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Course Listing for All Departments - January 2024 (ALL: 01/02/2024 - 01/19/2024)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
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1021 AMST-283-90 Viewing HBO's Euphoria 1.00 LEC Conway, Nicholas MTWRF: 1:00PM-4:00PM N/A HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  The course will explore how the show effectively uses stylized colors, lighting, technology, fashion, and settings to create a surreal and nostalgic lens for which to explore mature themes. Specifically, the aesthetics of Euphoria give voice and connection to 'out of touch' identities. We will discuss how the aesthetics and cinematography help the viewer see the world through the eyes of many different identities and ultimately subvert glamorized assumptions about high school culture. Cultural/social issues addressed include the complexities and tolls of addiction (both on the addicted and their family/friends), sexuality, abuse, gender identity, mental health, the trappings of social media, and abusive relationships. Sadly, due to the recent passing of Euphoria star Angus Cloud, we will also take time to discuss art mirroring life and vice versa.
1002 ANTH-210-90 Star Wars 1.00 SEM Landry, Timothy MTWR: 9:00AM-1:00PM N/A SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Students will travel to a "galaxy far, far away" to explore the Star Wars universe and its relation to our own. In this course, students will examine the politics, philosophies, and histories that gave birth to Star Wars. We will be using the major films in the Star Wars franchise to unpack the many themes present. Core concepts in cultural anthropology will be used to introduce and frame our discussions. Students will consider the role that Buddhism played in the way George Lucas imaged the Jedi; they will contemplate the Empire as an allegory for fascism; and even think about what Star Wars might reveal about the major social issues for our time including racism, white nationalism, colonization, and religious war.
1035 CCUR-103-90 Sustainable Happiness 1.00 LEC Cancelled WELL  
  Enrollment limited to 20 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Interdisciplinary research on sustainability, happiness, and positive psychology is transforming practice and policy. Sustainable happiness involves intentional behaviors that do not exploit others, the environment, or future generations. The Sustainable Happiness Model (SHM) and yogic neuroscience framework offer insights for improved decision-making and sustainable happiness. This course combines western and eastern schools of thought, providing in-depth understanding of external and internal factors affecting sustainable happiness. Students will learn self management strategies for sustainable happiness. Additionally, research insights from neuroscience, psychology, yogic science, environmental studies will aid in fostering an interdisciplinary approach for holistic learning.
1024 CCUR-200-90 Design Thinking for Innovation 0.50 SEM Catrino, Joseph TWR: 6:00PM-9:15PM N/A  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Design thinking, as a problem-solving approach, provides the tools necessary to become an innovative thinker. The course will present an overview of the design thinking process and critical mindsets that can lead to new insights and innovations. The course will review how individuals and organizations use creativity and design thinking skills to identify and choose opportunities that enable innovation. Creative problem-solving skills are developed and enhanced through a range of activities. Students will learn to use empathy to understand and connect with problems, break down large problems into smaller pieces to solve, explore options, and test prototypes. Students will observe and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, generate ideas, create rapid prototypes, reflect, and evaluate solutions.
1030 CCUR-201-01 Entrepreneur Workshop 0.50 SEM Cancelled SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  An immersive workshop about how innovative startup companies create new technologies and jobs, produce value for stakeholders, and change the world. Startup skills and fluency in terminology will be crucial in a wide range of careers in organizations, public or private, domestic or global. We will study mechanics of startups, motivations and behaviors of startup founders, and major examples of startups, such as Ethereum, AirBNB, Google, and LinkedIn. You will learn and apply lean startup techniques articulated by startup CEO and Stanford Professor Steve Blank. Guest presentations by Trinity's highly accomplished alumni entrepreneurs. The skills will prepare you to make a positive impact in your career, and provide a head start to those students who plan to create their own startup, or join one.
1028 CCUR-237-01 Designing Your Life 0.50 SEM Cancelled  
  Enrollment limited to 25 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: This course will be taught by several members of the Career & Life Design Center team: Olivia Corso, Maria Dyane, Peter Marbei, Roberta Rogers.
  What is the purpose of a college education? What if I could develop skills and strategies in college that would help me to solve complex problems and design my own future? Using Stanford University’s award-winning, paradigm-shifting curriculum and the literature of higher education and design thinking, students will engage these questions critically. Assignments include reflective writing and fast-paced, interactive exercises intended to reinforce the fundamental principles, methods, and applications of design thinking.
1004 COLL-203-01 Analyzing/Commun Financl Data 0.50 LAB Cancelled  
  Enrollment limited to 10 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Private citizens, public policymakers, and industry leaders increasingly are overwhelmed by data intended to help inform decision-making. This course is designed to help students identify, organize, and analyze data strategically, with a focus on data sources relevant to financial activity. Non-technical data analysis and visualization will be used to illuminate policy outcomes or to assist with the prediction of the likely behavior of governments, firms, or financial variables. The course will utilize both proprietary and open data sources to extract political, economic, financial, social, and historical information. The course will not count toward any major, and no previous knowledge or experience in financial economics is expected. Recommended: one course in statistics or social science methods
1029 ENGL-246-90 Horror in Film & Fiction 1.00 SEM Mrozowski, Daniel MTWRF: 9:00AM-12:00PM N/A HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  The horror genre is having a terrible renaissance. With filmmakers like James Wan and Jordan Peele, film studios like Blumhouse and A24, international streaming sensations like Squid Games, and fiction writers like Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones, horror has moved into the mainstream as a litmus test for dangerous emotions and energies. This course will consider horror in our contemporary moment through questions of its production history, its unsettling politics, its brutal aesthetics, and its enduring power as a form of cultural storytelling. Exemplary topics will include the neo-uncanny of psychological terror (The Babadook & Hereditary), the compelling dread of the historical imagination (The Witch & Candyman), and the fresh energies of sociological critique (Get Out & Barbarian).
1023 ENVS-122-90 Half-Earth Design Studio 0.50 STU Cancelled GLB3  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  This online seminar combines guided-discussion sessions with a design challenge in a studio format. Discussion components will explore human dependence on other species and intact ecosystems, the unequal planetary distribution of natural and human capital, and maps as information sources and as persuasion platforms. Biodiversity, Biophilia, and concepts like nature deficit disorder will be explored. The studio-style design-challenge will engage students in individual and group work to address the goal of putting half of the United States into protection from human impacts for the benefit of all of nature. Students will then choose a place that they define and using the Half-Earth Map and other data tools draft a conservation plan for that area.
1016 ENVS-307-01 New England in Winter 0.50 SEM Geiss, Christoph TBA TBA WELL  
  Enrollment limited to 11 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  This week-long course explores the winter environments of New England through a number of day-long and half-day hikes, readings, and discussion. We will explore Connecticut's famous traprock ridges, eastern hardwood forests, the glaciated Riga Plateau and Long Island Sound. Students are expected to participate in four of five hikes, participate in class discussions and investigate one of these environments in greater depth. This course includes a significant outdoor component and will expose you to wintry, possibly cold and/or wet environments. It requires adequate clothing and footwear as the hikes will be rain (snow) or shine. Additional equipment (e.g., snow shoes, microspikes) is available through Trinity's outdoor program. Students are strongly encouraged to check the course syllabus and contact the instructor with any questions prior to registering for the course.
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1022 HIST-349-01 Interwar Europe 1.00 SEM Cancelled HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Sometimes seen as simply a stepping stone between the First and Second World Wars, the decades between are actually a rich period worthy of separate study. The Interwar Period is one of rapid change, vibrant culture, and deadly politics. This course will cover the Continuum of Crisis following WWI, the establishment of new nation-states, the pro-natalist policies and the birth New Woman, and the rise of Communist and Fascist governments.
1017 INTS-266-01 Global Playgrounds 1.00 LEC Rolando, Giancarlo MTWR: 1:00PM-5:00PM SH - S204 GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  People have always traveled for many reasons. Over the last century, however, tourism has exploded into a multibillion-dollar global industry and has become a key component of international development strategies. In this course, we will use case studies from around the world to examine tourism from multiple perspectives. We will investigate questions such as: how is tourism connected to previous human movements (colonialism, scientific expeditions, diasporas, etc.)? Why do people engage in tourism today? How does identity impact travel destination choices and what are the power relations implied in these decisions? What are the economic, social, and ecological impacts of tourism in host communities? And, how do host communities respond to the influx of tourists?
1007 MATH-121-90 Mathematics of Money 1.00 LEC Wyshinski, Nancy MTWRF: 9:00AM-12:00PM N/A NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y 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.
1011 NESC-106-90 Address Your Stress! 0.50 LEC Helt, Molly MTWRF: 10:00AM-12:15PM N/A WELL  
  Enrollment limited to 35 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: PSYC-106-90
  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.
1008 POLS-309-90 Congress and Public Policy 1.00 LEC Do, Dang MTWRF: 1:00PM-4:00PM N/A SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  NOTE: Course dates are January 2 - 19
  A study of the structure and politics of the American Congress. This course examines the relationship between Congress members and their constituents; the organization and operation of Congress; the relationship between legislative behavior and the electoral incentive; and the place of Congress in national policy networks.
1003 POLS-326-90 Gender & Politics - Intl Persp 1.00 LEC Chambers, Stefanie MTWR: 9:00AM-1:00PM N/A SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with EDUC, WMGS
  This course explores the role of gender in American politics. We will begin with an examination of the role of women and men in fighting for and against women's suffrage and the subsequent movement to achieve gender equality. We will consider the many ways men's inclusion and women's exclusion from our political system continues to shape contemporary politics and the distribution of power in American society. We will then examine a series of important questions such as: Why are women less likely than men to run for political office? Do male and female politicians govern differently? Throughout the course we will consider how race and ethnicity intersect with gender in the US political system.
1010 PSYC-106-90 Address Your Stress! 0.50 LEC Helt, Molly MTWRF: 10:00AM-12:15PM N/A WELL  
  Enrollment limited to 35 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: NESC-106-90
  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.
1025 RELG-238-90 Fortune Cookie 1.00 SEM Kerekes, Susanne MTWRF: 1:00PM-4:00PM N/A GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  In this 13-session crash course, students will engage in both theory and praxis of Eastern astrology and divination. The course will provide an overview of the history, social status, and practice of various astrological and divinatory systems of several Asian societies, specifically China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, and India. We will learn how astrology, within certain periods and certain cultural spheres, was consulted by monarchs, the elites, or sponsored by the state, even up to the present day. In terms of praxis, students will analyze how to read their own birth chart according to one of the Eastern systems. Prior to a survey of these various Eastern systems, the course will briefly introduce students to one Western system, traditional (Hellenistic) astrology, as a point of comparison.
1019 RHET-217-01 Writing and A.I. 1.00 LEC Helberg, Alexander MTWRF: 1:00PM-4:00PM SH - S205 HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  In the Fall of 2022, the English-speaking public was inundated with the release of numerous synthetic text-generating chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing AI, among others. These chatbots' level of sophistication prompted many to herald a new renaissance in so-called "artificial intelligence." A similar number decried the ways that synthetic text generators could represent the death-knell of writing as a human-centered endeavor. To what degree are either of these claims true? In this class, we will investigate the impact that synthetic text-generators, so-called "A.I.," can have on the writing process by placing them in their historical context, playing with them and examining what they actually do (and don't do), and reflecting upon their affordances and limitations in our own writing processes.
1012 URST-206-01 Organizing by Neighborhood 0.50 SEM Cancelled SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLIC
  This course is not open to first-year students.
  Have you ever wondered why some neighborhoods thrive and others appear to fail? Are you mystified about what can be done to stem deterioration and provide decent, affordable housing and clean and safe neighborhoods? One way to explore answers to these questions is to intern with a community-based organization dedicated to working with a community as it defines and responds to its problems. In this seminar each student will do a community learning project/ internship at such an organization in Hartford. Equally important is a way to understand and interpret your experiences at the organization. The rich theoretical literature that you will read in this seminar on how neighborhoods are organized and function and on models of community responses to neighborhood conditions provides a lens through which to evaluate your experiences with your organization and community.
1020 URST-305-01 Italian Capitals 0.50 LEC Cancelled GLB  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Any previous course in URST or ITAL earning a C- or better.
  Italy allows us to sift in extreme depth both the historical dimension (with the three thousand years of documentation for some urban sites such as Rome) and the social dimension of urban space, with the aggressive impact that first modernization and then globalization have played in the urban fabric of a nation constantly in tension between social and cultural innovation and the enhancement of the artistic-cultural tradition as a function of tourism. The recent climate crises that have been affecting the Mediterranean basin for some years now see Italy affected by extreme environmental phenomena (prolonged droughts alternating with increasingly frequent floods) that imply a rethinking of the relationship between city and ecological context. This theme will also be addressed in the course of the lectures.
1009 URST-308-90 Olmsted's Evolving Legacy 1.00 SEM Rickel Pelletier, Mary MTWR: 1:00PM-5:00PM N/A SOCW  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  NOTE: Students with questions can contact Professor Rickel Pelletier at maryp@parkwatershed.org.
  Identifying the characteristics of past, present, and future parks, the legacy of Hartford native, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed the Trinity College campus, will reveal the fundamental value of nature in cities. Historic benefits of Olmsted's design influence will be studied as students prepare proposals that can strengthen local community resilience. This course will combine exploration of landscapes near students who are participating remotely with seminar readings of Olmsted's letters/design proposals. Students will develop proposals for conservation of nature as new parks or expanded park systems. Interdisciplinary research will be encouraged. Individual analysis of distinct features, such as recreational trail networks, educational programs, picturesque pathways, riparian connectivity, historic narratives, conservation finance, or ecosystem vitality, will layer our understanding of how landscapes function within urban design.
1005 ARAB-222-90 Arab Women's Writing 0.50 SEM Cancelled GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: LACS-222-90
  An exploration of feminist texts, literary texts, and popular fiction. Topics may include: the role of women's writing from the nineteenth century to the present in public life; women's writing in social and political movements such as the Arab Spring; the intersectionality of class, race, gender, and nation in Arabic literature; and the unique challenges faced by Arab women writers. Course conducted in English, and no prior knowledge of Arabic is required.
1015 CLCV-105-90 Oedipus & Antigone 0.50 SEM Cancelled GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  Also cross-referenced with CLASSCIVIL, FILM
  In ancient Greece the myths about king Oedipus and his daughter Antigone warned audiences about tyrannical arrogance, challenged them to discover their true identities, and protest for justice. In week 1, we'll look at the ancient Greek myths of Oedipus and Antigone. In week 2, we'll apply our discussions of those myths to films from around the world that adapt them, like the 1967 EDIPO RE by Italian director Pier Pasolini, the 1985 BACK TO THE FUTURE by American director Robert Zemeckis, the 2000 MEMENTO by British director Christopher Nolan, and the 2019 ANTIGONE by French-Canadian director Sophie Deraspe.
1026 CLCV-215-90 Legal & Scientific Terminology 0.50 LEC Tomasso, Vincent MTWRF: 10:00AM-12:15PM N/A GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 8 first-years, 8 sophomores, 8 juniors, 5 seniors.
  This Legal & Scientific Terminology course provides students with the tools to understand the immense amount of technical vocabulary derived from Greek and Latin languages in legal and scientific fields such as law and medicine. Much of the legal and scientific terminology in the English language still today are words that were formed or borrowed from Greek and Latin such as habeas corpus, affidavit, appendectomy, nephrology, etc. In this course, students will learn how to decipher complex vocabulary including patterns in prefixes, suffixes, roots, and stems. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the history and meaning of the terminology they will likely encounter in their careers and future. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
1006 LACS-222-90 Arab Women's Writing 0.50 SEM Cancelled GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: Remote  
    Cross-listing: ARAB-222-90
  An exploration of feminist texts, literary texts, and popular fiction. Topics may include: the role of women's writing from the nineteenth century to the present in public life; women's writing in social and political movements such as the Arab Spring; the intersectionality of class, race, gender, and nation in Arabic literature; and the unique challenges faced by Arab women writers. Course conducted in English, and no prior knowledge of Arabic is required.
1013 ROME-235-01 Food and Culture 0.50 SEM Dorato, Valentina
Oliver, Lindsay		 MTWR: 10:00AM-12:30PM TBA Y GLB  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: This course is on site at the Rome campus.
  The saying, “A tavola non s’invecchia” (“One doesn’t age at the supper table”) expresses the importance of food and eating for Italians. In this course, we will examine the relationship between food and culture in Italy, from the ancient world to the present, through a variety of readings, class discussion and some personal and practical experience. Because the study of food culture in Italy invites comparison with your own alimentary habits, we will examine the culture and meaning of food in Italy and in your own country. If “we are what we eat”, then “what” we choose to eat affects many aspects of our lives. The study of food culture is an interdisciplinary study. Even though the historical point of view will be the main one, during our reading, class discussion and lecture we will touch upon a lot of different fields: anthropology, sociology, literature, art, philosophy. Besides studying food culture through readings, written assignments, and class discussion, students will undertake a group-learning project around Rome that will enhance their classroom experience.
1027 ROME-241-01 The Politics of Magnificence 0.50 SEM Salgo, Eszter
Oliver, Lindsay		 MTWR: 10:00AM-12:30PM TBA Y GLB  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: This course is on site at the Rome campus.
  Conscious of the intimate link that exists between politics and aesthetics, this course seeks to examine through specific case studies how those who have governed Rome throughout the centuries have used architecture, town planning, statues, paintings, artifacts and ceremonies to inspire people and to strengthen their own legitimacy. Numerous onsite classes and a special visit to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will allow students to explore the (both changing and constant) sources of Rome's soft power: its culture, its political values and its foreign policy.
1014 ROME-247-01 Italy’s Holocaust 0.50 SEM Martin, Simon
Oliver, Lindsay		 MTWR: 10:30AM-1:00PM TBA Y GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: This course is on site at the Rome campus.
  This course will take a detailed look at the Holocaust principally from an Italian perspective. Through a combination of class lectures and discussions, film screenings and readings, students will be able to connect decisions taken in Fascist Italy with the end result of forced labour and mechanised killing. In doing so they will gain knowledge of pre-Fascist and Fascist Italy’s relationship with its Jewish population, the repressive nature of the dictatorship, its involvement in the Second World War and its alliance with Nazi Germany to gain a thorough grounding in how scholars have sought to explain Italy’s Holocaust. Having established the processes and practicalities by which Jews in Italy were rounded-up and deported from occupied Italy, students will reflect upon debates surrounding guilt and how this has been used to excuse or deflect responsibility for the deportation and murder of religious and political prisoners. Instruction will consist of a series of online lectures and class debates around assigned readings, film and literature. Throughout the duration of course we shall be reading and discussing Primo Levi’s account of his experience of surviving Auschwitz in If this is a Man. Providing a solid grounding in Italy’s role in the Holocaust, the course will also introduce students to how memory of this particular event has been/is constructed, used and abused for political means.