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ANTH 3850 - Historical Archaeology
Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of the continental and transoceanic human migrations that began in the fifteenth century, their effects on native peoples, and historical trajectories of the societies that they created. This course offers an introduction to the field. It emphasizes how theoretical models, analytical methods, and archaeological data can be combined to make and evaluate credible inferences about the past.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3870 - Archaeology of Virginia
Reviews the current state of archaeological and ethnohistoric research in Virginia. Emphasizes the history and culture of Native Americans in Virginia from the earliest paleoindian cultures to the period of European colonization.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3880 - African Archaeology
Surveys transformations in Africa from four million years ago to the present, known chiefly through archaeology, and focusing on Stone and Iron Age societies in the last 150,000 years. Prerequisite: ANTH 2800 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3885 - Archaeology of Europe
A survey of European archaeology beginning with the Neanderthal debate, and including interpretations of Upper Paleolithic cave painting, the spread village farming from the Near East, the role of megalithic monuments, the interaction of Rome and the `Barbarians’, the growth of urban centers, the Iron Age, and the Viking expansion.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3890 - Archaeology of the American Southwest
The northern section of the American Southwest offers one of the best contexts for examining the evolution of local and regional organization from the prehistoric to the historic period. Readings and discussion focus on both archaeological and ethnographic studies of the desert (Hohokam), mountain (Mogollon), and plateau (Anasazi/Pueblo) cultures.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3920 - Global Relations: Marriage and Family in the New World Order
This course focuses on the shifting nature of kinship relations in the context of the global economic restructuring, increased labor migration, and the political, religious, racial, and gender hierarchies that are characteristic of the emerging global political economy.
Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 3930 - Kinship and the New Reproductive Technologies
The course explores the manner in which cultural understandings of kinship relations both give shape to and are transformed by the new reproductive technologies-including surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, pre-implantation diagnosis, cloning and amniocentesis. Prerequisite: ANTH 2900 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4060 - People, Culture and Environment of Southern Africa
Focusing on the intersection between peoples, cultures, and environments of southern Africa, this summer study abroad course details the continuities and contrasts between life in rural, marginalized and under-served regions of South Africa and Mozambique. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the community role in education and sustainable development - both developmental and anthropogenic impacts on the environment but also environmental.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4590 - Social & Cultural Anthropology
Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4591 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology
Integrates the major subdivisions of anthropology, emphasizing selected theoretical topics and primary sources. Primarily for majors in their final year.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4630 - Eastern European Societies
This course explores Eastern European societies through an examination of the practices of everyday social life. Topics include the changing cultural meanings of work and consumption, the nature of property rights and relations, family and gender, ethnicity and nationalism, religion and ritual. Cross Listed with SOC 4630. Prerequisite: one course in anthropology, sociology, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4840 - Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology I
Examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in archaeology. Includes seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity, and classification.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4841 - Quantitative Analysis II
This course offers training in statistical models and methods that will be useful for students in multiple fields, including archaeology, anthropology, and environmental science. The goal is to equip students with statistical skills useful in systematically describing and analyzing empirical variation, deciphering links to the environmental and historical contexts in which that variation occurs, and using the results to advance science. Prerequisites: ANTH 4840 Quantitative Analysis I.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4993 - Independent Study in Anthropology
Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of an instructor of his or her choice.
Credits: 1 to 6
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ANTH 4998 - Distinguished Majors Thesis Research
Independent research, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers, toward the DMP thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program in Anthropology.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 4999 - Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing
Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 pages, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers. Prerequisite: ANTH 4998.
Credits: 3
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Applied Mathematics |
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APMA 1000 - Preparation for Engineering Mathematics
Covers the fundamental concepts necessary for success in engineering courses and Applied Mathemtics courses.
Credits: 2
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APMA 1090 - Single Variable Calculus I
The concepts of differential and integral calculus are developed and applied to the elementary functions of a single variable. Limits, rates of change, derivatives, and integrals. Applications are made to problems in analytic geometry and elementary physics. For students with no exposure to high school calculus.
Credits: 4
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APMA 1110 - Single Variable Calculus II
Includes the concepts of differential and integral calculus and applications to problems in geometry and elementary physics, including inverse functions, indeterminate forms, techniques of integration, parametric equations, polar coordinates, infinite series, including Taylor and Maclaurin series. Applications. Prerequisite: APMA 1090 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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APMA 1501 - Special Topics in Applied Mathematics
Student-led special topic courses which vary by semester.
Credits: 1
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APMA 2102 - Discrete Mathematics I
Introduces discrete mathematics and proof techniques involving first order predicate logic and induction. Application areas include sets (finite and infinite, such as sets of strings over a finite alphabet), elementary combinatorial problems, and finite state automata. Develops tools and mechanisms for reasoning about discrete problems. Cross-listed as CS 2102. Prerequisite: APMA 1110 and CS 1110, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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APMA 2120 - Multivariable Calculus
Topics include vectors in three-space and vector valued functions. The multivariate calculus, including partial differentiation, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, and the vector calculus, including Green’s theorem, the divergence theorem, and Stokes’s theorem. Applications. Prerequisite: APMA 1110.
Credits: 4
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APMA 2130 - Ordinary Differential Equations
First order differential equations, second order and higher order linear differential equations, reduction of order, undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, series solutions, Laplace transforms, linear systems of first order differential equations and the associated matrix theory, numerical methods. Applications. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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APMA 3080 - Linear Algebra
Analyzes the systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear dependence; bases; dimension; linear mappings; matrices; determinants; quadratic forms; eigenvalues; eigenvectors; orthogonal reduction to diagonal form; inner product spaces; numerical methods; geometric applications. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3100 - Probability
A calculus-based introduction to probability theory and its applications in engineering and applied science. Includes counting techniques, conditional probability, independence, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distribution functions, expected value and variance, joint distributions, covariance, correlation, the Central Limit theorem, the Poisson process, an introduction to statistical inference. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3102 - Theory of Computation
Introduces computation theory including grammars, finite state machines and Turing machines; and graph theory. Prerequisite: APMA 2102 and either CS 2110 or 2220 all with grades of ‘C’ or better.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3110 - Applied Statistics and Probability
Examines variability and its impact on decision-making. Introduces students to basic concepts of probability, such as random variables, probability distribution functions, and the central limit theorem. Based on this foundation, the course then emphasizes applied statistics covering topics such as descriptive statistics, statistical inference, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression modeling, statistical quality control. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and APMA 3120. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3120 - Statistics
Includes confidence interval and point estimation methods, hypothesis testing for single samples, inference procedures for single-sample and two-sample studies, single and multifactor analysis of variance techniques, linear and non-linear regression and correlation, and using Minitab for large data sets. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and APMA 3110. Prerequisite: APMA 3100.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3140 - Applied Partial Differential Equations
Partial differential equations that govern physical phenomena in science and engineering. Separation of variables, superposition, Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems, eigenfunction expansion techniques. Particular focus on the heat, wave, and Laplace partial differential equations in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Prerequisites: APMA 2120 and 2130 or equivalents.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3340 - Complex Variables with Applications
Topics include analytic functions, Cauchy Theorems and formulas, power series, Taylor and Laurent series, complex integration, residue theorem, conformal mapping, and Laplace transforms. Prerequisite: APMA 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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APMA 3501 - Special Topics in Applied Mathematics
Applies mathematical techniques to special problems of current interest. Topic for each semester are announced at the time of course enrollment.
Credits: 4
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APMA 4501 - Special Topics in Applied Mathematics
Applies mathematical techniques to special problems of current interest. Topic for each semester are announced at the time of course enrollment.
Credits: 3
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APMA 4993 - Independent Reading and Research
Reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing.
Credits: 1-3
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APMA 4995 - Independent Reading and Research
Reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing.
Credits: 3
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Arabic |
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ARAB 116 - Intensive Introductory Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 0
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ARAB 126 - Intensive Introductory Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 0
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ARAB 216 - Intensive Intermediate Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 0
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ARAB 226 - Intensive Intermediate Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 0
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ARAB 256 - Introduction to Levantine Arabic-I
This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan
Prerequisite: First Year Arabic
Credits: 0
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ARAB 266 - Introduction to Levantine Arabic-II
This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan
Prerequisite: First year Arabic and ARAB 0256/2256
Credits: 0
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ARAB 1010 - Elementary Arabic
Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 1016 - Intensive Introductory Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 1020 - Elementary Arabic
Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice. Prerequisite: ARAB 1010 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 1026 - Intensive Introductory Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 2010 - Intermediate Arabic
Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 2016 - Intensive Intermediate Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequistes: ARAB 1016 & 1026 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 2020 - Intermediate Arabic
Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 2026 - Intensive Intermediate Arabic
This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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ARAB 2250 - Conversational Arabic
Introduces students to spoken Arabic, with oral production highly emphasized. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 2256 - Introduction to Levantine Arabic-I
This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan
Prerequisite: First Year Arabic
Credits: 1.5
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ARAB 2260 - Conversational Arabic
Practice of conversation based on everyday situations. Enables communication with native speakers. Prerequisite: ARAB 2250 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 2266 - Introduction to Levantine Arabic II
This course is a continuation of ARAB 2256 and it intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan
Prerequisite: ARAB 2256
Credits: 1.5
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ARAB 3010 - Advanced Arabic I
The goal of this course is to increase the student’s knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3019 - Language House Conversation
For students residing in the Arabic group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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ARAB 3020 - Advanced Arabic II
The goal of this course is to increase the student’s knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 3010 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3029 - Language House Conversation
For students residing in the Arabic group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 1
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ARAB 3230 - Arabic Conversation and Composition
Emphasizes development of writing and speaking skills, with special attention to grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and the organization and style of different genres. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3240 - Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition
Develops oral and written proficiency to an advanced level of fluency, with emphasis on speaking and writing. Prerequisite: ARAB 3230 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3310 - Introduction to the Arab World and Its Languages
A general survey of the linguistic, geographical, historical, social, religious, cultural, and artistic aspects of the modern Arab world. Attention given to the Arabic language, family, gender relations, the Arab experience in the U.S., Arab American relations, the role of the past and of social change, and Arab art and music.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3330 - Arabic of the Quran and Hadith I
Studies the language of the Quran and its exegesis, and the Hadith. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or higher, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3340 - Arabic of the Quran and Hadith II
Studies the language of the Quran, its exegesis, and the Hadith. Prerequisite: ARAB 3330 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3672 - Advanced Arabic Grammar
In this course students will develop a mastery of core items relevant to Modern Standard Arabic grammar, a mastery which will enable them to produce discreet, sophisticated sentences, as well as to compose paragraphs and essays, all while utilizing the grammar points covered in this class. Those interested in taking this course are required to have completed ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or to receive approval of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 3810 - Modern Arabic Fiction
Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 4010 - Advanced Arabic III
The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 4020 - Advanced Arabic IV
The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 4120 - Introduction to Arabic Drama
This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers’ period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor’s permission.
Credits: 3
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ARAB 4993 - Independent Study in Arabic
Independent Study in Arabic
Credits: 1 to 3
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ARTR 2500 - Taboo and the Arabic Novel
This class introduces the contemporary Arabic novel as it deals with religious and social taboo. The course surveys major works of Arabic literature that generated confrontations with the State, readers, or religious movements. It looks at the reception of texts in the Arabic world, the texts’ intersection with social and political taboos, and the problems of censorship and confiscation of artistic work. Texts include work by Naguib Mahfouz.
Credits: 3
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ARTR 3290 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Introduction to the development and themes of modern Arabic literature (poetry, short stories, novels and plays). Taught in English.
Credits: 3
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ARTR 3350 - Introduction to Arab Women’s Literature
A comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab women’s literature, this course examines all Arab women’s literary genres starting from personal letters, memoirs, speeches, poetry, fiction, drama, to journalistic articles and interviews. Selected texts cover various geographic locales and theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis will be given to the issues of Arab female authorship, subjectivity theory, and to the question of Arab Feminism.
Credits: 3
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ARTR 3390 - Love, Alienation, and Politics in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Introduction to the Arabic Novel with emphasis on a medium for expounding political issues of the Arab World.
Credits: 3
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Archaeology |
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ARCY 3993 - Independent Study
An Independent Study in Archaeology. Subject to be determined by student and instructor.
Credits: 3
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ARCY 4998 - Undergraduate Thesis Research
Research for a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the fall semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program. Prerequisite: acceptance into Archaeology DMP
Credits: 3
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ARCY 4999 - Undergraduate Thesis Writing
Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the spring semester of the fourth year by archaeology majors who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Distinguished Majors Program. Prerequisite: acceptence into DMP program
Credits: 3
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Architectural History |
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ARH 1000 - History of Architecture: Survey
The history of Western architecture from ancient times to the present.
Credits: 3
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ARH 1004 - History of Architecture
Surveys architecture from the Ancient to the present.
Credits: 3
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ARH 1010 - History of Architecture I
We will explore how architecture affects us, as well as how it informs us about past societies. In what ways does architecture shape our experiences; how does it enhance or detract from human activities? This course will cover material from the pre-historic period through c. 1420 largely in Europe with some examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Classes will be a combination of lectures and in-class activities.
Credits: 4
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ARH 1020 - History of Architecture II
This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed.
Credits: 4
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ARH 1700 - Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture
Surveys Jefferson’s architectural world with special emphasis on the Lawn.
Credits: 3
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ARH 2401 - History of Modern Architecture
Surveys architecture and allied arts from c. 1800 to the present, emphasizing the development of the modern movement.
Credits: 3
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ARH 2500 - Special Topics in Architectural History
Topical offerings in architectural history.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ARH 2753 - Arts & Cultures of the Slave South
This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts, architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture; it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities.
Credits: 4
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ARH 3030 - World Vernacular Architecture
Vernacular Architecture is often understood to be all the built environment that is not ‘High Architecture.’ This is a profound misunderstanding; Vernacular is any aspect of the built environment examined through the lens of the local AND it is a method of interrogating the relationship between architecture and the human experience. This lecture class enlists global examples to explore the many complex dimensions of vernacular.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3100 - History of Medieval Architecture
Examines the architecture of Medieval Western Europe, emphasizing the period from 1000-1400. Includes the iconography, function, structure and style of buildings, and the use of contemporary texts.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3101 - Early Medieval Architecture
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 800-1150.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3102 - Later Medieval Architecture
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 1140-1500.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3103 - Reconstructing the Medieval Haj
Our course will reconstruct the journey of Ibn Jubayr, a twelfth century Spanish Muslim who recorded his haj from Spain to Mecca. Using his lively travel diary, we will analyze the visual culture and built environment of the medieval Mediterranean and together recreate key sites from his journey with easy to use digital tools such as Neatline.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3201 - Italian Renaissance Architecture
This course aims to introduce the principal architects, monuments, and themes of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian architecture. The lectures will be varied in approach and scope, some considering broad issues, others focusing on particular architects, buildings, or texts. Special topics will include architectural theory, patronage, villas, gardens, architectural drawing, and urban design.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3202 - Renaissance Architecture 16th Century
Developments in classicism in Italy between 1500 and 1600.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3203 - European Classical Architecture Outside Italy, 1400-1750
The development of classicism primarily in France, England, and Germany between 1400 and 1750.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3204 - Italy, Spain, & The Ottoman Empire
This course will examine Islamic architecture around the Mediterranean in relation to developments in Italy. Particular problems to be considered in a cross-cultural context include those of geometry and ornament, architectural theory, the role of the architect, and garden design and conception. Also important will be issues such as the visual ideology and cultural politics of empire; and the role of the traveler, merchant and ambassador in cultural exchange. Geographical focus will be on Southern Spain, or Andalusia, on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire, as well as on various cities and regions of Italy including Venice, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Sicily. In the case of Southern Spain, analysis will focus on the points of contact and tension between the Roman heritage, the architectural achievements of the Nasrid Empire, the Gothic tradition, and the imported Italian style. With regard to the Ottoman Empire, an attempt will be made to understand how an obsessive concern among Italian humanists, political leaders, and popes with the Ottoman threat could coincide with cultural fascination and appropriation.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3205 - Rome, Istanbul, Venice
This course will consider architecture, urbanism and landscape in three cities with multilayered histories: Rome, Venice, and Istanbul. While conditioned by distinct historical and topographic circumstances, each city negotiated complex and varied local traditions: Roman and Medieval in Rome; Byzantine and Gothic in Venice; and Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman in Istanbul.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3206 - Mediterranean Architecture
This course will consider a range of buildings and landscapes from across the Mediterranean world, encompassing Italy, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and Egypt. Its chronological and geographical scope are meant to bring into question some the conventional categories by which art and architectural history are studied: Medieval, Renaissance, Italian, Islamic, Eastern, Western, etc.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3207 - Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World
In order to understand the production, representation and perception of space in the Islamic world, this survey course examines significant works of arts, architecture, urbanism & landscape from 650 to 1800. While studying common themes & shared values of the Islamic world, the course questions the disparities and novelties in the reception of Islam as a social, cultural & political practice, mapping distant geographies from Al-Andalus to India
Credits: 3
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ARH 3402 - Postwar Architecture
An examination of critical issues in the history and theory of architecture, from World War II to the present, focused particularly on how the shifting geopolitical contours of the postwar world have helped to shape key projects and debates. The course will also provide the opportunity to discuss recent studies in architectural history that have trained renewed attention on this period.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3403 - World Contemporary Architecture
As the construction of cities redistributes its activities across the world in the twenty-first century, this course considers the ways in which architecture and architects are changed by a complex shifting field of forces. These forces include critical and ethical discourses, digital media, global finance and trade, developments in materials science, environmental awareness, and geo-political strategies.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3500 - Special Topics in Architectural History
Topical offerings in architectural history.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ARH 3591 - Architectural History Colloquium
The Architectural History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of architectural history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Enrollment is capped at 20.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3601 - East Meets West
Studies cultural exchanges in architecture between East and West, emphasizing master architects such as F.L. Wright and L. Kahn.
Credits: 3
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ARH 3602 - World Buddhist Architecture
Studies the history of Buddhist architecture and allied arts in the Buddhist world, including East, South, and Southeast Asia. Lecture starts from the Indian stupas and ends in Japanese Zen gardens.
Credits: 3
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