Courses

Fall 2012

260.021 ESL Writing Intensive

Palmer TTh 9-10:20

260.023 Critical Writing Intensive

Archibald TTh 9-10:20

Writing Intensive is a year-long course designed for students with inadequate preparation. The course will introduce students to foundational writing practices and teach formal writing skills, enabling students to achieve success in the Humanities Core Curriculum. Students will be given models of writing to follow, to become familiar with the modes of writing they will encounter in subsequent classes. Course objectives: teaching students the elements of formal writing, including spelling, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, paragraph structure, and the elements of thesis, evidence, and conclusion.

260.115 Humanities Core I (4 sections)

Introduction to the practice of analytical thinking and writing in the context of reading foundational historical, philosophical, and/or literary texts. Course objectives: Ensuring competence in writing and critical analysis. Students will write four analytical papers (3-4 pages each) with an average of C+ or better.

Archibald TTh 10:30-11:50

Levy TTh 9-10:20

Robbins TTh 10:30-11:50

Thorndike TTh 9-10:20

260.216 Humanities Core II: Dramatic Choices

Patton MW 11:30-12:50

Full title: Dramatic Choices: Marriage vs. Career in Shakespeare's London. 260.216 is open to all students, though it is designed as a Core II course. The texts will include Shakespeare's plays about marriage (comedies) but will also include other Renaissance works (including plays) by women.

Core II: Introduction to the basics of writing a research paper. Pre-requisite: Core I or approved placement. Course objectives: Ensuring competence in academic research and writing. Students will select a research topic, find source materials, and complete a formal academic research paper (10-15 pages), with appropriate references properly documented for a C+ or better.

260.243 Classics in Political Thought (2 sections)

Levy TTh 10:30-11:50
         TTh 1-1:20

This course addresses what is often called political theory or political philosophy and will involve exploring the working handful of authors whose work is fundamental to political science. This semester, we work selectively with authors such as Plato, Hobbes, Karl Marx, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 260.243 will count as a Core III Course: Introduction to methods and practices in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences. Course objectives: ensuring competence in understanding critical methodologies and academic debate. Students will write two critical assessments involving evidence, evaluation, synthesis, and conclusion (4-6 pages each) and pass a final exam or final project with minimum C+ grade.

260.249 Film History: Sound and Scores

Robbins TTh 1-2:20

Film History: Sound and Scores will explore the history of film sound from the silent film era to the present day, examining the narrative and aesthetic purpose as well as the functionality of film music. The course will trace the history and development of film music and the process of film scoring through reading, lecture and film viewing to explore how music and its relationship to film has changed over the last century. Class includes discussion and evaluation of different compositional styles

260.253 Poetry in German

Vogt TTh 9:30-10:50

Beginning with Goethe's work, this course focuses on German poems representative of a poet, a period, or a genre, from the 18th century to the present. Special attention will be paid to works set to music by various composers from Mozart to Henze. Texts will be read in the original German (with English prose translations); discussion will be in English. Although some knowledge of German would be desirable, it is not a requirement.

260.261 Intro to Psychology

Popoli MW 11:30-12:50

A broad spectrum of research and theoretical concepts are presented to provide a balanced understanding of human behavior. Topics include the biological basis of behavior, human development, personality, health and wellness, learning and memory, social diversity, abnormal behavior and therapy.

260.327 Literary Trials

Robbins MW 12:30-1:50

This course will explore historical and fictional works depicting legal trials. We will begin with two foundational literary trials: the trial of Socrates and Sophocles’ Antigone, then focus for the balance of the semester on American literary trials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Texts will include Herman Melville Billy Budd and “Benito Cereno”; Marl Twain, Puddn’head Wilson; William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust; Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. Films may include "Twelve Angry Men" and "A Few Good Men."

230.111 French I

Rothbaum MWF 1:30-2:20

240.111 German I (2 sections)

Vogt TWTh 11:30-12:20
        TWTh 1:30-2:20

240.211 German II

Vogt TWTh 12:30-1:20

250.111 Italian I

Oorts MWF 10:30-11:20