 415

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EDUC 320: Comparative and International Educ
(Comparative and International Education: Education as the Practice of Freedom) This course examines both the study and practice of comparative and international education. The course is organized with a multidisciplinary perspective with analysis of history, theory, methods, and issues in comparative and international education. A major goal of the course is to interrogate the linkages between education and society. Recurrent themes will be examined to demonstrate how every educational system not only arises from but also shapes its particular socio-cultural context. Students will have the opportunity to deepen and expand their knowledge of educational issues within a global context. Not open to first year students. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ETHC 330, SOAN 344

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EDUC 322: Education in Developing Countries
(Education and Development in Developing Countries) This course explores the historical background, philosophical foundations and major themes in the education of 'developing countries' within the broader context of global development and social change. The specific goal of this course is to familiarize students with the evolution of and critical issues in formal education in most low income, less industrialized nations. Students will be able to explore contemporary themes in education from a historical and comparative perspective. Additionally, they will expand their conceptual schema for rethinking educational issues within and beyond their own societies. Geographically, this course covers countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but runs comparisons with countries in Europe and North America when theoretically relevant. Reading materials build on development studies and several disciplines in the social sciences and humanities such as history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and education. Not open to first year students. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
IREL 322, SOAN 343

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EDUC 363: Children's & Young Adult Literature
EDUC 363: Creative Writing: Children's and Young Adult Literature This course is designed to give students the tools they need to write a novel for children ages 7 to 16. We will gain an understanding of the art and craft of the children's novel by reading and analyzing classic works, and by attempting our own novels and receiving feedback on our efforts. Classes will include writing exercises, peer review, feedback on students' work by the instructor, and discussions of techniques used by established authors to create successful novels. The course can accommodate those who have already begun work on a novel, as well as those who have not. (Does not meet GEC Social Sciences requirement. Meets GEC Humanities requirement.)
ENGL 363

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EDUC 403: Reading in the Elementary School
Reading Methods in the Elementary School: Places emphasis on theories of language acquisition and on characteristics of language development as they relate to teaching reading and the language arts. Includes research-based practices related to teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition and development, fluency, and grapho-phonemic skills; includes multiple approaches to reading and language instruction. Students will learn strategies for teaching ELL students and students with exceptional needs and differentiation models for meeting the needs of each student. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 404. Prerequisites: Education 210 and MAT certification candidate status.
EDUC 303

Offered this year
EDUC 404: Elementary Fieldwork & Seminar
Half-day internship in the elementary school. Elementary certification candidates complete 150 hours of supervised classroom observation and participation. Placements are arranged by the Education Department and supervised by faculty within the Education Department on a biweekly basis. Placement in a multicultural setting is required. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 303. Prerequisites: Education 210 and certification candidate status. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 304

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EDUC 411: Advanced Fieldwork
Students who have completed 210 and wish to have additional experience of a different nature in school settings may apply for independent study in schools. Research on some special aspect of schooling is often required. This course is graded only on a Credit/D/Fail basis.

Offered this year
EDUC 413: Reading in the Content Areas
Multiple approaches to the teaching of reading, characteristics of language development and its relation to intellectual development in the disciplines, and the application of instructional models to the teaching of writing and reading in the content areas, including teaching exceptional students, especially the English Language Learners. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 415. Prerequisites: Education 210 and MAT certification candidate status.
EDUC 313

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EDUC 414: Inclusive Learning Environments
Emphasis on approaches and methodology that establish an inclusive classroom environment, including strategies for curriculum and management modification for students with exceptionalities. Response to Intervention, IEPs, and other school practices that aim to meet the needs of each child are included in this course. Topics include identification of various exceptionalities (e.g., learning disabilities, mental retardation, physical disabilities, etc.) that affect students and the structuring of their learning environments; the role of the special educator in relation to the regular classroom teacher; federal and state legislation that governs special education and the role of the regular classroom teacher; observation and analysis of students with exceptionalities in various learning environments; multicultural and linguistic differences as related to special education; and the development of classroom cultures that are sensitive and responsive to differences in gender and sexual orientation. Prerequisite: Psychology 210 and MAT certification candidate status.
EDUC 314

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EDUC 415: Middle School Fieldwork & Seminar
Half-day internship in the middle and junior high school. Secondary certification candidates complete 150 hours of supervised classroom observation and participation. Placements are arranged by the Education Department and supervised by faculty within the Education Department on a biweekly basis. Placement at a multicultural site is required. This course must be taken concurrently with Education 313. Prerequisite: Acceptance for certification candidacy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 315

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English

ENGL 101: Writing Tutorial
An expository writing course for students identified by the director of writing programs. (Does not apply toward the major. Not open to upperclass students. Does not meet GEC Humanities Requirement.)

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ENGL 110: Literary Studies
Designed to introduce prospective majors to English studies. Primarily for first-year students but also for others who wish to acquire useful skills as readers and writers by developing critical abilities in studying literature. This course offers students an introduction to specific subject areas in the literary canon and contemporary texts, as well as current theoretical perspectives. (Counts as an elective for the English major, Literature Track. Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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ENGL 135: Creative Writing
A beginning course in the art of writing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prose. Literary analysis will be combined with creative assignments. Group discussions and individual conferences. (Not open to students who have completed English 235.)
ENGL 203: Early American Literature
A survey of early American literature including Native American oral stories and trickster tales, Puritan literature, Smith and Pocahontas accounts, captivity narratives, voices of nationalism, early slave narratives, and women's letters.
ENGL 204: Nineteenth Century American Lit
Works of representative writers: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain. Topics of discussion include Emerson's influence on American culture, developments in American literary form, and themes of American community and nature.

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ENGL 205: Twentieth Century American Lit
Works of representative writers. Topics of discussion include American identity and the 'American dream,' developments in literary form, and the social and political values of modern literature.
ENGL 206: American Environmental Lit
An historically organized survey of the various rhetorics through which nature has been understood by Americans from the Puritans to contemporary writers: the Calvinist fallen landscape, the rational continent of the American Enlightenment, conservation and 'wise use,' and preservation and 'biodiversity.'
AMER 206, ES 206

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ENGL 207: Literature of Place: Chicago
This course will examine Chicago history and literature by privileging its location. In other words, we will consider the city and its environs as central characters in the stories we study, moving through the history of the region with a narrative lens. This method will suggest the ever-changing character traits of Chicago as it develops from Pottawatomie war plain to fur trading post to early mercantile settlement to booming and (for a time) busting metropolis. We will begin with accounts of the Joliet expedition along with narratives of early settlers to the region. Other readings will draw from classic works by Jane Addams, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Richard Wright, and Saul Bellow, Thomas Pynchon, Joe Meno, and Stuart Dybek, among others. Additionally, these narratives will be read in the context of theoretical offerings in ecocriticism. Students should keep Friday afternoons free for a series of field trips, to be scheduled well in advance.
ES 207

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ENGL 210: Ancient and Medieval Literature
The origins of Western literary tradition traced through such classic figures as Homer, Virgil, and Dante. A survey of major English literary texts, culminating in Chaucer. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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ENGL 211: English Literature I
The continuation of the Classics of Literature Sequence, focusing on such major figures as Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, and Pope seen against the developments and traditions of the two periods. Prerequisite: English 210, or permission of instructor.

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ENGL 212: English Literature II
The third in the Classics of Literature Sequence, from the Romantics through Modernism, seen against the developments and traditions of the last two centuries. Prerequisite: English 210 and English 211, or permission of instructor.

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ENGL 216: African American Literature I
A study of slave narratives and contemporary revisions. Includes works by Equiano, Douglass, Delaney, Jacobs, Morrison, Johnson, and Williams. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 216

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ENGL 217: African American Literature II
An examination of narrative attempts before, during, and after the Harlem Renaissance to move from imposed stereotypes toward more accurate representations of African American experiences. Includes works by Chesnutt, Du Bois, Hurston, Larsen, Hughes, Toomer, Baldwin, and Walker. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 217

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ENGL 218: Blues Women in African Amer Lit
An analysis of the representation of 'blues women' and the music in writings by African Americans. Authors include Larsen, Hurston, Morrison, Wilson, Jones, and Walker. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ENGL 220: Shakespeare
Selected plays to show Shakespeare's artistic development; intensive analysis of major plays. Students who have taken English 221 or Religion 221 may not take 220.
THTR 236

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ENGL 224: Literature of the Vietnam War
This course examines the Vietnam War as refracted through various literary genres. The readings for the course include Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and Truong Nhu Tang's Vietcong Memoir. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 224, ASIA 224

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ENGL 226: Contemporary Memoir as Literature
In recent years, the genre of memoir has become extremely popular. What does this popularity say about contemporary American culture? Why do many writers tell highly personal stories of their lives? And why do people read them? As we analyze significant memoirs of the last two decades, we will also consider the controversy over whether memoirs are 'true' accounts, as well as the diversity of forms and styles used by writers of the genre.
ENGL 227: The Literary Magazine in America
For well over a century, literary publishing in America has relied on constellation of magazines both large and small to cultivate and disseminate the work of poets and prose writers. Between 1912 - when Chicago's Poetry magazine was founded - and 1950, over 600 were begun, and by the end of the twentieth century that number grew into the thousands. What role did these magazines play in shaping our literary history? How do they continue to function in our own time alongside the internet and new media? What is their future? This course will guide students through the history, editorial process, and technology of literary publishing by focusing on the evolution of Poetry magazine and its past and present contemporaries. It will include examination of historically significant archival materials as well as practical explorations of the day-to-day workflows of state-of-the art journal editing and publishing.
ENGL 228: Women Writing Women
This course will survey selected women writers, in diverse genres past and present, with a focus on American women in the 20th and 21st centuries. Writers may include: Muriel Rukeyser, Adrienne Rich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Gloria Anzaldua, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as women writing in recent genres like creative nonfiction, memoir, and transgender fiction. We will explore questions such as: Does the diversity of American women in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender identification trouble the very concept of 'U.S. women writers'? What are ways that women have defined and undermined the concept of 'woman' in their writing? (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 228, AMER 228
ENGL 230: Hist Drama I: Greeks to Shakespeare
(History of Drama I: Greeks to Shakespeare) This required course for theater majors examines the history of drama and theater from its origins in religious ritual of ancient Greece to the productions of Shakespeare's London. In addition to in-depth study of plays, emphasis is placed on acting styles, production techniques, stage and auditorium architecture, and the socio-political milieu that formed the foundation of the theater of each culture and period. Offered yearly.
THTR 230

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ENGL 232: The Teaching of Writing
ENGL 233: Performance Art
ENGL 234: Hist Drama II: Moliere to Chekhov
This required course for theater majors examines the history of drama and theater from the comedies of Moliere to the beginning of twentieth-century realism in the plays of Ibsen and Chekhov. In addition to in-depth study of plays, this course explores the conventions of acting and stagecraft and cultural conditions that influenced each period's theater. Offered yearly in the fall. Prerequisite: THTR 230.
THTR 231

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ENGL 236: 20th Cent Theater: Musical Theater
A study of representative musical comedies, operettas, and related works that will provide topics for papers by students. Emphasis will be placed on relationship to political, social, and cultural events. Videotapes of musicals are viewed and discussed. Among works to be discussed are Show Boat, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and others.
AMER 236, MUSC 235
ENGL 237: Hist Drama III: Shaw to Kushner
An exploration of modern and contemporary works from the early twentieth century to the present by authors such as Shaw, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Inge, Rice, Odets, Wilder and Miller. Theories of Realism, Expressionism, and others will be examined in context with the social and cultural events that inspired them.
THTR 232
ENGL 240: Theater Criticism
An intensive course on reading and writing brief, journalistic play critiques designed to help theatergoers make informed consumer decisions. Attention to journalistic basics and issues of individual sensibility and taste. Class writings will be considered for campus publications. No prerequisites.
THTR 257
ENGL 241: African American Drama & Theater
This course surveys the work African American theater artists from the nineteenth century to the present day. Playwrights surveyed may include Richardson, Hughes, Hansberry, Childress, Bullins, Baraka, Fuller, Wilson, Cleage, Shange, and Parks. Readings are supplemented by field trips to Chicago theaters that feature African American plays. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
THTR 241, AFAM 241
ENGL 242: Playwriting
This course focuses on the collaboration between director, designers, and playwright in the creation and production of new works for the stage. Projects will include writing, script analysis, casting, and presentation of original student works and/or student-adapted works by professional authors. Offered every other year.
THTR 270
ENGL 250: Contemporary Lit
This course will examine literary texts that address questions of ideology and the marketplace, and it will include diverse multicultural literary perspectives.
ENGL 251: Post-colonial Literatures
A course exploring themes in the literatures of Africa, India, the Caribbean, and the Islamic world from the end of colonialism to the present day. Topics include postcolonial 'writing back' to the literature of empire; nativism; ethnocentrism and the search for an authentic postcolonial voice; cultural hybridity; and the literature of migration and exile. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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Environmental Studies

ES 108: Environmental Chemistry
A working knowledge of most environmental issues facing us in the twenty-first century requires a modest understanding of some key geochemical principles. This course introduces geochemistry concepts and skills as they arise in the context of current environmental issues, including chemical cycles in nature, air pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, energy sources, water quality, and solid waste. The course will incorporate 'field' experiences: visits to water quality and/or atmospheric laboratories, as well as local sampling and analysis. Students will be asked to collect and interpret their own data, as well as to test scientific explanations of environmental issues with simple models.
CHEM 108

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ES 110: Intro to Environmental Studies
The 'environment' is not only a natural place filled with trees and pandas, but a matrix in which all human economies and societies are embedded. Solving current environmental problems often involves closing feedback loops between political, social, and economic processes and the ecosystems from which they draw, and which they, in turn impact. For this reason, the scholarly study of environmental issues is inherently interdisciplinary, requiring a sophisticated appreciation not only of science, but also of the humanities and social sciences. This course is an introduction to the multifaceted and interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems and their solutions in today's world. It emphasizes field trips and scientific content, particularly related to understanding biodiversity and ecosystems. It also offers perspectives on environmental issues from the humanities and/or social sciences. Specific topics and content may vary with the professor(s). No prerequisites. Intended for students interested in pursuing the Environmental Studies major.

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ES 116: Introduction to Geology
This course will launch participants into the study of Earth's physical history, from the creation of our planet to ways in which geologic processes occur all around us today. Students will learn to identify many different types of rocks, minerals, and fossils, explain the workings of plate tectonics, interpret ancient climates and environments by identifying a single rock, and understand how geologic processes have shaped the face of today's Earth and the life on it. Students will better understand the most important environmental and economic issues facing the world today—the formation, distribution, extraction, and effects of fossil fuels—and gain insight into water movement, access, and pollution. Students will be expected to take a dynamic role in the teaching of materials through presentations and in-class activities. Field trips, including a possible weekend field trip, will be a required part of the class. (Meets GEC Natural and Mathematical Sciences Requirement.)

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ES 117: Geography and Demography
The most important issues facing the Earth and its people in the 21st century all have their basis in the geography of the planet, that is, the spatial distribution of land, water, languages, and economic activity. The course will address the following eight geographical concepts: the major forces driving population growth or decline; water scarcity, water pollution, and water management; food production and distribution systems; global flow of people, ideas, products, and resources; the drive toward urbanization and the response of cities to growth; global warming and the ways in which human activities in different regions contribute to greenhouse gas emissions; democratization, the history and current status of the form of government in different regions, how governmental form is tied to the geography; how gender roles influence societies in different regions. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ES 201: Integrated Environment Field Study
Integrated Environmental Field Studies (ES 201) is a field course that will be held during the Summer I semester. The course will integrate Biology, Chemistry, Literature, History, and Economics through the use of case studies in Agriculture, Land Use Planning, Timber Management, and Conservation. Most coursework will be conducted outside with one or more of the professors present at all times. There will be some indoor chemistry lab work. Students will meet with professionals from farmers and bee keepers to developers and governmental officials. No prerequisites. Limited to 15 students. Contact one of the instructors for details before registering. This course will fulfill the chemistry requirement for the Environmental Studies major and minor.
ES 202: Integ Envr Field Studies-Midwest
(Integrated Environmental Field Studies-Midwest) This is a field course that will be held on Lake Forest College's campus and in the surrounding natural areas of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The course will integrate Ecology, Field Biology, Chemistry, Literature, History, and Economics through the use of case studies in Agriculture, Land Use Planning, Timber Management, and Conservation. Most coursework will be conducted outside with one or more of the professors present at all times. There will be some indoor chemistry lab work. Students will meet with professionals from farmers and bee keepers to developers and governmental officials. Among the topics covered will be: Air, Water, and Soil Chemistry; Ecosystem Delineation; Agricultural Economics; Land Use Management; Literature of Place; Geography of Place; Spring Wildflower Identification; Environmental History; Botanical Systematics; Wildlife Management; Environmental Policy; Forestry. Glenn Adelson, Lori Del Negro, Davis Schneiderman, Jeff Sundberg, and Andrew Hipp (of the Morton Arboretum) will be the instructors. No prerequisites. Limited to 15 students.
ES 206: American Environmental Lit
An historically organized survey of the various rhetorics through which nature has been understood by Americans from the Puritans to contemporary writers: the Calvinist fallen landscape, the rational continent of the American Enlightenment, conservation and 'wise use,' and preservation and 'biodiversity.'
ENGL 206, AMER 206

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ES 207: Literature of Place: Chicago
This course will examine Chicago history and literature by privileging its location. In other words, we will consider the city and its environs as central characters in the stories we study, moving through the history of the region with a narrative lens. This method will suggest the ever-changing character traits of Chicago as it develops from Pottawatomie war plain to fur trading post to early mercantile settlement to booming and (for a time) busting metropolis. We will begin with accounts of the Joliet expedition along with narratives of early settlers to the region. Other readings will draw from classic works by Jane Addams, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Richard Wright, and Saul Bellow, Thomas Pynchon, Joe Meno, and Stuart Dybek, among others. Additionally, these narratives will be read in the context of theoretical offerings in ecocriticism. Students should keep Friday afternoons free for a series of field trips, to be scheduled well in advance.
ENGL 207

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ES 210: Environmental Ethics
Examination of relationships between human beings and nature, drawing on literature, religion, and natural science as well as philosophy. What views have shaped our current perceptions, concerns, uses, and misuses of the natural world? What creative alternatives can we discover? How can these be applied to the practical problems of environmental ethics?
PHIL 210

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ES 215: Environmental Psychology
Environmental psychology is the discipline concerned with interactions and relationships between people and their environments (including built, natural, and social environments). In this course we apply psychological methods and theories to a variety of issues and behaviors, considering such topics as landscape preference, wayfinding, weather, noise, natural disasters, territoriality, crowding, and the design of residential and work environments. We also explore images of nature, wilderness, home, and place, as well as the impact of these images on behavior. The course is grounded in empirical work, and incorporates observations and experiences in the local environment. No prerequisite.
PSYC 215

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ES 240: Religious Perspectives Environment
The current environmental crises rest on a layer of philosophical and religious assumptions that are currently being challenged. Are human beings the center of the universe? Is humankind's mandate to dominate nature? Does nature belong to human beings or do human beings belong to nature? This course will address the relationship of the divine and the human sphere of nature from various religious perspectives. Contemporary Judaic, Christian, and Islamic ecological visions and action programs will be considered. In addition, the course will include religious views and practices of certain native cultures of North and South America, the Australian aborigines, and African tribes as well as ecological perspectives derived from South and East Asian religious cultures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 240

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ES 260: American Environmental History
Introduction to the historical study of the relationship of Americans with the natural world. Examination of the ways that 'natural' forces helped shape American history; the ways human beings have altered and interacted with nature over time; and the ways cultural, philosophical, scientific, and political attitudes towards the environment have changed in the course of American history, pre-history to the present.
HIST 260, AMER 261
ES 261: Global Environmental History
The Earth's environment has changed drastically over time. The first half of this course is a journey through the many phases of environment and climate on Earth in its 4.5-billion-year history from an atmosphere without oxygen to a warm lushly vegetated globe to a world with glaciers pushing toward the equator. In its second half, we will focus on the how environmental changes influenced human history. What was the world like when humans evolved and how did the Ice Ages determine where people migrated? Were the rise and fall of empires tied to the rise and fall of sea level? We will also examine humans as forces that shape and influence the environments they inhabit, for better or for worse. No prerequisite.

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ES 263: American Cities
The changing functions, scale, and quality of urban society from the seventeenth century to the present. A historical framework for studying modern American metropolitan problems. Some fieldwork in Chicago.
HIST 263, AMER 263

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ES 271: Technology & Human Values
Conditions and processes of industrialization in the Western world; problems related to economic development in emerging nations; impact of industry on lifeways of modern humans. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 271
ES 273: Cultural Ecology of Africa
In this course, we will study the relationships between African peoples andtheir environments. We will consider the process of globalization and its relationship to the changing landscape of Africa in a historical context. By combining environmental studies and anthropology, we will bring a unique perspective to our study of the historical interaction of African cultures and environments, from pre-colonial times through the colonial period to the current post-colonial period. No prerequisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
SOAN 273
ES 282: Lake Forestry
The subjects of Lake Forestry are the trees and forests of the Midwest. You will learn the ecology of individual trees and of the forest assemblages that they are part of. Also included in this course are forest history and the history of forestry, the relationship between forest ecosystems and urban and agricultural ecosystems, and current forest conservation and restoration efforts. All classes will be held outside. There will be two mandatory weekend field trips: September 24-26 to Northern Wisconsin and October 15-19 (Fall Mid-Semester Break) to Southern Illinois.

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ES 287: Sustainable Food Systems
Modern food systems have been shaped by complex political, economic, and ecological forces. This course will take a hands-on approach to examining the origins of these forces; understanding their effects on the environment, human health, and the economy; and considering alternatives to the prevailing system. Focusing on a practical as well as theoretical approach to food systems reform, students will participate in extensive hands-on learning in the campus garden, visit alternatives to conventional food production and distribution, and contribute to in-class debates and workshops. (Not open to students who have completed ES 289.)
ES 288: Botanical Imperialism
From corn and sugar cane to opium and nutmeg, from quinine and rubber to pineapples and potatoes, the desire for plant products and the subsequent movement of plants around the globe has been both a cause and a consequence of imperial expansion. This course will examine the impact that plants and their products have had on human political history. The desire for spices, medicines, and crops has driven, and continues to drive, the people and governments of more developed nations to subjugate the people and governments of other, less developed nations, usually with disastrous results. We will spend most class sessions outside the classroom: at the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Field Museum, and in Lake Forest's own vegetable garden. Students will be responsible for learning plant science—the morphology, evolutionary biology, and chemistry of the plants we study—in addition to the history and politics. No prerequisites.

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ES 289: Biodiversity and Agriculture
Defining agriculture in the broad sense, to include fishing and animal husbandry, this course provides a foundation of knowledge of agricultural history and the present state of food production, distribution, and consumption. The course will include basic biology, concentrating on the diversity of plants and animals that have given rise to the crops in use today. We will also look at the changes in ecosystems caused by agriculture and the different types of new ecosystems that agriculture has given rise to. The relationship between agriculture and conservation will be an important theme in this class. The course will be interdisciplinary, with readings from biology, history, literature, law, economics, and politics. The experiential component to this course is critical, and students will visit the proposed campus agricultural initiative, local farms (City Farm, Angelic Organics), and the Chicago Botanic Gardens. To complement the local/place-based understanding, we will explore the origins of agriculture and farming in the developing world. (Not open to students who have completed ES 287.)

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ES 315: Soc Ethics Energy Production & Use
Course description: the course will explore the ethical implications of possible future energy initiatives. Emphasis will be given to the global implications of interdependency on primary resources and the technological initiatives of nuclear power and alternative sources. Students will focus on independent research projects, with both domestic and international components, surrounding the environmental, social, and ethical issues of future energy production and use. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor.
SOAN 315, PHIL 315

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ES 321: US Energy & Environmental Policy
Examination of policy processes surrounding energy and environmental regulation. Topics include production and use of energy resources (oil, gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable energy); foreign policy implications of energy supplies; environmental problems related to energy use and economic development (e.g., ozone layer depletion, carbon dioxide buildup); and American attitudes toward nature and the environment.
POLS 321
ES 332: Environmental Writing
This course focuses on writing about the environment. Students will explore different approaches to the environmental essay, including adventure narrative, personal reflection, and natural history. Poetry and fiction will also play a role as we explore the practice of place-centered writing. We will also use the immediate surroundings of the Chicago area as an environment for our writing. Prerequisite: English 235 or a lower-level Environmental Studies course.
ENGL 332

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ES 340: Environ & Natural Resource Econ
Examines different economic theories regarding optimal use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, why market responses to pollution are typically unsatisfactory, and optimal pollution control. These theories are then applied to the real world, taking into consideration political and technological constraints. The impact of past and current policy on the environment will be studied, as will the potential impact of proposed legislation. Prerequisite: Economics 210 or permission of the instructor.
ECON 340

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ES 344: Chicago: The Food City
Food forms the basis for Chicago's cultural and economic success. From its efficient grid system to its waterway access, the city provided grain and livestock to the country by rail, barge, and truck for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the twenty-first century, new issues challenge national and global food systems, and Chicago stands at the forefront of innovation regarding them. This course covers the history, geography, economics, and environmental impact of food production, distribution, and consumption. We will highlight the following: population distribution, water management, food technology, transportation and storage costs, civic governance, local and regional sustainability, job creation, food deserts, urban farming, ethnic food distribution, and community development. An emphasis will be placed on how differential access to or impact of each of these factors is influenced by ethnicity, income, and education of the citizens. Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 110 or permission of instructor.

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ES 350: Marine and Island Ecology
This summer school course, offered by the Shedd Aquarium and the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, includes a field experience in the Bahama Islands. Students learn how oceanography and water chemistry affect marine habitats and island environments. Students develop identification techniques for fishes, reptiles, plants and invertebrates while gaining knowledge of field research. The capstone experience is a nine-day excursion on Shedd's research vessel, the R/V Coral Reef II, studying tropical marine and island flora and fauna and surveying marine and terrestrial communities of the Exuma Islands. Prerequisite: Biology 220. Credit: one Lake Forest College credit.
ES 361: Environmental Law
This course will explore basic issues of law and policy involved in the consumption, conservation, and regulation of natural resources. In particular, we will consider how various competing public and private interests in the use and protection of the environment affect legislative, administrative, and judicial decision making. Topics to be discussed include: agency management of environmental risk; civil suits as a means of environmental law enforcement; wilderness and the use of public land; takings and other private property rights concerns; federalism and the environment. Among other statutes, we will examine the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
ES 365: Poetry and Nature
This course explores the long history of poetry and its relationship to the natural world, from its roots in Classical Asian and European poetry to its postmodern manifestations. Understanding the natural processes that served as inspiration and subject matter of nature poetry will enrich student understanding of the poem as work of literature and also the poetry-writing process. If enrolled in ES 365, students will respond to the poems with literary and natural history analysis; if enrolled in ENGL 365, students will respond with their own poetry and creative writing. Prerequisite: One 200-level English course or 200-level Environmental Studies course.
ENGL 365
ES 370: Ecology
This course examines current concepts and research in ecology at the levels of populations, communities, landscapes, ecosystems, and global processes. Emphasis will be placed on field research methods and reading of the primary literature. Lectures, discussions, and other classroom activities will be combined with field and laboratory exercises. Three classroom and four laboratory/field hours per week. Prerequisites: Biol 220, and either Biol 221 or Junior status.
ES 384: Plant Biology
This course aims to provide a thorough knowledge and understanding of land and aquatic plants, photosynthetic protists and fungi, including: molecular biology; chemical organization and genetics; structures and functions of plant cells, tissues, and organs; principles of systematic botany, nomenclature, and classification; evolutionary relationships among the major groups; and the relationship between plants and their environments. An emphasis on hands-on experimentation will allow students to design experiments, analyze data, and present their results. Three 50-minute lectures and one 3-hour lab per week are required. Biol 220, and either Biol 221 or Junior status. Students must also register for a lab.

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Ethics Center

ETHC 276: Social Justice and Human Rights
Examination of the concepts and debates surrounding social justice and human rights, with attention to the arguments between East and West. Applications to current global and domestic issues, such as globalization; poverty and disparities in wealth and opportunity; race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation; political liberties; and genocide.
PHIL 276

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ETHC 277: Social Justice versus Freedom?
Examination of the perceived tensions between efforts to promote social justice and guarantees of individual freedom. Theoretical debates will be linked to practical issues, such as promotion of free markets versus government social programs and questions of government's legitimate role on personal issues, such as providing for gay marriage. Efforts to seek common ground will be explored. No prerequisites.
PHIL 277
ETHC 290: What Makes a Great Leader?
How do we recognize a good leader? Is a just or effective leader the same as a great leader? Materials will be drawn from literature, film, and biographies, as well as more theoretical readings from the humanities and social sciences, as we try to answer these very important questions. We will consider specific examples of good and bad leadership (fictional or historical) from a variety of realms, such as politics, social movements, religion, the arts, education, law, science, and public intellectualism. Open to sophomore or junior Honors Fellows, and others with permission of the Honors Fellows Committee.
HSEM 290

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ETHC 320: Topics in Ethics
Collaborative research project culminating in a specific ethical theme (announced each time the course is offered.) The course runs for an academic year, earning .5 credit per semester. The course may be repeated for credit. Participation by invitation.
ETHC 330: Comparative and International Educ
ETHC 330: Comparative and International Education: Education as the Practice of Freedom This course examines both the study and practice of comparative and international education. The course is organized with a multidisciplinary perspective with analysis of history, theory, methods, and issues in comparative and international education. A major goal of the course is to interrogate the linkages between education and society. Recurrent themes will be examined to demonstrate how every educational system not only arises from but also shapes its particular socio-cultural context. Students will have the opportunity to deepen and expand their knowledge of educational issues within a global context. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 320, SOAN 344

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ETHC 340: Equity & Social Justice in Educ
ETHC 340: Equity and Social Justice in Education This course intends to examine notions of 'equity' and 'social justice' in the context of three aspects of education: the historical founding of U.S. schools on oppressive ideals; the ways in which race, gender, and sexual orientation affect and disrupt one's experiences of schooling; and the evolution of the efforts to work against these phenomena within the field of education. The course will explore equity and social justice from a variety of perspectives and through different texts, including analytical journal articles and personal narratives. Readings and discussions will be based heavily on the local world of public education as a microcosm of these issues as they have played out nationally and internationally.
EDUC 310

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ETHC 352: Topics in Social Justice
Examination of a particular issue in social justice, through a research project. Common elements of the course will include examinations of theoretical issues and debates, allowing students to select from a range of possible research topics. Significant time will be devoted to periodic student reports on their projects. Prerequisite: Ethics Center/Philosophy 276 or 277 or permission of instructor.
PHIL 352

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Finance

FIN 237: Introduction to Finance
An overview of financial markets and corporate procedures and the ways they influence the allocation of scarce resources over time and under uncertainty. An introduction to investment theory and corporate finance is provided and specific financial securities and corporate practices are discussed. Prerequisites: Economics 110 and Economics 180/Business 180 with grades of C- or better.

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FIN 337: Real Estate Finance
An examination of the fundamental concepts, principles, and analytical methods involved in debt financing of residential and commercial real estate. Through lectures, readings, problem sets, casework, presentations and exams, students will develop and demonstrate their understanding of the process of underwriting and financing residential and commercial properties. Mortgage financing for the purpose of homeownership will lead to a focus on income-producing properties for the purpose of investment. Both the perspectives of the borrower as well as of the lender will be considered. Present value calculations and capitalization rates will be emphasized. The role of real estate capital markets will be introduced. Prerequisite: Finance 237.

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FIN 360: Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurialism thrives in the U.S. and is essential to the country's economy with well over half a million new business ventures being launched each year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, small businesses employ half of all private sector employees and have generated the majority of new jobs in recent years. It is likely that many of today's business college graduates will work at, finance, and possibly start-up new business enterprises. The objectives of the course include: (i) gaining an understanding of the new business venture process, (ii) examining the financial aspects of strategic and business planning, (iii) developing the tools for financial forecasting, and (iv) establishing a framework for business valuation–both from the entrepreneur's and investor's perspective. Prerequisites: FIN 237 and BUSN 230.

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FIN 365: Fundamental Equity Analysis
Fundamental equity analysis is a stock investment technique based on the economic concept that markets are not implicitly efficient, but instead trend towards efficiency in part using fundamental analysis as a tool to outperform markets by arbitraging inefficiencies in the market. The goal of fundamental equity analysis is to seek out discrepancies in consensus views on equity securities that impact valuation using a combination of financial statement analysis and forecasting, industry/sector analysis and forecasting in tandem with disciplined approaches to valuation based on various objective quantitative criteria. Upon completing this course, students will have a rudimentary working understanding of the methodology fundamental analysts use to pick sectors and stocks. The course is heavily writing-intensive, with weekly case studies. Prerequisites: FIN 237 and BUSN 230.

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FIN 380: Investment Analysis
The process of selecting among alternative financial assets from the viewpoint of the individual. Emphasizes such topics as the evaluation of risk and return, security markets and industry developments, regulatory practices, and portfolio theory. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and Finance 237.

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FIN 385: Options and Futures
This course introduces the economic functions of options and futures markets, discusses the basic underlying pricing mechanism of options and futures contracts, and provides a working knowledge of these contracts as risk management tools. Prerequisites: Economics 180 and Finance 237.

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FIN 415: Corporate Finance
Theoretical and empirical issues in corporate finance are examined from the perspectives of the firm, the shareholders, and public policymakers. Topics covered include leveraged buyouts and mergers, dividend policy, techniques used to raise capital, and the impact of the tax system on corporate activity. Prerequisites: Mathematics 110 and Finance 237; junior or senior standing.

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FIN 490: Internship
Provides an opportunity to supplement academic training with work experience in the field of business and economics. Interested students must work with Career Services to develop a resume and register with the instructor by the following deadlines: by April 1 for a Fall internship; by November 1 for a Spring internship; and by the week following spring break for a Summer internship. Business and Economics internships may be done for either one or two credits. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, Economics 110 with a grade of C- or better as well as other designated courses relevant to the internship and earning a C or better in combination of these courses and Economics 110. Internships need to be for different experiences therefore continuation of previous internships, part-time or summer jobs is not allowed. The department will not give credit for internships that do not build directly on prior course work. Students on academic probation are ineligible for this program. Contact the Internship Supervisor for Economics and Business regarding additional information and guidelines.
ECON 490, BUSN 490

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First Year Studies

FIYS 105: Music in Chicago
In this course, we will investigate the rich history of the blues, jazz, popular, and classical music in the Chicago region. Students will attend concerts, write reviews, and conduct independent research on a major figure or musical institution in the region. Students will create blogs that feature their written reflections on the Chicago music world. No prior musical skills are required. Fall and winter athletes may have conflicts with class field trips and should check with their coaches before enrolling in this course.
FIYS 106: Medical Mysteries of the Mind
This course is for beginning students interested in exploring the human brain in a rigorous interdisciplinary way. If you are intensely interested in how your brain helps you think, feel, sense, read, write, eat, sleep, dream, learn and move, this course is for you. You will learn how brain dysfunction causes complex medical illnesses, like Alzheimer's, Autism, and Schizophrenia. You will meet Chicago's world-class neuroscientists through guest seminars and class-trips to famous laboratories. You will debate ethical dilemmas that face society and dissect human brains. Lastly, you will organize a Brain Awareness Week on campus and do outreach at elementary schools to teach what you learn to young children. While the course is intended for any serious student interested in mind mysteries, it will be of particular value for those planning natural science majors, biomedical/health professions, or a combination of biology and psychology. One year each of high school biology and chemistry is required.
FIYS 111: Race and Space in Chicago Schools
The history of American education has been marked by inequalities along racial, ethnic, economic, linguistic, religious, and cultural lines. Since the late twentieth century, the development of suburban and urban boundaries has come to redefine equity and social justice in schools. This course introduces students to social and institutional forces that make 'race' and 'space' tools for educational inequity. Focusing on Chicago-area schools, we will consider how the laws and collective actions of society have produced a 'poor urban' and 'affluent suburban' divide that continues to shape the educational experiences of students from various backgrounds. By learning how to read carefully and to write clearly about the issues of 'race' and 'space' in Chicago-area schools, students will develop basic strategies of research, writing and presentation. Travelling as a group accompanied by the instructor, students will visit pertinent Chicago-area schools to explore these issues in real-life educational contexts.

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FIYS 113: Robots, Termites, Bits, & Bytes
In this course students will learn about algorithms and the basics of programming (writing 'apps' using sequencing, conditionals and loops) in a robotics environment. Students, in teams of three, will build LEGO robotswith various sensors (light, sound, touch) that enable robots to perform tasks like navigating a maze or serving as guards in a doorway. The programming environment is friendly and visual. Course topics also include a study of how computer scientists are studying termites and other 'smart swarm' creatures to solve important technology problems. Each student is expected to bring a laptop to class meetings, or to make other arrangements with the instructor. No previous mechanical, electrical, or programming experience is necessary. This course is not open to students with previous programming or robotics experience.

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FIYS 121: Making Sense of Aging
Everything grows old, but why? From insects to humans, virtually all organisms change with the passage of time. This course will investigate the underlying mechanisms of age-related changes in humans and other organisms. Various explanations have been proposed for aging and the associated maladies that often come with it, including environmental factors, diet and metabolism, cellular clocks, and the damage caused by oxygen. In addition, longevity and health often run in families, hinting at genetic factors that appear to affect the aging process. Students will explore the topics through reading popular and scientific literature, discussion, writing assignments, and presentation.

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FIYS 126: Mapping Chicago: How Space Matters
This course explores how space matters to human well-being. We will consider theories about how space affects education, health and income in an urban environment, with specific application to the city of Chicago. Using ArcGIS, a software system for managing geographic knowledge, students will learn to map and analyze relationships among socio-economic, demographic, political and location variables. In individual projects, students will develop spatial analyses of such topics as education accessibility, income inequality, racial segregation and crime. This course will focus on how spatial analysis can be used to enhance public policy. Students will also gain skill in data management and analysis. Knowledge of Excel is preferred and additional training will be required.
FIYS 129: The American Founding
American politicians and legal scholars often support their opinions by reference to the Founding era of the United States. The rise of the Tea Party movement has heightened this interest in America's constitutional principles and history. But what exactly occurred during the Founding era? That is, what were the major debates about the ratification of the Constitution; how were they resolved? What is the fascination with the Founding now, at this particular moment? Moreover, are these founding principles and institutions still worthy of support, or are they in need of fundamental revision? In this course, we will examine what occurred at the Founding of the United States. As the course progresses, students will be given a variety of tools for critically assessing, from a variety of perspectives, not only the American Founding, but also the idea of national 'founding' in general.

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FIYS 130: The Science of Cooking
Chefs have revolutionized world cuisine in the last twenty years using molecular gastronomy. In this course, we will examine the chemistry and physics of cooking and the physiology of taste and flavor. We will explore the science behind making a foam or gel, the prevention of food bacteria, how to temper chocolate, and other culinary mysteries. We will read the work of Hervé This, the French physical chemist who coined the term 'molecular gastronomy,' as well as works by great chefs Heston Blumenthal, Ferran Adria, José Andrés, Grant Achatz and others. We will not only become familiar with the latest materials and methods of the world's most innovative cuisine, but also learn how these methods may be part of the solution to world hunger. We will work hands-on with a scientific chef to perform experiments.
FIYS 137: Chicago: The Food City
Called Chicagou by Native Americans for its wild onion smell, Chicago is the only major city in the world named after a food. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Chicago provided grain and livestock to the country by rail, boat, and truck. In the twenty-first century, Chicago stands at the forefront of innovation regarding the national and global food systems. In this course, we will consider the history, geography, economics, and environmental impact of food production, distribution, and consumption. We will study, for instance, Chicago's role in food technology, food transportation and storage, food deserts, urban farming, and ethnic food distribution, and emphasize how ethnicity, income, and education levels affect them.
FIYS 140: Exploring Leadership
In this course we will devote ourselves to the exploration of leadership through an academic lens. We will consider leadership from three perspectives: individual, group, and society. We will read, reflect, and discuss texts and case studies, host several guest speakers, and conduct a number of hands-on activities in the field. Readings and discussions will examine theories of leadership, systems theories, organizational structure, team dynamics, and ethical principles. We will examine a variety of models of leadership and how leaders shape, organize, and affect organizations and society. Course activities will encourage students to consider their own skills and experiences.
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FIYS 143: African American Odyssey
Over six million African Americans from the Southern US migrated North between 1915 and 1970. Among them were the parents of Michael Jackson, Michelle Obama, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Oprah Winfrey. This 'Great Migration' differed from most migrations because blacks were searching for full citizenship in their own country rather than traveling to an entirely new one. They came to the North hoping to help their children escape the bars to full success that were installed by law in the South. Through Isabel Wilkerson's highly readable, The Warmth of Other Suns, we will follow three representative individuals who risked everything in a perilous journey that changed not only their lives, but American culture as well. Fiction by Rudolph Fisher and trips into Chicago will highlight the cultural contributions made by the second-generation immigrants.
FIYS 147: Government and Markets
Why is the government involved in some aspects of our lives more than others? This question can be answered in many different ways, depending on one's theoretical background. Different economists would provide different analyses of the government's role, especially as it relates to business and markets. They would also base their arguments on fundamental economic theories. The primary goal of this course is to develop an understanding of economic markets and issues where governments have become important participants. Both in the United States and abroad, governments take an active role in the economics of education, the environment, health care, big business, poverty, and unemployment, among others. Although the course will be approached from an economic perspective, the topics relate to other fields of study as well, and particularly to the fields of politics and sociology.

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FIYS 150: The Making of Mexican Chicago
You can't run / And try to hide away / Here it comes / Here comes another day / Where you are / Never really far away / Good morning Aztlan. So runs the chorus of Los Lobos' 'Good Morning Aztlan.' This song exudes the sense of loss at the heart of the Mexican and Mexican-American experience in the United States as well as optimism, joy, and solidarity. This course focuses on Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and the worlds they have created. That is the only way to appreciate the tremendous growth of foreign-born and native-born Mexicans in Chicago and its suburbs in the past 30 years. We will examine Mexican social and economic changes – especially those produced by NAFTA – and the concurrent developments in the Chicago area that made it a destination for so many—all within the context of Chicago's history as an immigrant and working-class city. Students will work on reading analytically and writing clearly and precisely.

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FIYS 152: Chicago 1968
The Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in 1968 was the climax of a social upheaval that had been building since the end of World War II. The chaotic scene, both inside the Chicago Amphitheater and in the streets and parks of the city, reflected the deep divisions in the US during this very tumultuous period in American history: the war in Vietnam was escalating and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy had both been assassinated that spring. In addition, Chicago was a point of intersection for social protest, politics and the media that gave rise to a new age of message and image creation. The protesters chanted, 'The whole world is watching,' but what exactly was the world watching? In this course, we will develop a context in which to consider the Convention, the protests and the subsequent high-profile trial of the alleged instigators, the Chicago Seven.
FIYS 153: Life at Rest:Chicago Leisure Spaces
Two of the four stars on the flag of Chicago signify its two most significant planned events: the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and the 1933 Century of Progress exposition. These two fairs provided the entire United States with utopian escapes from the crushing economic realities of their respective historical periods. This course will study these Chicago fairs in a larger tapestry of American leisure spaces, including the now-closed White City and Riverside amusement parks, and the productions of Walt Disney, a Chicagoan whose company gave the world not only the familiar theme parks, but also controversial models of planned living, embodied by the town of Celebration, Florida.
FIYS 155: Art and Culture Along the Silk Road
This course investigates the architecture and material culture of the 'Silk Road,' a vast network of ancient trade routes that stretched overland from China across Central Asia to the Mediterranean. By considering a diverse range of visual materials—including textiles, porcelains, grave goods, Buddhist cave paintings, Islamic mosques, and ruined cities—we will think critically about the 'Silk Road': is it a real territory, for instance, or just a romantic Western image? Readings will delve into the role of art in trade, travel, and religion, as we explore the spread of ideas across space and over time. To supplement classroom activities we will take several field trips to museums in Chicago and watch a dramatic performance by the Silk Road Theater Project.
FIYS 160: Worth: Philosophy and Economics
Joyce King Thomas, co-creator of the long-running 'priceless' ad campaign ('There are some things money can't buy: for everything else there's MasterCard'), described a MasterCard commercial as 'like a cross between a haiku and grocery list.' Consumers will go into debt, it seems, if they believe that their purchases will have a spiritual pay-off. In this course, we will explore the implied relation between these economic and ethical senses of value. What is the relation, for instance, between the free market and free will? Is anything really 'priceless'? We will consider these and related questions as they arise in political-economic philosophy—Locke, Smith, Marx, etc.—as well as in more sociological works, such as Studs Terkel's Working, and Michael Lewis' Moneyball.
FIYS 161: The Pacific Century
The ASIA-Pacific is the hub of global economic growth and contains the largest concentration of the world's population. The ongoing arms race there attests to the strategic importance of the region, to the great and middle powers alike. This course studies the contemporary international relations of the ASIA-Pacific. It concentrates on China's rise and investigates points of tension and consensus on matters of politics, commerce, and military security—both among the region's many countries and, especially, between China and the United States.
FIYS 162: Poetry and Song on Page and Stage
We usually think of 'poetry' as a literary art form, in print, and 'song' as an aural art form—in other words, we tend to conceptualize them as very different from one another. But this has not been always the case. The earliest poems were also songs, and vice versa. How and why have these two art forms become separated? Have they in fact become separated, or is there ultimately no difference between 'music for the page' and 'music for the stage'? As we analyze a variety of poems and songs from several eras in this course, we will explore the historical relationship between the two forms, examine and engage in some longstanding arguments about them, and attempt to come to our own conclusions.
FIYS 165: Theater in Chicago
The Chicago theater scene is internationally acknowledged to be the greatest in the U.S. In this course, you will have the opportunity to read, discuss, write about, and perform scenes from classic and modern plays, which you will see produced at a wide variety of Chicago theaters, ranging from small storefront companies to such institutions as the world-famous Goodman, Steppenwolf, and Chicago Shakespeare theaters. You will not only see the shows but you will also meet with some of the artists involved in the productions, both in the classroom and after the performances themselves, to talk about their work. Fall and winter athletes may have conflicts with class field trips and should check with their coaches before enrolling in this course. Note: The plays we read and attend will be dependent upon range of genres, ticket availability, scheduling, and ticket cost. A lab fee of $150 will be charged to your tuition account for this course to defray ticket and transportation costs.
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FIYS 166: Global Chicago
Global Chicago introduces students to the liberal arts by analyzing Chicago's globalization. Drawing on a diverse range of disciplinary approaches and field work in anthropology, urban studies, and geography, this course examines the fashioning of local Chicago in an age of global forces. This course will consider such questions as: How are global cities challenging existing social, political, and cultural boundaries with new social networks? How are Chicago locals affected by distant happenings? How do the practical choices of Chicagoans affect the lives of others in distant elsewheres? How has globalization affected local perceptions of place, community, and identity?
FIYS 170: Offensive Speech and the Law
U.S. citizens are among the most outspoken on earth. We can teach and write what we believe, in the rawest of terms, without fear of reprisal from our government. We can denounce our government leaders, and each other, basically without fear of consequences. We are unlikely to be prohibited from publishing what we choose, or saying it on the air or on the Web or in artwork. How is it that we can utter hateful, offensive words? This course examines free speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Students will learn the boundaries of free speech and how those boundaries have evolved under the law.
FIYS 171: Examining Educational Opportunity
Many Americans believe we secured equal educational opportunities with the famous Brown v. Board of Education decision against separate and unequal schools for African-American children. In this course, we will examine what has happened with equality of opportunity in public schools since then. Many Americans know that students from various social, cultural, economic, and ethnic backgrounds do not have the same access to educational opportunity; yet we collectively hold the belief that all Americans have equal access to the 'American Dream' through our educational system. How did this happen? And, most important, can this paradox be resolved?

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FIYS 183: Literature, Law, and Logic
A lawyer arguing a case in court shapes that case into a coherent, persuasive story; a judge writing an opinion does the same: a dry recitation of the facts and the law is not enough. So law is a literary—a story-telling—enterprise. And of course the law itself is dramatic: fiction writers and filmmakers use criminal investigations and court proceedings to liven their works. Yet we tend to think of literature as deceptive—after all, one meaning of 'to tell a story' is 'to lie.' Legal reasoning, moreover, often seems baffling or unjustified, even to very sophisticated non-lawyers. To tell the unvarnished truth might seem to be letting the facts speak for themselves. But, for better or worse, things aren’t so simple. In this course we will look into the complex and bewildering interplay among law, literature, and logic, with the (perhaps vain) hope of somehow illuminating all three.

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FIYS 196: American Playwrights in Chicago
Chicago is home to a vivid and diverse theater scene that includes everything from tiny stages in the back rooms of bars to glitzy Broadway-style productions. This course will examine a selection of American-authored plays from the Chicago season as the materials for an introduction to literary studies. As such, the course considers the plays we see and read as opportunities to develop skills in critical thinking, research, and writing. A secondary objective is to connect the various plays to particular moments or themes in American history and culture. We will proceed from the acquisition of a simple critical vocabulary for describing a play's form and content, through character study, to more complex questions of the director's decisions in taking a play from the page to the stage. Fall and winter athletes may have conflicts with class field trips and should check with their coaches before enrolling in this course.

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Foreign Civilizations

FRCV 333: Exploring French Culture thru Film
This course examines contemporary French cultural perceptions through a variety of cinematic examples taken from French films. Cultural analysis will include discussions of French history, literature, politics, geography, and music. In addition, the topic of 'remaking culture' through film is addressed, as the current wave of cinematic remakes invites cross-cultural comparisons between the United States and France. The course will examine major French directors and their cinematic portrayals of the French, as well as documentaries and filmed interviews, and will analyze the 'authenticity' of the portrait they produce of French society. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. This course is taught in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 333
FRCV 334: Exploring French Lit thru Film
This course will examine French literary works, both historical and contemporary, through a variety of cinematic examples taken from French films. This course will compare the expression of theme, character, and plot structure in written literature (plays and narratives) and in corresponding cinematic adaptations. The course will also address whether the author's literary style is reflected in or displaced by the cinematic style of French 'auteurs' (film directors) studied. The question of translation across genres (literature to film), across language and culture (example of American remakes), and across history (a historical period depicted in a modern cinematic era) will also be discussed. This course is taught in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. )
FREN 334
FRCV 400: French Society & Culture
(Paris, France) This course will combine classroom study with visits to cultural, political, educational, and economic institutions. It is organized along thematic lines to deal with such topics as the French political tradition, education in modern France, the French economy in the European Economic Community, religion in France, and the Parisian metropolis. (Offered only in Paris. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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French

FREN 110: Beginning French I
French 110 is designed to develop the student's ability to aurally comprehend, speak, read, and write basic controlled patterns of the French language.

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FREN 112: Beginning French II
French 112 is a continuation of 110 and culminates in readings, class discussions, and free composition to provide facility with the spoken and written language and insight into its structure. Prerequisite for French 112: placement recommendation or a grade of C or better in French 110.

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FREN 210: Interm French: Cultural Emphasis
A course designed to afford the student a systematic review of all the basic elements of French grammar, implemented with culture-based readings and exercises, with a view to preparing the student for more sophisticated courses in language, literature, and culture. Classroom work supplemented by laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: French 112 or the equivalent of one year of college French and placement recommendation.

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FREN 212: Advanced Intermediate French
A course designed to initiate the student to critical reading and thematic discussion of selected works of French fiction and expository prose. This course includes a strong emphasis on writing; a review of grammar topics, vocabulary building, and the organization and presentation of ideas in written form in French will be emphasized through a variety of writing assignments related to the literature studied. Prerequisite: French 210 or placement recommendation.

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FREN 220: Conversation & Composition
Oral work for the student already possessing a working knowledge of French grammar. This course is designed to improve the linguistic competence of the student on several levels: practical necessities, social situations, and exchange of ideas. Sketches, exposes, dialogues, and discussions will constitute the bulk of classroom activities. Prerequisite: French 212 or equivalent.

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FREN 265: Albert Camus: Philos of the Absurd
A study of Camus's philosophy of the absurd as presented in his writings from the individualistic revolt of The Stranger to the collective revolt expressed in The Plague. Camus's view of the conscience of modern humanity in The Fall also will be addressed. The evolution of Camus's style will be studied in the six short stories presented in Exile and the Kingdom. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 300: Intro Reading Literature in French
This course is designed to prepare students for serious reading and analysis of literary texts in French. It is an introduction to the concepts of literary criticism and explication de texte and will familiarize the student with the vocabulary of literary analysis. The texts are chosen from the three major literary genres: poetry, prose, and drama. All lectures, discussions, and assignments are in French. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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FREN 301: Medieval to Romantic
A topical survey of major French writers and literary movements from the medieval to the Romantic period. Readings may be chosen to focus attention on a particular theme or problem linking different periods and styles. Among the authors studied: Villon, Rabelais, Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 302: Modern Period
A study of the literary movements and figures that have characterized the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, an age of individualism, industrialism, and the Great Wars, with a special emphasis on particular themes or problems. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 305: Introduction to French Culture
Study of the language through an introduction to French culture. The course aims at familiarizing students with the history, current trends, and mentality of the French while enriching their understanding of the language. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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FREN 308: Contemporary France
This course will address current subjects of debate in France and study how France has changed (politically and socially) since its major period of decolonization in the 1950s-60s. Particular attention will be given to France's efforts to integrate immigrants, and specific issues related to French residents of Muslim heritage. Through the reading and discussion of literature and critical essays, as well as viewing current films and internet/satellite news broadcasts, students will gain greater understanding of France's changing identity. Oral and written competence will be enhanced by discussion, debate, presentation, and writing short papers in French. Prerequisite: FREN 212 or equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 308
FREN 310: Topics in Linguistics: Phonetics
This course will cover such topics as phonetics, morphology, syntax, lexicology, and semantics. It introduces these systems in their application to the French language. Prerequisite: French 212 or 220. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 311: Grammar, Syntax, and Style
Preparation for graded writing exercises and free composition through study of sentence structure. Complete review of grammar. Translation and study of excerpts of different writing styles from accomplished French encourages development of appropriateness in choice of words and sense of style. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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FREN 312: Oral Proficiency
Oral and written work for students who have already reached an intermediate level of competency in oral and written expression. This course will deal with familiar and formal French. Vocabulary and idioms are taught in a conversational context. Students familiarize themselves with the expressive gestures used by the French and the colloquial expressions that accompany them. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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FREN 315: Technical & Literary Translation
An introduction to the theories and practice of translation from French to English and English to French. Students familiarize themselves with vocabulary used in newspaper and magazine articles on current topics of interest (politics, the economy, etc.), in advertising, in cartoons, and in selected poetry and prose. The arts of interpreting and dubbing or subtitling will also be explored. Prerequisite: French 311 or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 317: Creative Writing & Translation
This course aims to develop the student's written fluency in French, through the synergy of using two complementary approaches to writing, ie. exercises in translation (primarily French-English) and creative writing exercises in French. The course literature, written by various francophone authors, will include narratives, poems, letters, dramatic scenes, and news articles. Translation of these varied literary genres will hone the student's use of grammar and syntax, as well as understanding of stylistic and literary devices in cultural context. Creative exercises will be linked to literary and stylistic elements of texts studied, and framed in one or more cultural contexts. Original writing will also be inspired by the use of visual media (e.g. film, images), for a variety of short writing assignments to include poetry, prose and dramatic dialogue. The students' oral expression in French will be enhanced by analytic discussion of the readings and visuals, short interpretation exercises (the oral equivalent of translation), presentation and discussion of original creative material. An original text will be chosen for submission to Collage literary magazine. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 320: French for International Affairs
This course offers a basic grasp of business and commercial French vocabulary and concepts, while providing an understanding of cultural differences and similarities in the business arena. In addition to practical exercises in business creation, job interviewing and advertising in French, students gain a basic grasp of political and economic issues in contemporary France, giving students the background to discuss French news and current events intelligently. Particularly recommended for students thinking of careers in business, economics, politics or international relations. Prerequisite: FREN212 (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)

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FREN 330: The French-Speaking World
This course will familiarize students with the history, politics and contemporary culture of various areas of the French-speaking world (such as in Canada, Africa, the Middle East and Western Europe); particular attention will be paid to areas of the French-speaking Islamic World. Topics will vary, and may include discussion of immigration, women's issues, political conflict, changing social and national identity. The course will draw from film, literature, critical materials and contemporary news sources. Prerequisite: French 212 or 220. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
ISLM 330

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FREN 333: Exploring French Culture thru Film
This course examines contemporary French cultural perceptions through a variety of cinematic examples taken from French films. Cultural analysis will include discussions of French history, literature, politics, geography, and music. In addition, the topic of 'remaking culture' through film is addressed, as the current wave of cinematic remakes invites cross-cultural comparisons between the United States and France. The course will examine major French directors and their cinematic portrayals of the French, as well as documentaries and filmed interviews, and will analyze the 'authenticity' of the portrait they produce of French society. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Not open to students who have completed FREN 338: Cinema Francais. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FRCV 333
FREN 334: Exploring French Lit thru Film
This course will examine French literary works, both historical and contemporary, through a variety of cinematic examples taken from French films. This course will compare the expression of theme, character, and plot structure in written literature (plays and narratives) and in corresponding cinematic adaptations. The course will also address whether the author's literary style is reflected in or displaced by the cinematic style of French 'auteurs' (film directors) studied. The question of translation across genres (literature to film), across language and culture (example of American remakes), and across history (a historical period depicted in a modern cinematic era) will also be discussed. This course is taught in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. )
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FREN 338: Cinema Francais
This interdisciplinary course provides an overview of French cinematic history, with an emphasis on how French films and movements represent various social and political concerns of their time period. Film will be studied as an art form and cultural text to be interpreted, and films by major directors will illustrate key cinematic concepts and themes. Readings will address the socio-political context, from French film beginnings to the complexity of post-colonial French identity and cultural globalization depicted in contemporary French and Francophone films. This course is discussion-based,with occasional lectures, is taught in French, and will acquaint students with cinematic terms used to interpret the genre. Prerequisite: FREN212 or equivalent. Not open to students who have completed FREN 333: French Culture Through Film in English. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
FREN 340: Advanced French Internat'l Affairs
(Paris, France) An intensive conversation, composition, and vocabulary-building course. Offered in Paris for students participating in our international internship program. After the first four weeks, the course will concentrate on problems of communication students encounter on the job. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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FREN 350: French Theater
A close reading and discussion of several plays designed to give a clear sense of the development and richness of French theater. Emphasis is placed on literary history, aesthetics, and special questions in dramatic theory. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: French 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 390: Internship
On-site training in spoken and written French at businesses or other organizations in Paris, France, or in Chicago. Students have been assigned to such organizations as the French government tourist office, The Alliance Francaise, and the Services Culturels Francais in Chicago. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 410: Creative Composition & Stylistics
Analysis of style in selected French writers. Stylistic analysis of translations. Intensive work in creative original composition of prose, poetry, and drama. Prerequisite: French 311, 315, or consent of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 460: French Narrative
Reading and discussion with a view to increasing appreciation of several related novels, works of shorter fiction, or essays. The works are selected for their value as turning points in the understanding of the art of prose fiction and as examples of a particular stage in the development of that art. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: One 300-level course in French. (May be taken by French majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.)

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FREN 470: Modern French Poetry
An analysis of works representative of crucial moments in modern French poetry. The essentials of French versification are stressed, as well as the distinctive character of the various forms within the genre. Not open to students who have taken FREN 370. Prerequisite: One 300-level course in French. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. May be taken by French majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement).
FREN 490: Internship
On-site training in spoken and written French at businesses or other organizations in Paris, France, or in Chicago. Students have been assigned to such organizations as the French government tourist office, The Alliance Française, and the Services Culturels Français in Chicago. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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FREN 494: Senior Thesis
The thesis allows students to do in-depth research and to develop an original thesis on a topic in French literature, literatures of the French-speaking world, French civilization, or linguistics. (Offered as required.)

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German

GERM 110: Beginning German I
Intensive training in the aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing of German, combined with an introduction to the culture of the German-speaking countries. The two-semester sequence provides a basic active command of the patterns and essential vocabulary for conversation and writing, while developing the student's ability to read text passages with accurate comprehension. Prerequisite for German 112: placement recommendation or a grade of C or better in German 110.

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GERM 112: Beginning German II
Intensive training in the aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing of German, combined with an introduction to the culture of the German-speaking countries. The two-semester sequence provides a basic active command of the patterns and essential vocabulary for conversation and writing, while developing the student's ability to read text passages with accurate comprehension. Prerequisite for German 112: placement recommendation or a grade of C or better in German 110.

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GERM 210: Intermediate German
Practice in reading contemporary fiction and expository prose to develop reading ease and accurate comprehension beyond the elementary level. Classroom discussions and guided compositions, review of grammar topics, lab exercises. Prerequisite: German 112 or the equivalent of one year of college German and placement recommendation.

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GERM 212: Advanced Intermediate German
Additional practice in reading contemporary fiction and expository prose. Classroom discussions, further review of grammar topics as needed. Prerequisite: German 210 or the equivalent.

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GERM 333: Modern German Film
A study of German film from its inception to the close of the 20th century, from the perspectives of political and cultural history as well as specifically cinematic aesthetics. The course will deal with films (subtitled in English) by such noted filmmakers as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, and Wim Wenders. Readings, lectures, and discussions in English. No previous film course is required. Those majoring in German may take the course for credit in German by writing papers in German. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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GERM 395: Advanced Topics, Special Studies
The course will provide students with an opportunity to work on their written and spoken German skills, with a review of German grammar as applied to discussion of current events, literary texts, opera and theater, on-line resources in many fields, and film. Students will also learn new vocabulary in context and present topics of interest to the class in German. The topics in any given semester will be adapted to student interest and needs.
GERM 400: Special Studies
One author, theme, movement, or group of works in German literature studied in depth. (Offered as required. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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History

HIST 110: World Civilizations to 1650
Origins and development of civilization from 3000 BCE to 1650 CE. Emphasis on Western civilization from its Judaic and Greco-Roman foundations through the Reformation, also with discussions of Islam, China, and India. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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HIST 120: Foundations American Republic
The origins of American society and the development of the United States from an under-developed new nation into a powerful national entity. Emphasis on the reading and analysis of documentary materials. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)
AMER 120

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HIST 121: Modern America
America's response to industrialism and its changing role in foreign affairs. Emphasis on the techniques of research and paper writing. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)
AMER 121

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HIST 200: Origins of East Asia
Introduction to the great civilizations of China and Japan, with emphasis on development of their fundamental characteristics. Highlights both shared traditions and significant differences between the two countries. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 200

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HIST 201: Modern East Asia
Study of China, Japan, and Korea as each moved toward modern nationhood over the last 200 years. Attention to the difficulties each has confronted, including Japan's vision of empire shattered by World War II, China's civil war, and Korea's transformation through foreign interventions. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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HIST 202: History of India
A survey of civilization in south Asia over five millennia, focusing on core themes such as society, culture, political economy, administrative institutions, religious practices, and the impact of foreign invasions and cultures. Utilizing archaeological evidence as well as written sources, we study the peoples and civilizations of the subcontinent (including the Harappan civilization, the Aryans, technology and society from the Iron Age to the era of Buddha, the Mauryas and other north Indian polities, and the Gupta era and the kingdoms of south India). Then we discuss the Indo-Islamic heritage and the impact of Turkish rule, ending with the Mughal Empire. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 202, ISLM 202

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HIST 203: Modern South Asia
Survey of South Asia - today the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - from 1750 to the present, a period that includes more than a century and a half of British colonial rule. The course is designed to offer a critical study of the issues that shaped the region: the transition to colonialism in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and its impact on the Indian economy, culminating in revolt against the British in 1857; the rise of Indian nationalist movements, the anti-colonial struggle, and events leading to independence and partition of the subcontinent in 1947 and the aftermath; political developments in the post-colonial states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Theories about caste, class, gender, and the role of religion are explored in detail to illuminate the post-colonial problems of the subcontinent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 203, ISLM 203

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HIST 204: Medieval History
This course examines the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world in the years 300-1500 CE. We begin with the fragmentation of the Roman Empire into three areas: Latin Christian Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world. We then explore the richness of the medieval centuries, including: aspects of medieval Christianity ranging from the cult of saints to monasticism to the papacy; the development of the major European kingdoms, knighthood, and chivalry; intellectual life and the rise of universities; interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims both peaceful (trade) and hostile (crusade); lives of ordinary people in urban and rural settings. Students will work extensively with primary documents in translation.
HIST 205: Sub-Saharan Africa
Survey from earliest times to the present. Topics and themes include trade and state-building in precolonial Africa, European conquest and African resistance to colonialism, and independence and the postcolonial era. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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HIST 208: Renaissance and Reformation
The breakdown of the medieval synthesis under the tensions of intellectual audacity, individual spirituality, and the progress of the scientific attitude to nature. Italian and Northern humanism, Luther and the end of Christian unity, voyages of discovery, and Europe's capture of world commerce driven by technological innovation by land and sea.
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HIST 210: Ancient Greece
Greek civilization from the first awakening of reason in Homeric poetry and early philosophy to the spread throughout the Mediterranean world of a civilization of headlong, revolutionary innovation in every department of life and thought. Key episodes of the intellectual, political, and military history of the Greeks examined through examples of their literature and thought.
CLAS 210
HIST 211: Roman History
Roman civilization studied as the evolution from a predatory conquest state led by a military aristocracy to a world empire that enforced universal peace and preserved Classical civilization under a sacred monarchy, whose breakdown gave birth to Christian Europe and the papacy in the West and Byzantium in the East.
CLAS 211

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HIST 212: Europe 1715 to 1890
Socio-economic, political, and intellectual and cultural development of Europe from 1715 to 1890. The crisis of the old order in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Industrialization, democratization, and modernization in the nineteenth century. The emergence of nation-states, consumer societies, and modern ideologies.

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HIST 213: Europe in the Twentieth Century
European politics, culture, and society from 1890s to 1990s. The course pursues three major themes: the origins of the modern era from 1890 to 1918; the rise of the authoritarian state from 1917 to 1945; and the Cold War from the 1940s to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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HIST 214: History of Russia
Survey of the political, social, and intellectual history of Russia from the early medieval period to the post-Soviet era. Emphasis on the people and the state, efforts at modernization from above (particularly those of Peter the Great and Stalin), revolutionary ideas and movements, the disintegration of the Communist system and the Soviet empire, and the difficulties faced by Russia and other post-Soviet states. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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HIST 221: Britain to 1688
The history of Britain from Roman times to the Revolution of 1688. Topics include Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon England, the Norman invasion, the development of English political institutions, the consolidation of monarchy under the Tudors, the growth of English literature and culture, and the social and political struggles of the seventeenth century.
HIST 222: Modern British History
The history of Britain since 1688. Topics include aristocracy and society in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution, Liberalism and Conservatism in nineteenth-century politics, the consolidation of British culture, the rise of the welfare state, and contemporary British life.
HIST 227: German History
This course explores the economic, social, political and cultural history of Germany from the Austro-Prussian War to the reunification of Germany at the close of the Cold War. It will pay particular attention to the social change wrought by industrialization and its impact on German politics. Students will be asked to consider how the German experience differs from that of other European nations, and whether the peculiarities of German history explain the eruption of World War I, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the genocidal nature of the Second World War in Europe. Special attention will be given to the formation of Nazi ideology and its relationship to racist-nationalist thinking elsewhere in Europe. The final phase of the course will consider the disparate histories of East and West Germany during the Cold War, including the thorny question of continuity and/or discontinuity with the Nazi era. The course will conclude with a discussion of reunification and its consequences for the future of Europe.
HIST 230: History of Science
An overview of the history of science from ancient to modern times. Explores the philosophical question, 'What is Science?' Introduces the ideas of major figures within the history of science, such as Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, as well as general developments in the physical and biological sciences. Examines how these ideas were influenced within their own historical context by both internal (scientific) and external (cultural, religious, sociological, psychological) factors, and how these ideas are central to our world today.

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HIST 231: West Thought:Renaiss-Scientific Rev
Survey of Western intellectual history ca. 1400-1700, emphasizing Italian and northern humanism, the Protestant Reformation and its consequences, the European encounter with other civilizations, and the first scientific revolution, with attention to American thought in the seventeenth century. Major ideas about religion, nature and science, human nature, society and its governance and analysis, and history.
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HIST 232: Hist Issues of Gender & Science
A survey of women's issues, roles, and contributions in science from antiquity to the present. Topics to be explored include: women scientists, philosophers, and healers in Greco-Roman antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance; the 'learned ladies' of the Scientific Revolution; women's increasing access to science and education during the Enlightenment and 19th century; the accomplishments and troubles of women scientists, such as Mme. du Chatelet, Marie Curie, and Rosalind Franklin; Third World and other foreign women scientists; women's 'liberation' in science in the late 20th century; and, what difference (if any) women's participation makes on the content or practice of science. Students will attain a broad view of the issues and problems that have faced women entering science in the past and those that may still remain. ( Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 232
HIST 233: Eastern Europe in 20th Century
Exploration of key developments in the region during the twentieth century: the impact on the region of World War I and the peace settlement, economic and political difficulties in the interwar period, World War II, postwar Soviet domination, and the emergence of greater diversity after Stalin's death. Examination of how the collapse of the Soviet empire led to ethnic tensions and conflict, widely divergent efforts at reform, and efforts to reintegrate the region into the European system. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 235: World War II: Europe
Origins of the European war; Hitler's reorganization of East Central Europe in 1938-39; the war itself, from the 1939 Blitzkrieg against Poland to the fall of Berlin in 1945; the peace settlement and its failures; the onset of the Cold War.
HIST 240: Introduction to Public History
Public history is the practice of history outside the academy. Public historians record and preserve evidence of the past in many formats, analyzing and interpreting their findings to general and specialized audiences beyond the traditional classroom setting. This course will survey the theory and practice of various professional historical specialties - ranging from archival administration to historic site management, museum exhibitions, and historical reenactment. Institutional constraints, audience development, and conflicts between history and public memory will be major thematic issues. Field trips to institutions and sites in the Chicago metropolitan area.
AMER 240
HIST 245: Foods, Diets and Cultures
Explores history of food production and consumption, with focus on the United States. Emphasizes broad themes: production of food, from farm to factory and in the kitchen; the role food has played in shaping gender, racial, and ethnic identities in society; food and environmental development; and the relationship of food to political, cultural, and economic power.
HIST 248: Crusades & Holy War in Med Europe
Medieval Europe experienced widespread debate about the use of violence by Christians. The course considers early definitions of Just War and the attempts by the church to control violence around the year 1000. Detailed examination of the origin of the idea of crusade and the history of the First Crusade (1095-99) from Christian, Jewish, Greek, and Muslim perspectives. Examines the later medieval phenomenon of crusade against other Christians.
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HIST 249: Colonial Amer in Atlantic World
This course is an interpretive survey of American Colonial history in the context of a broad Atlantic system from 1492 to 1763. The colonial period was the first era of globalization, when peoples of Europe, Africa, and the Americas came together in new economic, social, and cultural configurations. In this class we will explore this period not only as the first chapter in American history, but more broadly as a hugely transformative era in World history. A main component of this course is attention to ordinary people in early America through research in primary sources.
AMER 249
HIST 250: American Civil War
The origins of the war in the antagonistic development of the free North and slave South; Lincoln and the Republican Party; Black activity in the North and South; the war; the transforming and gendered aspects of fighting the war; Reconstruction; the impact of the war on American development.
HIST 251: American Revolution
To quote the historian Gordon Wood, the American Revolution 'was the most radical and far-reaching event in American history.' In this course we examine this momentous Founding Age of the United States, with a special focus on the ideas that shaped this period. We explore the growing estrangement of American colonies from Great Britain and the culmination of this process in the Declaration of Independence. Then we look at the process and controversies involved in creating a new nation, and the United States government. Prerequisite: History 120 or permission of the instructor.
AMER 253

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HIST 254: African American History
A survey of African American history from the sixteenth century to the present, with attention to important themes and events: the African heritage; slavery and the response to bondage; emancipation and reconstruction; African American society under Jim Crow; the northern migrations and the making of the urban ghettos; African American debates on freedom and models of Black leadership in the twentieth century; aspects of contemporary African American America. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 254

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Honors Seminar

HSEM 290: What Makes a Great Leader?
How do we recognize a good leader? Is a just or effective leader the same as a great leader? Materials will be drawn from literature, film, and biographies, as well as more theoretical readings from the humanities and social sciences, as we try to answer these very important questions. We will consider specific examples of good and bad leadership (fictional or historical) from a variety of realms, such as politics, social movements, religion, the arts, education, law, science, and public intellectualism. Open to sophomore or junior Honors Fellows, and others with permission of the Honors Fellows Committee.
ETHC 290

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International Relations

IREL 280: The Mexican-American Border
As the only place where the third world and first world touch, the Mexican-American border is unique. This course will focus on the border and how its unique location in the world has created a culture, language, politics, religion and economy that reflect the interdependence between these two neighboring countries. The course will begin with the history of the border from the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 to the passage of NAFTA in 2004 and then examine the impact of free trade on Mexico. The course will explore how people (immigration - both legal and illegal), resources (oil, workers), consumer products (household appliances, food, music, and art), environmental waste (toxic waste, water and air pollution) and technology (outsourcing) cross borders as globalization impacts both Mexicans and Americans. The course involves a three-week stay along the border in May. Pre-requisites: ECON 110 and SPAN 112 or its equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
BUSN 280, ECON 280, LNAM 280,

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IREL 322: Education in Developing Countries
(Education and Development in Developing Countries) This course explores the historical background, philosophical foundations and major themes in the education of 'developing countries' within the broader context of global development and social change. The specific goal of this course is to familiarize students with the evolution of and critical issues in formal education in most low income, less industrialized nations. Students will be able to explore contemporary themes in education from a historical and comparative perspective. Additionally, they will expand their conceptual schema for rethinking educational issues within and beyond their own societies. Geographically, this course covers countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but runs comparisons with countries in Europe and North America when theoretically relevant. Reading materials build on development studies and several disciplines in the social sciences and humanities such as history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and education. Not open to first year students. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 322, SOAN 343

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IREL 480: The 21st Century World (Dis)Order
The international system of states is undergoing a power shift. Though it will remain the dominant world power for some time to come, most scholars agree that American global preeminence is waning. Yet scholars disagree about the effect of this shift on world order. Some see an effort by the United States and its closest allies to prop-up the current American liberal world order of global economic integration and cooperative security. Others envision either a 'post-American' world in which the United States and rising great powers re-negotiate the ground rules of a new liberal order, or a world in which the United States is one of a small number of great powers competing for power and influence in an illiberal world. Each of these possibilities raises compelling questions about war and peace, and cooperation and discord in twenty-first century international politics. Will this power shift jeopardize the liberal world order? Can this world order persist in the absence of American preeminence? How might the United States and its allies extend the current American world order?

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Islamic World Studies

ISLM 202: History of India
A survey of civilization in south Asia over five millennia, focusing on core themes such as society, culture, political economy, administrative institutions, religious practices, and the impact of foreign invasions and cultures. Utilizing archaeological evidence as well as written sources, we study the peoples and civilizations of the subcontinent (including the Harappan civilization, the Aryans, technology and society from the Iron Age to the era of Buddha, the Mauryas and other north Indian polities, and the Gupta era and the kingdoms of south India). Then we discuss the Indo-Islamic heritage and the impact of Turkish rule, ending with the Mughal Empire. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 202, ASIA 202

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ISLM 203: Modern South Asia
Survey of South Asia - today the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - from 1750 to the present, a period that includes more than a century and a half of British colonial rule. The course is designed to offer a critical study of the issues that shaped the region: the transition to colonialism in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and its impact on the Indian economy, culminating in revolt against the British in 1857; the rise of Indian nationalist movements, the anti-colonial struggle, and events leading to independence and partition of the subcontinent in 1947 and the aftermath; political developments in the post-colonial states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Theories about caste, class, gender, and the role of religion are explored in detail to illuminate the post-colonial problems of the subcontinent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 203, ASIA 203

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ISLM 210: Hist of African American Muslims
This course provides an overview of the history of African-American Muslims. Included is an examination of aspects of the African diaspora related to the spread of Islam; beginning with expansion of Islam to West Africa, and concluding with African-American Muslims in the contemporary U.S. and Islamic world. Students will survey the historical, religious, social, cultural, and political evolution of Islam among the early Africans in the Americas, and African-Americans. The course includes lectures and discussion. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 210
ISLM 211: Islam in Africa
Islam in Africa is a comparative survey course on the evolution, dynamics, dimensions and effects of the politicization of Islam in several modern African countries. Case studies include the nature of domestic and international politics on the politicization of Islam in Nigeria, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia, Senegal and Egypt. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 211
ISLM 213: Islam
This course examines the history of Islam, the teachings of different philosophical schools, and the literature of Islamic societies. The roots of the religious tradition as well as its development in different cultural contexts will be examined. Students will read texts drawn from Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and North American Muslim sources. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 213, ASIA 213

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ISLM 216: Politics of Middle East
Study will focus on issues of modernization; the nature of Middle East governments; the past and present impact of religion on the region's culture and socio-political system; the Arab-Israeli conflict and its implications for world peace; and the impact of oil on the economy and regime stability in the Persian Gulf region. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 216

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ISLM 217: Ottoman Empire
This course examines the political, economic, and social dimensions of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th to the early 20th centuries. We will explore the global context in which the Ottoman Empire arose and the nature of the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and Europe. The course will also examine the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the context of the emergence of the modern Middle East. No prerequisite. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 220: Islam and Pop Culture
In recent decades the global Islamic revival has produced a new generation of Muslim film stars and fashion models, Sufi self-help gurus, Muslim comic book heroes, romance novel writers, calligraphy artists, and even Barbie dolls. This course explores the pop sensations, market niches, and even celebrity scandals of 'Popular Islam' within the broader context of religious identity, experience, and authority in Islamic traditions. Balancing textual depth with geographic breadth, the course includes several case studies: Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mali, Turkey, and North America. Students will learn about how religious trends are created -- and debated -- on pop culture's public stage. We will reflect critically on both primary materials and inter-disciplinary scholarly writings about the relationships between pop culture, religious identities, devotional practices, and political projects. No pre-requisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 220, ASIA 220
ISLM 243: Islam and Europe
The course examines social, political and cultural relations between Europe and its minorities on the one hand and between Europe and Muslim majority countries on the other. Students are invited to explore contemporary issues such as the socio-economic status and organizations of Muslims in Europe, the difficulties of Muslim minorities in Europe, and the legacy of colonialism and post-colonial relations as reflected in regional conflicts, authoritarianism, and Islamic political movements. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 243
ISLM 255: Islam and Modernity
The 1.5 billion Muslims around the world represent immense diversities of languages, ethnicities, cultures, contexts and perspectives. How do they confront their modernities? Are Islam and Modernity two separate categories? The class discussion will explore these issues through biographies, short stories, and novels written by Muslim authors, supplemented by secondary readings and a mix of audio-video materials. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 255

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ISLM 308: Contemporary France
This course will address current subjects of debate in France and study how France has changed (politically and socially) since its major period of decolonization in the 1950s-60s. Particular attention will be given to France's efforts to integrate immigrants, and specific issues related to French residents of Muslim heritage. Through the reading and discussion of literature and critical essays, as well as viewing current films and internet/satellite news broadcasts, students will gain greater understanding of France's changing identity. Oral and written competence will be enhanced by discussion, debate, presentation, and writing short papers in French. Prerequisite: FREN 212 or equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
FREN 308
ISLM 310: Islamic Mysticism
Muslim saints and seekers have performed mystical practices for more than 1300 years in areas stretching from Europe and North Africa to Turkey, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Contemporary holy men and holy women continue to teach such mystical practices as the dancing and whirling of dervishes, the up-tempo singing of qawwals in India and Pakistan, and the rhythmic chanting of Arabic verses in Egypt. In this course, we will explore the religious thinking of these holy men and women through their writing, art, and music. Texts will include novels, short stories, allegorical tales, biographies, and films. No prerequisite. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 310, ASIA 310
ISLM 313: Political Islam
This course examines the interaction of Islam and politics. It begins with an examination of the relationship between Islam and politics in the early history of the Islamic state. It then studies the ways in which Islam is incorporated into Muslim countries today and the various models of contemporary Islam-state relations. The course also examines Islamist movements and parties, and their role in the domestic politics of Muslim countries, including the period of the Arab Spring. Prerequisite: Politics 110 or consent of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
POLS 313
ISLM 316: Contemporary Islamic Societies
This course will examine how Islamic societies responded to political and social changes as these societies transitioned from traditional empires to contemporary nation-states in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course will examine the process of introducing western political and social ideologies to traditional Islamic societies, and how adopting the model of the modern nation-state affected Islamic perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The course will explore the diversity of Islamic communities and the challenges these have experienced from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Prerequisites: At least one course listed as HIST or ISLM. This course is not open to first-year students. (Meets Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 316
ISLM 317: Islamic Culture(s) in South Asia
This seminar focuses upon the shared history and cultural heritage of Muslims in the Indian sub-continent. It will cover the Muslim experience from the conquest of Sindh (750 CE), through the medieval and early modern empires, to the events leading to the partition of the Indian subcontinent (1947), bringing the story to the present. Questions of identity, assimilation, and integrative processes will be examined through an exploration of political, administrative, and intellectual history. The experiences, thoughts, and perspectives of mystics, poets, and women will be highlighted to investigate the role of Muslims in shaping and enriching the cultures, society, and religious traditions of the Indian subcontinent. Prerequisite RELG/ISLM 213 or permission of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 317, ASIA 317, RELG 317
ISLM 318: Globalization and Islam
This course provides a theoretical framework for understanding the forces of globalization as they affect the Muslim world. The course analyzes the impact of globalization on the Islamic world, including transnational Islamic movements (both violent and peaceful), global Muslim business activities, challenges facing Muslims living as minorities, dilemmas concerning Islamic legal and moral doctrines, changing gender roles in the global era, and issues of human rights. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or consent of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 316
ISLM 321: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Conv
(Jewish-Christian-Muslim Conversations) This course examines the role the Christian Testament plays in including Jews and Judaism in the Christian story, and the Qur'anic treatment of Christians/Christianity and Jews/Judaism. We consider the relationships among these three monotheistic traditions in the course of their shared history up to our own day. We will study both positive and negative moments in these conversations. Finally, we will explore ways of healing the rifts that have developed in the course of these conversations. Prerequisite: any course in religion, junior standing or consent of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 321

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ISLM 330: The French-Speaking World
This course will familiarize students with the history, politics and contemporary culture of various areas of the French-speaking world (such as in Canada, Africa, the Middle East and Western Europe); particular attention will be paid to areas of the French-speaking Islamic World. Topics will vary, and may include discussion of immigration, women's issues, political conflict, changing social and national identity. The course will draw from film, literature, critical materials and contemporary news sources. Prerequisite: French 212 or 220. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
FREN 330

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ISLM 349: Women in the Developing World
In this course students will examine feminist theory and its relative impact on women in the developing world. Students will focus on the political history of the oldest western-style movement in the Arab World, namely the feminist movement in Egypt, and analyze the Islamic mobilization of women. Finally, students will also consider the mobilization of women in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or consent of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
POLS 349, WOMN 349

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Italian

ITAL 120: Parliamo Italiano: Ital Converstn
Designed for students with minimal (one year) or no previous knowledge of Italian. In this intensive three-week course, we will strive to maximize your oral proficiency using a 'full immersion' approach, including drills of model sentences and word patterns. We will focus on the acquisition of basic verbal communication skills (i.e., oral fluency, correct pronunciation, listening comprehension) and on cultural aspects that will promote understanding and appreciation of Italian culture. (Taught only in the summer).

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Japanese

JAPN 110: Beginning Japanese I
An introduction to the form of spoken Japanese along with Japanese customs and culture.Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Japanese 110 and 112, together with writing practice in the hiragana and the katakana syllabaries. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence.
ASIA 111

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JAPN 112: Beginning Japanese II
An introduction to the form of spoken Japanese along with Japanese customs and culture. Most of the fundamental structures are covered in Japanese 110 and 112, together with writing practice in the hiragana and the katakana syllabaries and some basic kanji. 112 is a continuation of 110. Lab work is an integral part of the sequence. Prerequisite: Japanese 110 or consent of the instructor.
ASIA 113

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JAPN 210: Intermediate Japanese
This course will continue the fundamentals of Japanese conversation begun in the first-year series, Japanese 110 and 112, and continue work on reading and writing the language. Extensive oral practice and conversation exercises are stressed. Classes will be supplemented with work in the language laboratory and daily written work. Prerequisite: Japanese 112 or consent of instructor.
ASIA 211
JAPN 212: Advanced Intermediate Japanese
A continuation of the Japanese language fundamentals begun in Japanese 110, 112, and 210. Extensive practice in oral expression and increasingly stronger emphasis on reading and writing, with an extensive use of audio and video materials. Prerequisite: Japanese 210 or consent of the instructor.
ASIA 219

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Latin American Studies

LNAM 202: Chicago: Global/Neighborhood City
'Chicago: Global City/City of Neighborhoods' recognizes that Chicago is both a global and a 'local' city. On the one hand, the city is involved in manufacturing, trade, and services on a worldwide basis. On the other hand, Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, often based on strong ethnic and racial identities. The course examines the city's dual quality by studying the interconnections between the world economy and the daily life of Chicagoans. A key connection is immigration, which we shall explore from the standpoint of several important communities, including, most prominently, Hispanics/Latinos (given our joint expertise in Spanish and Latin American Studies), as well as African-Americans, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. The course will take both an historical and contemporary approach, as we analyze how the city developed economically, politically, and culturally since the late 19th century, as well as how the city is adjusting today in an age of globalization. No prerequisite. Cross-listed in American Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics, Spanish, and serves as an elective for Urban Studies. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 239, SPAN 202, AMER 226
LNAM 219: Politics of Latin America
An introduction to politics and social change in Latin America. Study will focus on several Latin American countries and on special topics such as human rights, religion, the military, land reform, women, and population policy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 219
LNAM 226: Colonial Latin American Art
This course will consider the arts of Central and South America from the conquest to independence (ca. 1500-1850) and will explore the intersections among art, culture, and power in the specific conditions of Colonial Latin America. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement).
ARTH 226
LNAM 280: The Mexican-American Border
As the only place where the third world and first world touch, the Mexican-American border is unique. This course will focus on the border and how its unique location in the world has created a culture, language, politics, religion and economy that reflect the interdependence between these two neighboring countries. The course will begin with the history of the border from the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 to the passage of NAFTA in 2004 and then examine the impact of free trade on Mexico. The course will explore how people (immigration - both legal and illegal), resources (oil, workers), consumer products (household appliances, food, music, and art), environmental waste (toxic waste, water and air pollution) and technology (outsourcing) cross borders as globalization impacts both Mexicans and Americans. The course involves a three-week stay along the border in May. Pre-requisites: ECON 110 and SPAN 112 or its equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
IREL 280, BUSN 280, ECON 280,

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LNAM 302: The Latin American World
LNAM 304: Cocina y Cultura y Literatura
Cocina y cultura y literatura (Cuisine, Culture and Literature) is an immersion type course in which students read fiction and poetry about food. They research and debate ethical and social issues, such as genetic modification of plants, food distribution, hunger, malnutrition, obesity, and anorexia. The students will be responsible for preparing authentic dishes and explaining their cultural significance to the class. Excursions might include visits to a local Hispanic market, a Spanish-speaking soup kitchen, ethnic restaurants, or homes of native Spanish speakers. Prerequisite: Spanish 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 304

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LNAM 319: Continuing Portuguese
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 322: Emerging Markets Analysis
Analysis of emerging markets of East Asia and Latin America, paying particular attention to growth strategies and the impact of market reforms, financial markets development, and foreign capital flows on economic performance of these countries. The course relies on case studies from Asian countries of China, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong and Latin American economies of Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.) Prerequisite: ECON 220.
BUSN 322, ASIA 322

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LNAM 325: U.S. Latino Literature
This course is taught in Spanish. It is designed to familiarize students with the cultural phenomena produced in the United States by the presence of two major Hispanic groups: Mexican Americans (20.6 million) and Puerto Ricans (3.4 million). The course will examine the historical, political, and cultural development of the Mexican American/Chicano and the Puerto Rican/Boricua Hispanic heritage. The main objective is to provide the students with an overall social and literary understanding and to recognize the cultural contribution made by these two important Hispanic groups. Topics such as neo-colonialism, popular culture, national identity, gender representation in art and literature, religious syncretism, and economic impact on the workforce will be explored. Literary texts by outstanding Chicano and Boricua authors will be included. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 325
LNAM 333: Cine e Historia Espana y Amr Latina
(Cine e Historia en Espana y America Latina). The course examines the ways that movies view historical events and periods, while at the same time shaping public perception of those events and periods in Spain and Latin America. Examples of topics are the Spanish Civil War, the post-Franco era, the legacy of Peron, the Castro and post-Castro eras in Cuba, the Catholic Church in Mexico, dictatorship and democracy in Brazil, and narco-trafficking. The basic format will be discussion with occasional interactive lectures. Readings will include essays on cinema and history. Students will view films mostly in DVD format from several countries. Assignments will include short essays, oral presentations, and a final exam. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 333

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LNAM 334: Cine Espanol
An interdisciplinary study of Spanish film, from multiple perspectives: artistic, historical, political, and socio-economic. This course will highlight the artistic achievements of Spanish filmmakers from several periods, including Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, and Pedro Almodovar. Readings will include essays on film history, the language of cinema, movie reviews, and interviews with directors. The course will scrutinize the links among cultural phenomena, socio-political events, and the art of filmmaking. Films will be treated as complex aesthetic objects whose language does not merely photograph socio-historical reality but transfigures it. The course will also consider Spain in its broadest Iberian sense and will include films in Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese. Classes will be based mainly on discussion interspersed with occasional lectures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 334

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LNAM 338: Cine Latinoamericano
An interdisciplinary study of Latin American film, from multiple perspectives: artistic, historical, political, and socio-economic. This course will highlight the artistic achievements of Latin American filmmakers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. We will use selected readings from original works for films that are based on fiction. A number of films have been Academy Award nominees or winners. Further readings will include a history of Latin American cinema, movie reviews, and interviews with directors. The course will scrutinize the links among cultural phenomena, socio-political events, and the art of filmmaking. Films will be treated as complex aesthetic objects whose language does not merely photograph socio-historical reality but transfigures it. Classes will be based mainly on discussion interspersed with occasional lectures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 338
LNAM 341: US-Latin American Relations
This course examines political relations between the United States and Latin America. What factors determine American policy towards the region? How does American foreign policy affect the domestic politics of Latin American nations? Beginning with the Monroe Doctrine, this course delves into US-Latin American Relations during WWII, the Cold War, and post-Cold War period. The course also explores pressing current issues in the hemisphere, such as immigration, the war on drugs, and changing patterns oftrade. In-depth coverage of specific countries will serve to illustrate broader trends in US-Latin American relations. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or consent of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
POLS 341
LNAM 345: Latino Identities in Chicago
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 380: Cine, Literatura y Sociedad Amr Lat
(Cine, Literatura y Sociedad en America Latina) This course is an interdisciplinary study of Latin American societies, focusing on film and literature from multiple perspectives: artistic, historical, political, and socio-economic. The seminar will highlight the magisterial artistic achievements of Latin American novelists, short story writers, and playwrights and film adaptations of their works. It will scrutinize the links between socio-political events and artistic production. Seminar materials will include films, chapters from novels, short stories, plays, and readings on film, social issues, and politics. The basic format will be discussion with occasional interactive lectures. Assignments will include short essays, oral presentations, and a final exam. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 380
LNAM 382: Econ Policy Making in Lat Am
LNAM 400: Women's Voices in Latin America
An author, thinker, movement, or group of works studied in depth. All work in Spanish. This course will examine the role of women in Hispanic culture. Important figures such as La Malinche, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Eva Peron as well as the fiction, poetry, and films of Rosario Castellanos, Clarice Lispector, Gabriela Mistral, Isabel Allende, Rigoberta Menchu, Maria Luisa Bember, and Alicia Steimberg will be studied. Prerequisite: a 300-level Spanish course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 400, WOMN 400

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LNAM 489: Globalization and Its Impact
Examines the impact of globalization on rich countries (the United States) and poor countries (Mexico, India, and China). An examination of free trade agreements will cast light on the political motives behind these agreements as well as the economic projections made. The economic impact of the creation of free trade zones is explored using both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Statistical evidence will document whether globalization has caused growth in GDP, employment, and income in poor countries. The responsibility of multinational companies in creating sweatshops, worker exploitation, and cultural disintegration are discussed in light of U.S. businesses located in Mexico, India, and China. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. May be taken by economics and business majors to meet GEC Senior Studies Requirement.) Prerequisites: Economics 110, 180, 210, and 220.

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Linguistics

LING 101: Descriptive Linguistics
Principles and techniques of descriptive linguistics as seen through different schools of linguistics, from structuralism to modern transformational and stratificational theories. Taught in English.

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LING 201: Linguistics and Literature
A consideration of the major linguistic theories and their implications and relations to literary criticism. Special emphasis on applications to literary criticism of transformational grammar, stratificational grammar, and tagmemics. Discussion and critical appraisal of the value of such approaches to literary analysis. Taught in English.

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Literature in Translation

LITR 209: Brazilian Literature
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LITR 210: Don Quijote and Imperial Spain
This course will study Cervantes's comic masterpiece in English translation. Focus will be on Cervantes's art, on analytical perspectives, and on historical background. Comparisons will be made with reinterpretations of Don Quijote, such as films and drawings. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LITR 265: Albert Camus: Philos of the Absurd
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LITR 275: Greek Greats
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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Mathematics

MATH 103: Nature of Mathematics
Intended for students with primary interests in the humanities and social sciences. The course uses set theory, logic, and language as a foundation for studying a variety of topics central to the development of modern mathematics. Emphasizing the central role of language in mathematics, the course shows that mathematics is about communication of ideas. Topics will be explored through experimentation with computers where appropriate using games, puzzles, and group projects as well as lectures and discussions. Additional topics include codes and basic geometry. The course will focus on the interplay of different ideas.

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MATH 104: Elem Math from Advanced Standpoint
MATH 104: Elementary Math from an Advanced Standpoint This course presents an overview, for a sophisticated audience, of several topics from elementary mathematics. The course stresses three themes: mathematics in the liberal arts, mathematics from a historical perspective, and mathematics as a problem-solving activity. Topics to be covered include numeration systems, non-base-10 representations, and elementary number theory including primes and factorizations, rationals as terminating and repeating decimals, irrationals, simple probability experiments, elementary set theory, and mathematical reasoning.
EDUC 104

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MATH 105: Elementary Functions
Properties of functions with emphasis on polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Analytic geometry. (Does not meet GEC Natural and Mathematical Sciences Requirement. Not open to students who have completed Math 110 with a grade of C- or better.)

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MATH 110: Calculus I
The calculus of functions of one variable. Limits, continuity, differentiation, and applications; a brief introduction to integration. Prerequisite: 3.5 years of high school mathematics (to include trigonometry) or Mathematics 105.

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MATH 111: Calculus II
The calculus of functions of one variable. Integration, applications of integration, sequences, and series. Prerequisite: Mathematics 110.

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MATH 115: Honors Calculus I
Theory and applications of the calculus of functions of one variable. Limits, continuous functions, differentiable functions, the definite integral, and applications. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
MATH 116: Honors Calculus II
Continuation of Mathematics 115. Integration and applications, sequences, infinite series. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
MATH 150: Intro Probability & Statistics
Designed for students in the social and life sciences. Discrete probability theory, distributions, sampling, correlation, and regression, Chi square and other tests of significance. Emphasis on the use of the computer as a tool and on applications to a variety of disciplines. (Not open to students who have taken Economics/ Business 180).

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MATH 160: Math Methods with Applications
(Mathematical Methods with Applications) Topics from finite mathematics including linear equations and inequalities, systems of linear equations, matrices, and the graphical method for linear programming. Basic properties and graphs of linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Introduction to limits, derivatives and antiderivatives. Applications to business, the social sciences, and the life sciences. (Not open to students who have completed Math 110 with a grade of C- or better.)

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MATH 161: Mathematical Modeling
Mathematical topics as needed to build and solve mathematical models of situations in the life, environmental, and economic sciences. Topics covered include discrete dynamical systems, difference equations, linear, quadratic, and exponential growth models, the logistic model, and examples of chaos in dynamical systems.
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MATH 210: Multivariable Calculus
Partial differentiation, the algebra and calculus of vectors, curves and their parameterization, multiple integration, Stokes's and Green's theorem, and applications. Prerequisite: Mathematics 111.

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MATH 211: Math of Chaos
A study of nonlinear dynamical systems, including iteration of functions, attracting and repelling periodic orbits, bifurcation, the period doubling route to chaos, complex dynamics, fractals, and Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Real-world implications and applications of chaos. Can meet the requirements for a 300-level-or-above mathematics course on completion of an additional project approved by the instructor. Prerequisite: Mathematics 111.
MATH 214: Differential Equations
Differential equation models, analytic solution techniques, qualitative solution concepts, and computer visualization for single equations and systems. Applications of differential equations. Prerequisite: Mathematics 210 or permission of the instructor.
MATH 230: Abstract & Discrete Mathematics
Topics covered include logic and proofs, set theory, relations, cardinal numbers, countable and uncountable sets, permutations and combinations, graph theory, and group theory. Prerequisite: Mathematics 110.

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MATH 231: Linear Algebra
Vector spaces, linear independence, linear transformations, matrices, determinants, and applications to geometry. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230 or permission of the instructor.

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MATH 310: Complex Analysis
Study of functions of one complex variable. Analytic functions, complex integration, Cauchy's theorem, complex power series, and special functions. Applications to other areas of mathematics and to mathematical physics. Prerequisites: Mathematics 210 and 230 or permission of the instructor.
MATH 311: Introduction Real Analysis
A rigorous course covering the following introductory real analysis topics: axioms for the real numbers, sequences, boundedness, limits, monotone functions, continuity, uniform continuity, Cauchy criterion for convergence, cluster points, compactness, differentiability, integration, and infinite series. Prerequisites: Mathematics 210 and 230.

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MATH 320: Mathematical Methods
MATH 323: Cryptography
An introduction to cryptology and cryptanalysis, the making of codes and the breaking of codes. History and basic concepts. Classical ciphers and attacks on classical ciphers. One-time Pad. Modern ciphers including DES, AES. Public key ciphers including RSA and Diffie-Hellman. Digital signatures. Additional topics may include Elliptic Curve systems, knapsack systems, and other cryptographic systems. Prerequisites: Mathematics 230 and Computer Science 212, or permission of the instructor.

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MATH 329: Number Theory
Mathematical induction, divisibility properties of integers, prime numbers, and congruences. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230 or permission of the instructor.
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MATH 330: Modern Algebra I
A study of algebraic structures with emphasis on groups, rings, and fields. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230.

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MATH 331: Modern Algebra II
Additional topics in modern or linear algebra such as field extensions, Galois Theory, group conjugacy, modules, eigenvalue theory, dual spaces, and unitary spaces. Prerequisite: Mathematics 330 or permission of the instructor.
MATH 334: Theory of Computation
This course covers fundamental ideas in the theory of computation, including formal languages, computability, complexity, and reducibility among computational problems. Topics include formal languages, finite state automata, Kleene's theorem, formal grammars, pushdown automata, context-free languages, Turing machines, computability, Church's Thesis, decidability, unsolvability, and NP- completeness. Prerequisites: CSCI 212 and Mathematics 230.
CSCI 334
MATH 340: Geometry
Selected topics from affine, Euclidean, non-Euclidean, projective, and differential geometry. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230 or permission of the instructor.
MATH 350: Mathematical Probability
Discrete and continuous probability. Distributions, the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, random variables, and generating functions. Prerequisites: Mathematics 210 and 230 or permission of the instructor.

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MATH 351: Mathematical Statistics
A mathematical study of such topics as estimation of parameters, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses, decision theory, regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric methods. Prerequisite: Mathematics 350.

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MATH 360: Mathematical Modeling
MATH 365: Algebraic Coding
A study of the algebraic structure of codes designed to transmit messages through a noisy channel in an efficient and relatively error-free fashion. Topics include finite-dimensional vector spaces over a finite field and the connection between coding theory and areas such as geometry, combinatorics, and number theory. Prerequisite: Mathematics 231 or permission of the instructor.
MATH 375: Combinatorics & Graph Theory
Enumeration techniques with emphasis on permutations and combinations, generating functions, recurrence relations, inclusion and exclusion, and the pigeonhole principle. Graph theory with emphasis on trees, circuits, cut sets, planar graphs, chromatic numbers, and transportation networks. Additional topics from designs with emphasis on Latin squares, finite projective and affine geometries, block designs, and design of experiments. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230.
CSCI 375
MATH 410: Topology
Point set topology. Such topics as topological spaces, separation axioms, covering properties, metrization, convergence and completeness, and homotopy theory. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230.
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Music

MUSC 101: Perspectives on Music
An introduction to various facets of music through guided listening to selected masterpieces of Western music as well as exposure to folk music, popular music, and non-Western music. No previous knowledge is needed. Intended for non-majors.
MUSC 104: Men's Chorus
The Lake Forest College Men's Chorus focuses on choral repertoire written exclusively for the male voice, from all genres and time periods. Concerts, both on and off campus, may include convention presentations, touring, and collaborations with other ensembles including the LFC Chamber Orchestra, other college and community choruses, and a wide range of soloists. This course may be repeated for credit. Placement in this ensemble is at the discretion of the instructor.

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MUSC 105: Women's Chorus
The Lake Forest College Women's Chorus focuses on choral repertoire written exclusively for the female voice, from all genres and time periods. Concerts, both on and off campus, may include convention presentations, touring, and collaborations with other ensembles including the LFC Chamber Orchestra, other college and community choruses, and a wide range of soloists. This course may be repeated for credit. Placement in this ensemble is at the discretion of the instructor.

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MUSC 107: Concert Band
The Band performs marches, overtures, waltzes, and suites by such composers as Vaughan Williams, Holst, Sousa, and others. The ensemble is open to all students. Students may participate in this ensemble for credit, earning a quarter credit each semester. There is no overload charge for up to 4.5 credits earned, and students may repeat the course as many times as they choose during their college years.

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MUSC 108: Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble devoted to the performance of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and twentieth-century repertoire. The group performs two concerts each semester. The Chamber Orchestra is open to all qualified members of the College community. Auditions will be held early in the fall. Students may participate in this ensemble for credit, earning a quarter credit each semester. There is no overload charge for up to 4.5 credits earned, and students may repeat the course as many times as they choose during their college years.

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MUSC 109: West African Drumming Ensemble
The African Drumming Ensemble is a hands-on workshop for students of all levels interested in learning the basics of West African drumming. Students work on developing rhythmic skills using authentic instruments and learn about the role of music in the cultures of Guinea, Mali, and other countries. No prerequisite.

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MUSC 110: Jazz Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble performs music from big band classics and contemporary repertoire. The ensemble is open to all students by audition. Students may participate in this ensemble for credit, earning a quarter credit each semester. There is no overload charge for up to 4.5 credits earned, and students may repeat the course as many times as they choose during their college years.

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MUSC 111: Applied Music
Private instruction in piano, organ, orchestral instruments, and voice. For noncredit weekly lessons of one-half, three-fourths, or one hour, an additional fee is charged. See Undergraduate Tuition and Expenses for details. For credit, the student must either have Music 150 as a pre- or co-requisite or obtain consent of the chairperson of the department; the student must satisfactorily complete at least twelve weekly one-hour lessons and participate in two workshops and one recital each semester. A half credit is earned after each semester. This course is graded on a letter-grade basis. Following are the sections available by instrument: 01 Classical Piano, 02 Jazz Piano, 03 Classical Guitar, 04 Voice, 05 Flute, 06 Oboe, 07 Clarinet, 08 Bassoon, 09 Saxophone, 10 Horn, 11 Trumpet, 12 Low Brass, 13 Percussion, 14 Violin, 15 Viola, 16 Cello, 17 Bass, 18 Jazz/Blues Guitar, 19 Improvisation, 20 Miscellaneous.

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MUSC 112: Applied Music
Continuation of Music 111.

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MUSC 118: Introduction to Singing
An introduction to vocal production for the beginning singer, including the physiology of the voice, how to sightread a vocal line, how to make your voice more beautiful and durable, how to communicate the lyrics clearly through improved diction, how to extend your range to reach notes you never thought possible, and how to deliver a song powerfully and effectively. Focusing on the novice musician, this class will prepare students to sing solos and to participate in choruses; it will also be useful for stage actors and public speakers.
THTR 128
MUSC 119: Opera Workshop
The Opera Workshop is a course designed for advanced voice students who are participating in an opera production at Lake Forest College. Students taking this course will sing roles in operas, operettas, or opera adaptations in public performance. Participation is by audition only.

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MUSC 150: Fundamentals of Music
Introduction to elements and basic principles of tonal music: notation, intervals, scales, rhythm, meter, melody, and harmony. Emphasis on listening and creative work. No prerequisite, but some musical experience is helpful.

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MUSC 160: Musicianship
This course is dedicated to the development of practical skills important for a musician, including sightsinging, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and ear training. Aural and written exercises as well as creative projects will be incorporated. Music majors may substitute this course for the aural-skills proficiency exams with a grade of C or higher. Prerequisite: Music 150.
MUSC 206: Concert Choir
The Lake Forest College Concert Choir is the premier large mixed choral ensemble at Lake Forest College. Concert Choir performs choral music from classical, global, and popular repertoire in concerts both on and off campus. Performances may include convention presentations, touring, and collaborations with other ensembles including the Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra, other collegiate and community choruses, and a wide range of soloists. Membership in this ensemble is contingent upon a voice placement hearing, held at the beginning of the year. Prerequisite: 1 year of MUSC 104 or MUSC 105 or by permission of the instructor. (.25 credit)
MUSC 211: Applied Music
Continuation of applied music study. Prerequisite: Music 112.

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MUSC 212: Applied Music
Continuation of Music 211.

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MUSC 217: World Music Survey
Survey of music of the world's peoples: music in the cultures of Africa, Asia, and Latin America; the social and cultural roles of music. No prerequisite. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
MUSC 220: Songwriting
How to write songs. Emphasis on popular forms in the styles of the 1960s to the present, including pop, rock, folk, Broadway, and others. Covers text, setting, forms, harmony, instrumentation, arranging, studio techniques, and performance. Prerequisite: Music 150.
MUSC 225: Intro to Electronic Music
Designed to foster creative work in the College's recording/electronic music studio, the course deals first with the history of electronic music (Futurism, musique concrete, early analog analysis) and then with studio techniques, using both analog and digital equipment, microphones, tape recorders, mixing, digital synthesis, and a creative project. Two regular sessions and one laboratory each week. Co-requisite: Music 150.

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MUSC 227: History of Jazz
Principal styles of representative jazz musicians; the roots (including blues and ragtime); jazz in New Orleans and Chicago; and big band, swing, bop, and fusion. No prerequisite. (Cross-listed as American Studies 227. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AMER 227

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MUSC 235: 20th Cent Theater: Musical Theater
A study of representative musical comedies, operettas, and related works that will provide topics for papers by students. Emphasis will be placed on relationship to political, social, and cultural events. Videotapes of musicals are viewed and discussed. Among works to be discussed are Show Boat, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and others.
AMER 236, ENGL 236
MUSC 251: Music Theory I
Basic elements of tonal harmony including triads, seventh chords, figured bass, harmonic progression, voice leading, and four-part writing. Prerequisite: Music 150 or consent of the instructor.

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MUSC 252: Music Theory II
A continuation of the study of harmony, including modulation, chromatic harmony, and counterpoint. Prerequisite: Music 251 or consent of the instructor.

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MUSC 262: Great Composers
In this course we will examine the lives and works of three significant composers in detail. Each semester the three selected composers will change. Some of the composers might include: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Copland, Duke Ellington, John Adams, and others. The course involves biographical readings, close listening analysis, and concert attendance. No prerequisite.
MUSC 264: History of Rock and Roll
This course covers the history of rock music from its origins in the blues and American country music to the diverse rock styles heard today. Analysis of performances and compositional styles of several familiar rock stars is included. Social and political influences will be addressed, but the focus will be on the music itself. No prerequisite.
AMER 264

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MUSC 265: American Music
Music in the United States from the time of the pilgrims to the present day. The course includes art music, folk music, religious music, and jazz. Prerequisite: Any music class or consent of the instructor. (Cross-listed as American Studies 265.)
MUSC 266: Music in Film
Music has played an important part of the movie-going experience since the beginnings of the film industry in the 1890's, and the blending of music and drama has deeper roots still. This course charts the development of music and sound in film, from these deep roots through the mis-named silent-movie era and on to the great film composers of the twentieth century and today. Students will learn the fundamental elements of a film score, investigate how a film composer works, and develop a vocabulary for describing and assessing film music. No prior knowledge of music or film history is necessary.
AMER 266

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MUSC 280: Wagner,Tolkien, and Star Wars
Topics in Music History. No prerequisite.
MUSC 287: Music of the Arab World
Study of the history and repertories of Arabic music from the traditional or 'classical' music to contemporary popular music, including music associated with religious practices. Emphasis on understanding music in culture and the theory and performance practice of Arabic music. No prerequisite. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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Neuroscience

NEUR 346: Molecular Neuroscience
Neurobiology associated with brain function (perception, movement, homeostasis, affect, and cognition), neurological and psychiatric illnesses, and brain injury. A reading- and writing-intensive course with a problem-based learning approach that comprehensively explores the breadth of neurobiology (molecular, cellular, anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and medical). Laboratory exercises emphasize neuroanatomy and neuronal cell biology. Several experimental projects complement lecture and laboratory learning. Six hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 221, CHEM 116.
BIOL 346L
NEUR 362: Mechanisms of Brain Dysfunction
This course will examine the biochemical and molecular basis of both rare and common nervous system disorders that are at the frontiers of molecular medicine. Students will select from illnesses that disable processes as diverse as memory, language, cognition, sensation, movement, emotion, and homeostasis. A special emphasis will be placed on investigating the primary causes of dysfunction, such as the role of protein misfolding, genetics, and neurotransmitters. By discussing the latest primary literature students will gain current understanding of neurological and psychiatric illnesses, as well as insights into the techniques and methods used in this field. Students will seek to further new knowledge by authoring an original grant proposal. Finally, depending on the semester offered, students will serve as advanced peer mentors for first year students either enrolled in FIYS 106 or BIOL 130 courses. Prerequisite: BIOL 221. Two 80-minute sessions per week.
BIOL 362
NEUR 370: Neuroscience and Behavior
How do the brain's neurons, synapses, and electrical and chemical activities participate in psychological processes? What are the neural foundations of human perception, motivation and emotion, learning, memory, movement, and consciousness? Discussion of the modes of action of antidepressants, other psychotherapeutic drugs, and drugs of abuse. In what ways are functions localized in the brain, and how is it possible for recovery from brain damage to take place? Laboratory sessions include experiments in brain foundations of sensation, movement, emotion, and learning in animals, demonstration of human brain waves, comparison of brains with computers, and basic exercises in computerized data acquisition and analysis. Prerequisite: a college course in mathematics or natural science approved by the instructor (such as the core introductory courses in biology or chemistry) or PSYC 221 with a grade of at least C-.
PSYC 370L
NEUR 450: Health Psychology
This course explores a variety of research and clinical issues in health psychology. Representative topics include the role of behavior in health and disease, the neurobiology of emotion, the major stress-related and behavior-related disorders (e.g., coronary heart disease, cancer, headaches, AIDS), prevention strategies, and psychologically based treatment approaches. Our primary focus will be a methodological and conceptual analysis of the health psychology literature, which we will consider from a scientific perspective. An understanding of these issues, however, should help you become a more critical consumer of health information and health advice offered by the media, and may inspire you to make positive changes in your own health-related behavior and lifestyle. Prerequisite: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C- or advanced standing in another major, with permission of the instructor. Preference in registration to graduating seniors majoring in psychology or neuroscience.
PSYC 450

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NEUR 481: Sr Sem: Oncology
(Senior Seminar: Oncology) This course will examine characteristics of cancer at the cellular and organismal levels, as well as investigate the current methods of treatment and prevention of cancer. This will involve intensive library research, report writing, and student led discussions and presentations. Two 80-minute meetings per week. Prerequisite: Biology or Neuroscience major with senior standing.
BIOL 481
NEUR 485: Senior Seminar: The Nobel Prizes
(Senior Seminar: The Nobel Prizes: A Century of Innovation and Discovery) Koch, Fleming, Muller, Watson, Crick, von Bekesy, Golgi, and y Cajal are all Nobel Prize winners. Why are some names known to non-science students, whereas others are not even recognizable to most scientists? Every fall the Nobel Prize committee announces their awards. While their deliberations are shrouded in secrecy, the fame of the award is such that the general public often knows the names of winners. This course will examine the work and life of select prize winners in physiology/medicine and chemistry over the past 100 years. Reading will include the original work by the Novel laureates, as well as biographies and autobiographies of the winners. Discussion, presentations and papers will examine the impact of the winners' work, including a critical analysis of how important the work was at the time and how important it remains today, and why some awards were given years after the work was conducted, while others were recognized within a few years. The course will also include a history of the prize and of Alfred Nobel, and explore controversies associated with the award, including the dearth of female recipients. The semester will conclude with nominations for next year's award winners. Open to senior biology and neuroscience majors.
BIOL 485
NEUR 494: Senior Thesis
Research guided by a departmental faculty member culminating in a senior thesis, fulfilling the College's Senior Studies Requirement. Consult any member of the department for further information.

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Philosophy

PHIL 110: Introduction to Philosophy
Examination of perennial philosophical issues, such as questions about the nature of reality and how we can know it, discussions of human nature, the meaning of life, and our moral responsibilities. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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PHIL 112: Reason and the Irrational
The confrontation and dialogue between rationality and the powers of desire, will, spontaneity, and freedom. Discussion will focus on readings from Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Kafka, Sartre, and Buber. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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PHIL 114: Intro to Phil: Asian Thought
Introduction, through representative Asian thinkers from India, China, and Japan, to fundamental philosophical issues such as the nature and meaning of human existence, what true happiness is, and what is real. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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PHIL 117: Political Philosophy
By tracing the development of political philosophy from its roots in Greek philosphy through the social contract tradition to modern liberalism and critiques of colonialism, this course will examine a number of questions central to political philosophy. What is the state? What model of government is best? What is the nature of political rights? How do governments gain legitimate authority? Readings will include Socrates, Plato, Locke, Mill, Marx, Martin Luther King Jr., Rawls, Nozick, Chomsky, Churchill, and Galeano.
PHIL 156: Logic and Styles of Arguments
Focus on the 'rhyme and reason' of language. Examination of the reasons arguments are constructed in the ways they are. Investigation of informal, Aristotelian, and propositional logics, with readings from magazine articles, advertisements, and classical philosophers.

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PHIL 200: Philosophy & Gender
An investigation of whether and to what extent men and women think and behave differently and how such differences do or ought to change our theories of human existence and human good. A comparison of classical, modern, and postmodern treatments of the effect of gender on love, knowledge, and obligation. Reading may include Sappho, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mary Shelley, Freud, Mead, de Beauvoir, Irigaray, and Gilligan. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 200

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PHIL 203: Business & Professional Ethics
Analysis and evaluation of ethical problems in business and the professions. Attention will be given to the moral foundations for and limits on business activities, the idea of professional responsibility, and the relationship between professional and business obligations and general moral obligations. (Not recommended for first-year students.)

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PHIL 205: Medical Ethics
The course will investigate the three primary strands of medical ethics: (1) issues of professional responsibility, such as confidentiality and informed consent, (2) moral dilemmas that arise in the course of treatment, such as decisions about euthanasia, and (3) public policy matters, such as universal health care.

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PHIL 210: Environmental Ethics
Examination of relationships between human beings and nature, drawing on literature, religion, and natural science as well as philosophy. What views have shaped our current perceptions, concerns, uses, and misuses of the natural world? What creative alternatives can we discover? How can these be applied to the practical problems of environmental ethics?
ES 210

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PHIL 212: Multicultural Approaches Environmnt
The central theme of this course is Humans and Nature. We will examine various motifs in the creation myths from different cultures, the images of man and woman, the theme of primeval flood or its absence, the alienation of humans from nature, and the beliefs (e.g., Chinese numerology) in the synchronicity between human affairs and natural events. We will search for answers to the following typical questions: What is the definition of environment? What is and ought to be the relation between humans and nature? What count as 'environmental issues' and what are their possible solutions? (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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PHIL 214: Educational Reform in the U.S.
This course will explore the meaning of educational reform in the United States, both from a historical and philosophical perspective and in the context of contemporary educational policy. Students will begin the course by studying the progressive educational reform movement of the early twentieth century. They will look at ways in which progressive education initiatives, including the open education movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, have been challenged by proponents of standardization in schools. Charter schools, magnet schools, school vouchers, and No Child Left Behind also will be examined in order to better understand how the notion of educational reform is one that can be viewed from a wide variety of perspectives and within multiple contexts.
EDUC 212, AMER 212

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PHIL 220: Philosophy of Education
Survey of significant theories of education, introduction to philosophical analysis of educational concepts, and development of analytical skills applicable to clarifying and resolving pedagogical and policy issues.
EDUC 220

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PHIL 225: Philosophy of Science
Examination of issues such as the nature of scientific knowledge, what counts as a 'true' scientific theory, the basis of observation, and empirical knowledge. Consideration of ethical issues generated by scientific practice, the politics of technology, and current work on the sociology of scientific knowledge.
PHIL 230: Philosophy and Literature
The question of meaning in and of literature. The philosophical study of works by Aeschylus, Euripides, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Nabakov, Philip Roth, and Milan Kundera as well as the poetry of Dylan Thomas and Wallace Stevens. Critical theories of Nietzsche, Roland Barthes, and Jacques Derrida are used. (Not recommended for first-year students.)

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PHIL 233: Philosophy of Sport
This course will consider a host of philosophical issues that arise as one ponders sport in general and sports in particular, ranging from definitional questions (e.g., what is a sport?), through general value theory (e.g., is sport valuable, and if so, in what way or ways—and to whom?), to questions of applied ethics and public policy (e.g., what is the justification, if any, for allowing athletes to shorten their life expectancies—sometimes quite dramatically—for the sake of glory or pay or both?). Although many of the questions we will consider may seem simple at first—what for example, is the significance of winning, if any?—on reflection they reveal themselves to be deep and puzzling. The course will thus provide us with a concrete gate through which to access thorny philosophical questions about the nature of—and the complex interplay among—luck, effort, desert, intention, and result.
PHIL 235: Philosophy & 1960s Popular Culture
This course offers a demanding tour through the intellectual milieu of the 1960s in the United States. We will read philosophical works, social theory, popular and literary fiction, and occasional pieces of various sorts (speeches, journalism, etc.); we will watch films and television shows; we will listen to music: all with the goal of figuring out not just how people in the 1960s were thinking, but also of understanding how philosophy and popular culture reflected and refracted each other during a particular - and particularly volatile - historical moment.
AMER 237
PHIL 240: Philosophy of Law
Survey of some main philosophical theories about the nature and justification of law, with intensive examination of several key philosophical problems as they arise in workings of the American legal system. Readings drawn from law and philosophy. (Not recommended for first-year students.)
PHIL 248: Philos Issues in Documentary Film
A case history approach using the documentary films of Frederick Wiseman, Claude Lanzmann, Erroll Morris, and others that investigates epistemic, moral, and aesthetic issues concerning the truth-value, ethical intent, and artistic significance of documentary film.
PHIL 250: Philosophy of Religion
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of religion. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of religious experience, ritual, prayer, and sacred books in articulating the idea of God. Course includes a philosophical encounter with mysticism as well as the more traditional metaphysical formulations of the divine, in both the West and East. The critical concern of a variety of rational skepticisms will also be examined.
PHIL 255: Philosophy and European Film
This course explores the philosophical content of contemporary European movies with special emphasis on metaphysical, ethical, and aesthetic ideas developed and visually presented by recognized filmmakers including Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Luis Bunuel, Francois Truffaut, DeSica, Erich Rohmer, Fellini, and Antonioni, and special emphasis on Krzysztof Kieslowski.

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PHIL 256: Philosophy and American Film
This course explores the philosophical content of contemporary American film with special emphasis on post-World War II ideas about human freedom, subjectivity, sex and love, and the problem of evil. Film makers include Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Orson Welles, Robert Altman, Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino.

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PHIL 260: Aesthetics
A consideration of the nature and purpose of art and aesthetic judgment through the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Freud, and members of the Frankfurt School. Artworks in different media and historical periods will be used as occasions for reflection.

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PHIL 265: Symbolic Logic
PHIL 270: American Philosophy
American philosophy has a rich and diverse history. With the sometimes conflicting commitments to principles and pragmatism as a focus, the course will investigate topics such as (1) early debates over American political institutions: human rights and democracy versus aristocratic leanings to ensure good government; (2) eighteenth-century idealism (e.g., Royce) and transcendentalism (focusing on moral principle, as reflected in Emerson and Thoreau); (3) American pragmatism in its various forms (Pierce, James, and Dewey); (4) Whitehead and process philosophy; and (5) contemporary manifestations (e.g., human rights, environmental concerns, technology, and struggles with diversity).
PHIL 271: African American Philosophy
African-American philosophy can be defined in two ways: (1) wide-ranging philosophical work done by Americans of recent black African descent and (2) philosophical work on the lived experience of Americans of recent black African descent. We will primarily read philosophers whose philosophical work emphasizes the African-American experience. Thematically, the course will be guided by one overriding question: Given the historical reality of the Atlantic Slave Trade, the Three-Fifths Compromise, the anti-miscegenation laws, the Fugitive Slave Law, Lynch Law, and the Jim Crow laws, among many other inhumane practices, how does the experience of Africans in America constitute a unique combination of philosophical perspectives? Once we answer this question, we will understand how the African-American experience has created a new tradition in Western philosophy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
AFAM 271
PHIL 272: Currents in Latin Amer Thought
Taking a historical perspective, the course will examine important themes in Latin American thought such as philosophical anthropology (race, the nature of the human being, and Latin American character), the study of values (subjectivism versus objectivism), and debates about philosophy and history (universalist versus culturalist approaches, free will versus determinist outlooks). (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 272
PHIL 275: Desire and Discipline: Asian Morals
This course offers a focused historical narrative of the development of Asian moral thinking. It shows, at its early phase, how a particular moral philosopher's thinking (such as Mencius and Xun-zi) is largely determined by his thinking on human nature. However, in later periods, particularly after the importation of Buddhism, the debates on human nature are replaced by an intense cognitive and metaphysical interest in the human mind. Moral cultivation begins to focus less on following moral rules but more on cultivating the mind. The effect of this nature-mind shift on Asian moral thinking is both historically profound and theoretically surprising. Readings: Confucius, Mencius, Xun-zi, Lao zi, Zhuang zi, Zhang Zai, Chen Brothers, Zhu Xi and D. T. Suzuki. (Meets the GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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PHIL 276: Social Justice and Human Rights
Examination of the concepts and debates surrounding social justice and human rights, with attention to the arguments between East and West. Applications to current global and domestic issues, such as globalization; poverty and disparities in wealth and opportunity; race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation; political liberties; and genocide.
ETHC 276

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PHIL 277: Social Justice versus Freedom?
Examination of the perceived tensions between efforts to promote social justice and guarantees of individual freedom. Theoretical debates will be linked to practical issues, such as promotion of free markets versus government social programs and questions of government's legitimate role on personal issues, such as providing for gay marriage. Efforts to seek common ground will be explored. No prerequisites.
ETHC 277
PHIL 280: Dialogue: Modern Unbelief
Examination of special topics not offered in regular courses.
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Physics

PHYS 106: Light, Sound, and Waves
The behavior of waves, including water, sound, radio, and light. Optics of lenses and mirrors. Lasers and holography. Musical instruments. Three hours of lecture per week; no laboratory.

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PHYS 107: Chance, Fate and Law
The development of ideas about causality, space, and time and the three revolutions that have changed these concepts: Newton's classical mechanics, Einstein's theory of relativity, and Heisenberg's uncertainty relation. The first two support, whereas the third undermines, the belief that every event is determined to be the way it is by a rigid network of cause and effect. Three hours of lecture per week; no laboratory.
PHYS 109: Astronomy
The solar system and planetary motion, the nature and evolution of stars, star clusters, and galaxies, and the structure and origin of the universe. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

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PHYS 110: Introductory Physics I
The first half of elementary physics without calculus. Kinematics and Newton's laws of motion for translations and rotations. Conservation principles of energy, momentum, and angular momentum. Oscillations and waves. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Uses algebra and trigonometry. (Credit may not be earned in both Physics 110 and 120.)

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PHYS 111: Introductory Physics II
The second half of elementary physics without calculus. Charge and electric fields; current and magnetic fields. Flux and potential. Circuit elements. Electromagnetic waves. Geometric and wave optics. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Physics 110. (Credit may not be earned in both Physics 111 and 121.)

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PHYS 120: General Physics I
The first half of elementary physics using calculus. This is the most appropriate first course for students majoring in the physical sciences. Kinematics and Newton's laws of motion for translations and rotations. Conservation principles for energy, momentum, and angular momentum. Oscillations and waves. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 110. (Credit may not be earned in both Physics 120 and 110.)

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PHYS 121: General Physics II
The second half of elementary physics using calculus. This is the most appropriate second course for students majoring in the physical sciences. Charge and electric fields; current and magnetic fields. Flux and potential. Circuit elements. Electromagnetic waves. Geometric and wave optics. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Physics 120. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 111. (Credit may not be earned in both Physics 121 and 111.)

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PHYS 210: Modern Physics
Introduction to the special theory of relativity and the elements of quantum theory. Theoretical and experimental investigations of atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. Atomic spectra, X-ray spectra, Compton scattering, nuclear counting techniques, half-life measurements, and neutron activation. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Physics 121 (or 111) and Mathematics 111 or permission of the instructor.

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PHYS 240: Electronics
Methods of circuit analysis. Transistors, diodes, integrated circuits, and their application in electronic circuits. Amplifiers, oscillators, logic circuits, and computing circuits. Electronic instruments and measurements. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Physics 121 ( or 111) and Mathematics 111 or permission of the instructor. (Offered in alternate years.)

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PHYS 250: Analytical Mechanics
The study of classical mechanics using mathematics at an intermediate level. Mechanics of single particles, systems of particles, gravity and planetary motion, rigid bodies, vibrations, and non-inertial reference frames. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Physics 120 (or 110) and Mathematics 210.

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PHYS 260: Optics
Geometric and wave optics at an intermediate level. Topics include interference, diffraction, scattering, polarization, and absorption. Matrix methods. Applications of lasers. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Physics 121 (or 111) and Mathematics 111. (Offered in alternate years.)
PHYS 310: Electricity & Magnetism I
Electrostatics and magnetostatics. Specific problems involve the electric fields and potentials from constant arrangements of charge, the behavior of dielectric materials, the magnetic fields from steady currents, and the nature of magnetic materials. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 121 (or 111), 250, and Mathematics 210. (Offered in alternate years.)
PHYS 311: Electricity & Magnetism II
Electrodynamics: the transport of energy and momentum by electromagnetic fields. The complete forms of Maxwell's equations are used to describe electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in linear or conducting materials, and to calculate the energy radiated from accelerating charges. An advanced treatment of the Special Theory of Relativity may be a concluding topic. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Physics 310 and Mathematics 210. (Offered in alternate years.)
PHYS 320: Mathematical Methods
Applied mathematics for scientists. Topics typically include series approximations to functions, matrices and eigenvectors, vector analysis, special functions, ordinary and partial differential equations, orthogonal polynomials, asymptotic techniques, boundary value problems, and numerical methods. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 121 (or 111) and Mathematics 210. May be taken as a tutorial.
PHYS 330: Thermodynamics
The fundamental ideas of temperature, heat, entropy, and equilibrium; the laws of thermodynamics. Macroscopic, phenomenological approach to thermodynamics, followed by the microscopic, statistical description. Kinetic theory. Applications to gases, solids, and chemical systems. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 210 and Mathematics 210 or permission of the instructor. (Offered in alternate years.)
PHYS 410: Advanced Analytical Mechanics
Emphasis on using generalized coordinates and the Principle of Least Action. Newtonian, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and Hamilton-Jacobi formulations of mechanics. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 250 and Mathematics 210. May be taken as a tutorial.
PHYS 420: Quantum Mechanics I
Formal development of the quantum theory. The theory is applied to simple systems for which exact solutions are known. These include single-electron atoms, harmonic oscillators, and systems with intrinsic spin. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 210 and 250 and Mathematics 210. (Offered in alternate years.)

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PHYS 421: Quantum Mechanics II
Applications of the quantum theory. Approximation methods, such as perturbation theory, variational techniques, and numerical methods allow the quantum theory to be used for complex systems. Examples are multi-electron atoms, atoms in external electromagnetic fields, molecules, and solids. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Physics 420 and Mathematics 210. (Offered in alternate years.)

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PHYS 480: Experimental Methods
Seminar on techniques that illustrate principles and methods of contemporary physics. Typical experiments are subatomic resonance (NMR and ESR), X-ray phenomena (Moseley's Law, etc.), optical pumping, determination of band gaps in semiconductors, shot noise, Johnson noise, spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, and laser spectroscopy. Students write formal reports and present seminar talks about experiments. Two seminars and one laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Physics 420 and Mathematics 210. (Meets GEC Senior Studies Requirement. Offered in alternate years.)

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Politics

POLS 110: Introduction to Global Politics
This course is an introduction to the main concepts and theories of comparative politics and international relations. Students investigate the democratic and non-democratic political systems and current political issues across the developed and developing worlds; war and peace; prosperity and poverty; and the political ideologies that have shaped politics within and among nations in the modern era.

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POLS 120: Introduction to American Politics
Origins of the American political system, basic institutions, political parties and interest groups, and evolution of constitutional interpretation.
AMER 119

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POLS 130: Great Political Ideas
What is a person's place within a larger community? How ought we to organize our societies to create peace and/or justice? These are the fundamental questions political theorists ask. This course is an introduction to basic concepts of political thought, as well as a review of some major thinkers in political theory, both ancient and modern. Emphasis is on learning to read theoretical texts and interpreting them. Course readings are likely to include works by Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Marx, Mill, and others.

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POLS 200: Methods of Political Research
This course introduces students to the nuts and bolts of systematic political science research. Students learn how to construct a research question – and develop and test hypotheses. Students apply concepts and strategies learned in class to develop their own research design. The course will also expose students to: basic quantitative and qualitative skills for the purposes of describing and explaining political phenomena, and the analysis of data on issues in American and global politics. Prerequisite: Politics or International Relations major, or consent of instructor.
POLS 205: Introduction to Forensics
POLS 210: Politics of Europe
This course is a survey of the domestic political institutions, cultures, and economies of select European countries, as well as the major public policy issues facing the advanced industrial democracies of Western Europe, the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, and the continent's last autocracies (e.g., Russia). Some consideration is also given to pan-European governance, such as the European Union (EU) and the European Court of Human Rights.
POLS 211: Islam in Africa
Islam in Africa is a comparative survey course on the evolution, dynamics, dimensions and effects of the politicization of Islam in several modern African countries. Case studies include the nature of domestic and international politics on the politicization of Islam in Nigeria, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia, Senegal and Egypt. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 211
POLS 213: Non-Violence and Politics of Change
We will begin the course by examining the origins of non-violence as a political philosophy. For the remainder of the semester we will compare movements including India's successful bid for independence under Gandhi and Nehru, the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, the Color Revolutions in Eastern Europe, and the recent non-violent revolutions sweeping across Tunisia, Egypt and other parts of the Arab world. We will also briefly cover movements that have had significant non-violent strands but incorporated or were impeded by violence (e.g. South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, and the Tiananmen Square Protests).

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POLS 214: Politics of South Africa
This course examines the historical, socio-cultural, economic, and political evolution of the Republic of South Africa. Students will learn about the nature, dynamics, and transformation of South Africa from the precolonial period and the era of apartheid to the emergence of black majority rule in the modern multiracial, democratic South Africa. The course analyzes the nature of the economy, race and ethnic relations, liberation theology, the armed struggle, and the democratization process. In addition, the course reviews the role and interrelationships of South Africa to its neighboring African states and the foreign policy of South Africa toward the United States and other major powers in the international system. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 214
POLS 215: Asian Politics
We will study the political systems of countries in East, South, and Southeast Asia today and the international relations of Asia since the end of the Cold War. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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POLS 216: Politics of Middle East
Study will focus on issues of modernization; the nature of Middle East governments; the past and present impact of religion on the region's culture and socio-political system; the Arab-Israeli conflict and its implications for world peace; and the impact of oil on the economy and regime stability in the Persian Gulf region. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 216

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POLS 217: African Politics
A survey of the geography, social and political history, and postindependent politics of Black Africa. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 219

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POLS 219: Politics of Latin America
An introduction to politics and social change in Latin America. Study will focus on several Latin American countries and on special topics such as human rights, religion, the military, land reform, women, and population policy. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 219
POLS 220: Political Parties
American parties, pressure groups, and electoral problems.
POLS 221: The Presidency
The president is the symbolic leader of the federal government but, compared to Congress, the framers of the U.S. Constitution intended the executive to be the weaker branch of the national government. This course examines the growth and accumulation of presidential power and the implications of a strong executive for domestic politics and America's foreign relations. It also considers relations between the institution of the presidency and the courts, the media, and the people.
AMER 221

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POLS 222: Congress
A glance at the enumerated powers granted the legislative branch under the U.S. Constitution suggests Congress is the strongest of the three branches of the national government. Yet the power of Congress is divided between two chambers, and the vast majority of legislation proposed in either chamber never becomes law. Congress is supposed to represent the interests of the people of the various states – and yet its public standing is nowadays at an historic low. This course examines the basic operations, structure, power dynamics, and politics of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. It also considers the rivalry and relationship between Congress and the President.
AMER 222

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POLS 224: Mass Media and American Politics
An analysis of the influence of the mass media on American political institutions and American attitudes. Topics include First Amendment issues, political campaigns, political movements, public opinion, advertising, and entertainment.
AMER 225
POLS 227: Campaigns and Elections
This course examines the nomination procedures and election of political candidates focusing on Congressional & Presidential campaigns. Specifically, we will study the role of political parties, interest groups, race, gender, public opinion, the media, and electoral reform in political campaigns and elections.
POLS 228: Amer Founding&Popular Sovereignty
As familiar as these opening words of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution may sound to us, they have inspired a great deal of debate about how best to institutionalize 'the rule of the people.' Through an examination of classic texts and debates from the U.S. founding to the present, we will seek to refine our understanding of the ideal of popular sovereignty by focusing in depth on the American political experience. Topics to be covered include representation, federalism, and constitutional revision.
POLS 232: Race & Politics in Age of Obama
Racial attitudes and beliefs have gone through dramatic changes in the last 100 years. African Americans once considered an 'inferior' race to that of Anglos now have political power at all levels of government, including the Oval Office. Our examination of race and politics begins with the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1965. We will seek to understand how a gradual series of changes in the political power and ambitions of African Americans post- 1965 took an exponential leap forward with the election of a bi-racial, BlackBerry toting, former law professor to the nation's highest office. We will explore what the election of President Obama has meant for Black politics (e.g., many African American leaders have criticized the President for not supporting policies that would benefit their community). We will also examine how the President is portrayed by his most angry critics and what this means for the success (or failure) of his presidency. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 232, AMER 232

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POLS 233: Chicago Politics
This course is an introduction to Chicago politics. We will focus on contemporary relationships among business, labor, environmentalists, and other social groups, including those groups based on ethnicity, race, and sexual identity. We will examine the mobilization of and current relations between major political players and interest groups. Students will also explore important historical elements of Chicago politics such as the Daley family and the rise of the Democratic Machine or the election of Harold Washington and the ensuing 'council wars.'

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POLS 234: Urban Politics
This course examines problems of political and social organization in central cities. Topics include political machines, mayors, public policy issues, race & politics, and racial coalition politics. (Not open to students who have completed POLS 223.)
POLS 235: Race & Gender in American Politics
In this course we will explore the complex relationship between race and gender in the American political process. How do underrepresented racial groups and women attain legislative success? What role does identity politics play in influencing voter decisions? We will examine how race and gender affect political behavior, public policy, American political culture, and the overall political landscape. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
POLS 239: Chicago: Global/Neighborhood City
'Chicago: Global City/City of Neighborhoods' recognizes that Chicago is both a global and a 'local' city. On the one hand, the city is involved in manufacturing, trade, and services on a worldwide basis. On the other hand, Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, often based on strong ethnic and racial identities. The course examines the city's dual quality by studying the interconnections between the world economy and the daily life of Chicagoans. A key connection is immigration, which we shall explore from the standpoint of several important communities, including, most prominently, Hispanics/Latinos (given our joint expertise in Spanish and Latin American Studies), as well as African-Americans, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. The course will take both an historical and contemporary approach, as we analyze how the city developed economically, politically, and culturally since the late 19th century, as well as how the city is adjusting today in an age of globalization. No prerequisite. Cross-listed in American Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics, Spanish, and serves as an elective for Urban Studies. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 202, LNAM 202, AMER 226
POLS 240: American Foreign Policy
Students in this course explore the major historical developments and ideologies that have shaped American foreign policy since the founding of the Republic. We also study the models of foreign policy decision-making and the foreign policy institutions of the national government on matters related to war and national security, trade and monetary policy, and the global environment. The role of civil society in foreign policy is also considered. Special emphasis is given to the post- 9/11 era.
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POLS 241: Global Issues
This course is a survey of the contemporary international politics of the great powers (e.g. United States, the European Union, Russia, Japan) and emerging powers (e.g., China, India, Brazil) in relation to contemporary issues in international economic, security, humanitarian, and environmental affairs. Special consideration is given to the implications of China's rise to global power on the U.S.- and Western- dominated international order.

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POLS 242: Politics of the Third World
This course highlights special topics relating to Third World nations (e.g., delayed industrialization; the lingering impact of colonialism; power and authority in nonindustrial countries; recent trends in democratization and economic development and under-development). (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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POLS 243: Islam and Europe
The course examines social, political and cultural relations between Europe and its minorities on the one hand and between Europe and Muslim majority countries on the other. Students are invited to explore contemporary issues such as the socio-economic status and organizations of Muslims in Europe, the difficulties of Muslim minorities in Europe, and the legacy of colonialism and post-colonial relations as reflected in regional conflicts, authoritarianism, and Islamic political movements. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 243
POLS 245: Theories of International Relations
In this course, students survey the major theoretical models and concepts associated with the study of international relations for the purpose of analyzing and thinking critically about contemporary international political issues.

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POLS 250: American Political Thought
Students survey American political thought from the Revolutionary Era to the present day (or from the original Boston Tea Party to the contemporary Tea Party movement). Topics to be covered include: revolutionary ideas and their historical antecedents, the framing of the Constitution, 19th century responses to slavery and industrialism, the Progressive Era, and the philosophical underpinnings of contemporary conservatism and liberalism. There are no prerequisites, but either POLS 120 or a previous course in political theory is encouraged.

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Psychology

PSYC 110: Introduction to Psychology
This course provides a broad, general introduction to the field of psychology, the scientific study of behavior. Topics surveyed include scientific methodology, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, thinking, memory, motivation and emotion, development, personality, stress and health, psychological disorders and psychotherapy, social interaction, and diversity. Satisfactory completion of Psychology 110 is a prerequisite for most advanced courses in psychology, which generally cover in greater depth and breadth the topics you will encounter in this course. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. (Meets GEC First-Year Writing Requirement.)

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PSYC 191: Tutorial
PSYC 195: Cross-Cultural Psychology
The subtle transaction between culture and behavior will be explored cross-culturally through the following topics: psychotherapy, a person's sense of self-control versus situational control of one's own behavior, need for achievement, stages in moral development, and management styles in work environments. Comparisons will emphasize data from the United States and Japan. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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PSYC 205: Stereotype,Prejudice,Discrimination
An examination of psychological approaches to the problems of prejudice and discrimination. Topics covered include the prevalence of prejudice in American society, theoretical perspectives on the causes of prejudice, the psychological processes underlying different forms of prejudice (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and ethnocentrism), and methods of combating prejudice and encouraging acceptance of diversity. Such topics will be explored through examination of classic and contemporary research. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 205, AMER 201

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PSYC 206: Human Sexuality
This course focuses on psychological aspects of human sexuality, including the sexual response cycle, intimate relationships, sexual orientations and identities, and sexual health and disease. The course aims to familiarize students with methods used in scientific research on sexuality, to encourage them to think critically about sexual issues, to help them develop a better understanding of sexual diversity, and to enable them to become responsible sexual decision makers. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing required. PSYC 110 recommended.
WOMN 206

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PSYC 208: Psychology of Career Development
How do people choose their jobs? Why do certain types of people gravitate toward certain types of occupations? How can people identify the careers in which they are most likely to be happy and successful? Questions such as these are central to vocational psychology, the scientific study of people's career choices and outcomes throughout the lifespan. In this course we will examine: (a) the major theories of vocational behavior; (b) individual differences and societal factors that shape people's career paths; (c) the relations among career, family, and other life roles; (d) assessment instruments used for career planning and decision making; (e) the career counseling process; and (f) the role of gender and culture in career choice and development. Students will also have some opportunities to explore their own career paths. Prerequisite: at least sophomore standing. PSYC 110 is recommended but is not required.

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PSYC 209: History & Philosophy of Psyc
How did the field of psychology become what it is today? In this course we will trace the history of psychology, from its origins in philosophy to its modern place among the social and behavioral sciences. We will examine the development of the discipline's fundamental assumptions regarding human nature, society, and methodology. We will consider where such assumptions came from, how they evolved over time, and how they shape psychological research and practice today. We will focus on both pure laboratory research (e.g., learning theory) as well as applied, societal contributions (particularly clinical psychology). Prerequisite: Psychology 110
PSYC 210: Developmental Psychology
An examination of the principles of development with an emphasis on interpretation of empirical studies and theories. We stress the ongoing interplay of biological and environmental forces as influences on development; place development in a broad context of culture, class, and history; view children and adolescents as active shapers of their environment; emphasize both continuity and the capacity for change; and consider implications of developmental psychology for educators, practitioners, parents and policymakers. Prerequisite: Psychology 110.
WOMN 210

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PSYC 211: Adulthood and Aging
Examination of developmental processes associated with adulthood, maturity, and aging. Examination of evidence for continued development throughout the life span. Evidence from a variety of sources is used in examining the person in terms of physical, psychological, social, and cultural influences on development. Prerequisite: Psychology 110.
WOMN 211

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PSYC 215: Environmental Psychology
Environmental psychology is the discipline concerned with interactions and relationships between people and their environments (including built, natural, and social environments). In this course we apply psychological methods and theories to a variety of issues and behaviors, considering such topics as landscape preference, wayfinding, weather, noise, natural disasters, territoriality, crowding, and the design of residential and work environments. We also explore images of nature, wilderness, home, and place, as well as the impact of these images on behavior. The course is grounded in empirical work, and incorporates observations and experiences in the local environment. No prerequisite.
ES 215

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PSYC 216: Sanity, Madness" & Society"
Mental illness is not only a disorder of the mind but a social issue as well. Societal stresses contribute to the onset of many of these illnesses and reduce the likelihood of overcoming the problem. How stigma, public policy, and social stressors relate to the development and continuance of mental illness will be explored through lectures, readings, and field experiences in a variety of mental health settings. No prerequisite.
PSYC 221: Research Methods & Stats I Lab
An introduction to the basic research methods and statistical techniques used in psychology. In the first semester, the primary focus will be on descriptive and relational methods (e.g., naturalistic observation, surveys, correlational designs) and descriptive statistics. In the second semester the primary focus will be on controlled experiments and inferential statistics. The course sequence includes a required laboratory component in which students gain hands-on experience using statistical software to analyze psychological data. Prerequisite for 221: Psychology 110 with a grade of at least C-. Psychology 221 and 222 must be taken in sequence.

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PSYC 222: Research Methods & Stats II
An introduction to the basic research methods and statistical techniques used in psychology. In the first semester, the primary focus will be on descriptive and relational methods (e.g., naturalistic observation, surveys, correlational designs) and descriptive statistics. In the second semester the primary focus will be on controlled experiments and inferential statistics. The course sequence includes a required laboratory component in which students gain hands-on experience using statistical software to analyze psychological data. Prerequisite for 222: Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-. Psychology 221 and 222 must be taken in sequence.

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PSYC 255: Social Psychology
Survey of the major topics of inquiry in social psychology: attitudes, social cognition, attribution, social norms and roles, conformity, social influence, persuasion, group dynamics, aggression, altruism, interpersonal attraction, stereotyping and prejudice, and conflict and peacemaking. Emphasis on applying social psychological principles to real-world phenomena as well as understanding basic research. Prerequisite: Psychology 110.

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PSYC 310: Sensation and Perception
As you go through your day, you are constantly sensing and perceiving: You feel the warmth of the hot shower on your skin, you smell the aroma of the coffee in your cup, you taste the disagreeable tartness of your orange juice after brushing your teeth, you see the bright colors of the spring day on your way to class, you hear the words of your instructor and you organize them into coherent ideas. This course explores the anatomy and physiology of the sensory systems and the way in which the raw sensory signals become organized into meaningful perceptions. Prerequisite: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 318: Psychology Applied to Education
In this course, we examine a series of questions about how psychological knowledge can inform and improve education. What does psychology tell us about teaching and learning? How do we measure the success of various educational practices? What is the best way to describe the psychological processes by which students gain information and expertise? What accounts for individual differences in learning, and how do teachers (and schools) address these individual needs? How do social and economic factors shape teaching practices and the educational experiences of individual students? Some of our work in this course will involve reading and discussion; a significant portion of the time will be spent observing children in their educational environments. Prerequisites: Psychology 110 and at least sophomore standing.
PSYC 320: Learning and Memory
This course broadly surveys the fundamentals of learning and memory while emphasizing selected issues. Topics include Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning (including generalization, discrimination, and the nature of reward), the different kinds of human memory, and the fascinating puzzle of why the capacity of short-term memory is limited to only about seven items. We consider evolutionary theory and the origins of the diverse innate foundations of human learning and memory. As part of this, human behaviors are compared with behaviors of other animals in regard to complexity, adaptiveness, innate responsiveness to patterns, sensitive periods in development, 'ritualized' expression of emotions, and other inborn aspects of behavior. Brief laboratories in animal and human behavior are included. Prerequisite: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 321: Psychology Research in Community
Psychological research takes place in a wide variety of community settings including local schools, museums, and social service agencies. In this course, you will put your knowledge of research methods and statistics into practice by working on a research project in a community setting. Students can join one of several projects that are already underway, or they can initiate a new project in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisites: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C- and permission of the instructor.
PSYC 325: Sales Communications
This course, designed largely for juniors and seniors who are looking forward to careers, emphasizes interrelations between academic and practical realms. What do basic principles of psychology suggest in regard to marketing, personal salesmanship, and stock market prices? In what ways is our knowledge of human psychology deepened by studying our consumer society? Readings include empirical journal articles as well as historical and current books. Discussions, independent projects, papers, examinations, and a strong emphasis on informed oral participation by students. Alumni mentors in sales professions visit at regular intervals, giving descriptions of their industries and careers. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-, or comparable preparation, from courses in other departments, in understanding and summarizing scientific journal articles.
PSYC 330: Motivation & Emotion
The broad range of motivations and emotions is studied including the relative contributions of learning, genetics, and critical periods in development. How and why did motivations and emotions evolve, and what are their bases in brain systems, hormones, and other aspects of physiology? Which of our motivations involve accurate regulations to a 'set point' (such as body temperature and weight) and which do not? How does the great subtlety of human emotional expression develop? Includes consideration of competency, security, creativity, frustration, aggression, love, sexuality, and values. Prerequisite: Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 340: Psychology of Sex and Gender
This course examines theory and research related to gender, sexuality, and their interactions. Topics include those traditionally associated with gender (such as sex differences and similarities, sex stereotypes, and gender learning) as well as those traditionally associated with human sexuality (such as the biology of human sexual response, love and sexual relationships, sexual orientation, and sexual health issues). We will consider the interrelationships between these topics, and think critically about their portrayal in academic and popular media. Prerequisites: Psychology 110 and sophomore standing. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 340
PSYC 345: Organizational & Industrial Psych
The human side of management; why people work; increasing workers' motivation; enhancing the productivity of work groups; interpersonal relations in work settings; effective leadership in organizations. Prerequisite: Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-.
PSYC 346: Org: Sesquicen of Leadership
The importance and impact of effective leadership in organizations. Basic applications of leadership theories, the identification of leadership characteristics and styles as applied to top performing organizations. Among the organizational leadership approaches that would be explored are 1) person-related theories; 2) behavior-related theories; 3) Fiedler's contingency theory; 4) path-goal theory; 5) leader-member exchange theory; 6) transformational leadership; and 7) diversity in leadership with respect to gender, ethnic minorities and cross-cultural patterns of leadership. Students would learn first hand about the different types of leadership styles and characteristics and then attempt to apply theory to actual examples. How can we apply the modern techniques of social science research methods and statistics to assist in avoiding hindsight bias, when we formulate our judgments?
PSYC 350: Abnormal Psychology
Intended to acquaint students with the biological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive foundations of psychopathology. Issues of classification, description, etiology, and treatment of abnormal behavior are examined from the point of view of contemporary empirically based perspectives. Specifically, these issues are considered in the context of a variety of psychopathological manifestations, including anxiety, eating, schizophrenic, mood, personality, addictive, and sexual disorders. Prerequisite: Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 355: Community Psych
Community Psychologists study individuals in the contexts of their communities - e.g., families, peer groups, schools, workplaces, religious groups, culture, and society - and strive to engage collaboratively in research and community action work to ameliorate social problems, enhance the overall well-being of the community and its members, and make positive public policy changes. In this course, we will: (1) Consider the goals and roles of Community Psychologists; (2) Examine how social structures and community problems affect individuals' lives, and analyze our own underlying assumptions about these issues; (3) Consider the importance of diversity and psychological sense of community; (4) Explore methods & strategies for citizen participation and social change; and (5) Learn to use psychological research to inform social policy change and prevention efforts. Topics may include: Family Violence; Foster Care; Racism & the Justice System; Community Organizing for Rights (e.g., Civil Rights, Workers' Rights, Women's Rights); Community Organizing Against Harms (e.g., Hazardous Waste); Community Mental Health; Poverty & Homelessness; Children and Welfare Reform; Community Violence Prevention; Adaptation and Coping with Disaster (e.g., 9/11, Hurricane Katrina); and Advocacy on Capitol Hill - The Tobacco Lobby and Teenage Smoking. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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PSYC 360: Cognitive Psychology
Surveys the history, philosophy, and research surrounding selected issues in cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, memory, language, imagery, reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students will learn what is currently known about these topics, the problems facing researchers, and how researchers go about solving these problems. They also will be given the opportunity to experience cognitive psychology research first-hand, as they participate in classic experiments and learn to analyze, interpret, and write up their results. Prerequisite: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 370: Neuroscience
How do the brain's neurons, synapses, and electrical and chemical activities participate in psychological processes? What are the neural foundations of human perception, motivation and emotion, learning, memory, movement, and consciousness? Discussion of the modes of action of antidepressants, other psychotherapeutic drugs, and drugs of abuse. In what ways are functions localized in the brain, and how is it possible for recovery from brain damage to take place? Laboratory sessions include experiments in brain foundations of sensation, movement, emotion, and learning in animals, demonstration of human brain waves, comparison of brains with computers, and basic exercises in computerized data acquisition and analysis. Prerequisite: a college course in mathematics or natural science approved by the instructor (such as the core introductory courses in biology or chemistry) or Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-.
NEUR 370

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PSYC 375: Personality
This course offers a general introduction to the study of personality. It surveys the major theoretical perspectives and research issues in the field of personality psychology. In particular, the contributions made by psychodynamic, humanistic, trait, and cognitive-behavioral theories to the study of personality development, personality assessment, and personality change will be reviewed. Students will be encouraged to examine critically the diversity of those theoretical formulations, their basic assumptions, and the research evidence available to support them. The area of personality assessment will receive particular attention. Test construction and relevant psychometric issues will be examined during lectures, class discussions, and paper assignments. Prerequisite: Psychology 221 with a grade of at least C-.

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PSYC 380: Practicum: Internships
Supervised practice in applying psychological principles in research, organizational, and service settings outside the College. A wide array of placements is available, including mental health facilities, social service agencies, corporate and military environments, school counseling programs, and non-profit organizations; we work with students to adapt internships to their individual interests and goals. Students should initiate plans, in collaboration with the instructor, during the semester preceding the internship. All internships in psychology are done within this course and include an accompanying on-campus seminar. Open to junior and senior psychology majors with permission of the instructor. (Because the practicum experience varies, students may be permitted to repeat.)

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PSYC 410: History and Systems of Psych
An examination of major theoretical trends throughout the history of psychology, with particular emphasis on such paradigmatic questions as reductionism, nativism vs. empiricism, and unification and constructivism. The question of how to situate classic texts will be explored by reading a significant work in the history of psychology. Prerequisite: Psychology 222 with a grade of at least C- or senior standing in another major or permission of the instructor. Preference in registration to graduating seniors majoring in psychology.
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Religion

RELG 114: The Self and Salvation
All spiritualities deal with the human self (defined in various ways) and a spiritual goal, in the Christian West spoken of as 'salvation.' Different spiritualities above all offer various paths toward these various goals of spiritual realization. We will explore and compare some of them to find if there are parallels or convergences between these various religions world-views. We will read and discuss representative texts from the various religious traditions. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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RELG 118: Religious Ethics
An introduction to the sources and patterns of moral reasoning within the traditions of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism, by comparing arguments from each tradition on issues of sexuality and the ethics of war and peace.

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RELG 120: Atheism and Faith
After the tragedy of 9/11 several books appeared blaming the disaster on religion, e.g. The End of Faith by Sam Harris and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. These authors argued that atheism was a better course for humanity and that if atheism were embraced, the primary cause of war would be eliminated. Other books appeared (e.g. The Case for God by Karen Armstrong) challenging the arguments of these authors who have come to be known as 'the new atheists'. The conversation sparked by this exchange will be the focus of this course. No prerequisites.
RELG 175: Early Christianity
This course will offer a general introduction to the history of Christianity in the first two centuries of the Common Era, tracing the evolution of the movement from its beginnings as a sect within Second Temple Judaism to its emergence as a distinct religion in the Greco-Roman world. The course will also examine the role of major figures, beliefs, practices, phenomena and developments during the first two centuries. Special attention will be given to (1) the social, political, religious, and, philosophical milieu in which Christianity emerged, (2) the scholarly quest for 'historical Jesus,' (3) the significance of Paul and the growth of the movement (4) the relationship between Judaism and Christianity and (5) the various sects and conflicts in the first two centuries. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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RELG 210: Religions of Indigenous Peoples
Our increased awareness of global community has given rise to a new interest in the religions of indigenous peoples. This course will explore the religious heritage of Native Americans, Africans, and Australian aborigines and other indigenous peoples. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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RELG 211: Judaism
The course will structurally investigate concepts, myths, and metaphors of ancient and modern Judaism, its coherent design, and by way of comparison with other religions such issues as 'this worldly/other worldly,' motive and deed, mythical self-transcendence, and the contributions of Judaisim to human spirituality. This course is partially funded by a gift from the Jewish Chatauqua Society.
RELG 212: Christianity
This course explores the great historical moments of Christian history; the teachings of Jesus, the voice of Paul, the church fathers, the early creed, the schism between eastern and western Christianity, the medieval church, the major branches of the Reformation, and the development of Christianity into its contemporary forms. Discussion will focus on both the theology and practice of Christianity in its two thousand year development.
RELG 213: Islam
This course examines the history of Islam, the teachings of different philosophical schools, and the literature of Islamic societies. The roots of the religious tradition as well as its development in different cultural contexts will be examined. Students will read texts drawn from Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and North American Muslim sources. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 213, ISLM 213

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RELG 214: Hinduism
This course examines the teachings of the Hindu religious tradition as presented in the earliest writings of the tradition, as well as in dramas, epic narratives, and contemporary religious practice. In the course of the semester, we will visit Hindu Temples in the Chicago area as we explore the historical, social, and cultural context of Indian religious themes as they continue to be practiced in the 21st century. Texts range from philosophical musings about the nature of the universe to the story of a king who loses his wife to a 10-headed demon. (Meets Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 214

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RELG 215: Introduction to Buddhism
An introduction to the origins of Buddhism in India as well as to the major cultural and historical influences on the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia, particularly in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, China, and Japan. The course will examine various forms of Buddhist practice including devotion, ethics, sangha membership, meditation, rituals, and festivals. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 215
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RELG 216: Chinese Religions
Focusing primarily on the teachings of the Confucian (and neo-Confucian), Daoist, and early Chinese Buddhist traditions, we will explore the concepts and practices of these communities within their historical, cultural, and social contexts. Reading narrative, poetic, and classical texts in translation that present such ideas as the ethics of human-heartedness, the relativity of all things, and the importance of self-sacrifice, we will discuss what teachings these masterful texts offer 21st century questioners. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 216
RELG 220: Islam and Pop Culture
In recent decades the global Islamic revival has produced a new generation of Muslim film stars and fashion models, Sufi self-help gurus, Muslim comic book heroes, romance novel writers, calligraphy artists, and even Barbie dolls. This course explores the pop sensations, market niches, and even celebrity scandals of 'Popular Islam' within the broader context of religious identity, experience, and authority in Islamic traditions. Balancing textual depth with geographic breadth, the course includes several case studies: Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mali, Turkey, and North America. Students will learn about how religious trends are created -- and debated -- on pop culture's public stage. We will reflect critically on both primary materials and inter-disciplinary scholarly writings about the relationships between pop culture, religious identities, devotional practices, and political projects. No pre-requisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 220, ISLM 220
RELG 228: The Way of the Monk
This course examines a lifestyle common to three major religious traditions. This lifestyle is called monasticism and it is embraced by monastics (men and women) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. There are common practices shared by these three forms of monasticism and yet there are differences too, stemming from underlying variations of belief. The course includes an option to live in a monastic setting for the third of the three weeks, during which time the class will be offered at that site. The fee for this residential option is $350. Students not choosing this option must provide their own transportation to the site during the final week of classes. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 230: Religion and Politics
This course will examine the complex social, historical, and intellectual forces that impact the relationships between religion and politics. Students will begin by exploring the historical genealogy of Western ideas about the proper role of religion in the public square. We will draw from various theoretical approaches in order to better understand particular case studies, including: Christian and Buddhist monks during the Vietnam War; Islam and democracy in Turkey; the head scarf debate in France; Islamic art in post-authoritarian Indonesia; religion and violence in Sri Lanka; liberation theology in Central and South America; and, colonialism and Catholicism in the Philippines. We will critically reflect on the role of religious ideology as well as the ways in which religious explanations of politics and violence can obscure more enduring histories of power relations. No prerequisites. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 231: Christianity and Politics
This course considers the multifaceted relationship between Christian conviction, practice, and community, on the one hand, and political and social orders, on the other. We will consider how faith and power have interacted in the founding of Christendom, the social and ecclesial Reformations of the 16th century, Christianity's introduction into the New World, voices from the margins of society (such as feminist and liberation theologians), and the contemporary American political scene. We will pay attention both to how Christianity influences and is influenced by its political and social contexts.

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RELG 235: Relig in Contemp America
A study of current developments in American religion with focused discussion on the new religious right, the liberation left, alternative religions, trends within Judaism, Catholicism after Vatican II, and New Age spirituality. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 240: Religious Perspectives Environment
The current environmental crises rest on a layer of philosophical and religious assumptions that are currently being challenged. Are human beings the center of the universe? Is humankind's mandate to dominate nature? Does nature belong to human beings or do human beings belong to nature? This course will address the relationship of the divine and the human sphere of nature from various religious perspectives. Contemporary Judaic, Christian, and Islamic ecological visions and action programs will be considered. In addition, the course will include religious views and practices of certain native cultures of North and South America, the Australian aborigines, and African tribes as well as ecological perspectives derived from South and East Asian religious cultures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ES 240

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RELG 245: Film and Religion: Asia and America
This course uses films from Korea, China, Japan, India, and the U.S. to examine universal questions of values, ethics, and meaning. These films are explored as products of specific cultures and religious traditions, and as voices speaking about the human condition to audiences beyond their borders. Participants in the class will bring their own perspectives into conversation with those of the filmmakers as they unravel the films' assumptions, symbols, and messages. No prerequisites. Open to students at all levels. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 245
RELG 248: Crusades & Holy War in Med Europe
Medieval Europe experienced widespread debate about the use of violence by Christians. The course considers early definitions of Just War and the attempts by the church to control violence around the year 1000. Detailed examination of the origin of the idea of crusade and the history of the First Crusade (1095-99) from Christian, Jewish, Greek, and Muslim perspectives. Examines the later medieval phenomenon of crusade against other Christians.
HIST 248

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RELG 255: Islam and Modernity
The 1.5 billion Muslims around the world represent immense diversities of languages, ethnicities, cultures, contexts and perspectives. How do they confront their modernities? Are Islam and Modernity two separate categories? The class discussion will explore these issues through biographies, short stories, and novels written by Muslim authors, supplemented by secondary readings and a mix of audio-video materials. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 255

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RELG 265: Hebrew Scripture: Old Testament
Beginning with a solid basis in texts from Hebrew Scripture (Tanakh) we will study other master texts of Judaism emphasizing, in historic context, both the elements of continuity and of change in the outlook of Jewish sacred authoritative texts from ancient to modern times.

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RELG 266: Christian Scripture: New Testament
This course covers the twenty-seven books in the Christian Testament, especially the four gospels and fourteen letters attributed to Paul. It also includes material not in the Christian Testament but produced early in Christianity such as the Didache, Gospel of Thomas, Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius, and writings of the church fathers. No prerequisite.

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RELG 275: Female Religious Images in West
Individual religious traditions have incorporated female images and ideals in different ways as goddesses, priestesses, and saints. The objective of this course is to examine ways in which the divine has been expressed in specifically female forms, as well as to examine the characteristics of female religious experience. Specific figures include Inanna, the central goddess figure of ancient Sumer; Eve and Sarah from the Hebrew Bible; Mary and female monastics from the Christian tradition; and contemporary Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women actively participating in their traditions. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 276: Female Religious Images in Asia
Goddess figures in India, China, and Japan are studied in this class along with the roles of human women in particular Asian religious traditions. This class explores the experiences of Buddhist nuns, Hindu and Muslim female saints, traditional healers, and shamans. Readings are drawn from religious texts, myths, and short stories from specific Asian cultures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
RELG 300: Approaches to Study of Religion
What is religion? What important theories have emerged about the origins of religion? This course explores a variety of academic approaches to the study of religion, emphasizing the methodologies of religious studies as an autonomous discipline. The course will focus on the studies of religionists as well as those framed by psychologists, sociologists, and scholars from other disciplines. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 2 Religion courses, or permission of instructor.

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RELG 307: Roman & Medieval Christianity
This course will consider topics in the history of Christianity from its origins to the fifteenth century, including the lives of Christ and Paul; the influence of Roman, Germanic, and Celtic religion on early Christianity; doctrinal disputes and heresy; monasticism; the cult of saints; conflicts of church and state; mysticism; reform movements. The course will include regular consideration of medieval Christian art, including images in painting, sculpture, and manuscripts. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 304
RELG 310: Islamic Mysticism
Muslim saints and seekers have performed mystical practices for more than 1300 years in areas stretching from Europe and North Africa to Turkey, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Contemporary holy men and holy women continue to teach such mystical practices as the dancing and whirling of dervishes, the up-tempo singing of qawwals in India and Pakistan, and the rhythmic chanting of Arabic verses in Egypt. In this course, we will explore the religious thinking of these holy men and women through their writing, art, and music. Texts will include novels, short stories, allegorical tales, biographies, and films. No prerequisite. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ISLM 310, ASIA 310
RELG 311: Greek and Roman Religion
Issues in the social and intellectual forms of religion in the Greek and Roman worlds, from the Homeric age to the early Christian era: primitive beliefs; warrior religion; women's cults and women's roles; mystery religions and magic; ruler worship; pagan philosophies; pagan background of early Gentile Christianity. Prerequisite: History 201 or 211 or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 302
RELG 312: In Search of the Historical Jesus
Close examination of various portraits of Jesus: in the four gospels of the Christian Testament, in early noncanonical gospels, in recent appraisals of Jesus in scholarly works, in literature, and in film. Primary focus on the perennial attempt to reconstruct the historical Jesus. Prerequisite: Religion 201, 202, or 203 or consent of the instructor.
RELG 314: Hindu Pilgrimage: India and Chicago
The course explores the ritual practice of pilgrimage at major pilgrimage sites in India, and at parallel temples in the Chicago area. Using extensive field visits and the framework of pilgrimage as the structure of the course, the class prepares for and visits 5-6 Hindu temples in the Chicago area to observe rituals being performed, speak with practitioners, and experience festival worship. Through reading and film, we examine the history, literature, ritual traditions, art, and music of Hindu pilgrims. Following specific pilgrimage routes, we explore this religious practice as it is conducted within 21st century cultures of expanding global communities, in India and in Chicago. The class will use primary source texts, maps, field visits to temples, film, and research to understand Hindu religious communities in India and Chicago. Prerequisite: Religion 214 or permission of instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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Sociology and Anthropology

SOAN 110: Intro to Sociology and Anthropology
An inquiry into the social (group rather than individual) bases of human practices and human life: an unfamiliar but revealing perspective on the familiar world. Limited to first- and second-year students.

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SOAN 170: Contemp Social Issues
(Offered Less Frequently) How do social conditions and trends come to be identified as 'problems'? What are the implications of defining something (or some group) as a 'problem'? This course examines recognized social issues including colonialism, social inequality, race, racism and poverty, alienation, and technological advances that are altering the occupational structure of our society.
SOAN 199: Religion and Society
'Religion and Society' is designed as an academic gateway to the study of religion from the point of view of social sciences and humanities. It will familiarize students with theoretical frameworks that are used in sociology, anthropology and history for the study of the connections of the institution of religion to historical processes, vicissitudes of social class, structures of political domination and the contingencies of economic modes of production. The course will prepare students for courses in a range of departments including Sociology and Anthropology, Religion, History and Classical Studies. The course will not have a prerequisite. Upon the approval of the chair of the department it will replace the introductory requirement for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology: SOAN 110. The course will not be considered an elective for the purposes of the major. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
SOAN 201: Ancient Greece:Life, Thought, Arts
See Program in Greece and Turkey under Undergraduate Curriculum for course description. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 201, ART 201, CLAS 201
SOAN 202: Greece in the Bronze Age
On-site study of Minoan and Mycenean cultures, with travel to sites such as Agamemnon's citadel at Myceanae and Minos's palace at Knossos. The course extends roughly from mid-March through early April. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for further information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 202, ART 202, SOAN 202
SOAN 203: Greece in Classical-Roman Ages
On-site exploration of Greek Civilization, examining its foundations in the Archaic Age, its height during the Classical Age and its transformation during the Hellenistic Age and finally the emergence of Roman influence on Greek cities. The course extends roughly from mid-April to mid-May and includes travel to sites such as Apollo's oracle at Delphi, the sacred island of Delos, and Greek cities along the Aegean coast of Turkey. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for more information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 203, ART 203, SOAN 203
SOAN 204: Greece in Byzantine-Medieval Ages
On-site study of the Byzantine Era in the Greek world. The course extends roughly from mid-May to early June, with travel to sites such as Ephesus, the Byzantine cities of Mistra and Monemvasia, and the monasteries of Meteora. See Program in Greece under Undergraduate Curriculum for more information. Offered only in Greece and Turkey. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
GKCV 204, ART 204, CLAS 204
SOAN 210: Principles of Social Organization
This course examines patterns that occur in human interaction - at both micro and macro scales. Focus is placed upon a process understanding of society. Topics include the generation of a shared reality, production of culture, types of relationships and their key features, predictable patterns of organization and their internal dynamics, as well as social universals such as conflict, change, and resource allocation. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. Enrollment priority given to departmental majors and minors. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SOAN 211: Ethnography: Cultures & Texts
This course explores ethnography as the textual representation of cultures and cultural communities and the use of ethnography in cultural anthropology as the privileged mode of communication, investigation, knowing, and representing cultural realities. Ethnographies studied include those produced in different national traditions, those created in different historical moments, and those describing distinct 'cultures' across the globe and human history. Ethnography is understood to occur in a variety of media, including visual and performative texts. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110 or any anthropology course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 212: Intro Chinese Culture & Society
This course, designed for students with little knowledge of China, explores the recent past and evolving present of Chinese social roles, values, and quality of life. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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SOAN 215: Japanese Thought and Society
This course will serve as an introduction to Japanese thought and society. This will include an historical overview, modern-day culture, and an examination of Japan's interactions with neighboring countries, both in the past and today. The course will provide a wide range of topics including economy, family, religious practice, and cultural changes that have occurred in the process of modernization. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 216: Introduction to Archaeology
This course aims to familiarize students with one of the sub-fields of the discipline of anthropology: archaeology. As an offering that will require students to frequently travel to the Field Museum and gain access to more than 30,000,000 archaeological and anthropological objects, this course will offer hands-on training in theories and practice of the discipline of archaeology as well as the arts related to archives of anthropological collections. Lectures, seminar discussions and lab work on the premises of the Field Museum will be the main pedagogical tools in this course.
CLAS 216

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SOAN 217: Sociology of Work
(Offered Less Frequently)The meaning of work, with emphasis on sociological concepts such as stratification, power, quality of life, and organization in the social world. Focus will be both on cross-cultural comparisons of the social definition of work and on the organization of work in the United States including types of occupations, power distribution within occupations, and changes in the workforce. Participant-observer studies will provide comparisons of the work worlds of pink-, blue-, and white-collar workers. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 220: Domains of Human Evidence
Anthropology literally translates to the study of man, and the discipline takes humankind as its object. This course explores the four distinct ways in which anthropologists have sought to understand humans: 1) as animals whose potential and limits are set by their physiological qualities (physical anthropology); 2) as material workers who shape and are shaped by their environment and who leave their mark on the landscape (archaeology); 3) as cultural creatures who collectively produce ways of interacting with and imposing meaning on the world and one another (socio/cultural anthropology); 4) as language bearers who mediate their experience with complex grammars and symbol systems (linguistic anthropology). These domains of evidence are key to developing an in depth understanding of what anthropology can do, and this course is foundational for upper level anthropology courses. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SOAN 221: Cultures of Modern Africa
(Offered Less Frequently) Introduction to contemporary rural and urban society in sub-Saharan Africa, drawing on materials from all major regions of the subcontinent. Particular emphasis will be on problems of rural development, rural-urban migration, and structural changes of economic, political, and social formations in the various new nations. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 230: Anthropology of Sports
This course examines Americans' cultural construction of sports vis-a- vis other cultural conceptions, including the dominance of sports in religious, philosophical and governmental domains. We transition from our cross-cultural overview to focus on the Western conceit of mind-body dualism and its effects. This dualism makes sports a site for the reproduction of existing power dynamics of race and gender, but it also makes sports a realm of liberatory potential (cf Jackie Robinson, Title IX). Students in this course should expect to follow sports events throughout the semester and should be prepared for field assignments. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
SOAN 231: Histories & Cultures Latin America
This course introduces students to modern historical, ethnohistorical, and anthropological approaches to the indigenous populations of Latin America. The course will focus on the conflict and crisis that have characterized the relationship between the native inhabitants of the New World and the Old World immigrants and their descendants whose presence has forever changed the Americas. This conflict, and the cultures that emerged from it, will be traced both historically (starting with the 'conquest') and regionally, focusing on four distinct areas: central Mexico; Guatemala and Chiapas; the Andes; and the Amazon. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 231
SOAN 235: Racism & The Af Am Experience
This course is a survey of the sociological and historical development of the theories of race and racism at the individual, group, and cultural levels. Students will examine the impact these theories have had on social policy. The course focuses on the African American experience in America with special attention given to institutional expressions of racism in American Society. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 235, AMER 235
SOAN 237: City, Space and Place
City, Space and Place focuses on the anthropology and sociology of the urban experience. This course will draw on a broad range of materials to familiarize students with theoretical frameworks that are used for the study of social structures and processes, cultural systems and practices, and the role of the city in the organization and production of human experiences, particularly during the last two centuries. Not open to students who have already completed SOAN 189. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement)
SOAN 240: Deviance
How society defines deviants - its outcasts and outsiders - and how the people so defined respond to this categorization; the nature of normal and abnormal, legal and illegal. Do these categories have absolute moral meaning, or do they always depend on the particular society and era in which they are defined? Topics to be addressed include stigma and stereotyping, cross-cultural variations in gender roles, the status of the inmate, deviance as blocked opportunity, and the political mobilization of outsiders. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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SOAN 242: Maya Culture and Histories
Survey of the Maya peoples and cultures of North and Central America. The main goal is to develop an extensive and critical understanding about contemporary Maya. Themes include their multiple and heterogeneous cultures, communities, and histories; political organizations and relations to other communities; economic structure and positions within encompassing economies of regional, national, and international scope; cultural survival; religious pluralisms and ritual. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 243: Andes Culture and Histories
This course is designed to introduce students to the Andes as a culture region, with particular attention to the histories and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Andes. As such the course will focus on the cultures of the highland peoples of Peru. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 244: Anthropology of Education
For the anthropologist, education is the mechanism of socialreproduction, a strategy not limited to schooling but in fact encompassing a person's entire life. For much of the world, the privileging of schooling as a site of education has had real ramifications on the possibility of maintaining cultural forms that go against the pressures of globalization and capitalism. This course opens with a broad consideration of education before focusing on schooling as the preferred institutional form of education under early 21st century globalism. Our questions will include both how schooling operates to maintain existing social structures and power relations and the possibilities - and consequences - of schools as a site of change. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
EDUC 244

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SOAN 245: Medical Anthropology
This course approaches various aspects of medicine and disease from an anthropological perspective and from outside the framework of standard biomedical concepts. We will look at how experiences of illness and health are culturally, rather than biologically, constructed. A second objective is to compare the belief systems and medical practices of several specific Western and non-Western societies. In carrying out these cross-cultural comparisons, we will focus on qualitative research and read several ethnographic case studies. Prerequisite: Sociology and Anthropology 110. (Meets the GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SOAN 246: Language and Culture
This course is an introduction to and survey of Linguistic Anthropology, one of the four primary subfields within the broader discipline of anthropology. Linguistic anthropology requires competence in several areas that encompass scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of language. Students will acquire a broad grasp of critical issues in language and culture including by grappling with such questions as: What is language? Does language shape our intuition of the world? How might it affect our thoughts and behavior? What does color have to do with language and how can color terms tell us about our limits of awareness of the way that culture shapes us? How do we do things with words? What role do groups and social norms play in how we speak? How creative can we be with language? What is verbal art? How does language operate within actual communities, for instance serving to support and maintain traditional cultural practices or fostering distinctions between kinds of persons in society? (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SOAN 247: Anthropology of Pacific Islands
This course is intended to provide an ethnographic and historical overview of classic and contemporary directions of anthropological research in the eastern Pacific. The primary course goal is to develop n ethnographic and historical appreciation for Polynesian culture at the three points of the Polynesian triangle. We will work toward this goal by a focused examination of the cultures of particular island groups in the eastern Pacific. En route, students will be introduced to issues as diverse as Polynesian voyaging and myths, and the ways that traditional cultural beliefs and practices and the social institutions in which they coalesce such as chieftanship, kinship and adoption are subject to historical change. We will pay particular attention to the distinct expressions of social relationships and cultural forms that developed under varying conditions across the region. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ASIA 247

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SOAN 248: Intro to Physical Anthropology
This course will introduce students to the discipline of biological/physical anthropology. The course will look at both the commonalities that hominids, and particularly humans, share with other biological organisms and idiosyncratic phenomena that make the human species unique. Students will first be introduced to the evolutionary and biological mechanisms that have guided the emergence of the human lineage and to the practices of taxonomy and phylogeny which inform the study of human biological ancestry. Next, the class will focus on the study of modern primates, humanity's closest living relatives. We will then move to the particular evolutionary history of hominids that produced modern humans. Through this course students will become conversant with the overarching questions and biological techniques employed in the study of both ancient humans and modern human variation. This course will directly engage students in anthropological work in both reading and practice and teach the methods used by anthropologists in their fieldwork.
SOAN 250: Anthropology of Globalization
This course is an introduction to the anthropological study of contemporary diversity of human cultures. In the process of studying the peoples of the world, we will investigate the 'anthropological perspective' as it has developed in recent years in response to the increasing significance of globalization in local cultures. By better understanding the values and beliefs of members of other cultures, we will be able to gain a more insightful understanding of our own culture and come to better appreciate the ways in which our own culture subtly shapes our perceptions of the world. Concepts of race, ethnicity, and identity will be considered, as well as the theme of communication across cultural boundaries. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 251: Intro Performance Studies
In this course, we will explore the flourishing new discipline of Performance Studies. This field of study began as a collaboration between theater director and theorist Richard Schechner and anthropologist Victor Turner, combining Schechner's interest in 'aesthetic performance' (theater, dance, music, performance art) with Turner's interest in performance as ritual within indigenous cultures, or (as Erving Goffman has written) 'the presentation of self in everyday life.' Performance Studies often stresses the importance of intercultural performance as an alternative to either traditional proscenium theatre or traditional anthropological fieldwork. In addition to the above and other authors, the course will include in-class performance exercises along with field trips to performances in Chicago. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. )
THTR 251

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SOAN 253: Family and Kinship
This course focuses on family and kinship in cross-cultural perspective. We will look at families in their social and cultural context and ask what relationships exist between family forms, practices, and values and the economic system, political organization, religions, and cultures of the larger community. We will also ask what the sources of love and support, as well as conflict and tension, are within families and among kin, and we will question why family forms and ideal family types change over time. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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Spanish

SPAN 110: Beginning Spanish I
Spanish 110 is designed to develop the student's ability to listen to, speak, read, and write basic controlled patterns of the Spanish language. Spanish 112 is a continuation of 110 and culminates in graduated readings, class discussions, and free composition to provide facility with the spoken and written language and insight into its structure and the mores of Spanish-speaking cultures. Lab work is an integral part of the series.
SPAN 111: Accelerated Spanish
Spanish 111 is an intensive course designed to develop the student's ability, speak, read, write and understand basic controlled patterns of the Spanish language. Spanish 111 includes graduated readings, class discussions, and free composition to provide facility with the spoken and written language and insight into its structure and the mores of Spanish-speaking cultures. Intensive Beginning Spanish is designed for highly motivated students.

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SPAN 112: Beginning Spanish II
Spanish 110 is designed to develop the student's ability to listen to, speak, read, and write basic controlled patterns of the Spanish language. Spanish 112 is a continuation of 110 and culminates in graduated readings, class discussions, and free composition to provide facility with the spoken and written language and insight into its structure and the mores of Spanish-speaking cultures. Lab work is an integral part of the series. Prerequisite for Spanish 112: placement recommendation or a grade of C or better in Spanish 110.

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SPAN 201: The Mexican-American Border
As the only place where the third world and first world touch, the Mexican-American border is unique. This course will focus on the border and how its unique location in the world has created a culture, language, politics, religion and economy that reflect the interdependence between these two neighboring countries. The course will begin with the history of the border from the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 to the passage of NAFTA in 2004 and then examine the impact of free trade on Mexico. The course will explore how people (immigration - both legal and illegal), resources (oil, workers), consumer products (household appliances, food, music, and art), environmental waste (toxic waste, water and air pollution) and technology (outsourcing) cross borders as globalization impacts both Mexicans and Americans. The course involves a three-week stay along the border in May. Pre-requisites: ECON 110 and SPAN 112 or its equivalent. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
IREL 280, BUSN 280, ECON 280,

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SPAN 202: Chicago: Global/Neighborhood City
'Chicago: Global City/City of Neighborhoods' recognizes that Chicago is both a global and a 'local' city. On the one hand, the city is involved in manufacturing, trade, and services on a worldwide basis. On the other hand, Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, often based on strong ethnic and racial identities. The course examines the city's dual quality by studying the interconnections between the world economy and the daily life of Chicagoans. A key connection is immigration, which we shall explore from the standpoint of several important communities, including, most prominently, Hispanics/Latinos (given our joint expertise in Spanish and Latin American Studies), as well as African-Americans, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. The course will take both an historical and contemporary approach, as we analyze how the city developed economically, politically, and culturally since the late 19th century, as well as how the city is adjusting today in an age of globalization. No prerequisite. Cross-listed in American Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics, Spanish, and serves as an elective for Urban Studies. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
POLS 239, LNAM 202, AMER 226
SPAN 210: Intermediate Spanish
Practice in reading contemporary fiction, expository prose, drama, and poetry. Classroom discussions, guided and free compositions, review of grammar, lab exercises. Prerequisite: Spanish 112 or placement at the 210 level.

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SPAN 212: Advanced Intermediate Spanish
Practice in reading contemporary fiction and expository prose, drama, and poetry to develop reading ease and accurate comprehension beyond the elementary and intermediate levels. Classroom discussion and guided compositions, review of grammar topics, and vocabulary building. Prerequisite: Spanish 210 or placement at the 212 level.

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SPAN 220: Conversation and Composition
A course designed to afford the student who has completed the intermediate sequence or the exceptional student who wishes to advance at a more rapid pace with additional and intensive practice in conversational and writing skills. The students will be exposed to the contemporary language as it appears in a variety of mediums, from colloquial slang to formal, academic usage, in both written and oral discussions, essays, and creative projects. Prerequisite: completion of the 210/212 sequence or placement on the 212 level or higher, with permission of the instructor.
SPAN 300: Intro Reading Literature Spanish
The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for serious reading and analysis of literary texts in Spanish. The course will be an introduction to the concepts of literary criticism and the vocabulary of literary analysis. The course will introduce students to various methodologies, including close reading of texts and sociological and psychological approaches. Texts will be chosen from the three major literary genres: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. It is strongly recommended that students take either Spanish 300 or 305 before going on to literature or culture courses in the 300-400 range. Prerequisite: Spanish 212 or 220. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SPAN 304: Cocina y Cultura y Literatura
Cocina y cultura y literatura (Cuisine, Culture and Literature) is an immersion type course in which students read fiction and poetry about food. They research and debate ethical and social issues, such as genetic modification of plants, food distribution, hunger, malnutrition, obesity, and anorexia. The students will be responsible for preparing authentic dishes and explaining their cultural significance to the class. Excursions might include visits to a local Hispanic market, a Spanish-speaking soup kitchen, ethnic restaurants, or homes of native Spanish speakers. Prerequisite: Spanish 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 304

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SPAN 305: The Civilization of Spain
This course is an introduction to the history, art, music, literature, and customs of Spain. Course conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 300 or placement recommendation. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 305
SPAN 306: Intro Latin American Culture
This course will be taught in Spanish. It is designed to provide an introductory overview of Latin America's development focusing on its cultural manifestations through time. Films, music, and art will supplement readings for a better understanding of the cultural heterogeneity of Latin America, its past, and its present reality. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 306

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SPAN 308: Spain Today
The course will focus on popular culture (theatre, music, film, journalism) with a study of the events of the past which led to social and political change in Spain. Spain has been a democracy since 1977 and a member of the European Union since 1986 (the year in which the country voted to join NATO) and has created strong economic, social and cultural ties with Latin America. Through essays and fiction students will examine Spain's move from an isolated dictatorship to a country with a vibrant economy, a leadership role in social justice. With democracy and economic progress Spain faces the problems of a burgeoning illegal immigrant population and the divisive forces of separatism in many of its autonomous regions. Prerequisite: SPAN 212 or 220. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 310: Creative Writing
Intensive work in creative original compositions of prose, poetry, and drama. Analysis of style in selected Hispanic writers. Prerequisite: a Spanish course from the 300 or 400 level or permission of the instructor. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SPAN 311: Advanced Grammar
This course reviews grammar, orthography, syntax, and style through graded compositions, free compositions, grammar exercises, and translation. Students will study various types of expository writing to see the grammatical constructions in context and develop a wider vocabulary and a sense of style. Prerequisite: Spanish 212 or placement exam. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SPAN 312: Oral Proficiency
Intensive practice and free conversation and composition on a wide range of topics reflecting the needs and interests of the participants. Concentrated study of vocabulary, idioms, and selected grammar patterns and paradigms needed for oral proficiency. Activities include drills, discussions based on readings, debates, dialogues, and sketches. Supporting materials will be drawn from Latin American and Peninsular short stories, films, magazines, and newspapers. Prerequisite: Spanish 212, 220, or placement exam. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SPAN 313: Spanish for Heritage Speakers
This course is specifically oriented towards heritage speakers of the language - this is, those for whom Spanish is the predominant spoken language in the home. Students who enter this class will not necessarily have had a formal education in the language, but they must be native speakers of it. The course will introduce, reiterate and fortify the student's grammatical and compositional skills while refining his/her oral expression. The class will be conducted exclusively in Spanish, and in addition to the requisite participation, there will be a considerable number of writing, literary analysis and reinforcement assignments throughout the semester the students will also research the various dialects of Latin American, Peninsular as well as U.S. Spanish.

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SPAN 314: Spanish Phonetics
This course introduces the fundamentals of phonetic and phonological theory and describes the Spanish sound system. It also includes extensive oral practice with the aim of improving pronunciation, fluency, and communicative skills. Prerequisite: SPAN 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)
SPAN 315: Translation
An introduction to the theory and practice of translation. Students will familiarize themselves with the vocabulary of texts dealing with politics, art, literary criticism, and philosophy. Texts will be translated from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish. Please note: This is not a Spanish conversation course. Classes are conducted in Spanish and English. Prerequisite: Spanish 212, 220, or placement recommendation. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. )
SPAN 317: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Utilizing Spanish as the base language, the course will focus on the Portuguese of Brazil, Latin America's largest and most populous country. The course will provide a foundation in the basic skills of reading, writing, understanding, and speaking Portuguese and will include many aspects of Brazilian culture: music, films, magazines, current events, and literature. Prerequisite: a 300-level Spanish course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 317
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SPAN 319: Continuing Portuguese
The course will continue the study of the Portuguese of Brazil, begun in Spanish 317, Spanish for Portuguese Speakers. The course will strengthen the basic skills of reading, writing, understanding, and speaking Portuguese and will include many aspects of Brazilian culture: music, films, magazines, current events, and literature. Prerequisite: Spanish 317 or other immersion experience in Portuguese. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 320: Spanish for International Affairs
An introduction to the specialized vocabulary, styles, and concepts that characterize conversational and written Spanish for international affairs. Attention is focused on familiarizing the student with current issues in business, banking, law, microeconomics, medicine, politics, and human rights. Vocabulary building, conversation practice, listening comprehension, and acquisition of idioms necessary for transcultural contacts are also stressed. Readings are drawn from magazines, newspapers, and journals, with special emphasis on materials from the Internet. Particularly recommended to students who are considering careers in economics, business, politics, and international relations. Prerequisite: Spanish 212, 220, or placement recommendation. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 320
SPAN 321: Business Spanish
This course prepares students to understand, follow and discuss common business operations in Spanish. It includes concurrent emphasis on business terminology, conversational practice, readings and discussions of business topics and acquisition of expressions and idioms necessary for doing business in Spain or Latin America. Particularly recommended for students who are thinking of careers in economics, business, politics, and international relations. Prerequisite: SPAN 212. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity requirement.)

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SPAN 325: U.S. Latino Literature
This course is taught in Spanish. It is designed to familiarize students with the cultural phenomena produced in the United States by the presence of two major Hispanic groups: Mexican Americans (20.6 million) and Puerto Ricans (3.4 million). The course will examine the historical, political, and cultural development of the Mexican American/Chicano and the Puerto Rican/Boricua Hispanic heritage. The main objective is to provide the students with an overall social and literary understanding and to recognize the cultural contribution made by these two important Hispanic groups. Topics such as neo-colonialism, popular culture, national identity, gender representation in art and literature, religious syncretism, and economic impact on the workforce will be explored. Literary texts by outstanding Chicano and Boricua authors will be included. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 325
SPAN 330: Survey Peninsular Literature
A panoramic view of Spanish literature with special emphasis on distinctive features of significant literary movements and periods. Lectures on the history of literature. Readings and discussion on selections from representative literary texts. Prerequisite: Spanish 212, 220, or placement recommendation. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SPAN 333: Cine e Historia Espana y Amr Latina
(Cine e Historia en Espana y America Latina). The course examines the ways that movies view historical events and periods, while at the same time shaping public perception of those events and periods in Spain and Latin America. Examples of topics are the Spanish Civil War, the post-Franco era, the legacy of Peron, the Castro and post-Castro eras in Cuba, the Catholic Church in Mexico, dictatorship and democracy in Brazil, and narco-trafficking. The basic format will be discussion with occasional interactive lectures. Readings will include essays on cinema and history. Students will view films mostly in DVD format from several countries. Assignments will include short essays, oral presentations, and a final exam. (Counts toward the Spanish major and minor. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 333

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SPAN 334: Cine Espanol
An interdisciplinary study of Spanish film, from multiple perspectives: artistic, historical, political, and socio-economic. This course will highlight the artistic achievements of Spanish filmmakers from several periods, including Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, and Pedro Almodovar. Readings will include essays on film history, the language of cinema, movie reviews, and interviews with directors. The course will scrutinize the links among cultural phenomena, socio-political events, and the art of filmmaking. Films will be treated as complex aesthetic objects whose language does not merely photograph socio-historical reality but transfigures it. The course will also consider Spain in its broadest Iberian sense and will include films in Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese. Classes will be based mainly on discussion interspersed with occasional lectures. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 334

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SPAN 335: Survey of Latin American Lit
The development of Latin American letters from the nineteenth-century movements of independence to the contemporary period. Readings will include novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and essays. Prerequisite: Spanish 212, 220, or placement recommendation. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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SPAN 336: Latin American Film
Taught in English. An interdisciplinary study of Latin American film, from multiple perspectives: artistic, historical, political, and socio-economic. This course will highlight the artistic achievements of Latin American filmmakers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. We will use selected readings from original works for films that are based on fiction. A number of films have been Academy Award nominees or winners. Further readings will include a history of Latin American cinema, movie reviews, and interviews with directors. The course will scrutinize the links among cultural phenomena, socio-political events, and the art of filmmaking. Films will be treated as complex aesthetic objects whose language does not merely photograph socio-historical reality but transfigures it. Classes will be based mainly on discussion interspersed with occasional lectures. The course will be conducted in English, but students may choose to read texts and/or write papers in Spanish or Portuguese. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
LNAM 336
SPAN 337: The Latin American World
Taught in English. A study of native peoples of the American Indian civilizations from multiple perspectives: historical, political, sociological, and literary. Course materials include readings and lectures on a wide variety of topics, discussions, films, videos, slides, and music. Students with a knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese may work with bilingual materials. May count toward the Spanish major. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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Theater

THTR 102: Theater in Chicago
Investigation and discussion of both classic and modern plays through attending performances at a wide variety of Chicago theaters, ranging from small special-interest companies to the world-famous Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters. Reading and analysis of selected plays is coupled with written critiques and group discussion. Cost of theater tickets is not included in tuition; it will be billed upon enrollment and is not refundable. (Cross-listed as AMER 102.)
AMER 102

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THTR 105: Introduction to Dance
In this course we will explore the basic elements of dance: space, energy, relationships, time, and the coordination of our bodies. We will develop our natural creativity and further our understanding of a variety of dance forms while gaining strength, flexibility, and technical dance skills. We will also study the historical development of modern dance.

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THTR 120: Acting I: Creating A Character
For beginners and experienced actors alike, this course is required for all theater majors but open to students from any discipline with any level of experience. This course explores the basic methods of creating and developing realistic characters through truthful explorations of the 'self' and the 'text.' A variety of acting methods are studied and practiced through interpretive and physical exercises, monologues, and scenes. The course work culminates in final scene projects. Writing assignments include analytic response papers on productions attended, in-class exercises, projects, and daily journal entries. Offered yearly.

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THTR 128: Introduction to Singing
An introduction to vocal production for the beginning singer, including the physiology of the voice, how to sightread a vocal line, how to make your voice more beautiful and durable, how to communicate the lyrics clearly through improved diction, how to extend your range to reach notes you never thought possible, and how to deliver a song powerfully and effectively. Focusing on the novice musician, this class will prepare students to sing solos and to participate in choruses; it will also be useful for stage actors and public speakers.
MUSC 118
THTR 160: Being Backstage
An introduction to the technology employed backstage to create the magic of theatrical design and special effects. This course is open to beginning students of all disciplines, and will provide an experiential and practical orientation to stagecraft through projects in puppetry, set and prop construction, painting, makeup, and computer-assisted drafting (CAD). Other topics include theater terminology, safety procedures, and hand & power-tool usage.
THTR 200: Technical Theater Practicum:
Practical work on a technical crew for the fall or spring production(s) in the Theater Department. This course is open to all students by application to the Director of Theater. Students train in safety, tool use, and protocol for backstage areas and theatrical scene shop, then apply that training to building the Theater Department production(s). Students may take this course for credit, earning 1/4 credit per semester, but may only receive credit for each section once during their degree. The sections are listed below. At least 40 hours of volunteer (i.e. unpaid) work will be required over the course of the semester to receive credit. Participation in all technical rehearsals and performances may be required. This course is graded Credit/D/F. (No concurrent registration with THTR 205). Sec 01 Management; Sec 02 Front of House; Sec 03 Technical/Backstage; Sec 04 Costumes, Makeup, and Hair.

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THTR 205: Artistic Theater Practicum:
Artistic and individualized practical work on the fall or spring production(s) in the Theater Department. This course is open to all students who have completed the necessary prerequisites for their section, and who have auditioned or interviewed with the Director of Theater or his or her representative. Enrollment is contingent on the approval of the production director. Students train in PR/audience development, stage performance techniques, assistant designing, dramaturgy, or assistant directing, then apply that training in Theater Department productions. Students may take this course for credit earning 1/4 credit per semester, but may only receive credit for each section once during their degree. The sections are listed below. Participation in all technical rehearsals and performances may be required. This course is graded Credit/D/F/ (No concurrent registration with THTR 200.) Sec 01 Audience Development; Sec 02 Stage Performance; Sec 03 Assistant Designer; Sec 04 Dramaturgy; Sec 05 Assistant Directing.

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THTR 220: Acting II:Twentieth Century Realism
An exploration of acting techniques required in modern and contemporary works from the early twentieth century to the present by authors such as Shaw, O'Neill, Williams, Inge, Miller, Pinter, Albee, Shepard, Churchill, Norman, Wilson, and others. Scene projects include written script and character analysis, daily journals, and in-depth critiques of self and peer performances. Prerequisite: THTR 120 (Acting I).

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THTR 222: Voice and Diction
Theory and practice of oral communication; voice production and breathing techniques; articulation drills; development of effective delivery and presentation techniques; relaxation and confidence-building exercises; public speaking practice; communication skills for business, the creative arts, and professions.

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THTR 224: Performance Art
This course will provide students with an understanding of performance art as a constantly evolving and flexible medium. The class will trace the emergence and development of performance art as a form of expression both distinct from and yet dependent upon traditional and experimental forms of theater and other contemporary manifestations of theatricality. Students will negotiate, through reading, research, discussion and planning and practical application, the blurred boundaries between performing and living, entertainment and art.
ART 237
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THTR 225: Acting for the Camera
This course is an exploration of the acting techniques required in film, television, and other media. Knowledge and understanding of film techniques, vocabulary, and genre styles is accomplished through viewing and analysis of modern and contemporary film works from the early twentieth century to the present by noted authors and filmmakers. Acting projects center on the performance of scenes, monologues, voice-overs, and commercials. Other projects include written script and character analysis, daily actor journals, and in-depth critiques of self and peer performances. Papers of analysis on films viewed in and out of class and other research projects including adaptation of texts and acting styles for the screen are also required. Prerequisites: THTR 120 (Acting I), and either THTR 220 or permission of the instructor.
THTR 226: Improvisation Techniques
This hands-on course will begin with a survey of the major philosophies of improvisational comedy groups (Second City, Annoyance, TheatreSports), and will incorporate paper assignments and field trips to Chicago to see a variety of improv performances. The primary focus of the course will be to exercise the practical essentials of the world-renowned 'Improv Olympic' (iO) long-form style of Chicago improvisation. We will immerse ourselves in techniques leading to proficiency with 'The Harold,' a thirty-minute group improvisation created in the moment from an audience suggestion. By the end of the course, we will be ready to improvise for audiences.

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THTR 230: Hist Drama I: Greeks to Shakespeare
(History of Drama I: Greeks to Shakespeare) This required course for theater majors examines the history of drama and theater from its origins in religious ritual of ancient Greece to the productions of Shakespeare's London. In addition to in-depth study of plays, emphasis is placed on acting styles, production techniques, stage and auditorium architecture, and the socio-political milieu that formed the foundation of the theater of each culture and period. Offered yearly.
ENGL 230

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THTR 231: Hist Drama II: Moliere to Chekhov
This required course for theater majors examines the history of drama and theater from the comedies of Moliere to the beginning of twentieth-century realism in the plays of Ibsen and Chekhov. In addition to in-depth study of plays, this course explores the conventions of acting and stagecraft and cultural conditions that influenced each period's theater. Offered yearly in the fall. Prerequisite: THTR 230.
ENGL 234

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THTR 232: Hist Drama III: Shaw to Kushner
An exploration of modern and contemporary works from the early twentieth century to the present by authors such as Shaw, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Inge, Rice, Odets, Wilder, and Miller. Theories of Realism, Expressionism, and others will be examined in context with the social and cultural events that inspired them.
ENGL 237
THTR 235: Topics in 20th Century Theater
Students may repeat different topics of THTR 235 for credit. THTR 235 Topics in 20th Century Theater: American Celebrations This course examines the social performances, both on stage and off, that simultaneously reaffirm the cultural vitality of ethnic communities and permits those communities to challenge aspects of dominant culture. The course will examine the way public rituals, ceremonies, festivals and other performative events enrich and define local ethnic community, while enlivening the larger Chicago community. This study of celebrations may include street fairs, parades and community centered cultural programs, and will serve as an attempt to understand both the invention and re-invention of community and personal identity. Substantial field study. (Cross-listed as AMER 200 and SOAN 275. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
THTR 236: Shakespeare
Selected plays to show Shakespeare's artistic development; intensive analysis of major plays. Students who have taken English 221 or Religion 221 may not take this course.
ENGL 220

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THTR 237: Women in Theater
This course will examine the involvement of women in the history of theater. Topics covered may include: the medieval plays of Roswitha, strong female characters (acted by men) in Shakespeare, the arrival of actresses on the Restoration stage, the eighteenth-century playwright Aphra Behn, the rise of 'star' actresses in the nineteenth century, and such twentieth-century figures as Marsha Norman, Maria Irene Fornes, Beth Henley, Wendy Wasserstein, Caryl Churchill, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Helene Cixous, and Ntozake Shange. Prerequisite: At least one course in theater history. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 237

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THTR 241: African American Drama & Theater
This course surveys the work African American theater artists from the nineteenth century to the present day. Playwrights surveyed may include Richardson, Hughes, Hansberry, Childress, Bullins, Baraka, Fuller, Wilson, Cleage, Shange, and Parks. Readings are supplemented by field trips to Chicago theaters that feature African American plays. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
AFAM 241, ENGL 241
THTR 251: Intro to Performance Studies
In this course, we will explore the flourishing new discipline of Performance Studies. This field of study began as a collaboration between theater director and theorist Richard Schechner and anthropologist Victor Turner, combining Schechner's interest in 'aesthetic performance' (theater, dance, music, performance art) with Turner's interest in performance as ritual within indigenous cultures, or (as Erving Goffman has written) 'the presentation of self in everyday life.' Performance Studies often stresses the importance of intercultural performance as an alternative to either traditional proscenium theatre or traditional anthropological fieldwork. In addition to the above and other authors, the course will include in-class performance exercises along with field trips to performances in Chicago. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement. )
SOAN 251

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THTR 252: World Performance
This course covers the history and appreciation of several types of non-Western performance, with the goal of developing students' ability to understand non-Western performance traditions and their influence on Western drama and performance traditions. Students will view videos and attend out-of-class field trips to performances, museums, and special events in order to develop skills of analysis and appreciation for non-Western performance, as well as to master English- and foreign-language vocabulary. Through focused units on Chinese Drama, Indian Drama, Indonesian/Oceanic Drama, Japanese/Korean Drama, African Drama, Caribbean/Native and South American Drama, we will practice comparing trends across cultural groups, learn to identify political, social, and cultural motivations for performance, and experiment in using non-Western techniques in our own creative work. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement).
THTR 255: Dramaturgy
An introduction to the role of the dramaturg within the theatrical production process. Includes readings by and about dramaturgs and hands-on experience in the following areas of dramaturgical pursuit: evaluating new scripts; creating a production-specific 'protocol' (research compendium); analyzing and preparing a script for rehearsal; serving as an 'in-house critic'; collaborating with directors, designers, and actors; creating and running educational programs for school and adult audiences; rehearsal functions and decorum; documentation techniques. Offered every other year.
ENGL 255
THTR 257: Theater Criticism
An intensive course on reading and writing brief, journalistic play critiques designed to help theatergoers make informed consumer decisions. Attention to journalistic basics and issues of individual sensibility and taste. Class writings will be considered for campus publications. No prerequisites.
ENGL 240
THTR 260: Design for the Stage
This course is an introduction to the processes and principles of design. It covers the development of a design concept through script reading and analysis; the discussion and analysis of professional set, costume, lighting, and sound designs; training in basic drafting skills; and lecture information on theater technology and terminology. Several design projects are coupled with text readings and hands-on work with lighting instruments, and sound and lighting control systems. Offered every other year. THTR 160: 'Being Backstage' is recommended.
THTR 270: Playwriting
This course focuses on the collaboration between director, designers, and playwright in the creation and production of new works for the stage. Projects will include writing, script analysis, casting, and presentation of original student works and/or student-adapted works by professional authors. Offered every other year.
ENGL 242
THTR 280: Evolution of Fashion in Western Wld
The Evolution of Fashion in the Western World introduces students to the study of fashion history in a historical and cultural context. The course will explore the many forces that influence the development of fashion in various European and Mediterranean cultures, such as climate, religion, trade, technology, aesthetic philosophies, and gender roles. It will also explore the relatively new field of fashion theory and the impact of that field on more traditional methods of studying historic dress.
THTR 320: Topics in Advanced Acting
Students may repeat different topics of THTR 320 for credit. THTR 320 Topics in Advanced Acting: Performing Verse Drama An actor's buffet of verse and period style roles requiring special techniques and stylistic awareness. Scene work is coupled with intensive study of verse drama, written analysis and historical research on the plays, and attendance at a variety of Chicago-area productions. Written assignments include analytic papers, journals, and critiques of in-class and outside performances. Prerequisites: THTR 230, THTR 231, THTR 220. THTR 222 (Voice & Diction) strongly recommended. THTR 320 Topics in Advanced Acting: Performing Farce & Comedy A practical study of comic techniques for modern, classic, and contemporary works. A variety of on-stage projects, film/video viewing, research projects, and field trips to local and regional performances combine to provide a detailed investigation of what makes us laugh and how it is best achieved. Scene work is coupled with intensive study of verse drama, written analysis and historical research on the plays. Written assignments include analytic papers, journals, and critiques of in-class and outside performances. Prerequisites: THTR 230, THTR 231, THTR 120.
THTR 325: Advanced Scene Study
An opportunity for advanced students of acting to explore in depth scenes from historical and contemporary dramas of various styles. This course is designed to work in conjunction with the directing course. Advanced scene study students participate in directing exercises and final projects as needed. In addition to working with directing students, we will pursue our own readings, discussions, and exercises, emphasizing an actor's reading of a script, research and preparation for a role, a relationship with the director, and creating a strong ensemble with other cast members. Prerequisites: THTR 120, THTR 230, THTR 231, as well as either permission of the instructor or THTR 220.
THTR 340: Renaissance Drama
Who were the other popular playwrights of Shakespeare's day? Have they been overshadowed by the Bard's fame? In this course we will discuss, watch films of, and stage scenes from the vibrant and stage-worthy plays of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England, including the witty comedies of Jonson and Dekker, and the horrific tragedies of Kyd, Marlowe, Marston, Middleton, Tourneur, Webster, and Ford. The course will culminate in a discussion of the film Shakespeare in Love, which portrays playwrights, actors, managers, and other historical figures of the English Renaissance.
THTR 350: Dramatic Theory
Discussion and application of major theories of drama, including Aristotle, Dryden, Stanislavski, Brecht, Artaud, and others. We will apply each theory to appropriate plays from each theorist's time period, plus we will apply all the theories to a selected work in order to come up with a range of theoretically informed producible production concepts for the play. Prerequisites: THTR 230, THTR 231. THTR 255 strongly recommended.
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Urban Studies

URBS 110: Introduction to Urban Studies
Urban Studies allows students to examine the development and impact of urbanization in the great metropolitan regions (comprising larger inner cities and suburban communities) in which a majority of the world's population now lives. This interdisciplinary course focuses on the economic, political, environmental and cultural dimensions of the urban experience, with guest lectures by a variety of college experts. A core professor will coordinate these visits, encouraging students to see how all elements interrelate to both limit and expand what is possible in metropolitan regions. Field trips to both urban and suburban locations will allow students to understand the range of issues confronting these population centers. Students will be challenged to think about how compromise and negotiation are crucial parts of urban planning and to ask how decisions that affect the urban and suburban community ultimately are made.

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Women’s and Gender Studies

WOMN 200: Philosophy & Gender
An investigation of whether and to what extent men and women think and behave differently and how such differences do or ought to change our theories of human existence and human good. A comparison of classical, modern, and postmodern treatments of the effect of gender on love, knowledge, and obligation. Reading may include Sappho, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mary Shelley, Freud, Mead, de Beauvoir, Irigaray, and Gilligan. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
PHIL 200

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WOMN 206: Human Sexuality
This course focuses on psychological aspects of human sexuality, including the sexual response cycle, intimate relationships, sexual orientations and identities, and sexual health and disease. The course aims to familiarize students with methods used in scientific research on sexuality, to encourage them to think critically about sexual issues, to help them develop a better understanding of sexual diversity, and to enable them to become responsible sexual decision makers. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing required. PSYC 110 recommended.
PSYC 206

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WOMN 207: Food, Fat and Culture
Fat is a feminist issue, but why? This course will examine the interconnections between food, fat, and culture while focusing on the gendered nature of weight as a socially, historically, morally, and politically constructed category.

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WOMN 218: Blues Women in African American Lit
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 225: Women and Literature
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 228: Women Writing Women
This course will survey selected women writers, in diverse genres past and present, with a focus on American women in the 20th and 21st centuries. Writers may include: Muriel Rukeyser, Adrienne Rich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Gloria Anzaldua, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as women writing in recent genres like creative nonfiction, memoir, and transgender fiction. We will explore questions such as: Does the diversity of American women in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender identification trouble the very concept of 'U.S. women writers'? What are ways that women have defined and undermined the concept of 'woman' in their writing? (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ENGL 228, AMER 228
WOMN 232: Hist Issues of Gender & Science
A survey of women's issues, roles, and contributions in science from antiquity to the present. Topics to be explored include: women scientists, philosophers, and healers in Greco-Roman antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance; the 'learned ladies' of the Scientific Revolution; women's increasing access to science and education during the Enlightenment and 19th century; the accomplishments and troubles of women scientists, such as Mme. du Chatelet, Marie Curie, and Rosalind Franklin; Third World and other foreign women scientists; women's 'liberation' in science in the late 20th century; and, what difference (if any) women's participation makes on the content or practice of science. Students will attain a broad view of the issues and problems that have faced women entering science in the past and those that may still remain. ( Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 232
WOMN 235: Topics 20th Cent: GLBT Voices
This class will study the recent flourishing of gay, lesbian, and transgender voices in theater. We'll look at various styles of activism and performance, from farce to realism, to camp/ drag, to 'queer' theater. Figures to be discussed include Charles Ludlam, Harvey Fierstein, Larry Kramer, William Hoffmann, Paula Vogel, Paul Rudnick, Tony Kushner, Jane Chambers, and Holly Hughes. (Cross-listed as ENGL 385 and THTR 235. Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ENGL 385
WOMN 237: Women in Theater
This course will examine the involvement of women in the history of theater. Topics covered may include: the medieval plays of Roswitha, strong female characters (acted by men) in Shakespeare, the arrival of actresses on the Restoration stage, the eighteenth-century playwright Aphra Behn, the rise of 'star' actresses in the nineteenth century, and such twentieth-century figures as Marsha Norman, Maria Irene Fornes, Beth Henley, Wendy Wasserstein, Caryl Churchill, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Helene Cixous, and Ntozake Shange. Prerequisite: At least one course in theater history. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
THTR 237

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WOMN 251: Family Structure & Political Theory
Sexuality, child rearing, marriage, and family construction are crucial issues to political theorists, especially since the family is the fundamental social unit. Through an examination of traditional political theorists, this course will explore the treatment of these issues, and how they affect other, more established political problems such as citizenship, property, and community. Current legal and practical problems involving families will inform and illuminate our perusal of political theorists' approach to the relationship between the private family and the state. Readings include selections from the Bible, Sophocles and Aristophanes, Plato and Aristotle, the Gospels, St. Augustine, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Tocqueville, Mill, Engels and others. POLS 130 is recommended but not required. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement)
POLS 251

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WOMN 252: Intro to Women's/Gender Studies
This course is an introduction to the field of women's and gender studies with an emphasis on literary texts studied in connection with ideas about gender in other disciplines, including science and social science. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)

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WOMN 253: Family and Kinship
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 265: Poverty, Inequality, Discrimination
This course explores how the discipline of economics can explain and analyze the causes and effects of poverty, inequality and discrimination. It will examine how various populations (defined by race, age, gender, class, sexual orientation, etc.) experience these differently. Students will be introduced to (1) economic theories of poverty, inequality and discrimination, (2) ways to measure each and (3) public policies designed to mitigate poverty, inequality and discrimination in the US. Since women are more likely than men to be poor and a large number of policies are aimed at women and children, particular emphasis is given to the role of gender. (Meets GEC cultural diversity requirement.) Prerequisite: ECON 110 with a grade of C- or better.
ECON 265

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WOMN 271: Women in Modern History
This course examines women's lives, activities, and cultures in the United States and Europe from the late eighteenth century to the present. Among the issues examined are birth control; equality vs. difference (the essentialism debate); race and class; and gender as an analytical concept. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 271

Offered this year
WOMN 275: Female Religious Images in West
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 276: Female Religious Images in Asia
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 280: Gender, Culture, and Society
Theories concerning the acquisition of sex-typed behavior; social and biological influences on the roles of males and females in the twentieth- century United States as well as in other cultures. Feminist and anti-feminist perspectives. Images of future lifestyles and implications for social policy. Prerequisite: SOAN 110. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
SOAN 280
WOMN 281: Gender Issues in China & Taiwan
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 300: Topics: Feminist Controversies
This course will explore selected controversial topics among feminists, such as: the institutions of motherhood and reproduction, including surrogacy, abortion, and breastfeeding; the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival; sex work (pornography and prostitution); and definitions of sexual assault. In the course of debating these topics, students will learn distinctions and connections between different strands of feminist thought, such as: liberal feminism, Marxist and socialist feminisms, radical feminism, cultural feminism, lesbian feminism, queer feminism, psychoanalytic feminism, postmodern feminism, African American feminism, 3rd world feminism.

Offered this year
WOMN 302: Sexuality and Society
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
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WOMN 305: Identity/Body/Persecution Med Europ
(Identity, Body, and Persecution in Medieval Europe) Medieval men and women discussed many of the same questions of identity that we do: What makes an individual unique? How does group affiliation affect identity? What is the relationship between identity and change? This course considers the following topics: medieval conceptions of the individual in autobiography; the role of the body and gender in determining identity; how medieval Europeans defined their own identity by persecuting the 'other,' including Jews and lepers; how change affects identity in medieval texts such as werewolf stories.
WOMN 309: Women in China
(when applicable) (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 318: Women in the Third World
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 320: Labor in the American Economy

Offered this year
WOMN 325: Women, Art and Society
This course considers the contributions of women artists to the Western tradition of art making and examines the way art in the Western world has used the figure of woman to carry meaning and express notions of femininity in different periods. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ART 325
WOMN 326: Gender Identity in Modern Art
Since the late nineteenth century, communities of artists and critics have defined themselves in opposition to the dominant forms of maleness and heterosexuality. This course examines the definitions of 'homosexuality' and 'feminism,' and traces their development in and influence on the visual arts. Prerequisite: one art history course. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
ARTH 326

Offered this year
WOMN 338: Activism in Theater
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 340: Psychology of Sex and Gender
This course examines theory and research related to gender, sexuality, and their interactions. Topics include those traditionally associated with gender (such as sex differences and similarities, sex stereotypes, and gender learning) as well as those traditionally associated with human sexuality (such as the biology of human sexual response, love and sexual relationships, sexual orientation, and sexual health issues). We will consider the interrelationships between these topics, and think critically about their portrayal in academic and popular media. Prerequisites: Psychology 110 and sophomore standing. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
PSYC 340
WOMN 343: Lit and Society in Russa
(Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
WOMN 347: Topics in Gender and History
A seminar that examines in depth one aspect of gender and history. Topics vary from year to year. (Meets GEC Cultural Diversity Requirement.)
HIST 347, AMER 347
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Areas of study

African American Studies

AFAM 110: Intro to African American Studies

AFAM 205: Stereotype,Prejudice,Discrimination

AFAM 210: Hist of African American Muslims

AFAM 215: NAACP: 100th Anniversary

AFAM 216: African American Literature I

AFAM 218: Blues Women in African Amer Lit

AFAM 219: African Politics

AFAM 221: Cultures of Modern Africa

AFAM 223: Black Body Images Media/Society

AFAM 232: Race & Politics in the Age of Obama

AFAM 235: Racism & The Af Am Experience

AFAM 241: African American Drama and Theater

AFAM 254: African American History

AFAM 271: African American Philosophy

AFAM 312: Black Metropolis

AFAM 325: Black Literature of the 1960's

AFAM 361: Tpc: AfAm Hst Civil Rights Movement

AFAM 380: Black Cinema

American Studies

AMER 101: Intro to African American Studies

AMER 102: Theater in Chicago

AMER 110: Intro to American Studies

AMER 119: Introduction to American Politics

AMER 120: Foundations American Republic

AMER 121: Modern America

AMER 200: Topics

AMER 201: Stereotype,Prejudice,Discrimination

AMER 203: Early American Literature

AMER 204: Nineteenth Century American Lit

AMER 205: Twentieth Century American Lit

AMER 206: American Environmental Lit

AMER 207: Literature of Place: Chicago

AMER 212: Educational Reform in the U.S.

AMER 215: NAACP: 100th Anniversary

AMER 216: African American Literature I

AMER 217: African American Literature II

AMER 218: Blues Women in African Amer Lit

AMER 219: American Art

AMER 220: American Waters

AMER 221: The Presidency

AMER 222: Congress

AMER 223: Urban and Suburban Politics

AMER 224: Literature of the Vietnam War

AMER 225: Mass Media and American Politics

AMER 226: Chicago: Global/Neighborhood City

AMER 227: History of Jazz

AMER 228: Women Writing Women

AMER 232: Race & Politics in Age of Obama

AMER 235: Racism & The Af Am Experience

Arabic

ARBC 110: Beginning Arabic I

ARBC 112: Beginning Arabic II

ARBC 210: Intermediate Arabic

ARBC 212: Advanced Intermediate Arabic

Art

ART 110: Introduction to Visual Arts

ART 130: Elements of Design

ART 131: Studio Art: Drawing

ART 132: Creative Photography

ART 133: Three-Dimensional Foundations

ART 142: Digital Design Foundations

ART 202: Greece in the Bronze Age

ART 203: Greece in Classical-Roman Ages

ART 204: Greece in Byzantine-Medieval Ages

ART 205: Japanese Art and Culture

ART 206: Chinese Art and Culture

ART 210: Ancient Art

ART 211: Medieval Art

ART 212: Italian Renaissance Art

ART 215: European Art 1600-1750

ART 217: Nineteenth Century Art

ART 218: Twentieth Century Art

ART 219: American Art

ART 220: History of Architecture

ART 221: Modern Architecture

ART 222: History of Photography