Course Listings

ART 140-01: Louis Orr Exhibition In this course, students will develop an exhibition for Spring 2019 of prints by Louis Orr (1877-1966), a renowned American printmaker and uncle of David Orr '57. The exhibition will feature etchings that Louis Orr made while living in France. Students will do research, interpretation, and exhibition design, using American Alliance of Museums standards. They will also create an exhibition catalogue. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Elizabeth Morton

ART 210-01: African Art in Hollywood Films This course will look at Hollywood films that feature stories, dress, settings, architecture, and art inspired by Africa. It will look at how visual forms from Africa have been used in such varied films as Black Panther (2018), Coming to America (1988), and Cobra Verde (1987). The focus of the course will be on the original art, architecture, and dress of Africa that is referred to in these films. These African visual forms will be explored as evidence of rituals and beliefs of the various cultural groups that created them. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Elizabeth Morton

REL 295-01 = ART 210-02 = HUM 295-01: Religion and Representations of the Holocaust This course explores a variety of representations of the Holocaust in theology, literature, film, and art. This interdisciplinary course examines the creative and material work of historians, theologians, novelists, poets, graphic novelists, painters, film makers, composers, photographers, and museum architects. The course explores the limits and possibilities of representing atrocity by raising such questions as: Can suffering be represented? What do representations of the Jewish genocide convey to 21st century citizens and subsequent generations of Jews and Christians? Is it barbaric to write poetry and fiction, paint or compose music, film documentaries and TV comedies, draw cartoons and graphic novels, publish photographs or erect monuments about such horrific events? How does visual media facilitate the raising of profound moral and religious questions about the Holocaust and our responses to it? Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Gary Phillips

REL 196-01 = ASI 196-01 = HUM 196-01: Religion and Literature: "Old Pond-Frog Jumps In": Religion in Japanese Literature "Old pond-frog jumps in-sound of water." So runs the famous haiku by Basho. Is it religious? For the Japanese, yes. In Japan religion and art are arguably the same thing. In this course we'll ask how and why. We'll study Japanese ideas about art and religion (e.g. emptiness, solitude, "sublime beauty"), and how they appear in Japanese literature. We'll read selections from Japanese poetry (including haiku), No drama, novels both classic and modern (e.g. The Tale of Genji, Kawabata), and some short stories. For first half-semester at 9:45 TTh, see REL 275-01. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: David Blix

MUS 204-01 = ASI 204-01: Music in East Asian Cultures This is an introductory survey of the music, musical instruments, and their contextual significance in the societies of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Pakistan. Beyond the instruments and their roles in producing musical sound, this course will examine the significant ceremonies, rites, and rituals enhanced by the music, as a forum for learning about the cultures of these countries. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Makubuya

ASI 260-01/01F = HIS 260-01/01F: China's Cultural Revolution In 1966, Mao Zedong declared the start of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a political and ideological campaign to mobilize China's youth against traditional institutions of all kinds. What followed were ten years of violence and chaos that left an irrevocable mark on Chinese history. This course will consider the causes and legacies of the Cultural Revolution from multiple perspectives. We will study the experiences of individuals from all walks of society as well as how the event has been remembered in a variety of media. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION ASI 260-01/01F = HIS 260-01/01F: China's Cultural Revolution In 1966, Mao Zedong declared the start of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a political and ideological campaign to mobilize China's youth against traditional institutions of all kinds. What followed were ten years of violence and chaos that left an irrevocable mark on Chinese history. This course will consider the causes and legacies of the Cultural Revolution from multiple perspectives. We will study the experiences of individuals from all walks of society as well as how the event has been remembered in a variety of media. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

ASI 277-01 = GEN 277-01 = SOC 277-01: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary East Asia This course considers a range of themes related to gender and sexuality in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While the course will be interdisciplinary by nature, many of the readings and discussions will be rooted in a sociological approach. Potential topics include: marriage, family, femininity, masculinity, fluid gender identities, queer sexualities, sexual practices, family planning, gendered divisions of labor, gender and the state, women's and LGBTQ+ movements, gendered spaces, the commercialization of sex, and media portrayals of gender and sexuality. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

FRE 312-01 = ENG 370-01 = BLS 270-01: African Film This course will study the evolution of African cinema since 1950. Traditionally dominated by the celluloid film, known for its sobering representations of Africa, the African cinematic landscape has recently witnessed the rise of the video film, generally characterized by a more aggrandizing portrayal of local cultures and communities. While analyzing the generic differences between these two types of films, we will also examine their appeal among African and international audiences. Furthermore, we will consider and reflect on the nexus points between African orality especially African myths and legends, and several contemporary issues among which immigration, globalization, gender relations, identity formation and modernity. Our primary resources will be films produced by acclaimed directors hailing from Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Egypt, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This course will be offered in English, however French students will submit all writing assignments in French. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Adrien Pouille

CLA 211-01 = ENG 270-02: Virgil's Aeneid This class will be an intensive literary and historical study of Virgil's epic the Aeneid, which after the Bible has been the most consistently influential book in the western canon. The poem will be read in translation, but the class is also intended for students of Latin who have not been able to read extensively in the original text. We will examine the literary traditions in which the Aeneid stands, Virgil's very particular aesthetic orientation, and the historical and cultural developments in Rome that influenced the composition of the poem. Explication of the text itself will be the main focus of the course, but there will also be readings from modern scholars representing different interpretative approaches. Finally, we will take up the question of the Aeneid's influence in later European literature, and will read the Inferno of Dante's Divina Commedia entire. Prerequisite: One CLA credit Credits: 1 Instructor: David Kubiak

EDU 230-01 = ENG 270-01: Young Adult Literature According to Time Magazine, "We're living in a golden age of young adult literature." So, what influence do such popular characters as J. K. Rowling's, Harry Potter and John Green's, Hazel Grace Lancaster have on the development of young adolescents as people and as life-long readers? This course offers an introduction to young adult literature, with a focus on adolescent development and literacy. Critical literacy skills are taught and practiced as students read and analyze a variety of subgenres within YA literature (e.g., fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction). Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Michele Pittard

EDU 370-01 = HIS 240-01: Social Studies Education for Democratic Citizenship This course takes a "difficult questions" approach to explore the ways in which social studies education in the U.S. must grapple with complex historic content--and sometimes fails to do so adequately. Topics explored include: history curriculum related to immigrant history, slavery, and indigenous peoples; geography approaches such as critical geography to focus upon power relationships; and instruction in U.S. government and economy including the history and nature of social contract, separation of powers, and individual rights and freedoms. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (First Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Deborah Seltzer-Kelly

EDU 370-02 = HIS 240-02: Science Education for Democratic Citizenship This course explores the history and dilemmas of U.S. educational approaches to science literacy during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Topics include: constructions of the nature of scientific method; recurring dilemmas such as evolution and global warming; and ways in which notions of science literacy itself are understood and discussed in governmental and educational policy and institutions. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Deborah Seltzer-Kelly

ENG 180-01 = GEN 270-01: Extraordinary Bodies in Literature and Film We will study literary and filmic representations of bodies that exceed, fall short of, confound, or otherwise problematize "normal" selves. This includes representations of athletes, disabled people, superheroes, pregnant or nursing people, transgender or intersex people, and monsters/mythic creatures of all varieties. All levels of experience welcome. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Crystal Benedicks

EDU 230-01 = ENG 270-01: Young Adult Literature According to Time Magazine, "We're living in a golden age of young adult literature." So, what influence do such popular characters as J. K. Rowling's, Harry Potter; Sherman Alexie's, Arnold Spirit; and John Green's, Hazel Grace Lancaster have on the development of young adolescents as people and as life-long readers? This course offers an introduction to young adult literature, with a focus on adolescent development and literacy. Critical literacy skills are taught and practiced as students read and analyze a variety of subgenres within YA literature (e.g., fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction). Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Michele Pittard

CLA 211-01 = ENG 270-02: Virgil's Aeneid This class will be an intensive literary and historical study of Virgil's epic the Aeneid, which after the Bible has been the most consistently influential book in the western canon. The poem will be read in translation, but the class is also intended for students of Latin who have not been able to read extensively in the original text. We will examine the literary traditions in which the Aeneid stands, Virgil's very particular aesthetic orientation, and the historical and cultural developments in Rome that influenced the composition of the poem. Explication of the text itself will be the main focus of the course, but there will also be readings from modern scholars representing different interpretative approaches. Finally, we will take up the question of the Aeneid's influence in later European literature, and will read the Inferno of Dante's Divina Commedia entire. Prerequisite: One CLA credit Credits: 1 Instructor: David Kubiak

THE 212-01/01F = ENG 310-01/01F: The Revolutionary Stage NOTE: This class was formerly called "History and Literature of the Theatre II: The French Renaissance to the Rise of Realism" This class will delve into the history of the theatre and its various dramatic literatures in Europe between the years 1660-1900. The course ranges from the witty banterings of Molière and Behn to the realism of Ibsen and Strindberg to the apocalyptic trance of Alfred Jarry. We will discuss the "new woman," the rise of industrialism and cosmopolitanism, and a society shifting under the influence and pressure of the purveyors of new modes of thought-Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Zola. This is a class about the coming of the "new," revolution and counterrevolution, the calms and the storms. The plays in this course will be discussed as instruments for theatrical production; as examples of dramatic structure, style, and genre; and, most importantly, as they reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for freshmen. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Cherry

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION THE 212-01/01F = ENG 310-01/01F: The Revolutionary Stage NOTE: This class was formerly called "History and Literature of the Theatre II: The French Renaissance to the Rise of Realism" This class will delve into the history of the theatre and its various dramatic literatures in Europe between the years 1660-1900. The course ranges from the witty banterings of Molière and Behn to the realism of Ibsen and Strindberg to the apocalyptic trance of Alfred Jarry. We will discuss the "new woman," the rise of industrialism and cosmopolitanism, and a society shifting under the influence and pressure of the purveyors of new modes of thought-Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Zola. This is a class about the coming of the "new," revolution and counterrevolution, the calms and the storms. The plays in this course will be discussed as instruments for theatrical production; as examples of dramatic structure, style, and genre; and, most importantly, as they reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for freshmen. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Cherry

FRE 312-01 = ENG 370-01 = BLS 270-01: African Film This course will study the evolution of African cinema since 1950. Traditionally dominated by the celluloid film, known for its sobering representations of Africa, the African cinematic landscape has recently witnessed the rise of the video film, generally characterized by a more aggrandizing portrayal of local cultures and communities. While analyzing the generic differences between these two types of films, we will also examine their appeal among African and international audiences. Furthermore, we will consider and reflect on the nexus points between African orality especially African myths and legends, and several contemporary issues among which immigration, globalization, gender relations, identity formation and modernity. Our primary resources will be films produced by acclaimed directors hailing from Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Egypt, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This course will be offered in English, however French students will submit all writing assignments in French. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Adrien Pouille

PHI 109-01/01F = GEN 200-01/01F: Philosophical Perspectives: Nature We refer to nature to make claims about the world, what is and what should be. Nature is used to justify the social order by identifying essences that prescribe roles. It is used to legitimate social hierarchy by dividing the world between what is closer to nature and what overcomes or surpasses nature. Nature is used to distinguish between good and natural actions and bad and unnatural ones. What is more closely associated with nature and material is considered that which culture uses to achieve its ends. This course will examine the philosophical positions behind these claims and critiques of these positions. The course will take up the example of gender at various places across the semester to think about the implications of various conceptions of nature in the history of philosophy. This course is NOT open to Junior and Senior PHI Majors. Prerequisite: None Credit: 1 Instructor: Adriel Trott

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION PHI 109-01/01F = GEN 200-01/01F: Philosophical Perspectives: Nature We refer to nature to make claims about the world, what is and what should be. Nature is used to justify the social order by identifying essences that prescribe roles. It is used to legitimate social hierarchy by dividing the world between what is closer to nature and what overcomes or surpasses nature. Nature is used to distinguish between good and natural actions and bad and unnatural ones. What is more closely associated with nature and material is considered that which culture uses to achieve its ends. This course will examine the philosophical positions behind these claims and critiques of these positions. The course will take up the example of gender at various places across the semester to think about the implications of various conceptions of nature in the history of philosophy. This course is NOT open to Junior and Senior PHI Majors. Prerequisite: None Credit: 1 Instructor: Adriel Trott

PSY 210-01 = GEN 209-01: Psychology of Sex and Gender What are the differences between men and women? Why do we tend to emphasize the differences rather than the many similarities? In this course, we will review psychological theory and empirical findings regarding common beliefs about gender, the impact of biological sex on behavior, the role of cultural forces on the construction of gender, the relationship of gender to traditional issues in psychology (e.g., moral development, personality, interpersonal relationships), and special issues pertinent to gender (e.g., gender violence). This course is designed to equip students to critically analyze the evidence for sex differences and similarities, gender roles, and the effect of gender on traditional issues in psychology. Prerequisites PSY 101 or PSY/GEN 105 Credits: 1 Instructor: Eric Olofson

ENG 180-01 = GEN 270-01: Extraordinary Bodies in Literature and Film We will study literary and filmic representations of bodies that exceed, fall short of, confound, or otherwise problematize "normal" selves. This includes representations of athletes, disabled people, superheroes, pregnant or nursing people, transgender or intersex people, and monsters/mythic creatures of all varieties. All levels of experience welcome. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Crystal Benedicks

ASI 277-01 = GEN 277-01 = SOC 277-01: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary East Asia This course considers a range of themes related to gender and sexuality in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While the course will be interdisciplinary by nature, many of the readings and discussions will be rooted in a sociological approach. Potential topics include: marriage, family, femininity, masculinity, fluid gender identities, queer sexualities, sexual practices, family planning, gendered divisions of labor, gender and the state, women's and LGBTQ+ movements, gendered spaces, the commercialization of sex, and media portrayals of gender and sexuality. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

HIS 200-01/01F: A History of the End of the World How will the world end? When will the world end? Will the world end at all? While many recall the May 21, 2011 "deadline" of Harold Camping's Family Radio caravans and the "ending" of the Mayan calendar in December 2012, these questions have provoked the human imagination for millennia. This course will study the history of how these questions have been posed and answered from Jewish and Christian communities in the ancient Mediterranean world to Christians in medieval Europe to contemporary America. Using the lenses of social and cultural history, we will examine how these apocalyptic ideologies have been shaped by historical events and how subgroups have interacted with, and often changed, society. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Robert Royalty

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION HIS 200-01/01F: A History of the End of the World How will the world end? When will the world end? Will the world end at all? While many recall the May 21, 2011 "deadline" of Harold Camping's Family Radio caravans and the "ending" of the Mayan calendar in December 2012, these questions have provoked the human imagination for millennia. This course will study the history of how these questions have been posed and answered from Jewish and Christian communities in the ancient Mediterranean world to Christians in medieval Europe to contemporary America. Using the lenses of social and cultural history, we will examine how these apocalyptic ideologies have been shaped by historical events and how subgroups have interacted with, and often changed, society. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Robert Royalty

EDU 370-01 = HIS 240-01: Social Studies Education for Democratic Citizenship This course takes a "difficult questions" approach to explore the ways in which social studies education in the U.S. must grapple with complex historic content--and sometimes fails to do so adequately. Topics explored include: history curriculum related to immigrant history, slavery, and indigenous peoples; geography approaches such as critical geography to focus upon power relationships; and instruction in U.S. government and economy including the history and nature of social contract, separation of powers, and individual rights and freedoms. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (First Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Deborah Seltzer-Kelly

EDU 370-02 = HIS 240-02: Science Education for Democratic Citizenship This course explores the history and dilemmas of U.S. educational approaches to science literacy during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Topics include: constructions of the nature of scientific method; recurring dilemmas such as evolution and global warming; and ways in which notions of science literacy itself are understood and discussed in governmental and educational policy and institutions. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: Deborah Seltzer-Kelly

ASI 260-01/01F = HIS 260-01/01F: China's Cultural Revolution In 1966, Mao Zedong declared the start of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a political and ideological campaign to mobilize China's youth against traditional institutions of all kinds. What followed were ten years of violence and chaos that left an irrevocable mark on Chinese history. This course will consider the causes and legacies of the Cultural Revolution from multiple perspectives. We will study the experiences of individuals from all walks of society as well as how the event has been remembered in a variety of media. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION ASI 260-01/01F = HIS 260-01/01F: China's Cultural Revolution In 1966, Mao Zedong declared the start of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a political and ideological campaign to mobilize China's youth against traditional institutions of all kinds. What followed were ten years of violence and chaos that left an irrevocable mark on Chinese history. This course will consider the causes and legacies of the Cultural Revolution from multiple perspectives. We will study the experiences of individuals from all walks of society as well as how the event has been remembered in a variety of media. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

HIS 260-02/02F: China, 400 BCE-400 CE This course surveys the Warring States Era and the early Chinese Dynasties - Qin, Han, and the Han's immediate successors, constituting the "classical" period of Chinese history. While encompassing a broad range of topics including economic, social and cultural aspects of Chinese life in this era, the focus will be on the political development of the Chinese state, including its philosophical foundations and the evolution of its administrative and military mechanisms. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Stephen Morillo

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION HIS 260-02/02F: China, 400 BCE-400 CE This course surveys the Warring States Era and the early Chinese Dynasties - Qin, Han, and the Han's immediate successors, constituting the "classical" period of Chinese history. While encompassing a broad range of topics including economic, social and cultural aspects of Chinese life in this era, the focus will be on the political development of the Chinese state, including its philosophical foundations and the evolution of its administrative and military mechanisms. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Stephen Morillo

REL 196-01 = ASI 196-01 = HUM 196-01: Religion and Literature: "Old Pond-Frog Jumps In": Religion in Japanese Literature "Old pond-frog jumps in-sound of water." So runs the famous haiku by Basho. Is it religious? For the Japanese, yes. In Japan religion and art are arguably the same thing. In this course we'll ask how and why. We'll study Japanese ideas about art and religion (e.g. emptiness, solitude, "sublime beauty"), and how they appear in Japanese literature. We'll read selections from Japanese poetry (including haiku), No drama, novels both classic and modern (e.g. The Tale of Genji, Kawabata), and some short stories. For first half-semester at 9:45 TTh, see REL 275-01. Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: David Blix

REL 295-01 = ART 210-02 = HUM 295-01: Religion and Representations of the Holocaust This course explores a variety of representations of the Holocaust in theology, literature, film, and art. This interdisciplinary course examines the creative and material work of historians, theologians, novelists, poets, graphic novelists, painters, film makers, composers, photographers, and museum architects. The course explores the limits and possibilities of representing atrocity by raising such questions as: Can suffering be represented? What do representations of the Jewish genocide convey to 21st century citizens and subsequent generations of Jews and Christians? Is it barbaric to write poetry and fiction, paint or compose music, film documentaries and TV comedies, draw cartoons and graphic novels, publish photographs or erect monuments about such horrific events? How does visual media facilitate the raising of profound moral and religious questions about the Holocaust and our responses to it? Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Gary Phillips

MUS 204-01 = ASI 204-01: Music in East Asian Cultures This is an introductory survey of the music, musical instruments, and their contextual significance in the societies of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Pakistan. Beyond the instruments and their roles in producing musical sound, this course will examine the significant ceremonies, rites, and rituals enhanced by the music, as a forum for learning about the cultures of these countries. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Makubuya

PHI 109-01/01F = GEN 200-01/01F: Philosophical Perspectives: Nature We refer to nature to make claims about the world, what is and what should be. Nature is used to justify the social order by identifying essences that prescribe roles. It is used to legitimate social hierarchy by dividing the world between what is closer to nature and what overcomes or surpasses nature. Nature is used to distinguish between good and natural actions and bad and unnatural ones. What is more closely associated with nature and material is considered that which culture uses to achieve its ends. This course will examine the philosophical positions behind these claims and critiques of these positions. The course will take up the example of gender at various places across the semester to think about the implications of various conceptions of nature in the history of philosophy. This course is NOT open to Junior and Senior PHI Majors. Prerequisite: None Credit: 1 Instructor: Adriel Trott

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION PHI 109-01/01F = GEN 200-01/01F: Philosophical Perspectives: Nature We refer to nature to make claims about the world, what is and what should be. Nature is used to justify the social order by identifying essences that prescribe roles. It is used to legitimate social hierarchy by dividing the world between what is closer to nature and what overcomes or surpasses nature. Nature is used to distinguish between good and natural actions and bad and unnatural ones. What is more closely associated with nature and material is considered that which culture uses to achieve its ends. This course will examine the philosophical positions behind these claims and critiques of these positions. The course will take up the example of gender at various places across the semester to think about the implications of various conceptions of nature in the history of philosophy. This course is NOT open to Junior and Senior PHI Majors. Prerequisite: None Credit: 1 Instructor: Adriel Trott

PHI 269-01: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Knowledge and Skepticism Here are some things that I take myself to know. I am currently awake, and not merely dreaming. The universe is billions of years old, and did not come into existence five minutes ago. I have hands. Antarctica is a continent, but the Arctic is not. There are 238 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. The sun will rise tomorrow. But how do I know those things? This question is made particularly pressing by the existence of philosophical skepticism, according to which it is impossible for us to know what the world around us is actually like. Despite skepticism's absurd appearance, in this course we will study how it arises directly out of our ordinary practices of ascribing knowledge to others and pursuing it ourselves. In light of this, we will study classic and contemporary works in epistemology to help us to explore how philosophical skepticism forces us to reconsider what our knowledge is, and how it is possible for us to have it. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Matthew Carlson

This course will examine the fundamental features of congressional elections and use them to analyze the 2018 midterms in real time. How does incumbency help members of Congress win re-election? Does spending more money really give candidates a better chance of winning? What is the profile of a person who decides to run for Congress in the first place? These are the types of questions you will be able to answer at the end of the semester. The 'permanent campaign' that emanates from Capitol Hill is of intrigue as the midterm elections are rapidly approaching. Students will be able to apply what we have learned to what they see in the news during the run up to Election Day in November.

PSY 210-01 = GEN 209-01: Psychology of Sex and Gender What are the differences between men and women? Why do we tend to emphasize the differences rather than the many similarities? In this course, we will review psychological theory and empirical findings regarding common beliefs about gender, the impact of biological sex on behavior, the role of cultural forces on the construction of gender, the relationship of gender to traditional issues in psychology (e.g., moral development, personality, interpersonal relationships), and special issues pertinent to gender (e.g., gender violence). This course is designed to equip students to critically analyze the evidence for sex differences and similarities, gender roles, and the effect of gender on traditional issues in psychology. Prerequisites PSY 101 or PSY/GEN 105 Credits: 1 Instructor: Eric Olofson

REL 196-01 = ASI 196-01 = HUM 196-01: Religion and Literature: "Old Pond--Frog Jumps In": Religion in Japanese Literature. "Old pond--frog jumps in--sound of water." So runs the famous haiku by Basho. Is it religious? For the Japanese, yes. In Japan religion and art are arguably the same thing. In this course we'll ask how and why. We'll study Japanese ideas about art and religion (e.g. emptiness, solitude, "sublime beauty"), and how they appear in Japanese literature. We'll read selections from Japanese poetry (including haiku), No drama, novels both classic and modern (e.g. The Tale of Genji, Kawabata), and some short stories. For first half-semester at 9:45 TTh, see REL 275-01. Prerequisite: None. Credits: 0.5 (Second Half-Semester Course) Instructor: David Blix

REL 295-01 = ART 210-02 = HUM 295-01: Religion and Representations of the Holocaust This course explores a variety of representations of the Holocaust in theology, literature, film, and art. This interdisciplinary course examines the creative and material work of historians, theologians, novelists, poets, graphic novelists, painters, film makers, composers, photographers, and museum architects. The course explores the limits and possibilities of representing atrocity by raising such questions as: Can suffering be represented? What do representations of the Jewish genocide convey to 21st century citizens and subsequent generations of Jews and Christians? Is it barbaric to write poetry and fiction, paint or compose music, film documentaries and TV comedies, draw cartoons and graphic novels, publish photographs or erect monuments about such horrific events? How does visual media facilitate the raising of profound moral and religious questions about the Holocaust and our responses to it? Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Gary Phillips

REL 297-01: Anthropology of Religion A seminar examining the various ways anthropology describes and interprets religious phenomena. We will study anthropological theories of religion, and focus on how these theories apply to specific religions in diverse contexts. We will pay particular attention to the social and symbolic functions of beliefs and rituals and to the religious importance of myths, symbols, and cosmology. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Jonathan Baer

REL 373-01: God, Guns and Jail: Theology and Criminal Justice This course examines the present state of the American criminal justice system and interprets it from the point of view of Christian theological commitments. The history of the prison, or as it sometimes called, a "penitentiary," relies on theological notions of penance and penitence. Our understanding of what "justice" means draws heavily on theological understandings of punishment, right and wrong, and atonement. Topics to be considered include violent crime and gun culture, for-profit and faith-based prisons, institutional racism, the purpose and rationale for punishment, the meaning of "redemption," and whether "sin" and "evil" are individual, structural, or both. Prerequisite: One REL Credit Credits: 1 Instructor: Derek Nelson

RHE 270-01: Digital Rhetoric + The Digital Humanities: Information, Media, Futures "Digital" possesses an expansive definition. It means, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, everything from "a whole number less than 10" to "any of the fingers . of the hand" to "technologies [of] media . television . and audio." In its many grammatical guises "digital" is, all at once, a noun, an adjective, and a verb. We have digits, we use digital things, and we digitize. This course will work to chart the rhetorical expansiveness embedded within our understandings and use of all things digital. In particular, we will work to unpack recent scholarship on "digital rhetoric." We will also explore the recent advent of the "digital humanities" as a field of academic inquiry. Similarly, this course will dwell with the communicative potentials and pitfalls of "information" and "media" as they relate to and make possible our understandings of the digital. Finally, the course will conclude by projecting toward and prognosticating about the "futures" of digitality and the rhetoric(s) therein: including case studies on social media, space exploration, biotechnology, linguistics, and translation. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cory Geraths

ASI 277-01 = GEN 277-01 = SOC 277-01: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary East Asia This course considers a range of themes related to gender and sexuality in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While the course will be interdisciplinary by nature, many of the readings and discussions will be rooted in a sociological approach. Potential topics include: marriage, family, femininity, masculinity, fluid gender identities, queer sexualities, sexual practices, family planning, gendered divisions of labor, gender and the state, women's and LGBTQ+ movements, gendered spaces, the commercialization of sex, and media portrayals of gender and sexuality. Prerequisites: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Cara Healey

THE 103-01/01F: Stage Properties Stage Properties is a hands-on exploration of the methods and practices used to make convincing, practical props for theater. In this course, we will look at how tools and materials may be used to design and fashion objects which are nearly identical to the "real thing," and we will learn how to build a Jim Henson-style puppet as well. This course consists of individual projects and in-class critiques, with one written assignment. This course is appropriate for freshmen. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: Bridgette Dreher

THE 212-01/01F = ENG 310-01/01F: The Revolutionary Stage NOTE: This class was formerly called "History and Literature of the Theatre II: The French Renaissance to the Rise of Realism" This class will delve into the history of the theatre and its various dramatic literatures in Europe between the years 1660-1900. The course ranges from the witty banterings of Molière and Behn to the realism of Ibsen and Strindberg to the apocalyptic trance of Alfred Jarry. We will discuss the "new woman," the rise of industrialism and cosmopolitanism, and a society shifting under the influence and pressure of the purveyors of new modes of thought-Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Zola. This is a class about the coming of the "new," revolution and counterrevolution, the calms and the storms. The plays in this course will be discussed as instruments for theatrical production; as examples of dramatic structure, style, and genre; and, most importantly, as they reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for freshmen. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Cherry

FRESHMEN ONLY SECTION THE 212-01/01F = ENG 310-01/01F: The Revolutionary Stage NOTE: This class was formerly called "History and Literature of the Theatre II: The French Renaissance to the Rise of Realism" This class will delve into the history of the theatre and its various dramatic literatures in Europe between the years 1660-1900. The course ranges from the witty banterings of Molière and Behn to the realism of Ibsen and Strindberg to the apocalyptic trance of Alfred Jarry. We will discuss the "new woman," the rise of industrialism and cosmopolitanism, and a society shifting under the influence and pressure of the purveyors of new modes of thought-Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Zola. This is a class about the coming of the "new," revolution and counterrevolution, the calms and the storms. The plays in this course will be discussed as instruments for theatrical production; as examples of dramatic structure, style, and genre; and, most importantly, as they reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for freshmen. Prerequisite: None Credits: 1 Instructor: James Cherry