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Organometallic Chemistry. This course will delve more deeply into concepts introduced in CHE 241, emphasizing structural principles, thermodynamics, and kinetics of organometallic systems. Through reviewing recently published literature, we will identify and discuss common motifs that garner research interest within the field. Anaerobic techniques for preparing and characterizing air-sensitive complexes will be discussed, though there will be no scheduled weekly laboratory period. This is a one-half credit course for the first half of the semester. Prerequisite: CHE 241: Inorganic Chemistry; CHE-221: Organic Chemistry I

REL 273-01- Augustine: Philosophy and Theology Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is the most influential figure in the history of Christianity in the last sixteen hundred years. His legacy is (usually proudly) claimed by Protestant and Roman Catholics alike. This course will read his masterpiece Confessions, as well as selections of his philosophical writings. He is a major figure in the development of Platonism, so the class will also learn about Plato's philosophy as it was useful to Christianity. Course offered first half of the semester.

First Half-Semester Course "All rites begin in simplicity, are brought to fulfillment in elegant form, and end in joy." So says Xunzi, the great Confucian writer of antiquity. Is he right? What are rituals? Are they routine acts, which we do simply because we've always done them? Or are they meaningful acts, which we do because they actually signify something? If the latter, what do they signify? Can we say that all rituals somehow religious? If so, why? If not, why not? In this half-course, we'll read selections from various writers on ritual. Using film and other media, we'll also look at a variety of ritual activities from different cultures, including College rituals, religious ceremonies, holidays like Thanksgiving, and the "little rituals" of everyday life in, e.g., media, sports, or politics.