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Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 
    
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Course Descriptions

 

General Religion
  

  • RELG 563 - Seminar: Issues in the Study of Religion and Literature

    Analyzes, in terms of fundamental theory, the purposes, problems, and possibilities of interdisciplinary work in religion and literary criticism. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 569 - Contemporary Religious Movements

    Studies the psychological, sociological, and political dimensions of conversion and ideological commitment in selected contemporary religious movements. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 571 - The Victorian Crisis of Faith: Its Religious and Literary Expressions

    Studies the religious dilemmas at the center of English thought in the 19th century, from the time of Keble’s Assize sermon and the advent of the Oxford Movement into the period of Thomas Hardy. The focal figures include Newman, Tennyson, Clough, Arnold, Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 573 - Theology of Culture

    Explores the relationship between religion and culture, including a theological assessment of the value of culture; the impact of secularization; the critique of religion levied by various disciplines; and the problems of doing theology in a pluralistic context. (E)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 575 - Myth and Ritual

    Examines theories of myth and ritual from an interdisciplinary perspective, including selected mythological and ritual texts. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 578 - Human Genetics, Ethics, and Theology

    Studies ethical problems in genetic screening, counseling, and prenatal diagnosis. Ideas of biological and theological determinism are explored critically. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RELG 265 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 585 - Narrative in Ethics and Theology

    Examines the nature of narrative modes of representation and argument, and how narrative theory has been employed in contemporary ethics and religious thought. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 590 - Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric

    Studies the perennial problems of politics and morals considered primarily by the reading of plays, novels, speeches, and historical documents. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • RELG 592 - Theology and Politics

    Investigates the relationship between theological reflection and political thought, focusing on how theological positions may have implications for political theory and vice-versa. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3

Genre Studies
  

  • ENGN 331 - The Lyric

    Studies the major lyrical forms and traditions in Western literature, with particularly close reading of poems written in English. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 340 - Drama From the Restoration to the Twentieth Century

    Surveys English drama (with some attention to one or two European dramatists) from the Restoration to the twentieth century. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 341 - Tragedy

    Studies the development of tragic forms. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 350 - Studies in Short Fiction

    Analyzes form, technique, and ideas in selected short fiction from various periods in the British, American, and Continental traditions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 351 - Forms of the Novel I

    Studies the relation of form, narrative technique, and idea in selected novels from various periods of English, American, and Continental fiction (in translation). First semester to about 1900, second semester to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 352 - Forms of the Novel II

    Studies the relation of form, narrative technique, and idea in selected novels from various periods of English, American, and Continental fiction (in translation). First semester to about 1900, second semester to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 380 - Romance

    Investigates the narrative form and cultural uses of Romance. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 382 - The Art and Theory of Comedy

    Studies in comic theory and practice from the classical period to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 384 - Satire

    Reading and discussion of major satirical works from classical times to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 481 - Advanced Studies in Literary Genres I

    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • ENGN 482 - Advanced Studies in Literary Genres II

    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)

    Credits: 3

Geoscience
  

  • EVGE 504 - Geochemistry

    Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. (O)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHEM 141, 142, EVSC 280, 480, two semesters calculus, MATH 131, 132 recommended; or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  

  • EVGE 507 - Aqueous Geochemistry

    Studies the principals of thermodynamics as applied to mineral-water systems. Treatment includes mineral stability, phase diagrams, solution thermodynamics, electrolyte theory, aqueous complex and hydrolysis equilibria, and electrochemical equilibria. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry and calculus, and one mineralogy or petrology course.

    Credits: 4
  

  • EVGE 582 - Geomorphology

    Studies the processes that shape the land surface and their relationship to human activity. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: EVSC 280 or 340.

    Credits: 4
  

  • EVGE 584 - Sediment Processes and Environments

    Studies the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment; initial motion of sediment, bedload and suspended load transport and bedforms; and important sediment-transporting environments. Applies sediment transport theory to problems of geological and environmental interest. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: one year of calculus and physics, or instructor permission; corequisite: EVGE 584L.

    Credits: 3
  

  • EVGE 584L - Sediment Processes Laboratory

    Laboratory and field investigations of sediment transport phenomena and readings of classic and current research. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Corequisite: EVGE 584.

    Credits: 1

German
  

  • GERM 101 - Elementary German

    Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 201, 202. (S)

    Credits: 4
  

  • GERM 101G - Reading Course in German

    For Graduate of Arts and Sciences students who want a reading knowledge of German for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Open to 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement or permit admission to German courses with a spoken component. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 102 - Elementary German

    Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 201, 202. (S)

    Credits: 4
  

  • GERM 102G - Reading Course in German

    For Graduate of Arts and Sciences students who want a reading knowledge of German for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Open to 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement or permit admission to German courses with a spoken component. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 111 - Intensive Elementary German

    An accelerated course designed for mature and self-motivating undergraduates. After completion of this course and its sequel, GERM 112, students are eligible to take GERM 201, or, on the basis of the Fall Placement Test, a higher level language course.  A traditional but fast-moving introduction to German grammar is combined with intensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking the language. (S)

    Credits: 4
  

  • GERM 112 - Intensive Elementary German

    An accelerated course designed for mature and self-motivating undergraduates. After completion of this course, students are eligible to take GERM 201, or, on the basis of the Fall Placement Test, a higher level language course.  A traditional but fast-moving introduction to German grammar is combined with intensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking the language. (S)

    Credits: 4
  

  • GERM 201 - Intermediate German

    Readings in German prose and poetry, and review of German structure and syntax. Language laboratory required. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 101, 102, or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 202 - Intermediate German

    Readings in German prose and poetry, and review of German structure and syntax. Language laboratory required. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 101, 102, or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 300 - Intensive Grammar

    Systematic review of German grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 202 or equivalent. Not taken concurrently with GERM 202.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 301 - Introduction to Literature

    Analysis of major literary works for a better understanding of literature in general. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 300 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 311 - Survey of Literature II

    German literature from 1890 to the present. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 312 - Survey of Literature I

    German literature from 1750 to 1890. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 322 - German Drama: Stage Production

    Interprets and stages a representative play in German with students as actors and producers. May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 202 or comparable language proficiency.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  

  • GERM 323 - Composition and Conversation

    Practice in writing and speaking German. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 300.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 324 - Advanced Composition and Conversation

    Further practice in writing and speaking German. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 325 - Commercial German I

    Introduces the specialized language of the business world and German business practices. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 326 - Commercial German II

    Continuation of GERM 325. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 325.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 329 - Conversation

    May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  

  • GERM 330 - Conversation

    May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)

    Credits: 1
  

  • GERM 331 - Topics in German Culture

    Studies selected aspects of German culture, such as opera. May be repeated for credit. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 334 - German and Austrian Culture, ca. 1900

    Studies literature, the arts, politics, and social developments between 1870 and 1918. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 335 - Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany

    Studies German life between 1918 and 1945. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 336 - Postwar German Culture

    Readings in the cultural, social, and political histories of the German-speaking countries since 1945. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 351 - Lyric Poetry

    Major forms and themes in German lyric poetry. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 352 - Novelle

    Analyzes and discusses representative German novelle from Kleist to the present. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 353 - Drama

    Investigates dramatic theory and practice emphasizing major German authors and movements. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 355 - Classicism

    Studies major works by Goethe and Schiller, as well as authors who shared their classical values. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 356 - Romanticism

    German literature from 1800 to 1830 and its influence. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 357 - Modernism

    Major German authors from 1890 to 1945. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 358 - Postwar Literature

    Representative German authors since 1945. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 361 - Topics in German Literature

    Seminar in German literature. May be repeated for credit. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 370 - Bertolt Brecht

    Studies Brecht’s life and works, including plays, poems, and theoretical writings. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 420 - Advanced Translation

    Focuses on the skills and techniques of literary translation from English to German and German to English. Emphasizes translation as a distinct creative endeavor and works from extended texts to develop accuracy and stylistic competence in the art of translating. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 300.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 450 - Stylistics

    Refinement of German prose style. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 324 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 460 - Fourth-Year Seminar

    Literary analysis for advanced students. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 301 and other literature courses.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 470 - Independent Study

    (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Approval by a supervising faculty member.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  

  • GERM 490 - Honors Thesis

    Directed research for, and composition of, an extended essay. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 491 - Honors Research and Thesis

    (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member.

    Credits: 6
  

  • GERM 500 - Critical Writing and Bibliography

    Supervised practice in the organization and writing of articles for scholarly journals. Includes introduction to bibliography. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 505 - Special Topics

    Major figures, genres, or literary problems serve as the focus for an intensive course within any literary period. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 510 - Middle High German

    Introduces Middle High German grammar and includes readings in Middle High German literature. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 512 - Medieval German Lyric Poetry

    Selections from the Minnesang in the context of the development of Middle High German poetry. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 514 - Arthurian Romance

    Theory and analysis of the chief German Arthurian romances: Erec, Parzival, Yrain, Iwain, and Tristan. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 521 - Reformation to Baroque, 1700

    German literature from 1500 to 1680. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 523 - Weise to Wieland

    German literature from 1680 to 1750. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 525 - Age of Goethe I

    Studies German ‘Storm and Stress’ and classicism, focusing on Goethe and Schiller. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 526 - Age of Goethe II

    Studies representative romantic works against the background of German intellectual history, 1795-1830. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 530 - Romanticism

    German literature and intellectual history from 1795 to 1830. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 537 - Nineteenth Century

    Major writers and works from 1830 to 1890, including Grillparzer, Stifter, Heine, Hebbel, Keller, Storm, Fontane. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 547 - Turn of the Century

    Discusses the major literary movements at the turn of the century with analysis of representative works by Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, George, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Musil, Kafka, and others. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 548 - Twentieth Century

    Introduces the main currents of German literature since 1920, emphasizing major authors and traditions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 550 - Studies in Lyric Poetry

    Investigates the theory and practice of lyric poetry in Germany, emphasizing major authors and traditions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 551 - Studies in Prose Fiction

    Studies representative works of fiction—either novels or shorter forms—with special attention to formal and thematic developments, and representative theories of fiction. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 552 - Studies in Drama

    Investigates dramatic theory and practice in Germany, emphasizing major authors and traditions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 560 - Old Icelandic

    An introduction to the language and literature of the Vikings, with exercises in the grammar and basic vocabulary of Icelandic. Includes readings of passages from the classical literature and the whole of Gisla saga. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 584 - Introduction to Literary Theory

    Current theories of literature, including Marxist, psychoanalytic, formalist, structuralist, and hermeneutic approaches. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 588 - Linguistic Approaches to Literature

    Aspects of literary style in the light of modern linguistics. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 595 - Guided Research

    Individually directed special research projects. (S)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GERM 596 - Guided Research

    Individually directed special research projects. (S)

    Credits: 3

German in Translation
  

  • GETR 150 - Goethe in Translation

    Study of the life and works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Poetry, prose, some plays, and a careful reading of his masterpiece, Faust. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 170 - First Year Seminar

    Seminar on some aspect of German culture. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 200 - Germany Today

    Introduces students to the variety of topics, issues, and current events central to an initial understanding of modern Germany in its European context. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 220 - 20th Century German Literature in Translation

    Survey of Germany’s major writers from the turn of the 20th century (Kafka, Heym) to the end of the century (Schlink, Grass). Works by Rilke, Hesse, Brecht, Boell, Bill, and others are included. The course is taught in English, using translations. Regular attendance and participation required. (E)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 250 - Faust

    Taught in English, this course explores the origins of the Faust myth in the Renaissance and addresses many of its literary, musical, and artistic adaptations to the present. Emphasizes Goethe. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 270 - Berlin in German Life and Letters

    The class, taught also as a J-Term, introduces students to the rich, diverse, and problematic history of German as centered in Berlin and reflected in its life today. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary assessment of Berlin’s past and present weaves together art, literature, political and social history, architecture and city planning. Taught in English, no knowledge of German is required. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 333 - Introduction to German Culture

    Studies significant tendencies in major segments of German culture from the enlightenment to the present. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 340 - German Intellectual History from Leibniz to Hegel

    Reading and discussion of central theoretical texts in the German tradition 1700-1810, including works by Leibniz, Herder, Lessing, Kant, Schiller, Fichte, and Hegel. (O)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 341 - Nietzsche and Modern Literature

    Reading and thorough discussion of the major works of Nietzsche, in English translation, from the Birth of Tragedy to Twilight of the Idols. Emphasizes the impact of Nietzsche on 20th-century literature and thought in such diverse authors as Shaw, Rilke, Thomas Mann, and Kafka. A term paper submitted in two stages and a final examination. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 342 - German Intellectual History From Nietzsche to the Present

    Readings in philosophical and social history of Germany from the late 19th century onward. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 344 - Problems of Identity in Modern German Literature

    All classes and reading in English. Explores the themes of self-realization and identity crisis in 20th-century German literature. Includes works by Hesse, Kafka, Mann, Brecht, Boell, and Canetti. Informal lectures, discussion, and videos of several works read. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 345 - Children’s Literature

    Studies the nature and aims of children’s literature, primarily European and American, from the 17th century onward. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 346 - Topics in German Literature

    Examines such myths as Faust and Tristan, along with the modernist parody of them. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 347 - Literature of the Holocaust

    Introduces the most significant texts of Holocaust literature and surveys important philosophical and historical reflections on the meaning of the Holocaust. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 348 - German Literature in Translation

    Outstanding works of German literature read and discussed in English. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  

  • GETR 349 - Ibsen

    Discusses Ibsen’s major plays, in English translation. No knowledge of a Scandinavian language is needed; does not fulfill the language requirement. (IR)

    Credits: 3
 

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