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Islam |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Italian |
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ITAL 525 - Dante: The Divine Comedy
A close reading of the Purgatorio (SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 526 - Dante: The Divine Comedy
A close reading of the Purgatorio (SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 550 - Medieval Italian Literatur
Credits: 3
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ITAL 555 - Renaissance Italian Literature
Credits: 3
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ITAL 560 - Baroque Italian Literature
Credits: 3
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ITAL 565 - Italian Literature of the Enlightenment
Credits: 3
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ITAL 570 - Italian Literature of the Modern Period
Credits: 3
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ITAL 720 - Literary Criticism
Required of all M.A. candidates. An in-depth study of current critical approaches, methods, and forms of bibliographical research. (Y)
Credits: 3
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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
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ITAL 755 - Trecento I
Dante; his life and circle; a thorough study of the Comedy and the minor works. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 756 - Trecento II
Topics include Petrarch and Boccaccio; extensive and intensive reading of the canzoniere and of the Decameron, together with lesser works of the masters. (SI)
Credits: 3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ITAL 790 - Novecento
Studies twentieth-century prose, poetry, and theater, from Svevo to the Avant-garde writers of the 60s; present-day trends. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ITAL 795 - Guided Research
Credits: 3
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ITAL 796 - Independent Research
Credits: 3
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ITAL 821 - Pedagogy
Required of all teaching assistants; not part of the curricular credit requirement for the M.A. in Italian. (S)
Credits: 1
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ITAL 855 - 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
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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
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ITAL 895 - Independent Research
Credits: 3
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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
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Italian in Translation |
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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
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Japanese |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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JAPN 701 - Reading Japanese I: Advanced Topics
Designed for graduate students who need to fulfill Japanese language competency. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JAPN 702 - Reading Japanese II: Advanced Topics
Designed for graduate students who need to fulfill Japanese language competency. (Y)
Credits: 3
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JAPN 801 - Independent Study in Japanese
Independent Study in Japanese.
Credits: 1 to 3
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JAPN 802 - Independent Study in Japanese
Independent Study in Japanese.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Japanese in Translation |
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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
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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
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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
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JPTR 536 - Warriors, Merchants, and Courtesans: An Introduction to Japan’s Medieval and Early Modern Literary and 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
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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
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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
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Judaism |
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RELJ 505 - Judaism in Antiquity
Description and analysis of representative systems of Judaic religion which flourished in Palestine, Egypt, and Mesopotamia from 500 b.c. to 200 a.d. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELJ 522 - The Shaping of the Rabbinic Tradition
Seminar investigating specific aspects of the pre-modern development of Rabbinic Judaism, e.g., “the holy man, mysticism and society, canon and exegesis, and law as theology.” (IR)
Credits: 3
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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
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RELJ 528 - Seminar in Israelite Religion
Advanced study in a selected aspect of the religion of ancient Israel. (O)
Credits: 3
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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
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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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RELJ 888 - Biblical and Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Introduces the Aramaic language, intended especially for New Testament graduate students. Emphasizes mastery of the grammar and syntax of Official or Imperial Aramaic and especially Middle Aramaic (second century b.c.e. to second century c.e.). (SI)
Credits: 3
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Landscape Architecture |
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ALAR 802 - Design Research Studio II
Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Typical projects include brownfields, urban landscape infrastructure, and sustainable designs. Several choices available including Venice travel studio. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 701, ALAR 702, and L AR 801.
Credits: 6
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ALAR 804 - Independent Studio
Design research studio developed by a self-motivated student in lieu of ALAR 802. Undertaken with a L AR faculty adviser. Project can take numerous forms, from historical/theorectical research to material fabrication research at the detail scale to a design prototype to explorations in digital landscape representation to a design competition. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 801 and L AR 821
Credits: 6
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L AR 503 - Landscape Drawing and Representation
Explores techniques of drawing, emphasizing free-hand sketching. Required of students entering the graduate landscape architecture program. (SS)
Credits: 2
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L AR 512 - History of Landscape Architecture
Lectures on landscape architecture as the expression of cultural values in designed forms and spaces. Examples from ancient cultures to the twentieth century in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. This comparative case study approach is complemented by primary and secondary source readings. (Y)
Credits: 3; 4 for grad
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L AR 513 - History of American Landscape Architecture
Lectures on the development of American landscape architecture from the seventeenth century to the present, emphasizing seminal figures, such as Jefferson, Downing and Olmstead, Platt, Farrand, Jensen, and selected contemporary designers. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 514 - Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture
Lectures and discussions sections examining the interrelationships between modern designed landscapes, and the theoretical texts that influenced, or were influenced by them. Readings include primary sources, such as, design treatises, manifestos, park reports and essays, as well as related texts in ecology, art, architecture, geography, and cultural theory. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 512 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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L AR 520 - Healing Landscapes
Lectures and workshops investigating theme of designed landscapes as means to physically and mentally heal human beings. Topics include a historical overview of various healing landscapes, and an examination of various healing practices in different cultures. Field trips to hospitals, hospices and out-patient clinics in the Charlottesville area. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 521 - Topics in Contemporary Landscape Theory
Seminar exploring topics in landscape architecture theory through direct readings, discussions and research papers. Subjects vary from topics such as design drawing and representation to changing conceptions of nature and ecology (from sustainability to emergence), to gender and design, to the works of a specific designer or region. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 523 - Historic Landscape Preservation
Includes readings and discussions on contemporary theory and practices for preserving historic landscapes. Evaluation of these theories and practices through a close review of a few case studies. (IR)
Credits: 3
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L AR 525 - Urban Topographies
Seminar that explores the constructed nature of the contemporary urban landscape by identifying distinct topographic strategies that address themes of place, history and memory through the medium of ground. A series of projects that exemplify the ambiguous quality of urban ground— such as transportation landscapes, rooftop condition, and the infrastructure landscapes of stormwater and waste will be investigated through lectures, readings, and discussions. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 526 - D.I.R.T. Seminar: Doing Industrial Research Together
Readings, lectures, and class discussions that focus on the evolving definition and reclamation technologies of the post-industrial landscape. Includes field work/visits to a variety of brownfield and industrial sites. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 533 - Sites and Systems
Introduces vocabulary and tools for reading, mapping, and analyzing sites. Emphasis on the watershed as an ecosystem within which sites and systems can be understood and manipulated. Explores the implications of site and systems analysis for shaping landform through grading terraces, buildings, and roads. Issues are examined through the study of existing site design precedents as well as through short mapping and design exercises. Several site visits and field trips. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 534 - Earthwork
Applies concepts and principles of earthwork, land manipulation, grading, and drainage in short exercises. Introduces digital applications in a combined lecture and workshop format. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 533 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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L AR 537 - Natural Systems and Plant Ecology
Lectures and fieldwork introducing ecological concepts and natural systems, and focusing on plant associations in natural habitats. Concentration on both ecological structure and function as well as physical form/shape of plants. Emphasis on field identification and analysis. Lecture and frequent fieldtrips to varied ecosystems in different regions within Virginia, including Tidewater, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Ridge Valley. (Y)
Credits: 4
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L AR 538 - Planted Systems and Urban Ecology
Continued study of plants and their habitats, focusing on ornamental species, constructed sites, and urban growing conditions. Lectures and fieldworks. Lectures and frequent fieldtrips to varying designed landscapes and towns in the region. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 537.
Credits: 4
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L AR 543 - Landscape Visualization & 3-D Modeling
Investigates advanced computer-based techniques for landscape visualization, including 3-D geometric modeling, texture mapping and animation. A series of lectures, computer-based workshop exercises and readings of increasing sophistication focus on internal and external representations of terrain elements: landform, vegetation, water, meteorological and atmospheric effects. Photo-realistic and abstract strategies are explored to augment design investigation and presentation. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ARCH 541 or 542.
Credits: 3
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L AR 546 - Digital Media and Design Applications
The study of computing as an analytic and design tool, stressing 3D modeling techniques and landscape applications. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 544 and ARCH 541; or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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L AR 567 - Urban Infrastructure
Seminar that explores the interconnections between infrastructure–ecological systems, transportation, and water supply–and the form and vitality domestic urban landscape. Readings, discussions and research papers examine contemporary case studies, from the Charlottesville Urban Habitats Design Competition to ideas for rebuilding New Orleans. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 591 - Faculty Research Seminar
Affords students opportunities to participate in specific faculty’s advance research projects. (Y)
Credits: 1
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L AR 592 - Faculty Research Seminar
Affords students opportunities to participate in specific faculty’s advance research projects. (Y)
Credits: 1
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L AR 601 - Foundation Studio I
Series of short analytical and conceptual design projects with special emphasis on the landscape medium, on site readings, and site-specific design approaches. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 501
Credits: 6
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L AR 602 - Foundation Studio II
Series of analytical exercises and field visits leading to a schematic design proposal for an urban landscape project. Funded travel studio, in conjunction with ARCH 602, to examine, experience and analyze significant designed landscapes and buildings. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 601.
Credits: 6
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L AR 701 - Foundation Studio III
Semester long design project, usually of a complex urban or suburban site that explores the contemporary public realm at multiple scales, from the urban watershed to the detail. (Y)
Credits: 6
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L AR 702 - Design Studio IV
Explores contemporary urban public space addressing a range of spatial types, scales and sites, ranging from the urban core to infrastructure landscapes to brownfield sites. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 601, 602, 701.
Credits: 6
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L AR 703 - Advanced Landscape Drawing and Representation
Explores ways of representing, analyzing and designing the landscape through a variety of media to include drawing, collage, image processing, model making and digital modeling. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 601, 602, 701.
Credits: 3
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L AR 731 - Planted Form
Develops a design vocabulary specific to individual plant architecture and collective planted form studying the structure and dynamics of native plant communities, vernacular planting systems and design precedents. Vocabulary and principles applied in the formulation of plant palettes for specific design intentions and situations. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 537 and 538, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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L AR 732 - Regenerative Technologies
Introduces the design potential of remediation technologies ranging from conventional engineering to emerging bioremediation systems. Review of contaminants’ impact on soil and water, applying remediation strategies integrated with site design. Offered for half of semester. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 736.
Credits: 2
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L AR 734 - Site Assembly
Introduces landscape construction materials and methods for their assembly, focusing on small structures. Uses case study analysis to explore the expressive design potential of materials, technical concerns for performance and durability, and ethical concerns for sustainability. (Y)
Credits: 4
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L AR 735 - Site Work
Integrates ecological principles with engineering applications in the area of urban watershed management. Topics include urban hydrology and soils, storm water management and low impact development techniques, as well as constructed wetlands and stream restoration. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 533 or L AR 534, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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L AR 801 - Comprehensive Studio
Semester -long design project that integrates eco-technology course content - earthwork, planted systems, and site assemblies - with a conceptual design idea, leading to the comprehensive and rigorous design development of a landscape. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 701, 702.
Credits: 6
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L AR 821 - Design Research Seminar
Directed seminar discussions on research skills and methods, applied to independent design research resulting in literature review, historical research, theoretical analysis (graphic or written), and written thesis statement. This work is preparatory to undertaking ALAR 804, an independent landscape architecture design studio in the final semester. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 832 - Contract Documents and Professional Practice
Capstone course applying ecological and engineering techniques to the detailing and implementation of a small project, developed into a set of contract documents (drawings and specifications). Concurrent introduction to methods and models of design practice administration: proposal, contracts, project management, collaboration and licensure. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: L AR 534, L AR 734, L AR 735.
Credits: 4
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L AR 851 - Special Studies in Landscape Architecture
Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor. (Y)
Credits: 1 to 4
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L AR 852 - Advanced Independent Research
Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor (Y)
Credits: 1 to 4
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L AR 873 - Venice Research Seminar
Independent research on a landscape topic undertaken as part of ALAR 702/802 Design Research Studio: Venice travel studio. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 875 - The Venice Program: Landform and Urban Form
A historical and ecological overview of the towns, countryside and waterways of the
Veneto in
Northern Italy. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Admission into ALAR 702/ALAR 802 Design Research Studio: Venice.
Credits: 3
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L AR 880 - Teaching Experience
Involves serving as a teaching assistant for a course, with teaching assignments coordinated by the chair. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 897 - Design Research Seminar
Design Research Seminar. (Y)
Credits: 3
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L AR 898 - Non-Topical Research
Non-Topical Research.
Credits: 3
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Language Study |
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ENLS 801 - Language, Linguistics and Criticism
Credits: 3
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ENLS 805 - Language Change and Literary Study
Introduces the study of change in English from Old English to the present, emphasizing the literary language. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ENLS 805 - Language Change and Literary Study@
Credits: 3
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ENLS 841 - Modern English Grammar
Credits: 3
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Latin |
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LATI 501 - History of Republican Latin Literature
Lectures with readings from the beginning to the end of the Republic. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 502 - History of Latin Literature of the Empire
Lectures with readings from Vergil through Juvenal. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 503 - History of Medieval Latin Literature
Studies of medieval Latin literature from Boethius to Dante. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 504 - Prose Composition
Credits: 3
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LATI 505 - Latin Paleography
Studies scripts and book production from antiquity to the Renaissance. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 506 - Roman Comedy
Studies selected plays of Plautus and Terence. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 507 - Latin Elegy
Studies selections from Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. (SI)
Credits: 3
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LATI 508 - Roman Satire
Studies the satiric fragments from the Roman Republic and Horace’s Sermones; the origins of Roman Satire. (SI)
Credits: 3
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