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Course Listing for All Departments - Summer 2024 (ALL: 05/20/2024 - 07/26/2024)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1011 AMST-298-90 Intro to HipHop Music & Cult 1.00 LEC Conway, Nicholas MW: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A HUM Q1
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This course will examine the evolution of hip hop music and culture (Graffiti art, B-boying [break-dancing], DJ-ing, and MC-ing) from its birth in 1970s New York to its global and commercial explosion during the late 1990s. Students learn to think critically about both hip hop culture, and about the historical, commercial, and political contexts in which hip hop culture took, and continues to take, shape. Particular attention is paid to questions of race, masculinity, authenticity, consumption, commodification, globalization, and good, old-fashioned funkiness.
1039 AMST-324-90 Gender and Global Politics 1.00 SEM Hussain, Shaznene TR: 2:00PM-5:15PM N/A SOC Q1
  Enrollment limited to 18 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: POLS-323-90
  This course will examine gender roles and relations of power in international and transnational politics. The course focuses on the constructions of gender difference, experiences of women and LGBTQ+ people, as well as efforts to transform uneven or unjust gendered relations of power in global politics. We will further consider how gender, in combination with constructs of race, class, sexuality, nationality, and citizenship, serves as a basis for political organization, the distribution of power and resources, and participation in global politics. Topics covered will include conflict, security, economic globalization, labor, migration, environment, human rights, humanitarian intervention, nation-building, and transnational justice.
1012 AMST-329-90 Viewing The Wire 1.00 SEM Conway, Nicholas TR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A HUM Q2
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with FILM
  Through analysis and dissection of David Simon's The Wire, this course seeks to equip students with the tools necessary to examine our postmodern society. The Wire seamlessly juxtaposes aesthetics with socio-economic issues, offering up a powerful lens for investigating our surroundings. Whether issues of unregulated free market capitalism, the bureaucracy of our school systems, politics of the media, false notions of equal opportunity, devaluation of human life, or a failed war on drugs, The Wire addresses the complexities of American urban life. Through a socio-political and cultural reading of the five individual seasons, students will be able to explore a multitude of contemporary problems.
1040 AMST-422-90 19thC War Colonialism Capital 1.00 SEM Cancelled GLB2 Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  How might we consider US wars of the nineteenth century - including the Civil War, the Mexican-American War, and the Philippine-American War - as intertwined with histories of settler colonialism, slavery, capitalism, and overseas empire? Experiences of war impacted Indigenous, Black, and immigrant civilians and soldiers in the US continent and overseas. As the abolition of slavery led to new forms of racialized labor exploitation and innovations in industry contributed to US militarization and westward expansion, laborers negotiated and resisted changing capitalist systems. Wars over territory invented and shifted borderlands, leading Indigenous and immigrant communities to realign national and tribal identifications in the face of new regimes of racialization. We will consider these themes by reading in American studies, Critical Ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, and US history.
1044 ANTH-101-90 Intro to Cultural Anthropology 1.00 LEC Conroe, Andrew TR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A GLB5 Q2
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
1002 BIOL-121-90 Human Health and Nutrition 1.00 SEM Draper, Alison MW: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This course will focus on basic human physiology and nutrition related to human health. We will examine organ systems, such as cardiovascular, kidney and liver, and explore how diet influences their function, susceptibility to chronic disease and longevity. We will discuss the standard American diet, other dietary philosophies and diet fads and explore the scientific literature to determine their effects on long term health. Throughout the course, we will explore food through in-class discussions, demonstrations and experiments, tastings, examination of menus and recipes, and cooking, and students will develop personal dietary strategies for better body function and long-term health. All levels of college science background are welcome. Not creditable to the Biology major.
1054 BIOL-121-91 Human Health and Nutrition 1.00 SEM Draper, Alison TR: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A Y NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This course will focus on basic human physiology and nutrition related to human health. We will examine organ systems, such as cardiovascular, kidney and liver, and explore how diet influences their function, susceptibility to chronic disease and longevity. We will discuss the standard American diet, other dietary philosophies and diet fads and explore the scientific literature to determine their effects on long term health. Throughout the course, we will explore food through in-class discussions, demonstrations and experiments, tastings, examination of menus and recipes, and cooking, and students will develop personal dietary strategies for better body function and long-term health. All levels of college science background are welcome. Not creditable to the Biology major.
1041 CLCV-113-90 Global Mythologies 1.00 LEC Tomasso, Vincent MTWR: 10:00AM-11:40AM N/A GLB2 Q1
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 7 seats for first-year students, 7 seats for sophomores, and 7 seats for Classical Studies majors.
  In this course, students will learn about myth traditions around the world, from Europe's ancient Greece to south America's Mayans. Throughout, we will use various critical lenses to make sense of these various myths and to compare them. We will examine creation and destruction myths, myths about trickster figures, and the relationship between myths and rituals. Mythologies to be examined include those on the continents of North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Along the way, we will also discuss re-figurations of myths by modern artists and their relevance to us now.
1051 ECON-247-01 Intro to Policy Analysis 1.00 LEC Cancelled SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with PBPL
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101.
  This course will introduce students to the basic ingredients of policy analysis rooted in the microeconomics of externalities (social, economic, and political), public goods, common property, information failure, absence of competition, and distributional concern. This course is not open to students who have previously earned credit for Economics 306 or Economics 311.
1053 ECON-247-02 Intro to Policy Analysis 1.00 LEC Cancelled SOC Q1
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with PBPL
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101.
  This course will introduce students to the basic ingredients of policy analysis rooted in the microeconomics of externalities (social, economic, and political), public goods, common property, information failure, absence of competition, and distributional concern. This course is not open to students who have previously earned credit for Economics 306 or Economics 311.
1035 ENGL-339-90 Evolution of the Western Film 1.00 LEC Younger, James TR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A HUM Q2
  Enrollment limited to 10 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: AMST-839-90, ENGL-839-90
  The course examines how the Western genre emerged from global popular culture at the end of the 19th century to become one of the most powerful and complex forms for expressing the experience of Modernity. After a careful consideration of the political and philosophical implications of the Western, we will track the development of the genre as it responds to the ideological contradictions and cultural tensions of 20th-century American history, focusing on broad trends within the mainstream, the contributions of individual directors, and the global dissemination of generic elements.
1038 ENGL-371-90 Civil War Afterimage 1.00 SEM Hager, Christopher MW: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A HUM Q1
  Enrollment limited to 10 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: AMST-871-90, ENGL-871-90
  More than 150 years after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, the United States is plainly still engaged in some of that era’s conflicts. This course examines representations of the historical event known as the Civil War and the enduring controversies its memory provokes. By studying works by twenty-first century writers and artists, students in this course will consider how—and to what ends—the memory of the Civil War has been fashioned, revised, and invoked by Americans of our own time. In addition to reading an array of literary texts, students will develop individual research projects and examine other registers of public memory, including war memorials, historic sites, museum exhibits, and popular culture.
1019 ENVS-282-01 Drone Flight School 1.00 LEC Cancelled Q2
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or drones have quickly emerged as a new way to explore the world around us. Emerging applications include mapping, photogrammetry, surveying, search and rescue, scientific research, and unmanned cargo delivery to name just a few. In this hands-on course all participants will pilot college owned drones to learn how to fly safely and responsibly to generate maps and 3D models utilizing ArcGIS and photogrammetry software. In addition to learning how to pilot the drones, students will explore the legal issues involved including: privacy and safety; FAA and other federal regulations; state and local laws; and current and future policy implications. The course will provide students with a solid basis for pursuing an FAA remote pilot certificate. Not open to students who have completed ENVS 281.
1014 FILM-175-90 Introduction to Recording Arts 1.00 STU Swist, Christopher MW: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A ART Q1
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: MUSC-175-90
  This is a course in the basics of recording and producing music. Students learn to use the basic tools of the production studio, including an exploration of recording techniques and standard practices encountered at professional facilities. The course also incorporates connections between listening to professional recordings and making technical decisions when capturing a musical performance.
1032 INTS-207-90 Global South 1.00 LEC Gunasena, Natassja MW: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A GLB Q1
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  In 1985, the South Commission reported that two-thirds of the world's people lived in distress. To rectify this, the Commission proposed a laundry list of reforms. At the same time, political and social movements in what had been the Third World grew apace. These movements and this report inaugurate the creation of the "Global South", which is both a place and a project. This course will investigate the contours of the Global South, the conferences held to alleviate its many problems (Beijing/Women, Johannesburg/Environment, Durban/Race), and the people who live in the "South".
1016 JWST-109-90 Jewish Tradition 1.00 LEC Steiner, Benjamin TR: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A GLB2 Q1
  Enrollment limited to 40 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with MIDDLEAST Cross-listing: RELG-109-90
  A thematic introduction to the major concepts, ritual cycles, holidays, and beliefs of Judaism. Readings and course material will be taken from classic Jewish texts as well as modern secondary sources. (May be counted toward International Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish Studies.)
1018 JWST-308-90 Jewish Spirituality &Mysticism 1.00 SEM Cancelled HUM Q2
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with MIDDLEAST, PHIL Cross-listing: RELG-308-90
  This class examines Jewish spiritual expression across the ages. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between Jewish mysticism and spiritual expression. The goal is not to be exhaustive but rather to engage with important themes and ideas, and to provide a foundation and the keys for further study. Questions we will consider include: How has Jewish spirituality evolved over time? How have historical developments and the wider culture in which Jews lived informed this evolution? How has modernity shaped Jewish spirituality? How have women historically related differently to Jewish spirituality than men? In what ways is Jewish spirituality as manifested in America continuous and discontinuous of its manifestations elsewhere? This course has no prerequisites, so don't worry if you have little or no prior knowledge of Judaism.
1007 MATH-121-90 Mathematics of Money 1.00 LEC Wyshinski, Nancy MTWR: 8:00AM-9:40AM N/A NUM Q1
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Prerequisite: A suitable score on the Mathematics Placement Exam or completion of QLIT101 or QLIT 103 with a grade of C- or better.
  An introduction to concepts related to financial mathematics. Topics will include simple interest, compound interest, annuities, investments, retirement plans, credit cards, and mortgages. A strong background in algebra is required. Not open to students who have received credit for Math 131 or higher.
1013 MUSC-175-90 Introduction to Recording Arts 1.00 STU Swist, Christopher MW: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A ART Q1
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: FILM-175-90
  This is a course in the basics of recording and producing music. Students learn to use the basic tools of the production studio, including an exploration of recording techniques and standard practices encountered at professional facilities. The course also incorporates connections between listening to professional recordings and making technical decisions when capturing a musical performance.
1009 MUSC-260-90 Advanced Recording Arts 1.00 STU Cancelled ART Q1
  Enrollment limited to 8 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Music 175, or permission of instructor.
  Building on the knowledge and techniques learned in MUSC-175 Introduction to Recording Arts, students will engage in recording projects of multiple musical genres. This class will incorporate more advanced recording and mixing philosophies and will continue development of technical critical listening skills in a studio environment.
1055 NESC-108-90 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 10:00AM-11:40AM N/A NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: PSYC-108-90
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1056 NESC-108-91 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 12:00PM-1:40PM N/A NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: PSYC-108-91
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1057 NESC-108-92 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 12:00PM-1:40PM N/A NATW Q2
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: PSYC-108-92
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1024 NESC-120-01 Nervous Connections 1.00 LEC Swart, Chris MW: 10:00AM-1:15PM LSC - 134 NAT Q1
  Enrollment limited to 35 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Recent scientific research indicates that a worm has 302 neurons, snails have long-term memory, and elephants can hear through their feet. This course will draw on current research in neuroscience to explain why information about other animals is relevant to our lives. Selected readings, lectures and class discussions will provide a basic understanding of the human nervous system and how research on animal systems has yielded this knowledge. Laboratory exercises will introduce the students to nervous system anatomy and function through dissection and experimental techniques. A basic understanding of biology and chemistry will be helpful, but this course has no pre-requisites. First-year students are given preference.
1042 NESC-220-01 Statistic for Life Sciences 1.00 SEM Cancelled NUM Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is geared towards neuroscience students and emphasizes interactive, hands-on research projects, using simple experimental design, data collection and analysis, and presentation of results. Descriptive statistical methods are reviewed, including measures of central tendency, variance and graphical presentation and calculated using student-collected data. Elementary probability and inferential statistics are reviewed (estimation, hypothesis testing, sample size, power) and calculated using SPSS. Research projects will be presented. The class will meet three times per week in a computer lab.
1020 PBPL-123-90 Fundamentals of American Law 1.00 LEC Falk, Glenn TR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This course is not open to seniors.
  This course introduces students to the fundamentals of the United States legal system. Core topics covered include: sources of law; the role of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in the creation, implementation, and interpretation of laws ; state and federal judicial systems; civil and criminal cases; trial and appellate process; criminal law and procedure; elements of due process; safeguarding the rights of the accused; current issues confronting the criminal justice system; and an overview of torts, contracts and alternate dispute resolution. The course will also focus on legal ethics and emerging trends in the legal profession. Students will learn to read and analyze case law and statutes and acquire substantive techniques for legal writing and oral presentations.
1010 POLS-235-90 Colonization and the Canon 1.00 LEC Salgado, Gabriel TR: 2:00PM-5:15PM N/A SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This course is not open to seniors.
  What impact have conquest and colonization had on modern political thought? How did European thinkers describe Indigenous peoples, and how did they deploy the figure of "the native" in their works? In this course, we will take a critical approach to canonical thinkers such Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau by focusing on how they approached issues of colonialism and Indigeneity. Drawing on contemporary scholarship, we will explore how prominent issues in modern political thought (including theories of freedom, the social contract, natural law, progress, and individual rights) look different from vantage points outside of Europe.
1026 POLS-304-90 Education and Immigration 1.00 SEM Chambers, Stefanie MW: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A Y SOC Q1
  Enrollment limited to 10 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: PBPL-817-90
  This course is designed to introduce students to urban educational policy, with particular focus on the major issues and challenges facing urban and suburban policymakers. After a brief overview of the shape and history of the American school system, we will move toward considering a variety of different perspectives on why it has proven so difficult to improve America's schools. We will examine standards-based, market-driven, professionally-led and networked models of reform, looking at their theories of change, implementation challenges, and the critiques leveled against these approaches. We will examine a variety of recent reform efforts at both the federal and state levels. Special attention will be paid to the ways in which immigration and educational policy interact.
1049 POLS-311-90 Polarization and Policy-Making 1.00 SEM Dudas, Mary TR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 14 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: PBPL-870-90
  This course will examine the interaction between policy and polarization. We will first survey the contours and history of polarization in America with a focus on the development of the national political parties. We will then examine the interaction of policy making and polarization at the national and state levels: how does polarization affect policy making at the national and state levels; how does policy affect polarization; why have some states become more polarized than others; and how does that polarization affect policy making at the state level? Finally, we will assess the relationship between policy making and polarization at the national and state levels using the case studies of health care and abortion.
1021 POLS-323-90 Gender and Global Politics 1.00 SEM Hussain, Shaznene TR: 2:00PM-5:15PM N/A SOC Q1
  Enrollment limited to 18 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: AMST-324-90
  This course will examine gender roles and relations of power in international and transnational politics. The course focuses on the constructions of gender difference, experiences of women and LGBTQ+ people, as well as efforts to transform uneven or unjust gendered relations of power in global politics. We will further consider how gender, in combination with constructs of race, class, sexuality, nationality, and citizenship, serves as a basis for political organization, the distribution of power and resources, and participation in global politics. Topics covered will include conflict, security, economic globalization, labor, migration, environment, human rights, humanitarian intervention, nation-building, and transnational justice.
1029 POLS-355-90 Urban Politics 1.00 LEC Chambers, Stefanie MW: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A Y SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with AMST Cross-listing: PBPL-855-90
  This course will use the issues, institutions, and personalities of the metropolitan area of Hartford to study political power, who has it, and who wants it. Particular attention will be given to the forms of local government, types of communities, and the policies of urban institutions. Guest speakers will be used to assist each student in preparing a monograph on a local political system.
1003 PSYC-108-90 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 10:00AM-11:40AM N/A NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: NESC-108-90
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1004 PSYC-108-91 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 12:00PM-1:40PM N/A NATW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: NESC-108-91
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1005 PSYC-108-92 Stress, Wellness, and Coping 1.00 SEM Helt, Molly MTWR: 12:00PM-1:40PM N/A NATW Q2
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: NESC-108-92
  Students will learn the neurobiology of the human stress response, the negative consequences and symptoms associated with both short term and long term stress, how to recognize when they are experiencing stress, and evidence-based steps they can take to reduce their stress and improve their health and well being. Students who have taken NESC/PSYC 106 "Address Your Stress" may not enroll in this course.
1006 PSYC-270-90 Clinical Psychology 1.00 LEC Helt, Molly MTWR: 10:00AM-11:40AM N/A SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 35 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with MNOR
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 101.
  A survey of the concepts, methods, and theoretical issues of clinical psychology, with a focus on current and classical research and theory. Students will explore such areas as personality development from a clinical perspective, assessment, pathology, diagnosis, clinical research, and some preventative and therapeutic modes of intervention. Emphasis will also be placed upon evolving models of clinical psychology and their relationship to other areas of psychology and the life sciences.
1015 RELG-109-90 Jewish Tradition 1.00 LEC Steiner, Benjamin TR: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A GLB2 Q1
  Enrollment limited to 40 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with MIDDLEAST Cross-listing: JWST-109-90
  A thematic introduction to the major concepts, ritual cycles, holidays, and beliefs of Judaism. Readings and course material will be taken from classic Jewish texts as well as modern secondary sources. (May be counted toward International Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish Studies.)
1017 RELG-308-90 Jewish Spirituality &Mysticism 1.00 SEM Cancelled HUM Q2
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with MIDDLEAST, PHIL Cross-listing: JWST-308-90
  This class examines Jewish spiritual expression across the ages. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between Jewish mysticism and spiritual expression. The goal is not to be exhaustive but rather to engage with important themes and ideas, and to provide a foundation and the keys for further study. Questions we will consider include: How has Jewish spirituality evolved over time? How have historical developments and the wider culture in which Jews lived informed this evolution? How has modernity shaped Jewish spirituality? How have women historically related differently to Jewish spirituality than men? In what ways is Jewish spirituality as manifested in America continuous and discontinuous of its manifestations elsewhere? This course has no prerequisites, so don't worry if you have little or no prior knowledge of Judaism.
1008 RELG-321-90 Buddhist Materiality 1.00 SEM Kerekes, Susanne TR: 10:00AM-1:15PM N/A GLB2 Q1
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with ANTH, ARTHISTORY
  If Buddhism preaches non-attachment, what is “Buddhist materiality”? Shouldn’t Buddhists be free of material things? Or, rather, who says they should be?In this course, we take Buddhist “stuff” seriously. Students are encouraged to look beyond modernist ideals of Buddhism as a “rational tradition” of only monks, manuscripts, and mindfulness. To do this, we must decolonialize Buddhism. Then, we consider the agency of nonhumans, not just of humans (i.e., we cover theories of Material Religion). Students will engage in object analysis and close-looking of Buddhist art objects and spirits. Things act upon us, and we(re)act upon them. They shape identity, create meaning, and maintain relationships. Things are never just things. They help us understand what people do in Buddhism, not just what they believe.
1079 SOCL-101-90 Principles of Sociology 1.00 LEC Cancelled SOC Q2
  Enrollment limited to 25 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  The course will deal with questions such as these: What are the underlying causes of our major social problems? Are inequality and the exercise of power by some over others inevitable in all social life? How important in human life are cultural and social factors compared to the influence of biological inheritance, personality and economic constraints? What are the origins of, prospects for, and results of attempts at deliberate social change? To what extent can we realistically expect to achieve our democratic ideals of freedom and equality in contemporary societies? The course addresses the basic concerns, ideas and methods of sociology both as a scientific and a humanistic discipline.
1061 SRES-200-01 Summer Research 0.50 - 1.00 RES TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Summer Research
1108 SRES-200-12 Summer Research 0.50 - 1.00 RES Crowley, Erica TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Summer Research
1043 THDN-103-01 Basic Acting 1.00 STU Cancelled ARTW Q1
  Enrollment limited to 14 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with FILM, WELL
  An introduction to the basic elements of acting. Students will work on releasing tension, developing their powers of concentration, promoting spontaneity through improvisation, and exploring a systematic approach to preparing a role for performance. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level acting courses.