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Graduate Record 2008-2009 
    
Graduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

International Relations

  
  • PLIR 572 - Japan in World Affairs


    Studies the international relations of Japan; domestic and foreign factors and forces that condition its foreign policies; and the political, economic, military, and social problems resulting from contacts with China, the Soviet Union, and the Western powers. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Some background in international relations and/or the history of Japan.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 582 - Africa and the World


    Overview of the international politics of sub-Saharan Africa, including inter-African relations as well as Africa’s relations with the major powers, and the international dimensions of the Southern African situation. Explores alternative policy options open to African states. Considers a number of case studies which illustrate the policy alternatives. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Some background in international relations and/or the history of Africa.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 595 - Selected Problems in International Relations


    Independent study, under faculty supervision, for intensive research on a specific topic. (S)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 700 - Core Seminar in International Relations


    Provides an overview of the main schools, theorists, and problems in the study of international relations and foreign policy. It is the core seminar for the international relations sub-field and thus aims to represents its contemporary character. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 706 - The Development of Classical Strategic Thought


    Studies the evolution of military strategy before the nuclear age. Examines the writings of major classical theorists, including Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Vegetius, Machiavelli, Frederick the Great, Clausewitz, Jomini, Mahan, Douhet, Mackinder, Mao Tse-Tung, and Liddell Hart. This course is the first half of a two-part series, the second half of which will examine the development of strategy in the nuclear age. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 708 - Military Force in International Relations


    Examines the threat and use of military force in international relations. Surveys the conceptual and theoretical literature on the subject; evaluates leading theories in light of historical experience; and explores a variety of factors that have traditionally conditioned the use of force, including ethical considerations, international law and organizations, the policy-making process, and public opinion. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 712 - Theory of International Law


    Analyzes the functions of law, and the interrelationship of legal and political factors and processes, in the international system. Emphasizes a critical appraisal of the concept of “the rule of law” in international relations. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 721 - International Organizations


    Studies the evolution, objectives, and methods of international organizations; the role of international organizations in contemporary international relations; and an analysis of the principal functions of the United Nations. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 738 - International Political Economy


    Provides an understanding of some of the basic principles of international economics as they relate to state and political changes, and the ways in which states and political conflict have in turn changed the “rules” of international economics over the last four centuries. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 740 - Foreign Policy of the United States


    Study of the background, processes, and select policy problems of American foreign policy. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 741 - Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy


    Analyzes contemporary American foreign policy, with an emphasis on the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 752 - Western Europe in World Affairs


    Studies the contemporary political, military, economic, and social problems of Western Europe, and their effects on the world position of the countries of Western Europe and on European integration and federation. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 765 - The Middle East in World Affairs


    Examines various topics and theories in Middle Eastern affairs. (O)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 808 - Problems of Force in International Relations


    Study of selected topics related to war, security arrangements, and the political functions of military capabilities in the international system. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: PLIR 506 is recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 811 - Topics in International Law and Organizations


    Research seminar on selected issues having both legal and organizational aspects. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 822 - Institutional Trends in the International System


    Examines developments in regional functional or general political institutions. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 831 - Contemporary Debates in Human Rights


    Considers the evolution of the idea of human rights and examines contemporary debates on its meaning and impact. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 832 - Seminar in International Politics


    Comparative analysis of the stability of the major international settlements, emphasizing contemporary arms and territorial negations. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 835 - Normative Approaches to International Politics


    Reviews major theories of morality and foreign policy, a discussion of outstanding issues and problems, an examination of case studies illustrating theories and problems, and an analysis of concepts of practical morality. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 836 - Ideological Topics in International Relations


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 838 - Topics in International Political Economy


    An intensive examination of selected topics covering international political economy. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: PLIR 538 and at least three additional credits of international economics, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 839 - Advanced Topics in International Relations Theory


    Examines key issues in modern international relations theory, including offense versus realism, the formation of alliances, the role of institutions, the factors influencing trade policy, recent psychological approaches, and the role of ideas and norms. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: PLIR 700 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 841 - Topics in United States Foreign Policy


    Comparative analysis of the foreign policy perspectives of America’s leading statesmen since the Second World War. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 842 - Comparative Foreign Policy


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 843 - The Far East in U.S. Foreign Policy


    A regional study of the political, institutional, and socio-economic factors in the development of United States policy in the Far East, emphasizing the area problems presented by the twentieth-century international revolutionary syndrome, including Korea, China, Japan, and the South East Asian peninsula. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 845 - American Foreign Policy: Cold War and After


    Examines major approaches to the Cold War, its causes, origins and major periods and certain crucial policies and problems such as the Marshall Plan, containment and detente. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 852 - Western European Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 856 - Russian and Eastern European Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 862 - Latin American Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 863 - Statecraft and International Security


    Reviews recent literature about diplomacy and coercion in international politics, with emphasis on empirical research strategies rather than immediate policy problems. Topics include deterrence and compellence, economic sanctions, military effectiveness, nuclear proliferation, peacekeeping, and terrorism. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes

    Prerequisite: graduate level student

    Credits: 3

  
  • PLIR 866 - Middle Eastern Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 872 - Chinese Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 873 - Japanese Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 876 - South Asian Topics in World Affairs


    Credits: 3
  
  • PLIR 897 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research


    For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. (S)

    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • PLIR 898 - Non-Topical Research


    For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. (S)

    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • PLIR 997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research


    For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. (S)

    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • PLIR 999 - Non-Topical Research


    For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. (S)

    Credits: 3 to 12

Islam

  
  • RELI 540 - Seminar in Islamic Theology


    Studies Islamic theology from its origins through the 14th century. The Sunni and Shi’ite traditions are discussed in alternate years. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RELI 207 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELI 541 - Islamic Theology: The Shi’ite Creed


    Studies Twelver Shi’ite religious thought in comparison with other Shi’ite and Sunni sects. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELI 542 - War and Peace in Islam: A Comparative Ethics Approach


    Studies Islamic notions of holy war and peace as they relate to statecraft and political authority in Muslim history. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELI 710 - Islamic Religious Law


    Studies the sources and implications of the Islamic Religious Law (the Sharia). (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RELI 207 or RELC 530.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELI 860 - Seminar in Shi’ite Theology


    An in-depth study of Shi’ite Islamic Theology from its origin through the 14th century. (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RELI 540, two years of Persian or Arabic.

    Credits: 3

Italian

  
  • ITAL 525 - Dante: The Divine Comedy


    A close reading of the Purgatorio (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 550 - Medieval Italian Literature


    Medieval Italian Literature

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 555 - Renaissance Italian Literature


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 560 - Baroque Italian Literature


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 565 - Italian Literature of the Enlightenment


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 570 - Italian Literature of the Modern Period


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 720 - Literary Criticism


    An in-depth study of current critical approaches, methods, and forms of bibliographical research. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 750 - Duecento


    Topics include the early documents of Italian literature; the Sicilian and Tuscan “schools” of poetry; and studies in linguistics. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 755 - Trecento I


    Dante; his life and circle; a thorough study of the Comedy and the minor works. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 756 - Three Crowns of Florence: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio


    Focuses on masterpieces of Florence’s three luminaries: Dante’s Commedia, Boccaccio’s Decameron, and Petrarch’s Rime sparse and the critical traditions surrounding these works. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: permission of instructor if student does not know Italian

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 758 - Pen and Brush: Literary Culture and Artists of the Renaissance


    The treatment of art and artists in works by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, and on writings of artist-poets, among them Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo, Benevenuto Cellini, and Bronzino. Course includes considerations of artistic works. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 759 - Quattro-Cinquecento


    A thorough survey of Humanistic culture and literature; Petrarchism; Machiavelli and surroundings; and the birth of epic (Ariosto and Tasso). (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 760 - Sei-Settecento


    Studies Manierismo in poetry and prose; the birth of Italian theater; and major authors of the Enlightenment (Parini and Alfieri). (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 780 - Ottocento


    Studies the authors, works, and literary movements of the second half of the nineteenth-century, including Verga and verismo. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 790 - Italian Avantgarde


    A critical discussion of some fundamental futurist and modernist texts (by Marinetti, Palazzeschi, Papini, Bontempelli, Masino) and their place in the European modernist context. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: knowledge of Italian

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 791 - Poesia Italiana del Novecento


    This course intends to read and discuss the poetic production of major 20th century Italian poets, from the early symbolist experience of Pascoli and d’Annunzio to the ‘New Avant-garde’ of ‘i Novissimi’. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: knowledge of Italian

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 795 - Guided Research


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 796 - Independent Research


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 821 - Pedagogy


    Required of all teaching assistants; not part of the curricular credit requirement for the M.A. in Italian. (S)

    Credits: 1
  
  • ITAL 855 - Ariosto


    This course is a monographic study of Ludovico Ariosto’s masterpiece, Orlando furioso. Will read this epic-chivalric poem, place it in the cultural context of the Italian Renaissance and discuss the major critical issues it continues to pose. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: knowledge of Italian

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 856 - Seminars: Major Author


    A thorough study of a major author’s opus. Includes authors from all eight centuries of Italian literature. Specific authors will be announced in the Course Offering Directory. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 868 - Svevo


    Close examination of Svevo’s three major novels and author’s social and intellectual milieu. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: permission of instructor if student does not know Italian

    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 895 - Independent Research


    Credits: 3
  
  • ITAL 897 - Non-Topical Research


    Required of all teaching assistants; not part of the curricular credit requirement for the M.A. in Italian. (S)

    Credits: 3 to 12

Italian in Translation

  
  • ITTR 525 - Dante’s Purgatory in Translation


    This course explores canto-by-canto Dante’s second realm of the Afterlife. Particular attention will be paid to how various themes and motifs (the phenomenology of love, the relationship between church and state, status of classical antiquity in a Christian universe, Dante’s representation of the saved), differ from those explored in the Inferno. (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ITTR 226 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3

Japanese

  
  • JAPN 481 - Modern Literary Texts


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the fourth-year level. Reading selections include works by modern and contemporary novelists, short story writers and poets. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 482 - Mysteries, Detective Fiction and Business Novels


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include some on Japan’s bestselling and award-winning writers, Seicho Matsumoto, Miyuki Miyabe, and Ikke Shimizu. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 483 - Media Japanese


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include articles from Aera, Japan’s counterpart of Newsweek; manga, artistic comic magazines; and film criticism. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 486 - Modern and Contemporary Japanese Poetry


    An advanced Japanese Language course focused on poetic language and each poet’s metaphoric world.  The course consists of reading, writing, oral presentations, and free discussion in Japanese. (IR)   

    Prerequisites & Notes
    JAPN 302 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 501 - Third Year Japanese


    Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese cultures and society are introduced. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 502 - Third Year Japanese


    Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese cultures and society are introduced. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or equivalent, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 571 - Introduction to Classical Japanese Language


    An introduction to classical Japanese; selections from classical narratives and poetry. (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 301 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 587 - Reading Investigative Journalism


    Advanced Japanese language seminar, designed to help students read, interpret, analyze, and discuss current issues in Japanese society, culture, economy and/or politics through an in-depth examination of selected magazine articles from one of Japan’s top investigative magazines, Aera. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 588 - Reading Banana Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami


    This language seminar introduces two of Japan’s most popular contemporary fiction writers by reading and interpreting selections from Kitchen and Dance, Dance, Dance,  Selections give students an insight to how today’s Japanese youth, in search of meaning in life and intimate connections, copes with Japan’s rapidly changing society and culture. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or placement test

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 593 - Advanced Readings on Society and Culture I


    Advanced training in modern Japanese language. Students read, interpret, and discuss books written by Japanese authors for a general Japanese audience on such subjects as the cultural differences between U. S. and Japan, economics, education, journalism and politics. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 481, 482, 483, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 594 - Advanced Readings on Society and Culture II


    Advanced training in modern Japanese language. Students read, interpret, and discuss books written by Japanese authors for a general Japanese audience on such subjects as the cultural differences between U. S. and Japan, economics, education, journalism and politics. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 481, 482, 483, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 701 - Reading Japanese I: Advanced Topics


    Designed for graduate students who need to fulfill Japanese language competency. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 702 - Reading Japanese II: Advanced Topics


    Designed for graduate students who need to fulfill Japanese language competency. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 781 - Modern Literary Texts


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the fourth-year level. Reading selections include works by modern and contemporary novelists, short story writers and poets. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 782 - Mysteries, Detective Fiction and Business Novels


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include some on Japan’s bestselling and award-winning writers, Seicho Matsumoto, Miyuki Miyabe, and Ikke Shimizu. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 783 - Media Japanese


    Reading and discussion in Japanese. Develops comprehension and verbal expression skills at the Fourth-Year level. Reading selections include articles from Aera, Japan’s counterpart of Newsweek; manga, artistic comic magazines; and film criticism. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 786 - Modern and Contemporary Japanese Poetry


    An advanced Japanese Language course focused on poetic language and each poet’s metaphoric world.  The course consists of reading, writing, oral presentations, and free discussion in Japanese. (IR)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    JAPN 302 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JAPN 801 - Independent Study in Japanese


    Independent Study in Japanese.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • JAPN 802 - Independent Study in Japanese


    Independent Study in Japanese.

    Credits: 1 to 3

Japanese in Translation

  
  • JPTR 521 - The Tale of Genji, the World’s First Psychological Novel: Court Romance


    Introduction to the elegant world of classical Japanese literary tradition represented by one of the world’s materpieces. The Tale of Genji (1010 a.d.) written by Lady Murasaki, examines the courtship ritual, the marriage institution, the gendering of sexuality and desire, and the aesthetics of mono no aware. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 522 - The Modern Japanese Canon


    Introduction to the modern Japanese canon (1890’s to the present). Writers studied include Natsume Sôseki, the first modern writer to delve into the human psyche; Mori Ôgai, the surgeon-turned writer; Rynôsuke Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short stories; Shiga Naoya, the “god” of “I-Novel” Japanese fiction; Yukio Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a sensation world-wide; Endô Shôsaku, the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure aesthetician, and Kenzaburo Ôe, the political gadfly. (Y)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 535 - Spirits, Romance, and Political Intrigue: An Introduction to Classical Japanese Literature


    This course introduces the literary arts of Japan’s classical period (Nara period 710-794 and Heian period 794-1185). The main goals of this course are to read, interpret, become conversant in, and enjoy this body of literature. A wide range of topics and issues, including the supernatural, jealousy, birth, fashion, marriage, death, poetry vs. prose, history vs. literature, gender, exile, politics, Buddhism, war, and innumerable others, will be encountered. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 536 - Warriors, Merchants, and Courtesans: An Intro to Japan’s Medieval & Erly Modrn Literary & Popular Arts


    This course introduces, in English translation, the literary arts of Japan’s medieval (1200-1600) and early modern (1600-1868) periods. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 581 - Classical Japanese Women Writers


    Introduces the most celebrated period in Japanese literary history in which women of the Heian court (797-1190) produced the flowing of vernacular literature, nikki bunqaku (a mixture of prose and poetry called a poetic diary). (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JPTR 321/521 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 582 - Modern Japanese Women Writers


    Introduces the resurgence of the female literary tradition from 1904 to the present. Focuses on how literary women in Japan express their subversive voice often through the autobiographical fiction. Taught in English. Restricted to area studies majors and minors. (Y)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: JPTR 522 or equivalent, or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
  
  • JPTR 590 - Kawabata & Oe: Japan’s Nobel Laureates


    By examining the achievements of Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) and Kenzaburo Oe (1935-), this course explores the diverse modern Japanese literary tradition and the two laureates place in world literature, as the former laureate represents the aesthetic-lyric camp, the latter the literature as a-vehicle-for-social-change camp. (IR)

    Credits: 3

Judaism

  
  • RELJ 505 - Judaism in Antiquity


    Description and analysis of representative systems of Judaic religion which flourished in Palestine, Egypt, and Mesopotamia from 505 BCE to 600 CE. (IR)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELJ 522 - Literary Approaches to Rabbinic Literature


    Survey of recent approaches to rabbinic scriptural commentary, law codes and legal commentary in conjuction with instensive reading of primary texts.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELJ 523 - Modern Jewish Thought: From Phenomenology to Scripture


    Studies postmodern trajectories in the Jewish philosophies of Rosenzweig and Levinas, with comparative readings in Derrida and Ricoeur, and supplementary studies of Descartes, Kant, Husserl, Cohen, Buber, and Lyotard. (O)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELJ 528 - Seminar in Israelite Religion


    Advanced study in a selected aspect of the religion of ancient Israel. (O)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELJ 529 - Seminar in Hebrew Bible


    In-depth study of a selected corpus of literature, specific book of the Hebrew Bible, or pervasive theme. (SI)

    Credits: 3
  
  • RELJ 594 - Judaism and Kantian Philosophy


    The interaction of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Jewish theology in the 19th century and early 20th century, primarily concentrating on the thought of the German-Jewish thinker Hermann Cohen (1842-1918). (SI)

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Courses in philosophy or Jewish thought, or instructor permission; reading knowledge of German helpful.

    Credits: 3
 

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