SOCIOLOGY (SOCIOL)
Number Of Listed Courses: 96
373
Social Conflict and Social Movements.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Theories and current research in the
United States and Europe on a variety of social movements and cycles of social
protest, such as student movements, civil rights, liberation movements,
secession movements in Western and non-Western countries, ethnic nationalism,
fundamentalism, the women's movement, and the environmental movement. The
values of social movements that are in opposition to the prevalent norms and
institutions of society. Research paper required. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
108
Introduction to Canada.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Canadian Studies
101; also C-L: History 128
260
Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
260; also C-L: Psychology 236, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
215
Environment as Community.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examination of linkages in both
directions between community (family, neighborhood) and responsible
environmental behavior. Includes on-site collaboration with a local
neighborhood having explicit environmental goals. Application of basic
qualitative research methods, including participant observation, personal
interview, and content analysis. Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L:
Environment 221
291
Independent Study for Nonmajors.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual research and reading in a
field of special interest, under the supervision of faculty member, resulting
in a substantive paper or written report containing significant analysis and
interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to qualified juniors and
seniors. Consent of instructor and Director of Markets and Management Studies.
Does not count toward the Sociology major. Instructor: Staff. One course.
264
Death and Dying.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The biomedical, economic, social, and
psychological issues surrounding death and dying in the twenty-first century in
America. Religious and cultural perspectives both in the Judeo-Christian ethic
and in other religious frameworks. Theories of dying from sociological and
social psychological perspectives. Required participation in service learning.
Instructor: Gold. One course. C-L: Global Health
482S
Gender, Labor, and Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Construction of gender influences, the
incorporation of women into the global workforce, relocation of production
under globalization influence, interconnections between work and gender.
Instructor: Hovsepian. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
214
Cybernetworks and the Global Village.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS STS
Course Description: Development and trends in internets as
they affect the formation and organization of emerging social structures.
Trends in both new, transnational social orders and segmenting of existing
social orders. Multiple societies and the extent to which inequality in access
to and participation in the cybernetworks reflects cultural, social, economic,
and political implications. Emphasis on special research designs, methodologies
(network analysis), and data sources necessary for research on cybernetworks.
Prerequisite: internet experience. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies, Markets and Management Studies,
Policy Journalism and Media
496S
Sociology Honors Seminar I.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Continuation of Sociology 495S. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
484S
Poverty Across Space and Race.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Family dynamics in poor communities in
three rural and three urban regions in the United States. Students required to
design a project, collect and analyze data, and write results resulting in a
research paper. Instructor: Staff. One course.
160D
Advertising and Society: Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI SS D D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 170D; also C-L: Linguistics 170 Visual and Media Studies 170
Canadian Studies, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image,
Markets and Management Studies
481S
Race, Rock, and Religion: Culture Wars in America.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Research approaches to contemporary
cultural and political polarization in America. (Who likes hip-hop; who likes
operas? Are these different people? Who goes to church? Who believes in
evolution?) Patterns and social forces that unite a people, social forces that
divide it; how social positions determine beliefs and cultural preferences.
Instructor: Smith-Lovin. One course.
358
Markets and Marketing.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: Markets as systems of social exchange:
their organization and development with special reference to the role of
technological change in market evolution in various parts of the industrialized
world. Sociological analysis of contemporary marketing including cross-national
comparisons and the role of internet technologies; researching and preparing a
marketing plan. Coverage of marketing includes attention to issues of values
and ethics. Instructor: Spenner or Reeves. One course. C-L: Markets and
Management Studies
348
Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings
1750-1914.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 285; also
C-L: Political Science 374, German 376, Romance Studies 360, Literature 243
201
Sport As Performance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Sport as ritual, spectacle, and
performance explored through theatre, performance studies, sociology,
anthropology, and history. Topics range from professional and
490S-1
Research Seminar: Special Topics.
Satisfies: R SS A
Course Description: Directed research on a particular theme
in a collaborative workshop using basic skills to assist in designing, carrying
out, and writing up original research. substantive paper with significant
analysis and interpretation required. Themes vary semester to semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
352S
Sociology through Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
227S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 218S
471S
Language and Politics: Eurasian Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 471S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 484 Public Policy Studies 208S
366
Politics and Markets in the Global Economy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Comparison of the politics and markets
of countries and regions throughout the global economy. Exploration of
sociological theories of markets and market formation and sociological theories
of states and state formation studied through prominent debates and literatures
in political sociology and economic sociology, as well as some material in the
sociology of inequality and globalization. Instructor: Brady. One course.
664
Research Methods in Japanese (B).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Japanese 650; also
C-L: History 503
353
Sport and Society.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Sport roles and sport institutions
examined using the sociological perspective to help explain different patterns
of involvement in sport, the social forces that have created sports
organizations, and the consequences of sports participation. The ethical
consequences of the modern pressures on athletes in schools and colleges and
the commercialism of professional sport. Research paper required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
350
The Changing American Family.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: The American family, its composition,
functions, organization and perceived importance in the lives of people and in
society. Changes -- especially the separation of marriage, childbearing, and
child rearing -- examined with a view toward understanding the social forces
behind them and the personal and social problems that arise in conjunction with
the changes. Comparisons across social classes and ethnic and racial groups at
different historic periods to show variations in their susceptibility to forces
of change. Instructor: Burton or staff. One course. C-L: Children in
Contemporary Society, Women's Studies
340
Taboo Markets.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of the social organization
of taboo, stigmatized, or otherwise morally controversial markets. Examples
include markets for alcohol and other drugs, sex work, gambling, adoption,
domestic labor, blood, organs, eggs, sperm, genetic material, viaticals, and
pollution rights. Examination of both empirical and normative studies of such
exchanges, together with debates surrounding the creation, expansion, and
regulation of these markets. Includes consideration of broader arguments about
the scope and
499S
Sociology Internship.
Satisfies: EI R
Course Description: Open only to sociology majors and
minors. Requires eight hours per week working in a local business or community
organization; specific internship placement arranged with instructor to meet
student's interest. Students reflect on their experiences in Blackboard posts
and seminar discussions. Topics include sociological issues related to
organizations, work, diversity and inequality. Research paper required.
Instructor: Bach or staff. One course.
490
Special Topics in Sociology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course.
651S
Social Change, Markets, and Economy in China.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to recent economic, social,
and institutional changes in China, with focus on recent (post 1980) periods.
Up-to-date descriptive reviews, empirical data, and discussions on historical
background, current status, and future perspectives. Instructor: Yi. One
course. C-L: Economics 542S
534
Topics in Population, Health, and Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 633; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 550
480S
Sociology of the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Sociological themes with reference to
the transnational Arab Middle East that include culture, the family, social
inequality, gender, socialization, development and
90A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Sociology.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
338
Theory and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS W
Course Description: Selective survey of major classical and
modern social theorists from the Enlightenment to the present. Attention to
theories seeking to follow models of the natural sciences and those seeking a
more critical and interpretive understanding of modern society. Sociological
theory in relation to other modern currents, such as conservatism, socialism,
existentialism, anti-colonialism, feminism, post-modernism. Instructor: Healy,
Merkx, or Moody. One course.
359
The Sociology of Entrepreneurship.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Analysis of the psychological,
religious, cultural, economic, political, and historical roots of
entrepreneurship. Supply side and demand side perspectives. How to interpret
theories at multiple levels of analysis to understanding entrepreneurship.
Examines research on new business formation and the likelihood of success.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies
490S
Seminar In Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
182FS
Biology and Society.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: How societies emerge and develop.
Diverse evolutionary theories, such as sociobiology, the evolution of
cooperation, the demographic imperative, technological determinism and genetic
determinism, that have been used to explain the origins and changes of social
structures like the family, the state, and the world system. Student research
into traditional and contemporary global societies. Open only to students
enrolled in the Focus Program. Instructor: O'Rand. One course.
345
Nations, Regions, and the Global Economy.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: The changing configuration of global
capitalism, with emphasis on comparing global regions of North America, Latin
America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The internal dynamics of these regions,
including the development strategies of selected nations, interregional
comparisons (for example, regional divisions of labor, state-society
relationships, the nature of their business systems, quality of life issues).
Research paper required. Instructor: Gereffi or Hovsepian. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Markets and Management
Studies
111
Contemporary Social Problems.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Comparative analysis of social problems
across historical periods, nations, and social groups by gender,
race/ethnicity, social class, and culture. Major topics: deviant behavior,
social conflict and inequality, human progress and social change. Emphasis on
research issues, especially how and to what degree the understanding of social
problems is a direct result of the inductive processes used to define social
problems and the research methods and procedures used to investigate them. Instructor:
Bach or Land. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
263
Aging and Health.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Illness and health care utilization
among the elderly, comparison to other populations, gender and race
differences, medicare and medicaid, individual adjustment to aging and illness,
social support for sick elderly, the decision to institutionalize, policy
debate over euthanasia. Required participation in service learning. Instructor:
George or Gold. One course.
293
Research Independent Study for Non-Majors.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research in a field of
special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the central goal of
which is a substantive paper containing significant analysis and interpretation
of a previously approved topic. Open to qualified juniors and seniors. Consent
of instructor and Director of Markets and Management Studies. Does not count
toward the Sociology major. Instructor: Staff. One course. One course.
188FS
Population, Modernization, and Culture Wars.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Focus on conducting quantitative
research on variations in values and beliefs across societies. Values examined
include individual autonomy, self-expression, gender equality, democracy and
beliefs attached to major religions. Group and individual research projects
utilize the World Values Surveys linked to economic and demographic indicators.
Open to Focus students only. Instructor: O'Rand. One course.
371
Comparative Health Care Systems.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 335; also C-L: Political Science 355, Canadian Studies, International
Comparative Studies, Global Health, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
361
Social Determinants of U.S. Health Disparities.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to how social factors
influence health and well-being, with a particular focus on contemporary U.S.
society. Topics include obesity, aging, socioeconomic disadvantage, access to
health insurance, public health systems, the role of the media, and
racial/ethnic and gender inequalities. The course will provide descriptive
assessments of health inequalities and analytic examinations of the mechanisms
through which social factors affect health. Instructor: Read. One course. C-L:
Global Health Certificate 340, Global Health
218
Sex, Gender, and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Nature and acquisition of sex roles.
Cross-cultural variations. Developing nature of sex roles in American society.
Instructor: Hovsepian or Smith-Lovin. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary
Society, International Comparative Studies, Study of Sexualities, Women's
Studies
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
374
Pigging Out: The Cultural Politics of Food.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 352; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 206
594S
Cultural (Con)Fusions of Asians and Africans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 594S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 594 Latin American
Studies 594S
110
Sociological Inquiry.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Structure and dynamics of groups,
organizations, and institutions; social behavior over the life cycle; social
control and deviance; population and social ecology; formation and change of
societies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
221
Women at Work: Gendered Experience of Corporate Life.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS
Course Description: Analysis of gender, class and race in
contemporary business organizations and roles of men and women within them.
Management systems, information technology and human resource systems, as
artifacts to larger, gendered environment. Instructor: Reeves. One course. C-L:
Sociology 331
372
Food and Energy: Applying research and theory to local
dining practice.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 218
430S
Women and the Professions.
Satisfies: EI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Education 430S;
also C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
189FS
Psychosocial Development of the Mind Through the Life
Course.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 189FS
636S
Experimental Communities.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 554S
177FS
Muslims in the West: Middle East Diasporas.
Satisfies: CCI SS UK US
Course Description: Course will explore Muslim migration and
assimilation from the Middle East to the West, primarily to the United States.
Explore and compare cultural assimilation of Muslims in the and the as well as
how these countries and their Muslim communities respond and relate to events
in the Middle East. Instructor: Read. One course.
222
Punishment and Society.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The history, philosophy, and procedures
of punishment and treatment. The development of the penal system; the structure
and operation of "total institutions" such as prisons and hospitals;
the various sanctions. The issues and problems confronting both inmates and
staff in contemporary prisons and concerns related to the imprisonment of
women; the rights of prisoners and crime victims, the release of offenders and
their return to society; current punishment and treatment of those defined as
criminals within the context of what goal is intended; comparison of punishment
and treatment procedures or programs in different parts of the world with the
United States. Instructor: Staff. One course.
336
Urban Education.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 381; also C-L: Education 347, Children in Contemporary Society
262
Adulthood and Aging.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Sociological and psychological
persepctives on aging, from adolescence through old age and death; demography
of human aging; social problems caused by increased longevity; policy issues.
Instructor: Gold and George. One course.
180S
Society, the Self, and the Natural World.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of changing and/or
contrasting perceptions, studying how our perceptions are conditioned by the
times we live in and reigning assumptions of our societies. Three course
components taught by faculty in each discipline including: exploration of
perceptions of the self through the arts, the changing role of women in
society; and examination of science and society conflicts. Open only to Baldwin
Scholars. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Lisker. One course.
634S
Making Social Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 563S; also C-L: Children in Contemporary Society 634 Children in
Contemporary Society
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
356
Global Contexts of Science and Technology.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: National variations in the structure of
scientific systems, and their consequences for the production and application
of scientific knowledge. Particular attention to how these differences are
shaped by cultural values and social institutions based on those values
(politics, economics, education). Focus on recent developments in the
biomedical sciences, such as genetic engineering and bio-ecology, and how they
are incorporated into the scientific agendas of different cultures. Requires
research paper addressing cross-cultural comparisons in the context of a
selected scientific principle or technological development. Instructor: O'Rand.
One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies, Markets and
Management Studies
690S
Seminar in Selected Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Substantive, theoretical, or
methodological topics. Instructor: Staff. One course.
367
The Social Bases of Politics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Political power, state action, political
mobilization, and policy formation seen through the lens of sociological theory
and research. Instructor: Staff. One course.
351S
Sociology of Religion.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Classic social scientific answers to
questions such as: the nature and origin of religion; its fate in modern
societies. How social context shapes religious belief and practice, and how
religion influences people, institutions, and societies. Attention paid to
continuity and change in American religion. Instructor: Chaves. One course.
C-L: Religion 285S
179FS
The Entrepreneurial Path.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Overview of the important elements of
entrepreneurship, including the players involved, social structures, business
processes, and economic issues. Topics covered include the historical evolution
of entrepreneurship, review of the key players that make entrepreneurship
flourish (venture capitalists, incubators, etc.), the social and psychological
characteristics of entrepreneurs, the fundamental business elements of
entrepreneurship, including analyzing markets, creating a business plan,
understanding strategy, and financial issues associated with start-ups. Instructor:
Jones. One course.
212
Gender, Poverty, and Health.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 212
228S
Visual Research and the American Dream.
Satisfies: ALP R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
221S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 217S
357
Organizations and Management in Global Capital Markets: an
Ethical Perspective.
Satisfies: EI R SS STS
Course Description: Analysis of financial, political and
social consequences of business decisions made by financial institutions. How
managers and corporations assess, envision and manage interactions with
general, local, internal and natural environments within the current
organizational structures of business, with focus on ethical perspectives.
Examples and case studies of current decisions made by financial institutions
will enhance critical thinking and reasoning to evaluate the process and
consequences of these decisions. Offered only in the Duke in New York spring
semester program. Instructor: Veraldi. One course. C-L: Markets and Management
Studies
181FS
Contemporary American Society.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Relationships among voluntary
association, ideology, and identity. Theoretical focus on ecological models
borrowed from biology to increase understanding of how voluntary associations
grow, decline, and change their composition (and therefore their ability to
integrate society) and how associations lead to personal identity, belief
systems and even cultural tastes. Analysis of data from a national survey of
voluntary memberships and network ties, from the first representative survey of
church congregations, and from a study of identities, actions and emotion. Open
only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Smith-Lovin or staff. One
course.
368
Business and Politics in American Society.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: The impact of business on American
politics. Theories of political pluralism, state autonomy, capitalist
imperatives, and elite domination; sources of corporate political community
including shared interest, social class, and interlocking directives; a venues
of influence including campaign contributions, lobbying, think tanks, advisory
boards, and social networks. Development of research skill through team-based
projects. Discussion and debate of ethical implications for business and policy
leaders of the future. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Markets and
Management Studies
316
Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: The social, legal and cultural
construction of racial and ethnic hierarchies in a comparative international
context with the United States and the United Kingdom of central analytical
concern. Racial formation and racial segregation in specific historical and
national contexts including the normative case of the Anglo-Saxon core in the
United States and how its dominance has led to patterns of ethnic antagonism
and discrimination; the historical context of racial stereotypes and their
representation in various mediums. Social justice movements and public policies
designed to challenge racial and ethnic domination including controversial
topics such as "positive discrimination" (United Kingdom) and
Affirmative Action (United States/South Africa). May include comparative case
studies from India, South Africa, Brazil, and continental Europe. Instructor:
Bonilla-Silva. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 246,
Children in Contemporary Society, Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Marxism
and Society
332
Methods of Social Research.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Principles of social research, design of
sociological studies, sampling, and data collection with special attention to
survey techniques. Instructor: Bradshaw or Brady. One course.
390S
Seminar in Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
210
A-E. Comparative Sociology: Selected Areas.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Comparative studies of selected areas of
the world, considering differences and similarities in culture and
communication, family, law and social control, urban forms and the organization
of work. Areas vary each semester offered and are designated by letter. A. Africa
B. Asia C. Europe D. Latin America E. Cross-Regional Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Markets and Management Studies
224
Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
224; also C-L: Psychology 235
178FS
The Limits of Obligation? World Refugee Policy and
International Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS A
Course Description: 35 million refugees and internally
displaced persons in the world. comparative historical overview of
international refugee policy and law dealing with this growing population.
Students will grapple with the ethical challenges posed by humanitarian
intervention on behalf of refugees and the often unintended consequences of
such policies. Students examine case studies to determine how different models
for dealing with refugee resettlement affect the life chances of refugees.
Service learning course. Students will work with refugees from Bhutan, Burma and
Iraq recently resettled in Durham. Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Shanahan. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 199FS
542S
Understanding Ethical Crisis in Organizations.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of Ethics 562S;
also C-L: Political Science 502 Public Policy Studies 558S
217
Childhood in Social Perspective.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Social forces that have altered the role
of children in society, with attention to changes in the population, labor force,
community, family and kinship, schools, laws, government, and recreational and
religious organizations. Focus on the United States, with some cross-cultural
comparisons. Primary emphasis on how changes in the world of childhood have
emerged as offshoots of scientific and technological innovations related to
population dynamics, scientific and professional upgrading of work skills,
narrowing of social and geographical distances, and legal and government
responses to these changes. Analysis of data using quantitative methods.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
349
Sexuality and Society.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Sociocultural factors affecting sexual
behavior. Changing beliefs about sex; how sexual knowledge is socially learned
and sexual identities formed; the relation between power and sex; control over
sexual expression. Required participation in service learning. Instructor: Bach
or staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 229, Women's Studies
219
Juvenile Delinquency.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The concept and measurement of
delinquency and status offending; trends and patterns in the delinquency rate.
Theoretical models used to explain the onset of delinquent behavior;
environmental and individual correlates of delinquency such as gender, race,
and social class; influence of families, delinquent subcultures, gangs,
schools, and drugs; history of juvenile justice and the philosophy and practice
of today's juvenile justice system; legal and ethical issues such as major
court decisions on juveniles' rights, the use of detention, and transfer to
adult court; models of sentencing, juvenile incarceration, and community
treatment programs and their efficacy. Instructor: Land or staff. One course.
C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
227
The Latino Population in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI SS US US
Course Description: Focuses on the economic and sociological
aspects of Hispanic immigration and assimilation in the United States. Topics
include: construction of Hispanic identity, the history of Hispanic
immigration, Hispanic family patterns and household structure, Hispanic
educational attainment, Hispanic incorporation into the labor force, earnings
and economic well-being among Hispanic-origin groups, assimilation and the
second generation. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary
Society
187FS
Freedom and American Constitutional Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examination of how the idea of freedom
is translated into the American legal system. Emphasis on understanding the
American legal framework and legal reasoning. Reading will include major
Supreme Court opinions. Focus on legal rights in education and race.
Opportunities to work with Civil Rights attorneys. Open only to students in the
Focus Program. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
342D
Organizations and Global Competitiveness.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: Competition among national economies as
understood in the context of social factors such as ethnicity, kinship, gender,
and education, with a special emphasis on how technological change is reshaping
the social, political, and economic bases of international competitiveness.
Global industries in various regions of the world. Two research papers
required, at least one of which involves the analysis of international trade
data. Instructor: Gereffi. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies,
Markets and Management Studies
365
Business Behaviors.
Satisfies: SS STS W
Course Description: Behavioral differences due to complex
interaction between biology, psychology, social environment. Consequences of
"biopsychosocial" differences (risk preferences, emotions,
355
Organizations and Management.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Dimensions and aspects of modern
organizations and concepts and tools for analyzing them. Special attention to
the impact of changing social and technological environments on the evolution
of organizational structures and strategies and on issues related to business
ethics. The structure and operation of organizations; how organizations are managed
by analyzing processes of organizational decision making; business case studies
as illustrative of the concepts and the analytical tools. Instructor: Healy or
Keister. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies, Women's Studies
226
The Challenges of Development.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Diverse perspectives on economic
development and theories concerning the role of transnational corporations and
international financial institutions (for example, World Bank) in developing
nations, assessed with the aid of sociological and economic data. Comparison of
different countries and world regions in terms of their historical
trajectories, development strategies and current challenges in economic and
social development, broadly conceived in terms of material circumstances,
political economies, and quality of life. Instructor: Gereffi or staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies, Markets
and Management Studies, Marxism and Society
333
Quantitative Analysis of Sociological Data.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Introduction to quantitative analysis in
sociological research, including principles of research design and the use of
empirical evidence, particularly from social surveys. Descriptive and
inferential statistics, contingency table analysis, and regression analysis.
Emphasis on analysis of data, interpretation and presentation of results. Not
open to students who have taken another 200-level (or above)statistics course.
Course restricted to first and second Sociology majors. Instructor: Bradshaw or
staff. One course.
344
Technology and Organizational Environments.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: How organizations (governments, private
corporations, and non-profit organizations) are affected by the social,
technological, and cultural environments in which they operate. Emphasis on how
United States and Japanese cultures generate different modes of organization
and differing environmental facilitators and obstacles. Competitive strategies
(for example, mergers and takeovers) and the impact of technology on
organizational structures (for example, the rapid diffusion of information
technology). Research paper required, using either quantitative evidence or a
case study approach. Instructor: Gao or staff. One course. C-L: Markets and Management
Studies
216S
Partnering and Parenting: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
the Study of Human Relationships.
Satisfies: CCI EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Evolutionary
Anthropology 240S; also C-L: Study of Ethics 272S
241
Gender, Work, and Organizations.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Sociology 229; also
C-L: Markets and Management Studies
472S
Cold War Texts: Politics, Propaganda and Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 472S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 434 Public Policy Studies 213S
184FS
U. S. Latinos in Sociological Perspective: Immigration and
Adaptation.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The sociological aspects of Latin American
immigration to the United States. The historical origins of the migration flow
as well as its current characteristics. Problems that immigrants face as they
struggle to incorporate into United States society, the impact that migration
has on the native-born population of the United States particularly other
minority groups, and the impact on the sending countries and communities. The
changes that migration engenders in individuals and families, such as its
effect on social mobility and gender relations; the heterogeneity of the Latino
population. Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
220
Causes of Crime.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The field of criminology and its most
basic concepts: the definition of crime, the component areas of criminology,
the history of criminology, criminological research methods, and the ethical
issues that confront the field. The nature, extent, and patterns of crime,
including victimization. Evaluation of criminological theories, including:
biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural deviance theories;
criminal behavior including violent crime, property crime, white-collar and
organized crime, public order crimes, sex offenses, and substance abuse; the
justice process, including police, courts, and corrections; the policy
implications of criminological research. Instructor: Land or staff. One course.
176FS
Theoretical and Statistical Modelling of Networks, Groups,
and Identity.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: How identity is formed by relationships
and groups in which we are embedded. How cultural meaning influences social
interactions. Students learn a formal, mathematical theory that addresses these
questions. Group and individual research projects using computer- assisted data
collection or analysis of the General Social Survey network module. Open to
Focus students only. Instructor: Smith-Lovin. One course.
650S
Global Responses to the Rise of China.
Satisfies: CCI SS WTO
Course Description: Issues on the impact of globalization on
jobs and wages in advanced industrialized countries, the trend of
regionalization in international political economy, the new strategies adopted
by both advanced industrialized countries and developing countries under the
framework, South-North relationship in the era of globalization, the impact of
outsourcing through globalization production networks on developing countries,
comparative analysis of inequality, and other issues faced by developing
countries today. Instructor: Gao. One course.
185FS
Race Relations in the Modern South.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The effects of law on racial dynamics,
the changing meaning of race in popular and policy discourse, and the impact of
recent immigration, particularly Latino immigration, on historical patterns of
Southern race relations. Issues addressed through critical reading of a set of
historical monographs and the analysis of primary data on racial inequality,
racial segregation and racial collective violence. Open only to students in the
Focus Program. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
483S
Cybernetworks.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: The rapid, global growth of social
relations and social networks on the Internet. Topics include the principles of
interpersonal relations and social networks; the rise and development of the
cyber space and of cybernetworks (social networks in the cyber space); types of
cybernetworks (general, specialized); cybernetworks and other social domains
(e.g., economics, politics); cybernetworks and interpersonal networks;
cybernetworks, globalization, and localization; the future of cybernetworks.
Instructor: Lin. One course.
PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES (PUBPOL)
Number Of Listed Courses: 171
527S
Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy in the S.
Satisfies: U SS W
Course Description: Examines causes and consequences of
poverty and inequality in the United States; reviews major social policies used
to combat poverty's ill effects. Acquaint students with definition and extent
of poverty and inequality, examine poverty's "causes", including
family structure and low wage employment, discuss effects of poverty on family
and child well-being, and analyze the primary poverty policies employed by the United
States, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and
WIC. Lecture and class discussion, drawing on material from a variety of
disciplines. Instructor: Gibson-Davis.
562S
Monuments and Memory: Public Policy and Remembrance of
Racial Histories.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Processes of memorialization of various
dimensions of racial pasts, via statuaries, naming of parks and buildings,
films (both documentary and fiction), novels, historical works. In depth
treatment of political and economic basis for determining what events or
persons are remembered and how they are remembered. Interdisciplinary course
encompassing literary studies, memory studies, history, political science,
anthropology, and economics. Instructor: Darity. C-L: African and African
American Studies 541S
263
Border Crossing: Leadership, Value Conflicts, and Public
Life.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W
Course Description: Preparation course for students who plan
to conduct community-based research projects in the summer through Service
Opportunities in Leadership, or another research service learning opportunity.
Through case studies of religious and political groups in U.S., Europe, and
Middle East with conflicting views about the role of religious faith in public
life, explores leadership as the art of working productively with difficult
value conflicts in groups, institutions, and social systems. Includes training
in basic research methods and ethics of human subjects research, completion of
a 20-hour service project for a community organization, and exploration of a
leadership framework for undertaking complex problem-solving work in the public
arena. Instructor: Blount. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
301
Political Analysis for Public Policy-Making.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Analysis of the political and
organizational processes which influence the formulation and implementation of
public policy. Alternative models. Prerequisite: Public Policy 155D.
Instructor: Goss, Hamilton, Jentleson, or Krishna. One course. C-L: Political
Science 310
374
Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 205; also C-L: Documentary Studies 270, Political Science 276, Visual and
Media Studies 264
381S
Science and The Media.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Technique and goals of science writing.
Introduce different modes, publication outlets, and peculiar editorial demands
of each. Making complex, nuanced ideas about science, health and related policy
matters understandable to nonscientists in limited space and in engaging ways.
Encompasses both deep and broad reading with attention to science stories as
told by the best in the field, and
542S
Schooling and Social Stratification.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: This course will examine educational
policies in a comparative, cross-national fashion with a focus on the
implications for the construction of social hierarachy and inequality. Instructor:
Darity. C-L: African and African American Studies 549 Education 542S
529S
Race and Ethnicity.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Explores in depth policies of redress
for intergroup disparities or inequality across countries. Examination of policies
that attempt to systematically correct differences across racial/ethnic groups
in income, wealth, health, rates of incarceration, political participation, and
educational attainment, e.g. affirmative action, land redistribution, parental
school choice, and income redistribution measures in a number of countries
including India, the United States, Brazil, Malaysia, Chile, and South Africa.
Address question of why intergroup differences in outcomes should be viewed as
a social problem. Instructor: Darity. C-L: African and African American Studies
551S
504
Counterterrorism Law and Policy.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: This course explores the novel legal and
policy issues resulting from the United States' response to 9/11 attacks and
the threat posed by modern terrorist organizations. Topics include
preventative/preventive war; detention, interrogation, and prosecution of
suspect terrorists; domestic surveillance; and government secrecy and public
access to information. Instructor: Schanzer, Silliman. C-L: Political Science
543
495AS
Honors Seminar.
Satisfies: CCI FL R
Course Description: Basic training in research methodologies
for students preparing to write an honors thesis on a Spanish or Latin American
topic. Student presentations weekly on research topics and submission of
substantial drafts of honors thesis proposals. (Taught in Madrid.) Consent of
instructor required. Prerequisite: Two 300-level Spanish courses. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
230S
Human Rights Activism.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 235S; also C-L: Political Science 380S
644S
Poverty, Inequality, and Health.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Impact of poverty and socioeconomic
inequality on the health of individuals and populations. Attention given to
both United States and non-United States populations. Topics include the
conceptualization and measurement of poverty and socioeconomic inequality;
socioeconomic gradients in health; globalization and health; socioeconomic
deprivation across the life-course and health in adulthood; and public policy
responses in the United States and elsewhere to growing health inequities in the
age of globalization. Prerequisite: An introductory course in statistics.
Seniors and graduate students only. Instructor: James. C-L: African and African
American Studies 548S
260
Leadership, Policy, and Change.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Ethical and practical issues of social
and organizational change, including conflicts about power and authority,
violence, gender, race, fairness, wealth and work. How imagination, fictional
and historical narratives, anger, friendship, and teaching skills can be useful
in working for change. Problems of group dynamics, integrity, responsibility,
and self-understanding faced by those supporting or opposing changes.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
678
Media Policy and Economics.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: Use of economics to examine the
production and consumption of information in communications markets and impact
of media on society. Topics include regulation of television/radio/newspapers,
intellectual property and Internet, content diversity, and news markets.
Instructor: Hamilton. C-L: Economics 509, Policy Journalism and Media
576
Resource & Environmental Economics I.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520; also C-L:
Economics 530, Marine Science and Conservation
596
Evaluation of Public Expenditures.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Basic development of cost benefit
analysis from alternative points of view, for example, equity debt, and economy
as a whole. Techniques include: construction of cash flows, alternative
investment rules, inflation adjustments, optimal timing and duration of
projects, private and social pricing. Adjustments for economic distortions,
foreign exchange adjustments, risk and income
590S
Advanced Topics in Public Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Selected topics. Seminar version of
Public Policy Studies 590. Instructor: Staff.
269
Twentysomething Leadership.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Provides students with knowledge,
analytical competence, and skills important to exercising leadership as they
navigate the transition from college to post-college life. Explores the many
facets of leadership and leadership development during the period of emerging
adulthood, particularly in understanding how values can be aligned with
professional, volunteer, and personal leadership for the benefit of others and
to enhance personal development. Instructor: Brown. One course.
272D
Historical Perspectives on Public Policy: The United States
from 1945 to the Present.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS II
Course Description: Explores history of domestic and foreign
policy in the United States from end of World War to present. Illuminate how
past decisions have helped to shape today\rquote s policy environment. Cases
studies on issues such as health, civil rights, the environment, taxation,
foreign aid, and military force; identify what has worked and not worked in
policy making. Weekly documentary film series and student-led discussion groups
focused on differing interpretations of the nation's recent past. Instructor:
Korstad, Peck, Kuniholm. One course. C-L: History 344D
265
Leadership, Development, and Organizations.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The central goal of Leadership,
Development, and Organizations is to provide students with relevant insights,
knowledge, analytical competence, and skills important to exercising ethical,
enterprising leadership in organizations and informal groups. Instructor:
Brown. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies, Marine Science and
Conservation
534
Topics in Population, Health, and Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 633; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 550
579S
Collective Action, Environment, and Development.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examines the conditions under which
collective or participatory decisions may raise welfare in defined ways.
Presents the growing empirical evidence for an environment and development
setting including common property issues (tragedy of the commons and competing
models). Identifies what evidence exists for sharing norms on a background of
self-interested strategies. Definitions of and reactions to equity and/or its
absence are a focus. Providing scientific information for policy is another.
Experimental and behavioral economics are frequently applied. Instructor:
Pfaff. C-L: Environment 579S
252
The Arts and Human Rights.
Satisfies: ALP EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 248; also C-L: Study of Ethics 261, Music 238
577
Environmental Politics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 577
207
Development and Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 307; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 307, International
Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
270S
Animals and Ethics: Welfare, Rights, Utilitarianism, and
Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The ways humans depend on animals for a
variety of products and information, with questions about the morality of
specific uses. The origin of the contemporary animal rights movement through
the lens of ethical theories, Kantianism, rights approaches, abolition, Peter
Singer, and utilitarianism. The role of animal welfare through the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, viewed internationally, including comparison of
welfare versus rights agendas. Postmodern and feminist alternatives to existing
theories. Animal law and the question of legal standing for animals. Benefits
and limits of environmentalism as a mode of animal advocacy. Instructor: Rudy
or Staff. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 227S
371
Comparative Health Care Systems.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 335; also C-L: Political Science 355, Canadian Studies, International
Comparative Studies, Global Health, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
166
Introduction to Global Health.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to multidisciplinary
theories and techniques for assessing and addressing global, infectious,
chronic, and behavioral health problems. Global health issues addressed from
perspectives such as: epidemiology, biology, engineering, environment,
business, human rights, nursing, psychology, law, public policy, and economics.
Instructor: Whetten. One course. C-L: Global Health Certificate 161
367S
News Writing and Reporting.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Seminar on reporting and writing news
and feature stories for newspapers. Students required to produce actual news
stories every week, based on original reporting and writing, including
interviews, use of the Internet and electronic databases, public records, and
written
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Public Policy Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
279S
Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in
Conflict and Peacebuilding.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 216S;
also C-L: Political Science 367 Islamic Studies, Marine Science and
Conservation
121
Internship.
Satisfies: D D
Course Description: 'For students working in a public
agency, political campaign, or other policy-oriented group under the
supervision of a faculty member. Prior consent of assistant director of
internships, placement, and alumni and director of undergraduate studies required.
Requires a substantive paper (or papers) containing significant analysis and
interpretation. Satifactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite:
Economics 201 Public Policy 155 301, 302, 303D/equivalent, Statistics 101, and
approval from Internship Coordinator. Instructor: Staff. One course.
226
Anthropology and Public Policy.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 340
677S
Federal programs: Using the paper trail to track promises
and follow the money.
Satisfies: R SS GIS
Course Description: Follows a federal spending or regulatory
program from inception through implementation. Research of primary records,
including state and local governments, and standard federal sources of primary
documents, to compare performance with expectations. and other visualization
techniques to analyze program implementation. Website creation to detail
program performance. Instructor: Cohen.
582
Global Environmental Health: Economics and Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 538; also C-L:
Global Health Certificate 538
609S
The Regulatory Process.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: Study of theories in economics,
political science, and law to examine the structure, conduct, and performance
of U.S. regulatory agencies. Emphasis on why decisions are delegated to
agencies, the degree to which regulators behave strategically, and the impact
of regulatory actions on society. Focus on political and economic roots of
scientific and technological debates in regulatory policy. Required research
paper on origins and effectiveness of a particular regulation. Instructor:
Hamilton. C-L: Political Science 617S
274S
Religion and Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 229S; also C-L: Political Science 379S
410
Policy Journalism and Media Studies Capstone Course.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Capstone course for the Policy
Journalism and Media Studies certificate. Course to be taken after the student
completes an internship in a media organization. Designed to integrate
student's practical experience with the more conceptual and theoretical
knowledge gleaned from the classroom. Students meet in formal course setting to
discuss what they have learned, present examples of the work they have
accomplished culminating in a research paper. Course requirements include
writing a major research paper that synthesizes ideas and concepts learned in
coursework with the internship's practical experience and a class presentation
about the student's internship. Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Rogerson or Roselle. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies 410
598
Economic Growth and Development Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS W
Course Description: Basic principles and policy issues in
the study of economic growth and development. The roles of physical, natural
and human capital, technological innovation, productivity improvements and
institutions in explaining patterns and causes of variations in growth and development
performance of countries. Effects on growth and development of many current
policy issues including HIV-AIDs, financial crises, foreign aid and investment,
debt burdens and forgiveness, corruption and governance. Prerequisite: Public
Policy Studies 302. Instructor: Fernholz, Glenday, or Shukla. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
286S
Science and Technology Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 328S
379S
The First Amendment and Information Society.
Satisfies: EI SS S
Course Description: Analysis of the role of the First
Amendment in content-oriented media and communications. Examination of the
seeming contradiction between American intellectual property regimes and the
Bill of Rights "proscription of any law . . . abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press . . ." Critical readings of commentary and some
case law, with extensive classroom discussion in a small seminar format.
Substantive topics include policy-based perspectives on electronic file
sharing, digital encryption, open source software, rights clearance issues,
infringement theory in derivative works, dilution theory, and jurisdiction in
cyberspace. Prerequisite Public Policy Studies 388 Intellectual Property.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Frey. One course. C-L: Policy
Journalism and Media
502S
Contemporary United States Foreign Policy.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Focus on challenges and opportunities
for American foreign policy in this global age including the impact of
interests, ideals and values. Draws on both the scholarly literature and policy
analyses. Addresses big picture questions about America's role in the world as
well as major current foreign policy issues that raise considerations of power,
security, prosperity and ethics. Open to undergraduates with permission of
instructor and priority to Public Policy Studies and Political Science majors,
and to graduate students. Instructor: Jentleson. C-L: Political Science 670S
250FS
Law, Ethics & Responsibility.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 212FS
601S
Urban Policy.
Satisfies: QS R SS W
Course Description: Overview of basic political,
sociological, and economic models of urbanization coupled with application of
these models to modern urban problems, including concentrated poverty, traffic
congestion and mass transit, crime, land use and environmental quality, housing
affordability, and fiscal crises. Special emphasis on historical evolution of
cities. Students write a major project focusing on the problems facing one
American city, and propose solutions to those problems. Instructor: Staff.
595S
Regulation of Vice and Substance Abuse.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: The traditional vices of drinking,
smoking, gambling, and the recreational use of drugs. Evaluation of government
policy on these activities. The intellectual framework for evaluation drawn
from economics, although readings refer to law, psychology, philosophy, and
statistics. Instructor: Cook.
120
Undergraduates Internship Requirement.
Satisfies:
Course Description: 'Field work in chosen policy area with
pre-approval of the Internship Coordinator. Must submit approval form, five
page memo, and self-evaluation form two weeks after
513S
International Democratization.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Focus on critical analysis of
international efforts to improve governance, build democracy and increase
respect for human rights through a series of methods or tools: international
law, sanctions, aid, conditionality, and a vast array of activities broadly
labeled democracy promotion, including election assistance and civil society
development. Class requires a high level of discussion and preparation for each
meeting. Emphasis on student application of reading material to a particular
country. Instructor: Kelley. C-L: Political Science 647S
267
Leading as a Social Entrepreneur.
Satisfies: EI SS A
Course Description: dynamic introduction to social
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadership. Through this interactive
class, students craft a personal leadership plan and learn how to develop a
promising idea for social change. Instructor: Gergen. One course.
294
Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: Cross National
Perspective.
Satisfies: A CCI EI SS
Course Description: Explores origins and causes of
differences in patterns of economic performance between ethnic and racial
groups from a comparative perspective across the globe. Consideration of a
variety of accounts for wide disparities in incidence of poverty and affluence
across ascriptively differentiated groups, with particular attention to
economic problems in ethnically or racially plural societies and use of various
social policies to redress intergroup inequalities, including Malaysia's New
Economic Policy, India's reservations system for scheduled castes, and
affirmative action in U.S. and South Africa. Instructor: Darity. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 244, Economics 248
211S
Contemporary International Policy Issues.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Surveys several issues displaying
different forms or policy responses in various geographical regions and
cultures. Examples include: competition over energy resources, design of
international organization, trends of human migration, privatization of
security, and patterns of economic inequality. An interdisciplinary approach
with attention to political, economic and social patterns. The goal is to
introduce international policy issues that remain unsolved, while understanding
how present-day relationships and policies are shaped by the past. Particularly
useful for students looking for international topics for honors theses or other
research projects. Instructor: Johnson. One course. C-L: Political Science 225S
642S
Designing Innovation for Global Health: From Philanthropy to
People.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: The policy and philanthrophic landscape
behind appropriate technologies for global health. Focus is on developing
countries and problems specific to those settings. Topics examined include:
policies to minimize inequity, appropriate level of intervention for an
innovation (individual, group, community), intellectual and financial capital,
end-user input, systems for sharing and owning knowledge, philanthropy, ethical
issues, and policy ramifications. Several weeks devoted to examination of
specific technologies and problems, including access to medicines,
malnutrition, clean water, and information technology. Instructor: So.
515S
Assisting Development.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Examines evolution of international
development theory and practice since early 1950s. Investigates how different solutions
advanced to deal with poverty have fared. Different streams of academic and
policy literature, including economics, political science, and sociology, are
consulted with a view to understanding what could have been done in the past
and what should be done at the present time. Examines alternative formulations
weekly in seminar format. Individual research papers (60% of grade) which
analyze past and present development practices in a country of their choice, or
examine trends within a particular sector (e.g., agriculture, population,
gender relations, the environment). Instructor: Krishna. C-L: Political Science
546S
212
Globalization and Public Policy.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: How the various aspects of globalization
affect, and are affected by public policy at the international, national and
local levels. Development of an analytic framework for thinking about
globalization and its core concepts, major institutions and political dynamics;
survey of a range of major policy areas affected by globalization; focus on a
policy area of particular interest. Instructor: Jentleson. One course. C-L:
Political Science 358, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
525S
Poverty Policy After Welfare Reform.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Will examine evidence on the effects of
the 1996 welfare reform and study the piecemeal anti-poverty programs that have
risen in place of traditional welfare. Will discuss how future poverty policies
might address concerns that have risen in prominence since welfare reform, such
as men as a neglected constituency and the challenges for low-income workers
posed by technology and globalization. Familiarity with microeconomic
principles will be helpful. Instructor: Ananat.
165
Introduction to the United States Health Care System.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Overview of the key health policy issues
in the United States. Topics include: (1) sources of morbidity and mortality;
(2) access to health care; (3) financing of health care including an overview
of how health insurance works, Medicare and Medicaid and why there are
uninsured persons and to what effect; (4) quality of health care; (5) the role
of innovation in both treating disease and influencing costs; (6) mental health,
including why drug and alcohol treatment is generally considered to be a mental
health service; (7) the role of non-profit versus for-profit ownership of
health care facilities and to what effect; (8) long term care; and (9) the
impact of social phenomenon such as income inequality, social class and culture
on health care. Instructor: Taylor. One course.
210DA
Berlin Since the War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 366A
204A
Political Philosophy of Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 237A;
also C-L: Political Science 297A
331
Health Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 334
290S
Selected Public Policy Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Seminar version of Public Policy Studies
290. Instructor: Staff. One course.
257
Social Enterprise Development.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Lecture version for Public Policy 233S.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Gergen. One course.
528
History of Poverty in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: C-L: see Study of Ethics 561; also C-L:
History 546
376S
Telecommunications Policy and Regulation.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Broadcast policies, the rise of cable
television, spectrum allocation and authorization, and developments in common
carrier telecommunications. Instructor: Prak. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image, Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism
and Media
635
The Politics of Health Care.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The history, status, and future of
health care policy. Grounded in political theories such as distributive
justice, altruism, and contractarianism. Focus on policy formation. Case
discussions of American reform controversies in light of international
experience. Instructor: Conover. C-L: Political Science 518
542S
Understanding Ethical Crisis in Organizations.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of Ethics
562S; also C-L: Political Science 502 Public Policy Studies 558S
209D
Non-State Actors in World Politics.
Satisfies: R SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
348D
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S-1
Selected Topics in Public Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Satifactory/Unsatisfactory grading only.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
288
International Trade.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 355; also
C-L: Markets and Management Studies
385S
Women in the Public Sphere: History, Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI SS W NYC
Course Description: Why and how women who seek to practice
leadership in public life operate within broad historical and theoretical
contexts. Examine how American women have exercised leadership for social
change over the last two centuries. Analyze current debates about gender and
leadership in academic literature and the popular press, and discuss the
opportunities and challenges facing women today. Explore the relationship
between theory and practice by applying theory to current-day issues. This course
serves as the preferred gateway course for The Moxie Project: Women and
Leadership for Social Change (DukeEngage - 8 weeks in working with a local or
national organization serving women and girls). Instructor: Seidman. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 225S
228S
Documentary and Policy: How Documentary Influences Policy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
272S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 336S
276
Global Disasters: Science and Policy.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Engineering 260;
also C-L: Environment 260
303D
Microeconomic Policy Tools.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Development and application of
analytical economic tools in a policy environment. Emphasis on application of
economic methods in a variety of policy settings and developing testable
hypotheses that might be used to guide economic policy. Analytical topics
include willingness to pay, derived demand, multi-market interactions,
comparative advantage, investment analysis, and decision making under
uncertainty. Applications include tax analysis, including incidence, effective
protection, shadow pricing, introduction to government expenditures, labor
market policy, examples of regulation and pricing externalities. Instructor:
Ananat, Bellemare, Conrad, Hamond, or Ladd. One course.
278
North American Environmental History.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 345
399S
The Photographic Essay: Narratives Through Pictures.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
239S; also C-L: Visual Arts 241S
243S
Children, Schools, and Society.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Education 243S;
also C-L: Children in Contemporary Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
602S
Law, Economics, and Organizations.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Overview of field of law and economics.
Economics of information, contract theory, economic analysis of law, and New
Institutional Economics. Consequences of failure of law and institutions;
alternative mechanisms to sustain markets and transactions. Instructor consent
required. Instructor: Bellemare. C-L: Economics 502S
364
Media and National Security.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: The influence of political leadership,
organizational factors in media structures, and the roles and norms of
journalists. Change in the definition of security and rationales for military
intervention, especially since the end of the Cold War. Parallel changes in
media technology introducing the capacity for unmediated, live diffusion of
images and tension, conflict, and emergencies. The increasingly important
relationship between information and security as seen in controversies
surrounding the coverage of terrorism. Instructor: Mickiewicz. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 304, Policy Journalism and Media
289
Public Finance.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 438
372
Information, Policy, and Ethics.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: The development of the Internet as a
medium of communication and the policies and regulations that have emerged both
internationally and nationally (in the United States). The political aspects of
the access to information on the Internet and the more controversial issue of
Internet content. Includes Internet monitoring project designed to encourage
in-depth analysis in order to place the Internet in its historical context;
contemporary political and social impacts of the Internet. Instructor:
Rogerson. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies, Policy
Journalism and Media, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
643
Global Health Policy and Policy-Making.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 570
526S
Race and American Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 525S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 544S
637
Health Policy Analysis.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Group analysis of a current
health-policy problem. Project involves background research, data acquisition,
analysis, writing, and presentation of a substantial policy report. Designed
for candidates seeking the undergraduate certificate in health policy. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Conover or Taylor.
231
Human Rights in Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
388; also C-L: Philosophy 262, Documentary Studies, Global Health, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
382S
Narrative Journalism in the Digital Age.
Satisfies: SS STS W
Course Description: Long-form journalism's decades-long
ability to distinguish elite publications, attract great writers and produce
stories that deepen readers' understanding of issues. Examination of journalism
storytelling and the impact of new technologies in print, on television and
online. Different forms of storytelling and the influence on what kind of
issues and subjects receive attention. Production of original journalism
required. Instructor: Bennett. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
597S
Seminar in Applied Project Evaluation.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Initiate, develop, and perform a project
evaluation. Range of topics include measuring the social cost of deforestation,
the B1 Bomber, a child nutrition program, the local arts program. Prerequisite:
Economics 285 or Public Policy Studies 596. Instructor: Conrad. C-L: Economics
522S
411S
Human Trafficking: Past and Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Examines social and cultural history of
human trafficking to North America from the Seventeenth century to the present,
beginning with the organization of both the servant trade from Great Britain
and the slave trade from Africa in the 1600s to the creation of sex trafficking
in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instructor: Peck. One course.
C-L: History 411S
377S
Medicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
206S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 204S
210S
Doing Good: Anthropological Perspectives on Development.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 428S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 401S
606
Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Survey of macroeconomic theory and
analysis of policies designed to reduce unemployment, stimulate economic
growth, and stabilize prices. Conventional monetary and fiscal instruments,
employment policies, and new policies designed to combat inflation. Instructor:
Staff. C-L: Economics 506
190FS
Focus Program Introductory Special Topics in Public Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introductory and basic topics in public
policy. Topics vary each semester. Does not count for public policy studies
major. Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
170S
The Documentary Experience: Video Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R SS S S S S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
105S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 106 Arts of the Moving Image 331 History
125 Political Science 105 Visual and Media Studies 106 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
413S
Capstone Seminar: Immigration Policy History.
Satisfies: CZ EI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 487S
675S
Advanced Magazine Journalism.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Advanced version of Public Policy Studies
366S. Students study current magazines as cultural documents; read and analyze
stories across a broad swath of magazines; research, report, and write stories
on complex public policy issues; conceptualize a magazine as a class project.
Instructor: Bliwise. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
396S
Documentary Engagement Through Field-Based Projects.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
450S
183FS
The Genome and the Internet: Growing Up Together (seminar
for Genome Revolution Focus cluster).
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Genome Sciences and
Policy 191FS
388S
Islam and the Media.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: How the news media portray Muslims in
the United States, and how Muslim communities see themselves in the context of
media coverage. Roles of religion, culture, language and other experience in
journalists' approach to stories about Muslims in America. American Muslims
identification with these stories. News media's portrayals of individuals and
communities resemblance to Muslims' self-portraits. One assignment: develop a
project involving Muslim communities, guided by Wendy Ewald of the Center for
Documentary Studies. Field trips to area Islamic centers. Instructor: Bennett.
One course. C-L: Documentary Studies 359 Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and
Media
155D
Introduction to Policy Analysis.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Basic concepts of analytical thinking
including quantitative methods for assessing the probabilities of outcomes and
appraising policy alternatives. Illustrated by problems faced by busy decision
makers in government, business, law, medicine. Instructor: Kelley, Mayer,
Taylor, or Vigdor. One course. C-L: Global Health
610S
Analysis for Strategic Design of Policy and Regulation.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Applies tools from welfare economics,
information economics, and mechanism design in order to analyze public policy
problems in the context of asymmetric information and strategic behavior.
Applications include: financial regulation, private and social insurance,
corruption and accountability, provision of public goods, and others. Requires
previous exposure to intermediate microeconomics (including basic game theory),
and reasonable comfort with the mathematics of constrained optimization.
Instructor: Hamoudi.
262
The Politics of Civic Engagement.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: This course explores ethical issues
related to civic engagement by college students, their reasons for
participating, the goals of the university in sponsoring their summer
experiences, and the impact they had on the people and organizations they
worked with. Students will read books and articles from different political
perspectives on the value and appropriateness of civic engagement. Required
discussion sections will allow students to share the challenges of their own
engagement. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Korstad. One course.
61
Natural Catastrophes: Rebuilding from Ruins.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Research Service Learning Gateway course
where students will conduct a life cycle analysis of natural disasters. Invited
experts will discuss meteorologic, hydrologic and geologic factors that cause
disasters; explore how societies plan and/or respond to the immediate and
long-term physical, social, emotional and spiritual issues associated with
survival; and present case studies of response, recovery and reconstruction
efforts. Students will attend the lecture component of the course and complete
on-line quizzes to demonstrate understanding of the material presented. For the
service learning experience, students will carry out response activities over
Spring Break in an area ravaged by a natural disaster. They will keep a journal
(audio and written) of their activities, write a brief synopsis (4-5 pages),
and make a group oral presentation of their findings following their return.
They will also submit a hypothetical research proposal for a project which
might stem from the course and their experiences. Instructor: Schaad. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 109, Environment 162
275
United States Environmental Policy.
Satisfies: EI SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 212;
also C-L: Energy and the Environment
674
Media and Democracy.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Examines the relationship between mass
media and democracy in the United States, other developed democracies, and
societies in transition. Seeks to explain how the media cover politics and
public policy, examining the nature of media institutions, the economics of
news production and consumption, and the strategic interplay of politicians,
journalists, editors, and other actors who influence the content of news.
Instructor: Mickiewicz. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 563, Information Science
and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and Media
580S
Water Cooperation and Conflict.
Satisfies: R SS STS S
Course Description: Focuses on potential for transboundary
water resources-related conflict and cooperation. Discusses water scarcity
concepts, natural resource conflict theory, hydro politics, hydro hegemony,
water security, water markets and institutions, game theory, and international
water law. Other topics include the economics of water and health. Case studies
complement the broader course outlook. Instructor: Jeuland. C-L: Global Health
Certificate 533 Environment 543S
184FS
Synthetic Genomics: Science, Policy and Ethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Explore both the science behind
synthetic genomics as well as related policy and ethical issues raised by these
new advancements. Begins with examination of science of synthetic genomics,
focusing on key experiments, and integrates discussions on policy and ethical
issues as the scientific field matured. Readings will include scientific
publications, bioethical reports, government reports, and popular press. Open
only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Haga. One course. C-L:
Genome Sciences and Policy 138FS
366S
Magazine Journalism.
Satisfies: SS W S S
Course Description: Storytelling techniques of magazine
journalism; historical and contemporary writing for magazines; and visual
impact in print. Students develop experience in different kinds of magazine
writing, collaborate on a magazine produced by the class, contribute to campus
publications. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Bliwise. One course.
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 306 Documentary Studies 356 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
574
Economic Evaluation of Sustainable Development.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Examines how one could rationally defend
a choice of 'sustainable development' policy. Applies cost-benefit thinking in
environment-natural-resources
471S
Language and Politics: Eurasian Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 471S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 484 Public Policy Studies 208S
607
Applying Economic Analysis for Environmental and Public
Health Project Evaluation.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 531;
also C-L: Environment 563
242S
Children in Contemporary Society.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Children in
Contemporary Society 250S
280S
Marine Science and Conservation Leadership.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 350S;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
384S
Global Democratization: Uses and Misuses of Ratings and
Measurements.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Global expansion of democracy and how
this trend is studied, analyzed, ranked and rated, with particular attention to
organizations that employ methods of ranking and disseminate the results.
Includes discussing the policy uses and consequences of these methods, the context
and history of democratization and exploring current examples of democratic
transition. Instructor: Mickiewicz. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and
Media
412S
Capstone Seminar: Regulating American Business: Historical
Perspectives.
Satisfies: CZ EI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 477S
531S
Philanthropy: The Power of Money.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Seminar syle course designed to deepen
understanding of philanthropy and its role in American society. Course will
cover Philanthropy's history, cultural origins, and influence on social policy.
Students will learn how foundations work and issues they face to maintain
legitimacy and efficacy. Not an introductory class. Permission required. Some
experience in social sector required. Instructor: Skloot.
334S
Medical Decision Making (C).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 353S
559S
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Not-for-Profit Management.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: An examination of the role and
functioning of the not-for-profit sector in relation to both the public sector
and the private for-profit sector in dealing with significant social problems.
Also taught as Law 585. Instructor: Fleishman.
544S
Schools and Social Policy.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Overview and selected current policy
issues related to K-12 education. Includes small-group research projects that
require data analysis, literature searches, and interviews with education
policy makers. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Ladd. C-L: Children
in Contemporary Society
638
Global Health Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 540
264S
Critical Reflection and Adaptive Leadership in Complex
Systems.
Satisfies: EI R SS W
Course Description: Capstone seminar for students completing
community-based research (CBR) projects through Service Opportunities in
Leadership Program. Involves critical reflection on summer projects, exploration
of leadership, politics, and policy design concepts. Exploration, drawing upon
students' experiences, questions, and insights as a starting point, of how
lives of commitment to the common good are formed and sustained. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Blount. One course.
373S
Intellectual Property: Law, Policy, and Practice.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: Survey and analysis of American
intellectual property law and policy. Examines the impact of intangible
assets--copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights and interests--on
artistic expression, communication, and innovation. Emphasis on media-oriented
issues including film, television, music, computer programs, and digital
content, with special focus on the tension between the impulse to protect
property interests and the need for an expansive public domain. Extensive
readings in both case law and policy commentary. Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Frey. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
205
United States Foreign Policy I: From World War to Vietnam
War.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Basic assumptions about international
interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the means by which
they have been pursued from the origins of the Cold War to the war in Vietnam.
Focus on crucial operational premises in the 'defining moments' of United
States diplomatic history. Policy-making models, politics of foreign policy,
global environment within which United States policy is made, and uses of
history. Special attention to the origins of the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
Instructor: Kuniholm. One course. C-L: History 375
386S
Muckraking to Data Mining: Reporting That Made a Difference.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Investigative reporting, like that which
prompted a president to resign, new consumer safety laws and the release of
wronged prisoners. Traces the evolution of investigative reporting through lens
of stories which changed public policy. Fresh reading of original works.
Follows changing methods and mores of investigative and watchdog reporting.
Instructor: Cohen. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
332
Health Policy.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to United States' health
care policies and practices. Historical perspectives as backdrop to analyses of
current topics. Role of current debates in changes to United States health care
system and structure. Ethics of selected health policy and health care
decisions. Emphasis on differences in health outcomes and participation in
health structures by race, ethnicity, and gender. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Whetten. One course.
516
Media and Social Change.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 676; also C-L: Political Science 619, International Comparative
Studies, Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies, International Comparative Studies
182
Public Speaking: Policy Advocacy and Communication.
Satisfies: W
Course Description: Theoretical and practical understanding
of the elements of effective advocacy, especially as applied to policy issues.
Focus on oral communication (both formal public speaking and interactive
exchange), written exposition, and presentation skills. Emphasis on the human
dimensions of the communication process-voice and body behavior, audience
evaluation, focus, control and self-awareness. Identifies techniques for
minimizing communication distraction, developing confidence in presentation
situations, and analyzing informational requirements. Does not apply toward
public policy studies major. Instructor: Frey. One course.
389S
Small Town USA: Local Collaborations.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
230S; also C-L: Visual Arts 232 Visual and Media Studies 224 Policy Journalism
and Media Studies
270
Civic Participation and Community Leadership.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Explores ways in which value conflicts
in communities affect civic and political participation, as well as policy
design. Examines a series of questions about reinventing democracy at the
grassroots. Challenges students to develop a framework of problem solving
approaches and to consider diverse ways to exercise leadership in the face of
competing interests. Instructor: Blount. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
383S
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking.
Satisfies: S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 470S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 470 Visual and Media Studies 470
Information Science and Information Studies
380
Politics of Food: Land, Labor, Health, and Economics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
341S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 238S
515S
Gender, Identity, and Public Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies
530 Political Science 521S
399S
Global Russia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Globalization of Russian culture as
manifested in popular and academic cultural forms, including political
ideologies, media and artistic texts, film, theater and television, markets,
educational and legal institutions, historical and contemporary social
movements. Examination of ethical issues in context of such topics as the
relationship between church and state; the evolution of a totalitarian
government into a democratic state; reproductive rights; the struggle against
corruption in education, finance, police force; the role of censorship; views
of citizenship, patriotism, valor, and treason; historical perspectives on
prison camps, abuses of psychiatry. Instructor: Andrews. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 399 Public Policy Studies 201S
450AS
Glasgow Seminar in Public Policy.
Satisfies: CCI R SS D D
Course Description: Analysis of the British political system
and important public policy problems in Britain including: privatization,
Britain and the European community, and economic and social policy. (Taught in
Scotland.) Prerequisite: Public Policy Studies 155 two of the core courses
(Public Policy Studies 301, 302, 303or equivalent, or Statistical Science 101),
and consent of director Instructor: Staff. One course.
371
News as Moral Battleground.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Ethical inquiry into journalism
traditions and its effect on public discourse. Issues includes accuracy,
transparency, conflicts of interest and fairness. Stories presenting special
issues such as national security, reporting on vulnerable people and the
privacy of public figures. New challenges in blogging, social media and the
24-hour news cycle. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Bennett (Fall),
Cohen (Spring). One course. C-L: Documentary Studies
560S
Philanthropy: the Theory of Practice and the Practice of
Theory.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Role of grantmaking foundations as
engines of social, economic, and political change. Normative implications for
democracy of elites using wealth to influence society. Theories of strategic
vs. expressive philanthropy. Debate over time-limited vs. perpetual
foundations. Cases of philanthropy's impact in realms such as education, public
television, and AIDS research. New philanthropic ventures that hybridize
for-profit and non-profit approaches. Consulting project to guide newly wealthy
individuals in philanthropic stategy. Instructor: Goss.
385S
Higher Education and The News Media.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Analysis of content and methods of media
coverage of major issues in higher education. Ways institutions try to shape
(and respond to) media coverage. Includes a review of the history and
distinctive characteristics of American higher education. Focus on a number of
issues including finance, athletics, town-gown relations, academic freedom and
political correctness, student culture, conflict of interest, rankings,
scandals, globalization, and the impact of changing information technology.
Instructor: Burness. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
634S
Making Social Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 563S; also C-L: Children in Contemporary Society 634 Children in
Contemporary Society
583S
Energy and U.S. National Security.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W S
Course Description: Examines link between reliable,
affordable, and sustainable sources of energy and U.S. national security.
Includes ethical considerations related to energy resources and wealth
distribution, analysis through case study of top foreign oil suppliers to U.S.,
as well as newer "unconventional" sources of energy such as shale gas
and renewables. Extensive use of guest experts from U.S., local and foreign
governments as well as industry. Specific skills include thinking like a U.S.
diplomat (cross-cultural perspective), writing concise policy memos, and
delivering a compelling, succinct oral presentation. Final project will require
policy recommendation on an assigned energy security topic. Instructor: Kelly.
C-L: Political Science 663 Environment 583S
387S
Documenting Black Experiences.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
350S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image 214 Cultural Anthropology 262S
232
The Insurgent South: Movements for Social Change Since the
Civil War.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: Social movements in the South from
Reconstruction to the present. Includes Populism, Women's Suffrage, the
Interracial Movement, labor, civil rights, and post-1960s conservatism.
Attention to public policy positions espoused by social movement organizations
and activists. Lecture/discussion. Weekly writing assignments. Instructor:
Korstad. One course. C-L: History 357
216S
The U.S. Border and its Borderlands.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Canadian Studies
350S; also C-L: Latin American Studies
578
Land Use Principles and Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 550
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
353
Law, Culture, and the Russian Legal Tradition.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: The development of the Russian legal
tradition, with particular emphasis on the historical, ethical and cultural
factors that have contributed to its emergence, comparing the Russian tradition
with the Western legal tradition. How law, lawyers, and legal institutions have
been portrayed and perceived in Russian popular culture, especially Russian
literature, including the relationship between secular legal institutions and
the Russian Orthodox Church. Taught in English. Instructor: Newcity. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 202, International Comparative Studies
575L
Resource and Environmental Economics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520L; also C-L:
Economics 530L
639S
Public Health Research Methods and Issues.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Focus on prevention of diseases and
health problems; funding, policy, and management decision making. Overview of
public health interventions and outcomes in United States, Europe, and less
industrialized nations. Emphasis on understanding the social construction of
race and ethnicity and the impact of socioeconomic variables such as race,
ethnicity, gender, income and education on health. Public health perspective
applied to such topics as: HIV/AIDS; teen pregnancy; cocaine use during
pregnancy; infant mortality and low birth weight; violence; major causes of
mortality in less industrialized countries; and role of public health in state
and national health reform. Instructor: Whetten. C-L: Global Health
282AS
Science, Ethics, and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see Philosophy 385AS;
also C-L: Public Policy Studies 258S
241
Multi-Method Approaches to Social and Policy Research.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: An overview of social research methods
in public policy: principles of social research, proposal and study design,
sampling and data collection, operationalization and analysis through
quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches. Preparation for
independent research in social sciences and public policy. Fulfills the methods
course requirement for Children in Contemporary Society certificate program.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society 241
604
Using Data to Analyze and Evaluate Public Policy.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: This course reviews the basic methods of
inferring the causal impact of public policy initiatives. Topics include
randomized controlled trials, instrumental variable analysis, regression
discontinuity designs, difference-in-difference "natural
experiments," and propensity score/nearest neighbor matching methods.
Assignments include analysis using Stata software; final project entails
proposing a quantitative study focused on causal inference. Either Statistical
Science 101 or Public Policy 812 required; further coursework in multiple
regression preferred. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Ananat or J.
Vigdor.
401
Gender and Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examination of issues at the
intersection of gender and law through a number of different theoretical
lenses. Analyzes policy problems with gender implications from the perspective
of formal equality, substantive equality, nonsubordination theory, different
voice theory, autonomy, and various poststructural critiques. Engages theory at
the level of concrete, easily accessible ethical and policy issues, including
such topics as employment equality, pregnancy, domestic violence, rape, reproductive
rights, sexual orientation and sexual identity discrimination, family equality,
sexual harassment, pornography, education equality, affirmative action, and the
justice system. Instructor: Bartlett. One course. C-L: Literature 430, Public
Policy Studies 315
605
International Trade and Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Focus on economics of trade and trade
policy. Includes theoretical models explaining patterns of trade, economic
gains from trade, and distribution effects (winner and losers), as well as the
economic effects of trade barriers, major agencies and institutions affecting
trade, preferential trading arrangements, outsourcing and offshoring,
multinationals, and labor and environmental issues. (No finance.) Instructor:
Krupp. C-L: Economics 505
532S
Introductory Demographic Measures and Concepts.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 530S
397S
American Communities: Photographic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
233S; also C-L: Visual Arts 217 Visual and Media Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
398S
Advanced Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
415S; also C-L: Visual Arts 415 Visual and Media Studies 415 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
266S
Whose Democracy? Participation and Public Policy in the
United States.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Overview of patterns in Americans'
engagement and disengagement from civic life. Examination of why people do (and
do not)
603S
Microeconomics of International Development Policy.
Satisfies: SS D
Course Description: Microeconomic foundations of
international development policy using tools of microeconomics to study
behavior of individuals, households, and firms in developing countries. Topics
may include household and intrahousehold modeling; market participation;
agrarian contracts; credit and microfinance; nutrition and health; poverty
traps; etc. Public Policy Studies 303prerequisite or instructor approval.
Instructor: Bellemare. C-L: Economics 503S
501S
American Grand Strategy.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 562S; also
C-L: History 567S
304
Economics of the Public Sector.
Satisfies: SS D
Course Description: Applies tools of intermediate micro
economics to the public sector. Develops economic justifications for government
intervention into the economy and examines and evaluates various government
policies and programs including regulation of externalities, welfare programs,
social security and other social insurance programs. Provides a solid
foundation for applied benefit cost analysis. Analyzes tax policy and other
forms of government financing, both at national and subnational levels.
Prerequisites: Public Policy Studies 303or Economics 201D. Instructor: Ladd,
Ananat, Hamoudi, Pat. One course. C-L: Economics 338
234S
Distributive Justice.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
376S; also C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
581S
International Environmental Regimes.
Satisfies: EI SS STS S
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 545S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 521 Energy and the Environment
302D
Policy Choice as Value Conflict.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Same as Public Policy Studies 302 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Prerequisite: Public Policy Studies 155D. Instructor: Charney, Korstad,
Peck, or Pickus. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
634
Responsible Genomics.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Survey of ethical, social, economic, and
legal issues in genomics. Introduction to ethical reasoning and examination of
selected issues calling for such analysis, including: special procedures for
research involving human participants, (2) respect for privacy and
confidentiality of genetic information; (3) historical and political background
of health research funding, and (4) public-private research interactions such
as intellectual property and conflict of interest. Instructor: Cook-Deegan.
C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 612, Genome Sciences and Policy
561
9/11: Causes, Response & Strategy.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Examination of the origin and ideology
of al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations, the events that led to the 9/11
attacks, and the public policy response in terms of use of force, preventive
intelligence and law enforcement policies, and homeland security. Comparative
examination of the efficacy and ethics of alternative counterterrorism
policies. Instructor: Schanzer. C-L: Political Science 544
203
The 1960S: History and Public Policy.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 378
336S
Long Term Care Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: The aging of the United States
population, escalating expenditures, uneven managed care penetration in the
Medicare and Medicaid markets, and unresolved public/private relationships;
federal policy debates on social security and Medicare, state and local service
strategies, and reform agenda for the future. Instructor: Taylor. One course.
271S
Social Entrepreneurship in Action.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Social Entrepreneurship in Action is a
leadership course in applied social innovation. The course provides students
with knowledge, analytical competence, and leadership skills important to
becoming a changemaker. The teaching method is interactive and experiential and
assumes that the students are highly motivated to be part of an action learning
community. Instructor: Brown, Gergen. One course. C-L: Markets and Management
Studies, Marine Science and Conservation, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
259S
Women as Leaders.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Explore the long history of women\rquote
s activism in the United States, and how that history has shaped current
debates about women leaders. Explore the variety of ways that women exercise
leadership-not just in party politics and corporations, but in neighborhoods,
schools, and unions among other places. Learn about theories of leadership, and
connect theory to practice through the process of exercising leadership on
campus through a hands-on final project. Both men and women welcome in the
class. Instructor: Seidman. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation,
Women's Studies
214FS
Law and Globalization in Emerging Markets.
Satisfies: CCI SS FS
Course Description: Same as Russian 214S; open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 277 Public Policy Studies 214FS
365S
Television Journalism.
Satisfies: SS S S
Course Description: Theories and concepts of television
broadcasting; writing and editing for electronic media; issues of production.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: J.C. Johnson. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 305 Policy Journalism and Media Studies 365
Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
206
United States Foreign Policy II: From Vietnam War to the
Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Examination of basic assumptions about
international interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the
means by which they have been pursued from the end of the Vietnam War to the
Clinton administration. Focus on crucial operational premises in the ''defining
moments'' of United States diplomatic history. Various policy-making models,
politics of foreign policy, global environment within which United States policy
is made, and uses of history. Special attention to the Cold War, the
Arab-Israeli wars, and the Gulf War. Continuation of Public Policy Studies 205
(recommended but not required). Instructor: Kuniholm. One course. C-L: History
376
375S
Video for Social Change.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
271S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 335S
575D
Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520D; also C-L:
Economics 530D
CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY (CCS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 10
590
Advanced Children in Contemporary Society Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics vary but pertain to the
development and social and economic well-being of children and their families.
Interdisciplinary in nature and drawing material from disciplines such as
sociology, psychology, public policy, economics, and education. An elective
course for students pursuing Children in Contemporary Society certificate.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S
Selected Children in Contemporary Society Seminar Topics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Seminar version of Children in
Contemporary Society 290. Instructor: Staff. One course.
241
Multi-Method Approaches to Social and Policy Research.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: An overview of social research methods
in public policy: principles of social research, proposal and study design,
sampling and data collection, operationalization and analysis through
quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches. Preparation for
independent research in social sciences and public policy. Fulfills the methods
course requirement for Children in Contemporary Society certificate program.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society 241
495S
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Children's
Issues.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: An integrative, multi-disciplinary study
of the psychological, social, and political factors that affect American
children and families. Specific topics to be determined by students and
instructor, for example, the behavioral and economic consequences of juvenile
delinquency; the implications of different family structures on infants,
children, and adolescents; or the civic and social responsibilities of public
education. Individual and group research projects required. Capstone course
required for the Children in Contemporary Society certificate program. Consent
of Director of that certificate program required. Instructor: Rosch or staff.
One course.
290
Selected Children in Contemporary Society Topics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Topics vary but pertain to the
development and social and economic well-being of children and their families.
Interdisciplinary in nature and drawing material from disciplines such as
sociology, psychology, public policy, economics, and education. An elective
course for students pursuing Children in Contemporary Society certificate. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
634S
Making Social Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 563S; also C-L: Children in Contemporary Society 634 Children in
Contemporary Society
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
590S
Advanced Children in Contemporary Society Seminar Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Seminar version of Children in
Contemporary Society 590. Instructor: Staff. One course.
242S
Children in Contemporary Society.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Children in
Contemporary Society 250S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
COMPUTER SCIENCE (COMPSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 63
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Computer Science.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
619
Computational Topology.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
636
353
Introduction to Operating Systems.
Satisfies: CPU O
Course Description: Basic concepts and principles of
multiprogrammed operating systems. Processes, interprocess communication,
scheduling, mutual exclusion, deadlocks, memory management, I/devices, file
systems, protection mechanisms. Also taught as Computer Science 210.
Prerequisites: Computer Science 201 and 250. Instructor: Chase or Ellis. One
course.
513
Nonlinear Dynamics.
Satisfies: QS R L L
Course Description: Introduction to the study of temporal
patterns in nonequilibrium systems. Theoretical, computational, and
experimental insights used to explain phase space, bifurcations, stability
theory, universality, attractors, fractals, chaos, and time-series analysis.
Each student carries out an individual research project on a topic in nonlinear
dynamics and gives a formal presentation of the results. Prerequisites:
Computer Science 101, Mathematics 216, and Physics 161 162 or equilavent.
Instructor: Behringer or Virgin. One course. C-L: Computer Science 524,
Modeling Biological Systems
530
Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
Satisfies: QS NP
Course Description: Design and analysis of efficient
algorithms. Algorithmic paradigms. Applications include sorting, searching,
dynamic structures, graph algorithms, randomized algorithms. Computationally
hard problems. completeness. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201 or equivalent.
Instructor: Agarwal, Edelsbrunner, Munagala, or Reif. One course.
555
Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic concepts and techniques used stochastic
modeling of systems with applications to performance and reliability of
computer and communications system. Elements of probability, random variables
(discrete and continuous), expectation, conditional distributions, stochastic
processes, discrete and continuous time Markov chains, introduction to queuing
systems and networks. Prerequisite: Mathematics 216. Instructor: Trivedi. One
course. C-L: Computer Science 555, Information Science and Information Studies,
Modeling Biological Systems
527
Introduction to Computer Vision.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Image formation and analysis; feature
computation and tracking; image motion analysis; stereo vision; image, object,
and activity recognition and retrieval. Prerequisites: Mathematics 221 or 216;
Mathematics 230 or Statistical Science 230; Computer Science 101. Instructor:
Tomasi. One course.
390
Topics in Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Topics from various areas of computer
science, changing each year. Includes research intensive work exposing the
student to computer science research methodology and resulting in a major
document or project. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
344
Computer Graphics.
Satisfies: QS GL SGI
Course Description: Overview, motivation, and history;
Openand OpenInventor; coordinate systems and geometric transforms; drawing
routines, antialiasing, supersampling; 3d object representation, spatial data
structures, constructive solid geometry; hidden-surface-removal algorithms, z-buffer,
A-buffer; illumination and shading models, surface details, radiosity;
achromatic light, color specification, colorimetry, different color models;
graphics pipeline, reality engine, Pixel 5; animation, levels of detail.
Prerequisites: Computer Science 308 and Mathematics 221. Instructor: Agarwal or
Duvall. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 241, Modeling Biological
Systems
101
Program Design and Analysis I.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to the practices and
principles of computer science and programming and their impact on and
potential to change the world. Algorithmic, problem-solving, and programming
techniques in domains such as art, data visualization, mathematics, natural and
social sciences. Programming using high-level languages and design techniques
emphasizing abstraction, encapsulation, and problem decomposition. Design,
implementation, testing, and analysis of algorithms and programs. No previous
programming experience required. Instructor: Astrachan or staff. One course.
C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
224
Introduction to Computer Modeling.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to techniques for
developing, evaluating, and analyzing computational models for problems in the
sciences and social sciences. Stochastic, deterministic, discrete, and
continuous models. Stability of numerical approximations, parameter estimation,
perturbation theory. Case studies from biology and economics. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 21, 122, 100-level Statistics. Instructor: Tomasi. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
241S
Computer Science Seminar.
Satisfies: QS R W
Course Description: In-depth exploration of specific areas
in computer science. The methods of critical inquiry and scholarly research
reinforced with regular written analysis, seminar-style presentations and
collaborative research projects. Prerequisites: Computer Science 201 and 250.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
412
Topology with Applications.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to topology from a
computational view-point, with a focus on applications. Themes include: basic
notions of point-set topology, persistent homology, finding multi-scale
topological structure in point cloud data. Algorithmic considerations
emphasized. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Computer Science 434
571
Machine Learning.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Theoretical and practical issues in
modern machine learning techniques. Topics include statistical foundations,
supervised and unsupervised learning, decision trees, hidden Markov models,
neural networks, and reinforcement learning. Minimal overlap with Computer
Science 570. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201, Mathematics 221, and
Statistical Science 111 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Parr. One course.
465
Introduction to High Dimensional Data Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Geometry of high dimensional data sets.
Linear dimension reduction, principal component analysis, kernel methods.
Nonlinear dimension reduction, manifold models. Graphs. Random walks on graphs,
diffusions, page rank. Clustering, classification and regression in
high-dimensions. Sparsity. Computational aspects, randomized algorithms.
Prerequisite: MATH 221. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Computer Science
445
534
Computational Complexity.
Satisfies: QS NP NP NP
Course Description: Turing machines, undecidability,
recursive function theory, complexity measures, reduction and
completeness, NP-Completeness, co-
beyond relativized complexity, circuit
complexity, alternation, polynomial time hierarchy, parallel and randomized
computation, algebraic methods in complexity theory, communication complexity.
Prerequisite: Computer Science 334 or equivalent. Instructor: Agarwal or Reif.
One course.
512
Distributed Information Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Principles and techniques for sharing
information reliably and efficiently in computer networks, ranging from
high-speed clusters to global-scale networks (e.g., the Internet). Topics
include advanced distributed file systems, distributed programming
environments, replication, caching and consistency, transactional concurrency
control, reliable update and recovery, and issues of scale and security for
Internet information services. Prerequisites: Computer Science 210 or 510 and Computer
Science 514, or consent of the instructor. Instructor: Chase, Cox, or Maggs.
One course.
334
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: An introduction to theoretical computer
science including studies of abstract machines, the language hierarchy from
regular sets to recursively enumerable sets, noncomputability, and complexity
theory. Prerequisites: Computer Science 201 and Mathematics 212. Instructor:
Reif or Rodger. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
622
Statistical Data Mining.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to data mining, including
multivariate nonparametric regression, classification, and cluster analysis.
Topics include the Curse of Dimensionality, the bootstrap, cross-validation,
search (especially model selection), smoothing, the backfitting algorithm, and
boosting. Emphasis on regression methods (e.g., neural networks, wavelets, the LASSO,
and LARS), classifications methods (e.g., CART, Support vector machines, and
nearest-neighbor methods), and cluster analysis (e.g., self-organizing maps,
D-means clustering, and minimum spanning trees). Theory illustrated through
analysis of classical data sets. Prerequisites: Statistical Science 250.
Instructor: Banks or Ma. One course. C-L: Computer Science 579
308
Software Design and Implementation.
Satisfies: QS GUI
Course Description: Techniques for design and construction
of reliable, maintainable and useful software systems. Programming paradigms
and tools for medium to large projects: revision control, tools, performance
analysis, GUI, software engineering, testing, documentation. Prerequisite:
Computer Science 201. Instructor: Astrachan or Duvall. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
634
Computational Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Models of computation and lower-bound
techniques; storing and manipulating orthogonal objects; orthogonal and simplex
range searching, convex hulls, planar point location, proximity problems,
arrangements, linear programming and parametric search technique, probabilistic
and incremental algorithms. Prerequisite: Computer Science 530 or equivalent.
Instructor: Agarwal or
201
Data Structures and Algorithms.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Analysis, use, and design of data
structures and algorithms using an object-oriented language like Java to solve
computational problems. Emphasis on abstraction including interfaces and
abstract data types for lists, trees, sets, tables/maps, and graphs.
Implementation and evaluation of programming techniques including recursion.
Intuitive and rigorous analysis of algorithms. Prerequisite: Computer Science
101 or Engineering 110 or equivalent. Instructor: Astrachan, Duvall, staff. One
course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
149S
Computer Science Education Research Seminar.
Satisfies: EI QS STS
Course Description: Project-based robotics course linked
with community service. Designing and implementing the software and hardware
architecture of a LEGO robot to perform tasks such as line tracking and simple
map building. Reactive and deliberative control. Mentoring students in local
schools. Course promotes ability to reason about core algorithms and challenges
present in field of autonomous mobile robotics, and to effectively convey and
formulate mobile robotics curricula for middle or high school students.
Prerequisite: None. One course. C-L: Education 149S
249S
CompSci Majors - Project-based Robotics Course with Service
Learning.
Satisfies: EI STS
Course Description: Project-based robotics course linked
with community service. Introduction and implementation of algorithms for
navigation, map building, and object recognition. Representing uncertainty in
robot motion and sensing. Mentoring students in local schools. After taking
this course, students should be able to reason about the core algorithms and
challenges present in the field of autonomous mobile robotics; and effectively
convey and formulate mobile robotics curricula for middle or high school
students. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201 or equivalent programming
experience. Instructor: Forbes. Half course.
223
Computational Microeconomics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Use of computational techniques to
operationalize basic concepts from economics. Expressive marketplaces:
combinatorial auctions and exchanges, winner determination problem. Game
theory: normal and extensive-form games, equilibrium notions, computing
equilibria. Mechanism design: auction theory, automated mechanism design.
Prerequisites: 100-level Statistics and 100-level Mathematics or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Conitzer. One course.
270S
Constructing Immersive Virtual Worlds.
Satisfies: QS D
Course Description: Theory, practice, and creation of
3virtual worlds. Hands-on design and development of online immersive synthetic
social spaces with Croquet. Introduction to
330
Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Design and analysis of efficient
algorithms including sorting, searching, dynamic programming, graph algorithms,
fast multiplication, and others; nondeterministic algorithms and
computationally hard problems. Prerequisites: Computer Science 201 and 230.
Instructor: Edelsbrunner, Mungala, or Reif. One course. C-L: Modeling
Biological Systems
91
Principles of Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS STS
Course Description: An overview for students not intending
to major in computer science. Computer programming, algorithms, symbolic and
numeric computation, computer systems, basic theoretical foundations, and the
effects of computer and information technology on society. Not open to students
having credit for Computer Science 101 or higher. Instructors: Forbes. One
course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
281S
Problem Solving Seminar.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Techniques for attacking and solving
challenging mathematics problems and writing mathematical proofs. Course may be
repeated. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
532
Approximation Algorithms.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Cover traditional approximation
algorithms with combinatorial and linear programming techniques; extended
survey of cut problems and metric embeddings; embeddings,
612
Numerical Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
520; also C-L: Mathematics 565, Modeling Biological Systems
561
Computational Sequence Biology.
Satisfies: DNA RNA DNA RNA
Course Description: Introduction to algorithmic and
computational issues in analysis of biological sequences: and protein. Emphasizes probabilistic
approaches and machine learning methods, e.g. Hidden Markov models. Explores
applications in genome sequence assembly, protein and homology detection, gene
and promoter finding, motif identification, models of regulatory regions,
comparative genomics and phylogenetics, structure prediction,
post-transcriptional regulation. Prerequisites: basic knowledge algorithmic
design (Computer Science 530 or equivalent), probability and statistics
(Statistical Science 611 or equivalent), molecular biology (Biology 118 or
equivalent). Alternatively, consent instructor. Instructor: Hartemink or Ohler.
One course. C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 561
554
Fault-Tolerant and Testable Computer Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Technological reasons for faults, fault
models, information redundancy, spatial redundancy, backward and forward error
recovery, fault-tolerant hardware and software, modeling and analysis, testing,
and design for test. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 350 or
equivalent. Instructor: Sorin. One course. C-L: Computer Science 554
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
630
Randomized Algorithms.
Satisfies: QS R RSA
Course Description: Models of computation, Las Vegas and
Monte Carlo algorithms, linearity of expectation, Markov and Chebyshev
inequalities and their applications, Chernoff bound and its applications,
probabilistic methods, expanders, Markov chains and random walk, electric
networks and random walks, rapidly mixing Markov chains, randomized data
structures, randomized algorithms for graph problems, randomized geometric
algorithms, number theoretic algorithms, cryptosystem, derandomization.
Prerequisite: Computer Science 530. Instructor: Agarwal, Munagala, or Reif. One
course.
528
Introduction to Computational Science.
Satisfies: QS C
Course Description: Introduction to scientific computing and
its applications to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborative research. Brief
intro to contemporary high performance computer architectures, basic linear
algebra, numerical analysis, programming languages and widely available
software packages. Study high performance algorithms in finite elements, fast
transforms, molecular dynamics, high dimensional optimization, computational
quantum mechanics and visualization. Parallel lab sessions by experts offer
further specialization. Prerequisite: programming experience in Fortran or calculus, numerical linear algebra or
equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
104FS
Introduction to Computational Genomics and Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS STS CGI
Course Description: The role of computation in prior and
current biological research, both in large-scale genomics projects such as the
human genome project and in basic biology and medical research. Introduction to
programming possibly including scripting, programming, dynamic programming, web
protocols. Introduction to specific algorithms, tools, and resources for
biological research including genome sequence alignment and database design and
mining. Technical and social implications of genomics and genome studies made
possible by advances in algorithms, computational methods, and computational
models. For Focus Program students only. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and
Policy
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Computer
Science.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
556
Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing.
Satisfies: MAC TCP
Course Description: Theory, design, and implementation of
mobile wireless networking systems. Fundamentals of wireless networking and key
research challenges. Students review pertinent journal papers. Significant,
semester-long research project. Networking protocols (Physical and multi-hop routing, wireless applications), mobility management, security,
and sensor networking. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer Engineering 356
or Computer Science 310. Instructor: Roy Choudhury. One course. C-L: Computer
Science 515
220S
Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Seminar version of Computer Science 220.
One course.
614
Computational Structural Biology.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
664; also C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 550
101L
Introduction to Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction practices and principles of
computer science and programming and their impact on and potential to change
the world. Algorithmic, problem-solving, and programming techniques in domains
such as art, data visualization, mathematics, natural and social sciences.
Programming using high-level languages and design techniques emphasizing
abstraction, encapsulation, and problem decomposition. Design, implementation,
testing, and analysis of algorithms and programs. No previous programming
experience required. Instructor: Astrachan, Duvall, Forbes, or Rodger. One
course.
662
Computational Systems Biology.
Satisfies: NS QS R L
Course Description: Provides a systematic introduction to
algorithmic and computational issues present in the analysis of biological
systems. Emphasizes probabilistic approaches and machine learning methods.
Explores modeling basic biological processes (e.g., transcription, splicing,
localization and transport, translation, replication, cell cycle, protein
complexes, evolution) from a systems biology perspective. Lectures and
discussions of primary literature. Prerequisites: basic knowledge of algorithm
design (Computer Science 530 or equivalent), probability and statistics
(Statistical Science 611 or equivalent), molecular biology (Biology 201or equivalent),
and computer programming. Alternatively, consent of instructor. Instructor:
Hartemink or Ohler. One course. C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
662, Genome Sciences and Policy
430
Algorithmic Paradigms.
Satisfies: QS NP
Course Description: Applications include dynamic data
structures,graph algorithms, randomized algorithms. Intractability and
completeness. Prerequisite: Computer Science 100 and 102. Instructor: Agarwal,
Edelsbrunner, Munagala, or Reif. One course.
516
Data-Intensive Computing Systems.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Data-Intensive Computing Systems.
Principles and techniques for making intelligent use of the massive amounts of
data being generated in commerce, industry, science, and society. Topics
include indexing, query processing, and optimization in large databases, data
mining and warehousing, new abstractions and algorithms for parallel and
distributed data processing, fault-tolerant and self-tuning data management for
cloud computing, and information retrieval and extraction for the Web.
Prerequisites: Computer Science 316 or an introductory database course or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Babu or J. Yang. One course.
673S
Computer Models and the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.
Satisfies: NS QS S S
Course Description: Introduce students to the use
computational neuroscience modeling for understanding the mechanisms involved
in different psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, substance abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder). In the context of computational models, we
will then analyze behavioral interventions (e.g.,exposure-based therapies) and
pharmacological therapies (e.g., administration of haloperidol in the treatment
of schizophrenia). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Schmajuk/Rosenthal.
One course. C-L: Computer Science 673 Information Science and Information
Studies 673 Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 673S
350
Logic and Its Applications.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 388;
also C-L: Computer Science 288
558
Computer Networks and Distributed Systems.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
514
170
Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution.
Satisfies: QS SS STS
Course Description: Theory, practice and epistemology of
computing and simulation. Creation of artificial models of life, culture, and
evolution for prediction and exploration. Social processes embedded in
simulation. Hands-on introduction to C++ to create and modify highly visual,
sims with color and sound. Critical exploration of state-of-the-art
multicausal, multiagent simulations. Topics include: cellular automata and
emergence; human and non-human agency; self-organizing cultures. Historical and
cultural contextualization through computer artifacts and applications in science
and the arts, industry and entertainment, military and intelligence
communities. No programming experience required. Instructor: Gessler. One
course. C-L: Computer Science 107, Visual and Media Studies 172
552
Advanced Computer Architecture I.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
550; also C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
570
Artificial Intelligence.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Design and analysis of algorithms and
representations for artificial intelligence problems. Formal analysis of
techniques used for search, planning, decision theory, logic, Bayesian
networks, robotics, and machine learning. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201
and Computer Science 330. Instructor: Conitzer or Parr. One course.
270
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Algorithms and representations used in
artificial intelligence. Introduction and implementation of algorithms for
search, planning, decision, theory, logic, Bayesian networks, robotics and
machine learning. Prerequisite: Computer Science 201. Instructor: Parr. One
course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological
Systems
260
Introduction to Computational Genomics.
Satisfies: NS QS A
Course Description: computational perspective on the
analysis of genomic and genome-scale information. Focus on exploration and
analysis of large genomic sequences, but also attention to issues in structural
and functional genomics. Topics include genome sequence assembly, local and global
alignment, gene and motif finding, protein threading and folding, and the
clustering and classification of genes and tissues using gene expression data.
Students to learn computational approaches to genomics as well as to develop
practical experience with handling, analyzing, and visualizing information at a
genome-scale. Instructor: Hartemink. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and
Policy
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
316
Introduction to Database Systems.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Databases and relational database
management systems. Data modeling, database design theory, data definition and
manipulation languages, storaging and indexing
101
Technical and Social Analysis of Information and the
Internet.
Satisfies: EI QS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
92; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
652
Advanced Computer Architecture II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
650; also C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
590
Advanced Topics in Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
230
Discrete Math for Computer Science.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Mathematical notations, logic, and
proof; linear and matrix algebra; graphs, digraphs, trees, representations, and
algorithms; counting, permutations, combinations,
94
Programming and Problem Solving.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Programming and problem solving in a
specific domain such as robotics, virtual worlds, web programming, biology,
genomics, or computer science. Students learn the basics of programming by
studying problems in one application area. Instructor: Astrachan, Duvall,
Forbes, or Rodger. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
663
Algorithms in Structural Biology and Biophysics.
Satisfies: NS QS R NMR
Course Description: Introduction to algorithmic and
computational issues in structural molecular biology and molecular biophysics.
Emphasizes geometric algorithms, provable approximation algorithms,
computational biophysics, molecular interactions, computational structural
biology, proteomics, rational drug design, and protein design. Explores
computational methods for discovering new pharmaceuticals, and X-ray data, and
protein-ligand docking. Prerequisites: basic knowledge of algorithm design
(Computer Science 530 or equivalent), probability and statistics (Statistics
611 or equivalent), molecular biology (Biology 118 or equivalent), and computer
programming. Alternatively, consent of instructor. Instructor: Donald. One
course. C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 663
250
Computer Organization and Programming.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Computer structure, machine language,
instruction execution, addressing techniques, and digital representation of
data. Computer systems organization, logic design, microprogramming, and
interpreters. Symbolic coding and assembly systems. Prerequisite: Computer
Science 201 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Kedem or Lebeck. One course.
C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
PATHOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
PHARMACOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
FRENCH
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
GLOBAL HEALTH (GLHLTH)
Number Of Listed Courses: 33
171FS
Vulnerable Populations & Global Health.
Satisfies: CCI SS GH GH
Course Description: Examines populations made vulnerable to
health disparities due to social, economic, institutional, gender & political
factors. Explores: what constitutes a vulnerable population; how the
biopsychosocial model elucidates vulnerability as determinant of health; how
complex interaction of agency & constraint contribute to disparities of
vulnerable populations; special considerations for interventions which
vulnerable populations require; role of social justice & human rights in
GH; lessons from experiences of vulnerable populations on improving outcomes.
Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Boyd. One course.
383A
Tropical Medicine and Public Health in Costa Rica.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Part of a 15-week semester abroad
program in Costa Rica (through OTS). Integrates classroom and field instruction
to introduce fundamental principles of tropical medicine and public health
including the tropical environment and its related health issues; topics
include infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, zoonosis, sexual health,
environmental and global health, traditional and alternative medicine, ethics,
and the social and economic determinants that contribute to the expanding
impact of infectious diseases. Prerequisites: 1 semester of Biology and 1 year
of Spanish or equivalent. Instructor: Benavides. One course.
321T
Medical Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 424T
637S
Population and Environmental Dynamics Inflencing Health.
Satisfies: NS SS PHE PHE
Course Description: Course examines population, health and
environment (PHE) dynamics with focus on interactions in developing or
transition economies. Theoretical and empirical approaches governing dynamics
from multidisciplinary perspectives, including geography, public health
/epidemiology, demography, and economics. Students will obtain experience in
design and analysis of studies, and epidemiology of vector-born, chronic and
enteric infections. Instructor: Pan. One course. C-L: Environment 637S
332
Global Health Supply, Organization, and Financing.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 246
690
Special Topics in Global Health Studies.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics vary depending on semester and
section. Topics may include: global health ethics, field methods, health
technologies, rapid needs assessment, and global health policies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
380A
Research Practicum in Tropical Medicine and Public Health in
Costa Rica.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Introduces students to research design,
field methods, and basic data analysis in a tropical context. Skills include
hypothesis testing and statistical analysis, orientation to basic software
packages, write and present scientific papers, and design and conduct
epidemiologic research. Instructor: Benavides. One course.
580S
Water Cooperation and Conflict.
Satisfies: R SS STS S
Course Description: Focuses on potential for transboundary
water resources-related conflict and cooperation. Discusses water scarcity
concepts, natural resource conflict theory, hydro politics, hydro hegemony,
water security, water markets and institutions, game theory, and international
water law. Other topics include the economics of water and health. Case studies
complement the broader course outlook. Instructor: Jeuland. C-L: Global Health
Certificate 533 Environment 543S
501
Global Health Capstone.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Capstone Course for students in Global
Health Certificate. Group analysis of a current global health problem/issue.
Project involves background research, data acquisition, analysis, writing, and
presentation of a substantial research paper/report at an advanced level.
Consent of program director required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
212
Gender, Poverty, and Health.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 212
607
Applying Economic Analysis for Environmental and Public
Health Project Evaluation.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 531;
also C-L: Environment 563
391-1
Independent Study in Global Health.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
in a field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the
supervision of a faculty member, resulting in an academic. Open only to
qualified students by consent of instructor and director of Global Health
Certificate program. Instructor: staff. Half course.
190FS
Special Topics in Focus.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
593
Research Independent Study in Global Health.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research-oriented directed
study in a field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the
supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a significant academic product.
Open only to qualified juniors and seniors by consent of instructor and
director of Global Health Certificate program. Instructor: staff. One course.
534
Topics in Population, Health, and Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 633; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 550
532S
Introductory Demographic Measures and Concepts.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 530S
638
Global Health Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 540
210
Behavior, Biases, and Interventions in Global Health.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 361
299SA
Environment, Health, and Development in China.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS AS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 395AS; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 383 Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
590S-1
Special Topics in Global Health.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary depending on semester and
section. Topics may include: global health ethics, field methods, health
technologies, rapid needs assessment, and global health policies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
611S
Global Mental Health.
Satisfies: CCI NS R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 560S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 611S
362
Introduction to Epidemiology Focus on Global Health.
Satisfies: SS STS A
Course Description: Introduction to main concepts and
methods used in population-based epidemiology research. Topics include measures
of disease frequency, study design, measures of association, and problems of
bias, especially as they pertain to global health research. Students will learn
to understand and evaluate epidemiological studies. prior quantitative course
highly recommended. Instructor: Maselko. One course.
361
Social Determinants of U.S. Health Disparities.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to how social factors
influence health and well-being, with a particular focus on contemporary U.S.
society. Topics include obesity, aging, socioeconomic disadvantage, access to
health insurance, public health systems, the role of the media, and
racial/ethnic and gender inequalities. The course will provide descriptive
assessments of health inequalities and analytic examinations of the mechanisms
through which social factors affect health. Instructor: Read. One course. C-L:
Global Health Certificate 340, Global Health
670S
Global Nutrition: Over and Undernutrition in Developing
Countries.
Satisfies: EI NS HIV TB HIV
Course Description: Nutrition problems of developing
countries. Epidemiological, biological, behavioral consequences of both
overnutrition (obesity) and undernutrition (malnutrition). Emphasizes
physiology of infectious disease (
malaria, diarrhea) of children and perinatal health outcomes (fetal
loss, low birth weight, transmission, pre-eclampsia) of women and children.
Basic principles of nutrition, physical manifestation of nutritional
deficiency, and anthropometric assessment (body composition). Strong focus on
ethical and political issues relevant to formulation of nutrition policy and
programs in developing countries. For graduate students or advanced
undergraduates. Service learning course. Instructor: Neelon. One course.
211
Media and Health Communication.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Major topics include the impact of media
on health and behavior, use of mass, new, and social media strategies for
health promotion, patient-provider communication, and the role of of culture in
health communication campaign design. Students should have basic understanding
of social science research methods. Instructor: Bennett. One course. C-L:
Global Health Certificate 261
382A
Global Health Issues in South Africa.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS RSA OTS
Course Description: Integrates classroom & field
instruction, introduce students to the fundamental principles of public health
in South Africa. Focus on three major themes: primary health care in South
Africa, the impact of HIV/& the role of traditional healers. An emerging
third world economy, South Africa is characterized by a blend of first &
third world societies, & is an ideal location to study the dynamics of the
three major themes in deep rural, peri-urban & urban communities. Lectures
& field trips; Ethical debates on controversy surrounding management &
treatment of in RSA & role of traditional healers in mainstream medicine;
Independent research. Part of the OTS program in South Africa. Instructor:
M\'fcller. One course.
166
Introduction to Global Health.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to multidisciplinary
theories and techniques for assessing and addressing global, infectious,
chronic, and behavioral health problems. Global health issues addressed from
perspectives such as: epidemiology, biology, engineering, environment,
business, human rights, nursing, psychology, law, public policy, and economics.
Instructor: Whetten. One course. C-L: Global Health Certificate 161
431
Economics of Global Health.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 446
643
Global Health Policy and Policy-Making.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 570
582
Global Environmental Health: Economics and Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 538; also C-L:
Global Health Certificate 538
309
Research Methods in Global Health.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 371
301
Indigenous Medicine and Global Health.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Explores indigenous medicine's role in
global health and focuses on four interrelated topics: basic medical paradigms
and practices, access and utilization in different regions, cross-cultural
health delivery, and the complexities of medical pluralism. Course themes will
be explored through lecture, discussion, small group case analyses, comparative
analytical exercises, and workshops. Instructor: Boyd. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 247
351
Global Health and International Development in the Nonprofit
Sector.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Explore issues of global health and
international development work in the non-profit sector. Topics include,
delivery of culturally appropriate global health assistance to low resource
countries, challenges in working in developing countries, different approaches
to development work, management principles of non-governmental organizations
(NGO's), and monitoring and evaluation of global health program outcomes.
Topics will be explored through lecture, discussion and small group work. Final
class presentation and paper will focus on
INFORMATION SCIENCE AND INFORMATION STUDIES (ISIS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 52
680S
Information Archeology: Studies in the Nature of Information
and Artifact in the Digital Environment.
Satisfies: SS STS S
Course Description: Interdisciplinary exploration of the
nature of artifact and evidence, information and knowledge embedded in
structured and unstructured digital data. Critical analysis, research and
technology labs focus on societal and technological implications of data
warehousing, Internet archives, analog to digital conversion, data recovery,
and identity theft and management. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Art History
542 Visual and Media Studies 569S
121S
Sound for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 350 Documentary Studies 277 Information Science and Information Studies
243S
235
Espionage, Cryptology, Psyops.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Explores cultural context of spies,
codes and psychological operations from perspectives of anthropology,
complexity and multiple agency, towards understanding how tradecrafts of
intelligence and disinformation shaped, and continue to shape us and our
information technologies. Work with historic and contemporary, previously
classified and open sources, case studies and multimedia, including hands-on
practice with propaganda leaflets, cryptographic machines and cryptanalysis, to
explain the roles of networks of trust, secrecy and deception in cultural
coevolution. No prerequisites. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 226
224S
Digital Storytelling.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 351S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 357S
283
Cultural History of the Televisual.
Satisfies: ALP CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 345; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 207, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
360S
Digital Humanities: Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Digital humanities theory and criticism.
New modes of knowledge production in the digital era for humanists. Authoring
and critiquing born digital projects as part of a theoretical, critical, and
historical understanding of a special topic or theme in the humanities.
Hands-on use of digital media hardware and software in combination with
theoretical and critical readings for content analysis of text, images, audio,
video and to create digital archives, databases, websites, environments, maps,
and simulations. Independent digital projects + critical papers as final
deliverables. Instructor: Szabo. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 356S
268
Media History: Old and New.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 266
621S
Critical Studies in New Media.
Satisfies: ALP R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 561S; also C-L: Art History 537 Arts of the Moving Image, Policy
Journalism and Media Studies
190S
Special Topics in ISIS: Introductory Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary per semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
555S
Physical Computing.
Satisfies: QS STS A
Course Description: Seminar in the algorithmic art &
aesthetics of the "computational," rather than the "clockwork
universe," "artificial life & culture" and both natural and
technological "evolutionary computation." Emphasis on the medial
physicality of both the underlying processes and the finished work. critique of
art inspired by the complexity of the natural world, art which dynamically
instantiates those dynamics in works liberated from the conventional keyboard,
mouse and display. Hands-on development of projects using "industrial
strength" C/C++ for Windows, analog-to-digital converters and a variety of
sensors and actuators in both a computer classroom and a lab workshop. No
prerequisites. Instructor: Gessler. One course.
535S
Chinese Media and Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 535S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
211
Animated Film: History and Aesthetic.
Satisfies: A ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 215; also C-L: Visual Arts 328
564S
Emergent Embodied Interface Design.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 564S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 620S
276
Global Performance Art: History/Theory from 1950's to
Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 344; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 275,
Literature 222, Theater Studies 235
666S
Body as the Computer.
Satisfies: ALP NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 510S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 622S
317
Media Theory.
Satisfies: STS S S
Course Description: Introduction to the material and
technical infrastructure that informs and constrains the production and
dissemination of knowledge. Exploration of cultural impact of technical media
from writing to the internet. Combines historical and theoretical discussion
with hands-on experimentation with various media, including the codex book,
phonography and sound registration technology, photography, cinematography,
video, virtual reality, digital computation, and the internet. Instructor:
Hansen. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 204 Information Science and
Information Studies 214 Visual and Media Studies 328S
210FS
Authoring Digital Media: Theory into Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Collaborative, project-based course.
Authoring digital media projects as part of a theoretical, critical, and
historical understanding of a special topic or theme. New modes of knowledge
production in the digital era. Hands-on use of digital media hardware and
software in combination with theoretical and critical readings to create
digital archives, environments, and simulations. Independent research into
subject areas to be explored with digital media tools. Instructor: Szabo. One
course.
241L
Web Project Design and Development.
Satisfies: QS CSS PHP SQL
Course Description: Follow-on to 140. Students should be
experienced with basic and CSS. Information and graphic design; use-case
development; readings and group critiques. Continued work with CSS, HTML5, Javascript. Introduction to PHP,
MySQL and/or other server-based authoring techniques. Creation and templating
of blogs, wikis, and content management systems. Web 2.0 and 3.0 technology
implementation. Embedded media and objects. Intellectual property and fair use.
User testing. Short exercises, group work, individual semester project, and
public site launch. Instructor: staff. One course.
365
Media Remix: Sampling Theory.
Satisfies: ALP EI STS
Course Description: Explores remix culture and the ways in
which creators of cultural artifacts borrow, appropriate, and remix other
people's content. Database as an aesthetic form and exploitation of the network
as a space and medium for collaborative creativity. Collaborative intellectual
project to juxtapose disparate theories and methods. Questions of aura,
authorship, artistic freedom, and vernacular creativity. Copyright and
intellectual property. Readings, viewings, in-class presentations, online exhibitions.
Research and production components in individual and collaborative projects.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 366
294L
Interactive Graphics: Critical Code.
Satisfies: ALP QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 242L;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 323, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
570
Body Works: Medicine, Technology, and the Body in Early
Twenty-First Century America.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 670; also C-L: Literature 623, Genome Sciences and
Policy
493
Research Independent Study. R
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research directed study in a
field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the supervision
of a faculty member, resulting in an academic and/or artistic product. Consent
of both the instructor and director of graduate studies is required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
248S
Editing for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 357S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 288S
490S
Special Topics in Information Science and Information
Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Information Science
and Information Studies 490. One course.
111
Introduction to the Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 101; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 102, Visual Arts 102, Literature
111
510S
How They Got Game: History and Culture of Interactive
Simulations and Video Games.
Satisfies: ALP STS D TB S
Course Description: History and cultural impact of
interactive simulations and video games. Evolution of computer and video game
design from its beginnings to the present: storytelling, strategy, simulation,
sports, 3first-person games. Cultural, business, and technical perspectives.
Insights into design, production, marketing, and socio-cultural impacts of
interactive entertainment and communication. Students should have a dual
processor implant with 1of VRAM. Instructor: Lenior. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 566 Arts of the Moving Image
225S
This Is Your Brain on the Internet.
Satisfies: ALP EI STS
Course Description: Trans-disciplinary exploration of deep
structure of cognition and community in a digital age. Readings include
theoretical/expressive books and articles ranging from neuroscience to films
and literature, from a range of non-traditional sources (websites, interactive
games and virtual environments, new media art exhibits etc.). Ongoing
collaborative assignments requiring multimedia presentation to class and to a
general public online. Instructor: Davidson. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 303S
224AS
Writing the Hollywood Cyber Journal.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 297SA
355S
Foundations of Interactive Game Design.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Surveys history, technology, narrative,
ethics, and design of interactive computer games. Games as systems of rules,
games of emergence and progression, state machines. Game flow, games as systems
of pleasure, goals, rewards, reinforcement schedules, fictional and narrative
elements of game worlds. Students work in teams to develop novel game-design
storyboards and stand-alone games. Exploration of the interplay between
narrative, graphics, rule systems, and artificial intelligence in the creation
of interactive games. Programming experience not required. Instructor: Young.
One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 355S
270S
Constructing Immersive Virtual Worlds.
Satisfies: QS D
Course Description: Theory, practice, and creation of 3virtual
worlds. Hands-on design and development of online immersive synthetic social
spaces with Croquet. Introduction to
210S
Gender and Digital Culture.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 340S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 286S
180FS
Visual Representation and Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: Understanding of human perception,
visualization, and computer graphics techniques. Basic principles of perception
like lightness, brightness, contrast, constancy, color theory, and visual
attention. Use of current visualization techniques in graph tools, volume
rendering, surface rendering, use of glyphs, and animation to see their
strengths, weaknesses, and visual artifacts. Lectures and readings on
theoretical foundation of particular techniques. Course projects on the
practical application of techniques to real-world datasets. Represent student
data in several ways and determine the best method. Open only to students in the
Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 180FS
540S
Technology and New Media: Academic Practice.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 562S; also C-L: Art History 536S
660S
Digital Places and Spaces: Mirror, Hybrid, and Virtual
Worlds.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS GPS D D
Course Description: History, theory, criticism, practice of
creating digital places and spaces with maps, virtual worlds, and games. Links
to "old," analog media. Virtual environment and world-building and
historical narrative, museum, mapping, and architectural practices.
Project-based seminar course w/ critical readings, historical and contemporary
examples, world-building. Class exhibitions, critiques, and ongoing virtual showcase.
Projects might include: web and multimedia, and handheld data and media
capture, 2& 3mapping, screen-based sims and game-engine based development,
sensors and biometrics, and multimodal, haptic interfaces. Instructor: Szabo.
One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 568S
201
Perspectives on Information Science and Information Studies.
Satisfies: CZ STS A
Course Description: Survey of topical issues pertaining to
Information Technology and its impact on our world, society, and our daily
lives. variety of intellectual modules exploring the understanding of
information systems, information technology in the arts and humanities, the
physical nature of information, ethical/policy implications, and ownership and
control of information. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo. One course. C-L: Visual and
Media Studies 285
410
Spanish Literature of the Renaissance and the Baroque.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Selected works of sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in Spain with attention to their reflection of social,
religious and political currents of the age, including: Pan-European cultural
influences in the Renaissance, the effects of the New World
491
ISIS Independent Study.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
in a field of special interest on a previously approved topic, under the
supervision of a faculty member, resulting in an academic and/or artistic
product. Consent of both the instructor and director of undergraduate studies
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
395T
Tutorial - Information Science + Information Studies.
Satisfies: ALP QS
Course Description: Tutorial under the supervision of a
faculty member or members for two or more students working on related projects.
Consent of instructor and Director of Undergraduate Studies required.
Instructor: staff. One course.
240
Fundamentals of Web-Based Multimedia Communications.
Satisfies: ALP QS R
Course Description: Multimedia information systems,
including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video,
and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them
possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of
web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in
non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take
Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 288, Arts of the Moving Image 325, Policy
Journalism and Media
285
Digital Perspectives: Navigating the Digital Visual.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media Studies
347
624S
Post-Digital Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Impact of advanced technology on
conceptions of architectural design, new urban environments, & the body
since the mid-1990s. Postmodernism & role of time-based new media, game
environments & virtual worlds technologies in the rise of digital
architecture from the late 1990s-2000s. Theoretical readings from Deleuze,
Pask, Grosz, Massumi, Denari, Eisneman, Koolhaas, Lynn, Diller + Scofidio.
Explores programs for post-digital architecture that integrate nano &
biomimetic technologies, smart materials & protocells into self-organizing
designs for living architecture & reflexive environments. Discuss how
post-digital architecture will engage the work of Simondon, Spillers, Armstrong,others.
Topics course. Instructor: Lenoir. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies 624S
625S
Comparative Media Studies.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: Explores the impact of media forms on
content, style, form, dissemination, & reception of literary &
theoretical texts. Assumes media forms are materially instantiated &
investigates their specificities as important factors in their cultural work.
Puts different media forms into dialogue, including print, digital, sonic,
kinematic & visual texts, & analyzes them within a theoretically
informed comparative context. Focuses on twentieth & twenty-first century
theories, literatures, & texts, esp. those participating in media upheavals
subject to rapid transformations. Purview incl. transmedia narratives, where
different versions of connected narratives appear in multiple media forms.
Instructor: Hayles. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information
Studies 615 Visual and Media Studies 625S
273S
Gaming the System: Pervasive Gaming as Art.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 239S
208LS
Virtual Form and Space.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 208LS;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 321LS
673S
Computer Models and the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.
Satisfies: NS QS S S
Course Description: Introduce students to the use
computational neuroscience modeling for understanding the mechanisms involved
in different psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, substance abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder). In the context of computational models, we
will then analyze behavioral interventions (e.g.,exposure-based therapies) and
pharmacological therapies (e.g., administration of haloperidol in the treatment
of schizophrenia). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Schmajuk/Rosenthal.
One course. C-L: Computer Science 673 Information Science and Information
Studies 673 Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 673S
170
Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution.
Satisfies: QS SS STS
Course Description: Theory, practice and epistemology of
computing and simulation. Creation of artificial models of life, culture, and
evolution for prediction and exploration. Social processes embedded in
simulation. Hands-on introduction to C++ to create and modify highly visual,
sims with color and sound. Critical exploration of state-of-the-art
multicausal, multiagent simulations. Topics include: cellular automata and
emergence; human and non-human agency; self-organizing cultures. Historical and
cultural contextualization through computer artifacts and applications in
science and the arts, industry and entertainment, military and intelligence
communities. No programming experience required. Instructor: Gessler. One course.
C-L: Computer Science 107, Visual and Media Studies 172
101
Technical and Social Analysis of Information and the
Internet.
Satisfies: EI QS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
92; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
565S
New Media, Memory, and the Visual Archive.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 565S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
364
Performance and Technology: Composition Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 308; also
C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 376
279S
Visual Cultures of Medicine.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 346S
475S
Alternate Reality Games.
Satisfies: ALP STS ARG
Course Description: Focus on Alternate Reality Games (ARGs)
in theory and practice. genre of interactive narrative. Real world as a game
platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story
that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions. Direct interaction with
characters in the game, plot-based challenges and puzzles, collaborative
analysis of story and coordinated real-life and online activities. New media
theory and history. Study of the most successful recent ARGs, exploration of
alternate reality game design, collaborative construction of our own ARG.
Individual and group projects, essays, and presentations. Coordination with
GreaterThanGames Franklin Humanities Lab. Instructor: Lenior. One course.
GENOME SCIENCES AND POLICY (GENOME)
Number Of Listed Courses: 14
118FS
The Secrets of Life:
Property Rights and Human Identity.
Satisfies: DNA EI NS SS STS W DNA DNA
Course Description: Exploration of and all of its meanings:
scientific, cultural, societal, legal, artistic. Course will begin with
identification of as genetic material and move forward to the current and
future impact of personal genomics and whole-genome sequencing.
Writing-intensive. Open only to students in the Focus program. Instructor:
Angrist. One course.
159
The Past and Future of the Human Genome.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 159
183FS
The Genome and the Internet: Growing Up Together (seminar
for Genome Revolution Focus cluster).
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Genome Sciences and
Policy 191FS
290S-1
Special Topics in Social Impacts of Genomics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics in social impacts of genomics.
Topics will vary. Instructor: Staff. One course.
128FS
Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics and Analysis Methods.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Explore the role of genomic analysis
from large-scale genomic projects to basic biology and medical research. Learn
how to use genomic analysis methods, online tools and resources for biological
research--genome sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree construction and
database mining. Discover how bioinformatic tools can address questions across
disciplines such as anthropology, behavior and neuroscience. Consider how
genomics and computational methods broaden our understanding of evolutionary
theories and shape future research. Open only to students in the FOCUS program.
One course. C-L: Evolutionary Anthropology 118FS
256
Genome Sciences and Society.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS L FS
Course Description: Parallels Genome 156. Focus on contemporary
study of human genome with particular attention given to relationships among
structural and functional genomics, genome variation and phenotypic variation.
Incorporates discussion of social and policy issues created by the Genome
Revolution. Students will develop a final paper addressing the science and
societal impact of a genomics topic. Prerequisites: Biology 201L/202or Biology
210or consent of instructor. Instructor: Willard or staff. One course.
294
Research Independent Study Genome Sciences.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Continuation of Genome 293. Individual
research in a genome sciences topic of special interest, under the supervision
of a faculty member, the major product of which is a substantive paper or
written report containing specific analysis and interpretation of a previously
approved topic. Meets the research experience requirement for the Certificate
in Genome Sciences & Policy as well as a Research (R) mode of inquiry
curriculum requirement. Open to all qualified students with consent of
supervising instructor and IGSP Director of Undergraduate Studies. May be
repeated. Instructor: Staff. One course.
184FS
Synthetic Genomics: Science, Policy and Ethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Explore both the science behind synthetic
genomics as well as related policy and ethical issues raised by these new
advancements. Begins with examination of science of synthetic genomics,
focusing on key experiments, and integrates discussions on policy and ethical
issues as the scientific field matured. Readings will include scientific
publications, bioethical reports, government reports, and popular press. Open
only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Haga. One course. C-L:
Genome Sciences and Policy 138FS
258S
Race, Genomics, and Society.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Integrated analysis of historical and
contemporary aspects of `race and genetics/genomics'. Focus on relevant
applications in science, medicine, and society; develop skills required for
scientific, sociopolitical, cultural, psychosocial, and ethical evaluation of
issues. Topics include: introduction to population genetics/genetic variation;
concepts and definitions of race; overview of bioethics; social and political
history of race; genomics and health disparities; race, ancestry, and medical
practice; genealogy, genetic ancestry, and identity; public perceptions of race
and genetics/genomics. Instructor: Royal. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 261S
238S
Influential Scientists and Policy Leaders in Science Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS W
Course Description: Explores role of scientist and
non-scientist policy-makers and elected officials who have substantially shaped
U.S. science research and application of scientific discoveries throughout the
20th century from within and outside the federal government. Science policies
examined in larger context of political, cultural, and social events.
Instructor: Haga. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 233S
294-1
Research Independent Study Genome Policy.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Continuation of Genome 293-1. Individual
research in a genome policy topic of special interest, under the supervision of
a faculty member, the major product of which is a substantive paper or written
report containing specific analysis and interpretation of a previously approved
topic. Meets the research experience requirement for the Certificate in Genome
Sciences & Policy as well as a Research (R) mode of inquiry curriculum
requirement. Open to all qualified students with consent of supervising
instructor and IGSP Director of Undergraduate Studies. May be repeated.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
498S
Genome Sciences and Policy Capstone.
Satisfies: EI NS R SS STS
Course Description: Create and apply knowledge gained
through certificate course work and research experiences in an intensive,
interdisciplinary, small group setting. Students work in small teams learning
to analyze current issues in genome sciences and policy and to consider the
issue from scientific, social, and ethical perspectives. Teams will present
their research as an oral final project. Open only to graduating seniors in the
Genome Sciences and Policy program or by consent of instructor. Instructor:
Willard or staff. One course.
290S
Special Topics in Genome Sciences.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics in genome sciences and policy.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
156
Genetics, Genomics, and Society: Implications for the 21st
Century.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 156; also
C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE (STA)
Number Of Listed Courses: 36
621
Applied Stochastic Processes.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 541
320
Design and Analysis of Causal Studies.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Design of randomized experiments and
observational studies. Role of randomization, block designs, factorial designs,
fractional factorial designs, matching. Analysis of variance, contrasts,
propensity score matching, instrumental variables. Prerequisites: Statistical
Science 210 or Economics 208D. Instructor: Li. One course.
613
Statistical Methods for Computational Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 540
230
Probability.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 230;
also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
130
Probability and Statistics in Engineering.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to probability,
independence, conditional independence, and Bayes' theorem. Discrete and
continuous, univariate and multivariate distributions. Linear and nonlinear
transformations of random variables. Classical and Bayesian inference, decision
theory, and comparison of hypotheses. Experimental design, statistical quality
control, and other applications in engineering. Not open to students who have
taken Statistical Science 250 or 611. Prerequisite: Mathematics 212 or
equivalent. Instructor: Mukherjee. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
110FS
Focus Program - Introductory Special Topics in Statistics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: This is a seminar course for focus
students. Topics vary every semester. Mathematics 21 is a prerequisite.
Instructor: Banks. One course.
498S
Research Seminar in Statistical Science II.
Satisfies: QS R W DSS
Course Description: Continuation of Statistical Science
497S. Statistical and mathematical underpinnings of methodological research in
statistical science. Student presentations of their statistical research in
collaboration with, and under the supervision of, a faculty mentor. Consent of
department required. Instructor: Stangl or West. One course.
612
Numerical Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
520; also C-L: Mathematics 565, Modeling Biological Systems
103
Statistics in the Courtroom.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Reading and interpretation of
statistical analyses from court cases. Conceptual bases for using data and
understanding uncertainty when making legal decisions. Includes reading and
discussion of articles about legal cases. Topics include: basic concepts and
tools of probability and conditional probability, and of statistical analysis
including estimation, inference, prediction, and decision analysis.
Prerequisites: Must have taken Statistical Science 30, Statistical Science 20
or taken statistics placement test and placed in Statistical Science 103.
Instructor: Stangl. One course.
340
Introduction to Statistical Decision Analysis.
Satisfies: QS ROC
Course Description: Quantitative methods for decision making
under uncertainty. Probability theory, personal probabilities and utilities,
decision trees, curves, sensitivity analysis, dominant strategies, Bayesian
networks and influence diagrams, Markov models and time discounting,
cost-effectiveness analysis, multi-agent decision making, game theory.
Prerequisite: Statistics 230. Instructor: Schmidler, Berger. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
350S
Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics.
Satisfies: QS R DNA RNA
Course Description: Statistical and analytical tools for
bioinformatics and genomics. Methods for comparison, database search, and
functional inference for and protein
sequences; analysis of families of molecular sequences and structures;
inference in genetic pedigrees and basic linkage analysis; analysis of gene
expression experiments. Topics include: sequence comparison algorithms and
Karlin-Altschul statistics; Hidden Markov models of families; statistics of
protein structure threading; visualization and comparative analyses for
oligonucleotide array datasets. Statistical Science 230/Mathematics 230
required. Statistical Science 250/Mathematics 342 suggested. Computer
programming and molecular biology required. Instructor: Mukherjee, Schmidler.
One course.
505
Computational Gene Expression Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: C-L: see Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics 521; also C-L: Molec Genetics & Microbiology 521
690-40
Topics in Probability Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 690-40
611
Introduction to Statistical Methods.
Satisfies: QS F
Course Description: Emphasis on classical techniques of
hypothesis testing and point and interval estimation, using the binomial,
normal, t, and chi square distributions.
Not open to students who have had Statistical Science 250 or Mathematics 342.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 212 (may be taken concurrently) or equivalent, or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Li. One course.
503
Choice Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Business
Administration 913
231
Advanced Introduction to Probability.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 340
614
Computational Structural Biology.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
664; also C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 550
30
Basic Statistics and Quantitative Literacy.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Statistical concepts involved in making
inferences, decisions, and predictions from data. Emphasis on applications, not
formal technique. Prerequisite: Must have taken placement test and placed in
Statistical Science 30. Not open to students who have Statistical Science 20 or
100-level statistics course. Instructor: Staff. One course.
601
Bayesian and Modern Statistical Data Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Principles of data analysis and modern
statistical modeling. Exploratory data analysis. Introduction to Bayesian
inference, prior and posterior distributions, predictive distributions,
hierarchical models, model checking and selection, missing data, introduction
to stochastic simulation by Markov Chain Monte Carlo using a higher level
statistical language such as or Matlab. Applications drawn from various
disciplines. Not open to students with credit for Statistics 360. Prerequisite:
Statistics 611 or Instructor consent. Instructor: Clyde, Dunson, or Reiter. One
course.
470S
Introduction to Statistical Consulting.
Satisfies: QS R DSS DSS
Course Description: Participation by students in data
analysis projects from the Statistical Consulting Center. Projects led and
directed by faculty. Prerequisites: Statistical Science 360. Instructor:
Cetinkaya-Rundell. One course.
210
Regression Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R W
Course Description: Extensive study of regression modeling.
Multiple regression, weighted least squares, logistic regression, log-linear
models, analysis of variance, model diagnostics and selection.
111
Probability and Statistical Inference.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Basic laws of probability - random
events, independence and dependence, expectations, Bayes theorem. Discrete and
continuous random variables, density, and distribution functions. Binomial and
normal models for observational data. Introduction to maximum likelihood
estimation and Bayesian inference. One- and two-sample mean problems, simple
linear regression, multiple linear regression with two explanatory variables.
Applications in economics, quantitative social sciences, and natural sciences
emphasized. Prerequisites: Mathematics 21 or equivalent. Not open to students
who have credit for another 100-level statistics course. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
250
Statistics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: An introduction to the concepts, theory,
and application of statistical inference, including the structure of
statistical problems, probability modeling, data analysis and statistical
computing, and linear regression. Inference from the viewpoint of Bayesian
statistics, with some discussion of sampling theory methods and comparative
inference. Applications to problems in various fields. Prerequisite: Mathematics
221 or equivalent and Mathematics 230/Statistical Science 230. Instructor:
Tokdar or Wolpert. One course. C-L: Mathematics 342, Information Science and
Information Studies
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
20
General Statistics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of College Board Examination in statistics. One course.
321
Design and Analysis of Surveys.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Design and analysis of surveys,
including random sampling, stratification, clustering, and multi-stage
sampling. Design-based and model-based inference. Methods for handling missing
data. Prerequisites: Statistical Science 210 or Economics 208D. Instructor:
Reiter. One course.
360
Bayesian Inference and Modern Statistical Methods.
Satisfies: QS D
Course Description: Principles of data analysis and advanced
statistical modeling. Bayesian inference, prior and posterior distributions,
multi-level models, model checking and selection, stochastic simulation by
Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Prerequisites: Statistical Science 210 or Economics
208 Statistical Science 230, and Statistical Science 250. Instructor: Clyde,
Dunson, or Reiter. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
497S
Research Seminar in Statistical Science I.
Satisfies: QS R DSS
Course Description: Statistical and mathematical
underpinnings of methodological research in statistical science. Student
presentations of their statistical research in collaboration with, and under
the supervision of, an faculty mentor. Offered only in fall semesters.
Permission of department required. Instructor: Stangl or West. One course.
471S
Computational Data Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Data analysis, exploration, and
representation. Scientific modeling and computation. Data mining for large
datasets, algebraic decomposition methods, stochastic simulation for
504
Statistical Genetics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 541; also C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
690
Special Topics in Statistics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Statistical Science 611 or
consent of instructor. Pass/Fail grading only. Instructor: Staff. One course.
622
Statistical Data Mining.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to data mining, including
multivariate nonparametric regression, classification, and cluster analysis.
Topics include the Curse of Dimensionality, the bootstrap, cross-validation,
search (especially model selection), smoothing, the backfitting algorithm, and
boosting. Emphasis on regression methods (e.g., neural networks, wavelets, the
LASSO, and LARS), classifications methods (e.g., CART, Support vector machines,
and nearest-neighbor methods), and cluster analysis (e.g., self-organizing
maps, D-means clustering, and minimum spanning trees). Theory illustrated
through analysis of classical data sets. Prerequisites: Statistical Science
250. Instructor: Banks or Ma. One course. C-L: Computer Science 579
102
Introductory Biostatistics.
Satisfies: QS R STS STA
Course Description: Reading and interpretation of
statistical analysis from life and health sciences. Topics include: basic
concepts and tools of probability, estimation, inference, decisions analysis,
and modeling. Emphasizes role of biostatistics in modern society.
Prerequisites: placement test. Not open to students who have credit for another
100-level course. Instructor: Schmidler or Stangl. One course. C-L: Information
Science and Information Studies
101
Data Analysis and Statistical Inference.
Satisfies: QS R STS
Course Description: Introduction to statistics as a science
of understanding and analyzing data. Major themes include data collection,
exploratory analysis, inference, and modeling. Focus on principles underlying
quantitative research in social sciences, humanities, and public policy.
Research projects teach the process of scientific discovery and synthesis and
critical evaluation of research and statistical arguments. Readings give
perspective on why in 1950, Samuel Wilks said "Statistical thinking will
one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the
ability to read and write." Prerequisites: placement exam. Not open to
students with credit for Statistics 102 or above. Instructor: Cetinkaya-Rundel
or Morgan. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
623
Statistical Decision Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Formulation of decision problems;
criteria for optimality: maximum expected utility and minimax. Axiomatic
foundations of expected utility; coherence and the axioms of probability (the
Dutch Book theorem). Elicitation of probabilities and utilities. The value of
information.
TRINITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ENGINEERING
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
NAVAL SCIENCE - NAVAL ROTC (NAVALSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 24
453L
Naval Operations Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of the theories of
naval operations as presented in the lecture series. Instructor: Staff.
331L
Naval Ships Systems Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of the theories
and principles of naval ships systems. Instructor: Staff.
213S
Evolution of Warfare.
Satisfies: STS
Course Description: Continuity and change in the history of
warfare, with attention to the interrelationship of social, political,
technological, and military factors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
383L
Marine Leadership Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Naval Science 381L.
Instructor: Staff.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
389L
Third Year Naval Leadership Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of military
discipline, leadership and management. Also provides general military training.
Mandatory for third year Naval ROTC program students. Instructor: Staff.
111
Seapower and Maritime Affairs.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: This course is a conceptual study of the
history and strategy of sea faring nations. The course examines the political
and military impact of events from the birth of sea power in the Mediterranean,
to the expansion through the Atlantic Ocean, and the spread of sea power to North
America. It examines the development of strategy on the seas, and the impact on
global economic forces. This course uses examples of military engagements on
the seas from the American Revolution to the Global War on Terrorism and
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Instructor: Staff. One course.
111L
Seapower and Maritime Affairs Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Case studies and contemporary issues
dealing with United States Navy. Instructor: Staff.
223
Naval Leadership and Management.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examination of current and classical
leadership and management theories, as well as organizational behavior in the
context of military organization. Topics include managerial functions,
performance appraisal, motivation theories, group dynamics, leadership theories
and communication. Instructor: Staff. One course.
423S
Leadership and Ethics.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Capstone Course that examines principles
of leadership and ethical decision-making through study and interactive
discussion of classical and contemporary course documents and case studies.
Coursework includes Constitutional Law, Natural Law Theory, as well as works by
Kant, Mill, and Aristotle, among others. Conducted in seminar format.
Prerequisites: Naval Science 101 or Naval Science 223. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
353
Navigation.
Satisfies: STS L
Course Description: Theory, principles, and procedures of
ship navigation, movements, and employment. Dead reckoning, piloting, celestial
and electronic principles of navigation. Naval Science 353should be taken
concurrently. Instructor: Staff. One course.
331
Naval Ship Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Quantitative study of basic naval ships'
systems. Focus on propulsion and various auxiliary systems. Ship design,
stability, and damage control. Instructor: Staff. One course.
101L
Naval Orientation Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of the elements
and material presented in Naval Science 101. Instructor: Staff.
101
Introduction to Naval Science.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to the organization,
missions, and branches of specialization within the United States Navy and
Marine Corps. Customs, traditions, leadership, career opportunities, and Naval
and Marine Corps operations. Instructor: Staff.
489L
Fourth Year Naval Leadership Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced practical application of
military discipline, leadership and management. Also provides general military
training. Instructor: Staff.
291
Independent Study, No Credit.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
in a field of special interest related to non-credit naval science courses,
under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in an academic product.
Instructor: Staff.
423L
Naval Leadership and Management Laboratory.
Satisfies: II
Course Description: The practical application of theories
discussed in Naval Science 423S. Instructor: Staff.
189L
First Year Naval Leadership Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of military
discipline, leadership and management. Also provides general military training.
Mandatory for first year Naval ROTC program students. Instructor: Staff.
231L
Naval Tactical Systems Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of the theories
and principles of naval tactical systems. Instructor: Staff.
453
Naval Operations.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Components of general naval operations,
including concepts and application of tactical formations and dispositions,
relative motion, maneuvering board and tactical plots, rules of the road, and
naval communications. Prerequisite: Naval Science 353 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
231
Concepts and Analyses of Naval Tactical Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study of weapons systems used aboard
naval vessels and aircraft. Detection systems and systems integration into
current naval platforms and their offensive and defensive capabilities.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
215S
Amphibious Warfare.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of amphibious doctrine, with
attention to its current applications. Instructor: Staff. One course.
353L
Navigation Laboratory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practical application of the theories
and principles of navigation as presented in the lecture series. Instructor:
Staff.
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (CEE)
Number Of Listed Courses: 76
644
Inverse Problems in Geosciences and Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic concepts, theory, methods of
solution, and application of inverse problems in engineering, groundwater
modeling, and applied geophysics. Deterministic and statistical frameworks for
solving inverse problems. Strategies for solving linear and nonlinear inverse
problems. Bayesian approach to nonlinear inverse problems. Emphasis on the
ill-posed problem of inverse solutions. Data collection strategies in relation
to solution of inverse problems. Model structure identification and parameter
estimation procedures. Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Boadu. One course.
336L
Fluid Mechanics.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: An introductory course emphasizing the
application of the principles of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy in
a fluid system. Physical properties of fluids, dimensional analysis and
similitude, viscous effects and integral boundary layer theory, subsonic and
supersonic flows, normal shockwaves. Selected laboratory work. Prerequisites:
Engineering 244and Mechanical Engineering 331 Co-requisite or prerequisite:
Mathematics 353. Instructor: Bliss, Howle, Knight, Shaughnessy, or Zhong. One
course.
641
Advanced Soil Mechanics.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Characterization of behavior of
geomaterials. Stress-strain incremental laws. Nonlinear elasticity,
hypo-elasticity, plasticity and visco-plasticity of geomaterials; approximated
laws of soil mechanics; fluid-saturated soil behavior; cyclic behavior of
soils; liquefaction and cyclic mobility; elements of soil dynamics; thermal
effects on soils. Prerequisite: Civil and Environmental Engineering 302or
equivalent. Instructor: Hueckel. One course.
642
Environmental Geomechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The course addresses engineered and
natural situations, where mechanical and hydraulic properties of soils and
rocks depend on environmental (thermal chemical, biological) processes.
Experimental findings are reviewed, and modeling of coupled thermo-mechanical,
chemo-mechanical technologies are reviewed. Instructor: Hueckel. One course.
302L
Introduction to Soil Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Origin and composition of soils, soil
structure. Flow of water through soils. Environmental geotechnology: land waste
disposal, waste containment, and remediation technologies. Soil behavior under
stress; compressibility, shear strength. Elements of mechanics of soil masses
with application to problems of bearing capacity of foundations, earth pressure
on retaining walls, and stability of slopes. Laboratory included. Prerequisite:
Civil and Environmental Engineering 301L. Instructor: Boadu, Hueckel. One
course.
535
Engineering Analysis and Computational Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Mathematical formulation and numerical
analysis of engineering systems with emphasis on applied mechanics. Equilibrium
and eigenvalue problems of discrete and distributed systems; properties of
these problems and discretization of distributed systems in continua by the
trial functions with undetermined parameters. The use of weighted residual
methods, finite
666
Aquatic Geochemistry.
Satisfies: L CEE L EOS
Course Description: Geochemistry of the water-solid
interface of soils, minerals, and particles in earth systems. Topics will cover
the chemical composition of soils, geochemical specalation, mineral weathering
and stability, sorption and ion exchange, soil redox processes, and chemical
kinetics at environmental surfaces. Prerequisites: CE/561or 461or EOS 525 or
ENVIRON 360 or permission of instructor. Instructor: Hsu-Kim. One course. C-L:
Environment 666
541
Intermediate Dynamics: Dynamics of Very High Dimensional
Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Dynamics of very high dimensional
systems. Linear and nonlinear dynamics of a string as a prototypical example.
Equations of motion of a nonlinear beam with tension. Convergence of a modal
series. Self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint systems. Orthogonality of modes.
Nonlinear normal modes. Derivation of Lagrange's equations from Hamilton's
Principle including the effects of constraints. Normal forms of kinetic and
potential energy. Component modal analysis. Asymptotic modal analysis. Instructor:
Dowell or Hall. One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental Engineering 625
316
Transportation Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The role and history of transportation.
Introduction to the planning and design of multimodal transportation systems.
Principles of traffic engineering, route location, and geometric design.
Planning studies and economic evaluation. Prerequisite: Statistical Science 130
and consent of instructor for nonengineering students. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
492
Projects in Civil Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: These courses may be taken by junior and
senior engineering students who have demonstrated aptitude for independent
work. Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies required.
Half course or one course each. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
315
Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction.
Satisfies: QS STS L L
Course Description: Design and testing of solutions to
complex interdisciplinary design products in a service learning context.
Technical design principles; sustainable and engineering best practices;
prototype formation, testing and evaluation; and establishment of research and
analysis methodologies in a community based research experience. Working in
partnership with a community agency (local, national, or international) and
participation in an experimental learning process by engineering a design
solution for an identified community need. Evaluation focused on design
deliverables, fabricated prototypes and a critical reflection of the
experimental learning process. One credit. Prerequisites: Engineering 201or
Electrical and Computer Engineering 110or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Schaad. One course. C-L: Environment 365, Public Policy Studies 211
627
Linear System Theory.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Construction of continuous and
discrete-time state space models for engineering systems, and linearization of
nonlinear models. Applications of linear operator theory to system analysis.
Dynamics of continuous and discrete-time linear state space systems, including
time-varying systems. Lyapunov stability theory. Realization theory, including
notion of controllability and observability, canonical forms, minimal
realizations, and balanced realizations. Design of linear feedback controllers
and dynamic observers, featuring both pole placement and linear quadratic
techniques. Introduction to stochastic control and filtering. Prerequisites:
Electrical and Computer Engineering 382 or Mecahnical Engineering 344 or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
662
Physico-Bio-Chemical Transformations.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Surveys of a selection of topics related
to the interaction between fluid flow (through channels or the porous media)
and physical, chemical, and biochemical transformations encountered in
environmental engineering. Numerous diverse phenomena, including solute
transport in the vicinity of chemically reacting surfaces, reverse osmosis,
sedimentation, centrifugation, ultrafiltration, rheology, microorganism
population dynamics, and others will be presented in a unifying mathematical
framework. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering 301and
Mathematics 353, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Kabala. One course.
645
Experimental Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Formulation of experiments; Pi theorem
and principles of similitude; data acquisition systems; static and dynamic
measurement of displacement, force, and strain; interfacing experiments with
digital computers for data storage, analysis, and plotting. Students select,
design, perform,
463L
Water Resources Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Descriptive and quantitative hydrology,
hydraulics of pressure conduits and measurement of flow, compound pipe systems,
analysis of flow in pressure distribution systems, open channel flow,
reservoirs and distribution system storage. Groundwater hydrology and
well-hydraulics. Probability and statistics in water resources. Selected
laboratory and field exercises, computer applications. Prerequisite: Civil and
Environmental Engineering 301L. Instructor: Kabala, Medina. One course.
626
Plates and Shells.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 646
530
Introduction to the Finite Element Method.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Investigation of the finite element
method as a numerical technique for solving linear ordinary and partial
differential equations, using rod and beam theory, heat conduction,
elastostatics and dynamics, and advective/diffusive transport as sample
systems. Emphasis placed on formulation and programming of finite element
models, along with critical evaluation of results. Topics include: Galerkin and
weighted residual approaches, virtual work principles, discretization, element
design and evaluation, mixed formulations, and transient analysis.
Prerequisites: a working knowledge of ordinary and partial differential
equations, numerical methods, and programming in FORTRAN or MATLAB. Instructor:
Dolbow and Laursen. One course. C-L: Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Science 524
665
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 739
643
Environmental and Engineering Geophysics.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Use of geophysical methods for solving
engineering and environmental problems. Theoretical frameworks, techniques, and
relevant case histories as applied to engineering and environmental problems
(including groundwater evaluation and protection, siting of landfills, chemical
waste disposals, roads assessments, foundations investigations for structures,
liquefaction and earthquake risk assessment). Introduction to theory of
elasticity and wave propagation in elastic and poroelastic media, electrical
and electromagnetic methods, and ground penetrating radar technology.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 or Physics 152 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Boadu. One course.
571
Control of Hazardous and Toxic Waste.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Engineering solutions to industrial and
municipal hazardous waste problems. Handling, transportation, storage, and
disposal technologies. Biological, chemical, and physical processes. Upgrading
abandoned disposal sites. Economic and regulatory aspects. Case studies.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Peirce. One course.
581
Pollutant Transport Systems.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Distribution of pollutants in natural
waters and the atmosphere; diffusive and advective transport phenomena within
the natural environment and through artificial conduits and storage/treatment
systems. Analytical and numerical prediction methods. Prerequisite: Civil and
Environmental Engineering 301and Mathematics 353, or equivalents. Instructor:
Medina. One course.
501
Applied Mathematics for Engineers.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced analytical methods of applied
mathematics useful in solving a wide spectrum of engineering problems.
Applications of linear algebra, calculus of variations, the Frobenius method,
ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and boundary
value problems. Prerequisites: Mathematics 353 or equivalent and undergraduate
courses in solid and/or fluid mechanics. Instructor: Kabala. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
541
Structural Dynamics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Formulation of dynamic models for
discrete and continuous structures; normal mode analysis, deterministic and
stochastic responses to shocks and environmental loading (earthquakes, winds,
and waves); introduction to nonlinear dynamic systems, analysis and stability
of structural components (beams and cables and large systems such as offshore
towers, moored ships, and floating platforms). Instructor: Gavin. One course.
462L
Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamentals of microbiology related to
biological environmental engineering processes. Topics include microbial
metabolism, molecular biology tools, microbial kinetics and stoichiometry, and
bioreactor models. Applications include unit processes in wastewater treatment
and bioremediation. Laboratory included. Field trips to be arranged.
Instructor: Deshusses. One course. C-L: Energy and the Environment
527
Buckling of Engineering Structures.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 647
562
Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Biological processes as they relate to
environmental systems, including wastewater treatment and bioremediation.
Concepts of microbiology, chemical engineering, stoichemistry, and kinetics of
complex microbial metabolism, and process analyses. Specific processes
discussed include carbon oxidation, nitrification/denitrification, phosphorus
removal, methane production, and fermentation. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
461L
Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering.
Satisfies: DL
Course Description: Fundamentals of chemistry as applied in
environmental engineering processes. Chemistry topics include acid-base
equilibrium, the carbonate system, mineral surfaces interactions, redox
reactions, and organic chemistry. Applied environmental systems include water
treatment, soil remediation, air pollution and green engineering. Laboratory
included. Field trips will be arranged. Prerequisite: Chemistry 20, 21, or 101
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Hsu-Kim. One course. C-L: Energy and the
Environment
421L
Matrix Structural Analysis.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Development of stiffness matrix methods
from first principles. Superposition of loads and elements. Linear analysis by
hand and computer of plane and space structures comprising one-dimensional
truss and beam elements. Prerequisites: Engineering 201and Mathematics 216.
Instructors: Gavin, Laursen, or Virgin. One course.
576L
Aerosol Measurement Techniques for Air Quality Monitoring
and Research.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Principles of measurements and analysis
of ambient particulate matter (aerosol). Traditional and emerging measurements
techniques currently used in air quality monitoring and homeland defense. Open
to advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the science and
engineering related to atmospheric aerosol. Consent of the instructor required.
Instructor: Khlystov. One course.
621
Plasticity.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Inelastic behavior of soils and
engineering materials. Yield criteria. Flow rules. Concepts of perfect
plasticity and plastic hardening. Methods of rigid-plasticity. Limit analysis.
Isotropic and kinematic hardening. Plastic softening. Diffused damage.
Thermo-plasticity. Visco-plasticity. Prerequisite: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 520 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Hueckel. One course.
429
Integrated Structural Design.
Satisfies: A L L
Course Description: Student design teams complete a
preliminary design of an actual structural engineering project and present the
design to a panel of civil engineering faculty and practitioners. written
technical report is required. Topics to be addressed include: the design
process; cost estimation; legal, ethical, and social aspects of professional
engineering practice; short-term and long-term design serviceability
considerations. Open only to civil engineering students during their final two
semesters. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering 421 422 and 423L.
Instructor: Nadeau. One course.
563
Chemical Fate of Organic Compounds.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 540
564
Physical Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Theory and design of fundamental and
alternative physical and chemical treatment processes for pollution
remediation. Reactor kinetics and hydraulics, gas transfer, adsorption,
sedimentation, precipitation, coagulation/flocculation, chemical oxidation,
disinfection. Prerequisites: introductory environmental engineering, chemistry,
graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
411
Architectural Engineering II.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Design and integration of building
subsystems (enclosure, space, structural, environmental-control) in the design
of a medium-sized building. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 311 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Brasier. One course.
685
Water Supply Engineering Design.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: The study of water resources and
municipal water requirements including reservoirs, transmission, treatment and
distribution systems; methods of collection, treatment, and disposal of
municipal and industrial wastewaters. The course includes the preparation of a
comprehensive engineering report encompassing all aspects of municipal water
and wastewater systems. Field trips to be arranged. Prerequisite: Civil and
Environmental Engineering 462 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
307
Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems (or BB).
Satisfies: AC GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 307; also C-L: Civil and Environmental Engineering 307, Modeling
Biological Systems
425
Analytical and Computational Solid Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 425, Modeling Biological Systems
205
Practical Methods in Civil Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to the practical methods
used by Civil Engineers, including surveying, computer-aided-design,
geographical information systems, and use of the mills, lathes, and other
machine tools. Instructor: Schaad. Half course.
566
Environmental Microbiology.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Fundamentals of microbiology and
biochemistry as they apply to environmental engineering. General topics include
cell chemistry, microbial metabolism, bioenergetics, microbial ecology and
pollutant biodegradation. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering
462or graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Instructor: Gunsch. One
course.
671
Physicochemical Unit Operations in Water Treatment.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamental bases for design of water
and waste treatment systems, including transport, mixing, sedimentation and
filtration, gas transfer, coagulation,
548
Multivariable Control.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 648
201L
Uncertainty Design and Optimization.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Principles of design as a creative and
iterative process involving problem statements, incomplete information,
conservative assumptions, constraining regulations, and uncertain operating
environments. Parameterization of costs and constraints and formulation of
constrained optimization problems. Analytical and numerical solutions to
constrained optimization problems.
569
Introduction to Atmospheric Aerosol.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Atmospheric aerosol and its relationship
to problems in air control, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and
industrial hygiene. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Prerequisites: knowledge of calculus and college-level physics. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Khlystov. One course.
681
Analytical Models of Subsurface Hydrology.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Reviews the method of separation of
variables, surveys integral transforms, and illustrates their application to
solving initial boundary value problems. Three parts include: mathematical and
hydrologic fundamentals, integral transforms and their philosophy, and detailed
derivation via integral transforms of some of the most commonly used models in
subsurface hydrology and environmental engineering. Discussion and use of
parameter estimation techniques associated with the considered models.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 and (Civil and Environmental Engineering 301or
463L), or consent of instructor. Instructor: Kabala. One course.
676
Fundamentals and Applications of Processes in Environmental
Systems.
Satisfies: UV UV UV
Course Description: Ultraviolet light based processes as
they relate to treatment of contaminants in water and air. Concepts in
photochemistry and photobiology, fluence determination, disinfection,
photodegradation processes for chemical containments, advanced oxidation processes,
mathematical modeling and design of systems. Includes laboratory exercises.
Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering 564, or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
672
Solid Waste Engineering.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Engineering design of material and
energy recovery systems including traditional and advanced technologies.
Sanitary landfills and incineration of solid wastes. Application of systems
analysis to collection of municipal refuse. Major design project in solid waste
management. Prerequisite: Civil and Environmental Engineering 462 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Environment 548
494
Engineering Undergraduate Fellows Projects.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Final continuation course for
Engineering Undergraduate Fellows, contingent upon satisfactory completion of
394 and 493. Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
520
Continuum Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Tensor fields and index notation.
Analysis of states of stress and strain. Conservation laws and field equations.
Constitutive equations for elastic, viscoelastic, and elastic-plastic solids.
Formulation and solution of simple problems in elasticity, viscoelasticity, and
plasticity. Instructors: Hueckel, Laursen, or Nadeau. One course.
585
Vadose Zone Hydrology.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Transport of fluids, heat, and
contaminants through unsaturated porous media. Understanding the physical laws
and mathematical modeling of relevant processes. Field and laboratory
measurements of moisture content and matric potential. Prerequisites: Civil and
Environmental Engineering 301and Mathematics 353, or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Kabala. One course.
525
Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: Civil and Environmental
Engineering 630
675
Introduction to the Physical Principles of Remote Sensing of
the Environment.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The course provides an overview of the
radiative transfer principles used in remote-sensing across the electromagnetic
spectrum using both passive and active sensors. Special focus is placed on the
process that leads from theory to the development of retrieval algorithms for
satellite-based sensors, including post-processing of raw observations and
uncertainty analysis. Students carry on three hands-on projects (Visible and
Thermal Infrared, Active Microwave, and Passive Microwave). Background in at
least one of the following disciplines is desirable: radiation transfer, signal
processing, and environmental physics (Hydrology, Geology, Geophysics, Plant
Biophysics, Soil Physics). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Barros. One
course.
690
Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Opportunity for study of advanced
subjects relating to programs within the civil and environmental engineering
department tailored to fit the requirements of individuals or small groups.
Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
683
Groundwater Hydrology and Contaminant Transport.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Review of surface hydrology and its
interaction with groundwater. The nature of porous media, hydraulic conductivity,
and permeability. General hydrodynamic equations of flow in isotropic and
anisotropic media. Water quality standards and contaminant transport processes:
advective-dispersive equation for solute transport in saturated porous media.
Analytical and numerical methods, selected computer applications. Deterministic
versus stochastic models. Applications: leachate from sanitary landfills,
industrial lagoons and ponds, subsurface wastewater injection, monitoring of
groundwater contamination. Conjunctive surface-subsurface models. Prerequisite:
Civil and Environmental Engineering 301 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Medina. One course.
686
Ecohydrology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course provides the theoretical
basis for understanding the interaction between hydrologic cycle, vegetation
and soil biogeochemistry which is key for a proper management of water
resources and terrestrial ecosystems especially in view of the possible
intensification and alteration of the hydrologic regime due to climate change.
Topics include: Probabilistic soil moisture dynamics; plant water stress;
coupled dynamics of soil moisture, transpiration and photosynthesis; and
infiltration, root uptake, and hydrologic control on soil biogeochemistry.
Instructor: Porporato. One course.
635
Computational Methods for Evolving Discontinuities.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Presents an overview of advanced
numerical methods for the treatment of engineering problems such as brittle and
ductile failure and solid-liquid phase transformations in pure substances.
Analytical methods for arbitrary discontinuities and interfaces are reviewed,
with particular attention to the derivation of jump conditions. Partition of
unity and level set methods. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering
530, or 630, or instructor consent. Instructor: Dolbow. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
628
Stochastic Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Analysis of continuous and discrete-time
stochastic processes, with emphasis on application to mechanics. Time-and
frequency-domain analysis of stationary linear stochastic systems.
561L
Environmental Aquatic Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Principles of chemical equilibria and
kinetics applied to quantitative chemical description of natural and engineered
aquatic systems. Topics include acid/base equilibrium, the carbonate system,
metal complexation, oxidation/reduction reactions, precipitation/dissolution of
minerals, and surface absorption. Instructor: Hsu-Kim. One course. C-L: Environment
542L
649
Structural Engineering Project Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Apply project management tools and
skills to a structural engineering design project. Implement changes in
schedule, budget, and changing client and/or regulatory climate. Work with a
design team of undergraduate students. Prerequisites: not open to students who
have had Civil and Environmental Engineering 429, 469, or 679. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Nadeau. One course.
687
Hydrologic Modeling for Water Quantity and Quality
Assessment.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 769
679
Environmental Engineering Project Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Apply project management tools and
skills to an environmental engineering design project. Implement changes in
schedule, budget, and changing client and/or regulatory climate. Work with a
design team of undergraduate students. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites: not open to students who have had Civil and Environmental
Engineering 429, 469, or 649. Instructor: Schaad. One course.
469
Integrated Environmental Design.
Satisfies: A L L
Course Description: Student design teams complete a
preliminary design of an actual environmental engineering project and present
the design to a panel of civil engineering faculty and practitioners. written
technical report is required. Topics to be addressed include: the design
process; cost estimation; legal, ethical, and social aspects of professional
engineering practice; short-term and long-term design serviceability
considerations. Open only to civil engineering students during their final two
semesters. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering 461 463 and 462L.
Instructor: Schaad. One course. C-L: Global Health
560
Environmental Transport Phenomena.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Conservation principles in the
atmosphere and bodies of water, fundamental equations for transport in the
atmosphere and bodies of water, scaling principles, simplification, turbulence,
turbulent transport, Lagrangian transport, applications to transport of
particles from volcanoes and stacks, case studies: volcanic eruption, Chernobyl
accident, forest fires and Toms River power plant emission. Instructor:
Wiesner. One course.
622
Fracture Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Theoretical concepts concerning the
fracture and failure of brittle and ductile materials. Orowan and Griffith
approaches to strength. Determination of stress intensity factors using
compliance method, weight function method, and numerical methods with
conservation laws. Cohesive zone models, fracture toughness, crack growth
stability, and plasticity. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering
520, or instructor consent. Instructor: Dolbow. One course.
623
Mechanics of Composite Materials.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Theory and application of effective
medium, or homogenization, theories to predict macroscopic properties of
composite materials based on microstructural characterizations. Effective
elasticity, thermal expansion, moisture swelling, and transport properties,
among others, are presented along with associated bounds such as Voigt/Reuss
and Hashin-Shtrikman. Specific theories include Eshelby, Mori-Tanaka,
Kuster-Toksoz, self-consistent, generalized self-consistent, differential
method, and composite sphere and cylinder assemblages. Tensor-to-matrix
mappings, orientational averaging, and texture analysis. Composite laminated
plates, environmentally induced stresses, and failure theories. Prerequisite:
Civil and Environmental Engineering 520 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Nadeau. One course.
311
Architectural Engineering I.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Analysis of the building through the
study of its subsystems (enclosure, space, structural, environmental-control).
Building materials and their principal uses in the enclosure and structural
subsystems. Computer aided design. Field trips. Prerequisite: junior or senior
standing, consent of instructor for nonengineering students. Instructor:
Brasier. One course.
682
Dynamic Engineering Hydrology.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Dynamics of the occurrence, circulation,
and distribution of water; climate, hydrometeorology, geophysical fluid
motions. Precipitation, surface runoff and stream flow, infiltration, water
losses. Hydrograph analysis, catchment characteristics, hydrologic
instrumentation, and computer simulation models. Prerequisite: Civil and
Environmental Engineering 301 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Medina. One
course.
502
Engineering Data Analysis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to the statistical error
analysis of imprecise data and the estimation of physical parameters from data
with uncertainty. Interpolation and filtering. Data and parameter covariance.
Emphasis on time series analysis in the time- and frequency-domains. Linear and
nonlinear least squares. Confidence intervals and belts. Hypothesis testing.
Introduction to parameter estimation in linear and nonlinear dynamic systems.
Prerequisite: graduate standing or instructor consent. Instructors: Boadu,
Gavin, or Porporato. One course.
521
Elasticity ( BB).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 526
525
Wave Propagation in Elastic and Poroelastic Media.
Satisfies: NDT
Course Description: Basic theory, methods of solution, and
applications involving wave propagation in elastic and poroelastic media.
Analytical and numerical solution of corresponding equations of motion. Linear
elasticity and viscoelasticity as applied to porous media. Effective medium,
soil/rock materials as composite materials. Gassmann's equations and Biot's
theory for poroelastic media. Stiffness and damping characteristics of
poroelastic materials. Review of engineering applications that include geotechnical and geophysical case histories.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Boadu. One
course.
565
Environmental Analytical Chemistry.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course covers the fundamentals and
applications of analytical chemistry as applied to detection, identification,
and quantification of anthropogenic contaminants in environmental samples
including air, water, soil, sediment, and biota. The topics include both sample
preparation methods (i.e. wet chemistry) and instrumental analysis (e.g. mass
spectrometry, chromatography, and optical spectroscopy). Particular emphasis is
placed on current advancements in measurement science as applied to
environmental chemistry. The material includes both theoretical and practical
aspects of environmental analysis. Prerequisite: 131 or CHEM 151L or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Ferguson. C-L: Environment 566
490
Special Topics in Civil Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Study arranged on a special topic in
which the instructor has particular interest and competence. Consent of instructor
and director of undergraduate studies required. Half course or one course each.
Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
661L
Environmental Molecular Biotechnology ( MC).
Satisfies: GE DNA DNA L L
Course Description: Principles of genetics and recombinant
for environmental systems. Applications to include genetic engineering for
bioremediation, micro-arrays and
biosensors. Laboratory exercises to include isolation, amplification,
manipulation and analysis. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering
462L, Biology 20, Biology 201L, or graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Gunsch. One course. C-L: Biomedical Engineering 565L
422L
Concrete and Composite Structures.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Properties and design of concrete.
Analysis and design of selected reinforced concrete structural elements
according to strength design methodology. Mechanics
423L
Metallic Structures.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Design of tension, compression, and
flexural members. Bolted and welded connections. Design by LRFD methodology.
Selected laboratory work. Prerequisite: Engineering 201L. Instructor: Nadeau.
One course.
160L
Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science.
Satisfies: QS STS
Course Description: Examination of engineering and the
societal context of anthropogenic contributions and impacts to the built
environment. Focus on the human necessities of air, water, land, and energy and
the technological interplays of environmental engineering in sustainably
meeting human needs. Materials and energy balances applied to environmental
engineering problems. Water pollution control, applied ecology, air quality
management, solid and hazardous waste control, and environmental ethics. Instructor:
Schaad or staff. One course.
543
Energy Flow and Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Derivation of equations for wave motion
in simple structural shapes: strings, longitudinal rods, beams and membranes,
plates and shells. Solution
ART, ART HISTORY, AND VISUAL AND MEDIA STUDIES
(ARTSVIS/ARTHIST/VMS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 294
499S
Theories of Visual Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R D
Course Description: Capstone seminar focusing on advanced
visual studies theories, as well as individual senior projects undertaken as a
written research paper or visual production. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisite: Visual and Media Studies 100and 103S. Instructor: Abe, Olson,
Stiles, Weisenfeld. One course.
250S
Poverty and the Visual.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Relationship between art, visual
culture, and poverty from the 1950s to the present across cultures. Readings,
research, visual analyses, and production assignments based on a broader
understanding of poverty as a philosophical, economic, social, and cultural
concept. Instructor: Lasch. One course.
248
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Athens.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 208
205
Intermediate Drawing.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Allows students to explore their
artistic interests and biases through a series of self-directed projects. Both
the directness and the flexibility of the medium of drawing are investigated.
Prerequisites: Visual Arts 199 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
243
Painting.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Practice in painting. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
289
Weimar and Nazi Germany.
Satisfies: CZ R I
Course Description: The impact of World War on German
morale, the emergence of an exciting avant garde culture in Berlin, the
establishment of a multiparty parliamentary government, women's emancipation,
and economic crisis in the hyperinflation of 1922 and the Great Depression.
Against this progressive background, Hitler's mobilization of masses of
followers, seizure of power, and establishment of the first racial society. The
killing fields and concentration camps on the Eastern Front. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 284, International Comparative
Studies
241
Medieval Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 151; also C-L: Art History 121, Classical Studies 121
203
Visualizing Cultural Dissent in Modernism, 1880-1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Interrelations of modernism and politics
in a period of rapid social and technological change, rise of mass social
movements, and political reaction on left and right. Development of new media
in the form of prints and photography reflecting these changes and a variety of
social movements and political positions by artists exploring a range of
subjects,
270
Personal Geographics: Mapping Self-Identity.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Using mapping as structure of applying
informational graphics, students explore aspects of visually charting
self-identity. Through graphic design principles students investigate how to
visually use mapping, signage and data to portray culture, history, ethnicity,
memory relating to their individual backgrounds. Using traditionally based,
digital media and typography students create digital images and artist book
based on mapping addressing specific assignments using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
and Indesign. ARTSVIS 54 prerequisite and some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator preferred. Instructor: Merrill Shatzman. One course. C-L: Visual
Arts 269
226S
The Black Atlantic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 383;
also C-L: African and African American Studies 329
203
Visual Culture and Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 348
175
Aesthetics, Design, and Culture.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An examination of the role of
aesthetics, both as a goal and as a tool, in a culture which is increasingly
dependent on technology. Visual thinking, perceptual awareness, experiential
learning, conceptual modeling, and design will be explored in terms of changes
in sensory environment. Design problems will be formulated and analyzed through
individual and group design projects. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 114A
404S
Discourse of Disease and Infection.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 238 Arts of the Moving
Image 215S
690S
Special Topics in the Visual Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Subject varies from year to year.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
505A
History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a
European Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 507A; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
208
Contemporary Performance.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 229, Art History 229
290
Topics in Visual Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Subject varies from year to year.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
276
Global Performance Art: History/Theory from 1950's to
Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 344; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 275,
Literature 222, Theater Studies 235
340
History of the Museum.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: The purposes and functions of the museum
as a Western institution from precursors to the present. The architecture,
display practices, and pedagogical goals of art, natural history, and other
museums. The incorporation of non-Western visual culture and the globalization
of the museum in the contexts of colonialism and modernism. Comparative study
of the treatment of Western and non-Western objects. Critical theory,
aesthetics, and museum practices in terms of visual studies. Field research in
museums required. Instructor: Abe. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
21
General Art, Studio.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for advanced placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in Studio Art. Does not count toward the
major in visual arts. One course.
450S
Advanced Narrative Production.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Focus on narrative film and video
techniques, from script to realization. Exercises in production management,
cinematography, lighting, shot blocking and working with actors in dramatic
productions, employing continuity editing techniques. Suggested prerequisite:
Arts of the Moving Image 301 Moving Image Practice. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 450S
213
Japanese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 261; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 255, Visual and Media
Studies 232
360
Art in Spain During the Golden Age.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 256
460S
Multimedia Documentary: Editing, Production, and
Publication.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Edit and shape fieldwork material into a
Web-based multimedia presentation. Learn current technologies and techniques
for multimedia publications. Examine unique storytelling strategies for on-line
presentations and compare this medium to traditional venues for documentary
work such as exhibitions, books, and broadcast. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: Visual Arts 460 Visual and Media Studies 460S
590S-6
Topics in Chinese Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Problems and issues in a specific period
or genre of Chinese art. Specific focus varies from year to year. Instructor:
Abe. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
261S
Costume Design.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: The process of designing costumes for
the stage beginning with the fundamentals of design and the language of
clothing. Reading of plays as basis for analysis and interpretation of text and
character, conceptualization of design ideas, and directions for design
research. Weekly lab providing experience with and an understanding of costume
construction theory and methodology, including the use of costume shop tools
and equipment. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 233S
290-1
Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 290-1
590S-2
Special Topics in Roman Archaeology.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Studies in Roman art and archaeology on
focused themes, or on particular assemblages or problems. Offerings might
include Art and Architecture of Pompeii, Roman Portraiture vel sim. Instructor:
Boatwright or staff. One course. C-L: Art History 590S-10
367S
News Writing and Reporting.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Seminar on reporting and writing news
and feature stories for newspapers. Students required to produce actual news
stories every week, based on original reporting and writing, including
interviews, use of the Internet and electronic databases, public records, and
written
196FS
The Photobook: History & Practice.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Cultural, intellectual and artistic
history and uses of the book in photographic practice. Traces technical,
conceptual, formal innovations that mark international history of photography
books through lectures/hands-on examination of key books, including lesser
known innovations and uses of photobook in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and
Japan. Marries historical awareness with studio practice. Simultaneous
immersion in production of images as well as collecting of archives from
various cultures. Crafting of photobooks in several genres as students edit,
print, scan, assemble materials. Seminar includes readings, discussions, short
writings, field trips. Focus Program only. Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Noland. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 196FS
590S-2
Topics in Italian Renaissance Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 590S-4
102D
Introduction to the History of Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Same as Art History 102 except
instruction provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Staff. One course.
281S
Cinematography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 355S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 260 Visual Arts 248S
111
Introduction to the Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 101; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 102, Visual Arts 102, Literature
111
261
Michelangelo in Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 259;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 233
262S
Scene Design.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Study of theory and methodology of set
design for stage through examination of historical and contemporary stage
design as well as conceptualization, research, and development of design
solutions for assigned plays. Instructor: Bend. One course. C-L: Visual Arts
234S
344
Early Greek Archaeology: From the Fall of Mycenae to the
Persian Wars.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Greek material culture in its social,
economic, and historical contexts, 1200 to 480 BCE. Instructor: Antonaccio. One
course. C-L: Art History 206
270S
Constructing Immersive Virtual Worlds.
Satisfies: QS D
Course Description: Theory, practice, and creation of
3virtual worlds. Hands-on design and development of online immersive synthetic
social spaces with Croquet. Introduction to
630
The Ongoing Moment: Presentations of Time in Still and
Moving Images.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 630
270
American Drama and Film: 1945-1960.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Plays by Arthur Miller, Tennessee
William, Robert Anderson, Edward Albee, Lorraine Hansbury. Films include The
Searchers, Shane, Rebel Without a Cause, and Vertigo. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 323
260
Pilgrimage and Tourism.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 336
190A
Duke Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Visual
Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
352
The Aegean Bronze Age.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Survey of Greek prehistory, from the
final Neolithic to the end of the era in ca. 1200 BCE. Issues to be considered
include the historicity of the Trojan War, the relationship of this period to
later Greek history and cultural identity. Instructor: Antonaccio. One course.
C-L: Art History 205
553S
From Caricature to Comic Strip.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: History of caricature as a medium for
political critique and social comment from the eighteenth century to the
present, focusing on England, France, Germany, and the United States. Languages
of graphic satire in the context of specific historical moments, from the War
of Independence to the war in Iraq; history of popular journalism and the comic
press; censorship and agitation for press freedom; growth of specialized
juvenile graphic magazines and the development of the strip cartoon.
Instructor: McWilliam. One course.
540S
Technology and New Media: Academic Practice.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 562S; also C-L: Art History 536S
258S
Electronic Music and Video Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Music 275S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 358S
415
Yesterday's Classics/Today's Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Films on the French classical era,
readings of related texts, and film reviews. Analysis of themes/preoccupations
from seventeenth century to today. The nature of classicism and its role in
shaping of a French mentalit\'e9. Instructor: Longino. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 312, Arts of the Moving Image 262
206
Digital Imaging.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Photoshop and Illustrator used to
introduce single and serial images for print and web output. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 206,
Documentary Studies, Information Science and Information Studies
396
Graphic Design in Multimedia: Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Design history and theory. Lectures and
projects focused on direct interaction with digitized elements of historically
significant designs. Design elements and principles. Comparison of the language
and tools of old and new media. Analysis of visual materials, discovering
conceptual and stylistic connections, including Illustrator and Photoshop.
Consent of instructor required. Prerequisites: Visual Arts 101. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 223
227
Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The visual arts and esthetic issues in
the development of modern culture in Europe and the relationship between
artists and the public in the period of the Enlightenment. Considering all
media, including painting, sculpture, prints, architecture and gardens, topics
may include the rise of academies, the development of art criticism, the role
of the spectator in art; the involvement of women in art and its institutions;
historical and theoretical discussions of rococo and neoclassical styles; the
idea of revolutions in history; Rousseau and the cult of nature; and the impact
of new philosophical trends on aesthetic theory. Instructor: Staff. One course.
340S
Experimental Filmmaking.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The history of avant-garde in film and video
combined with production exercises. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual
Arts 229S
327S
Theories of Visual and Media Studies.
Satisfies: ALP VMS VMS D
Course Description: Survey of visual and media studies
theories. Development of analytical methods to critically engage with analog
and digital visual media production, circulation and consumption in a global
context. Overview of the historical development of visual studies and media
studies as distinct critical fields with intellectual ties to cultural studies,
art history, philosophy, sociology, literature, communications, and information
science. Exploration of contemporary convergences between visual and media
studies, in dialog with scientific visualization, cognitive neuroscience, and
quantitative approaches to image processing. Course required for majors. Prior
completion of 100recommended. Instructor consent required. Instructors: Olson,
Szabo, Weisenfeld. One course.
107
History of Documentary Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 202; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 265
460S
Advanced Animation.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Concentration on selected media
primarily two-dimensional but including three dimensional forms. Animation camera
including camera effects, motion analysis, and effects animation. American
studio styles compared to independent artist animators. Instructor: Burns. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 470S
285S
Visiting Filmmaker Master Courses: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 385S; also C-L: Visual Arts 325S
244S
Children's Self Expression: Literacy Through Photography.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
224S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 207S
339
Print Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Survey of the modern image-based print
culture in its technological advancements and social impact, including case
studies of key moments and exemplary aesthetic expressions in the history of
image reproduction on paper. Topics include early woodcut illustrations;
subsequent printmaking projects; the carte-de-visite; European fin-de-si\'e8cle
popularity of poster art and Japanese woodcuts; twentieth-century photography
and printmaking collectives in the Americas; and the photogravure's role in the
rise of the pictorial magazine. Instructor: Powell. One course.
273S
Gaming the System: Pervasive Gaming as Art.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 239S
374S
Russian Language and Culture through Film II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL SS STS S
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 373S. Analysis
of Russian cultural paradigms and linguistic issues through contemporary
Russian and Soviet film. Film and computer technology, as well as access to
these technologies and their implementation, are a central part of the cultural
context. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Instructors: Maksimova. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 319S
208LS
Virtual Form and Space.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 208LS;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 321LS
202S
Children and the Experience of Illness.
Satisfies: SS S
Course Description: An exploration of how children cope with
illness, incorporating the tools of documentary photography and writing.
Students will work outside class with children who are ill and teach them how
to use a camera, working toward an exhibit of photographs at the end of the
semester. Permission required. Required participation in service learning.
Instructor: Moses. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 395 Visual and Media
Studies 211S
343
The Contemporary Art Market.
Satisfies: ALP R SS A
Course Description: historical and analytical study of the
way art objects have been produced and marketed. Peculiarities of the product,
applicable sales techniques, and pricing procedures. Attention to the role of
dealers, auctioneers, the art of criticism and formation of preferences, and
innovation. Comparative and longitudinal examinations of the evolution of
practices, institutions, and the regulatory environment in art markets.
Recommended: Economics 201D. Instructor: De MarchiI. One course. C-L: Art
History 261, Markets and Management Studies
170
Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution.
Satisfies: QS SS STS
Course Description: Theory, practice and epistemology of
computing and simulation. Creation of artificial models of life, culture, and
evolution for prediction and exploration. Social processes embedded in
simulation. Hands-on introduction to C++ to create and modify highly visual,
sims with color and sound. Critical exploration of state-of-the-art
multicausal, multiagent simulations. Topics include: cellular automata and
emergence; human and non-human agency; self-organizing cultures. Historical and
cultural contextualization through computer artifacts and applications in
science and the arts, industry and entertainment, military and intelligence communities.
No programming experience required. Instructor: Gessler. One course. C-L:
Computer Science 107, Visual and Media Studies 172
243A
History of Netherlandish Art in a European Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 263A; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
226
Printmaking: Relief and Monotype.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Relief methods of woodcut and linoleum
block printing and monotype techniques. Concentration on both the technical and
historical aspects of the media and its expressive potentials. Students develop
a significant body of prints using these techniques. Prerequisites: Visual Arts
101 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Shatzman. One course.
399S
The Photographic Essay: Narratives Through Pictures.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
239S; also C-L: Visual Arts 241S
312
Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Anime Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Topics may vary. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 290-1
288
Dada and Surrealism.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The origins, aims, literature, and
politics of the international movements of dada and surrealism, which
flourished between the world wars, examined in the light of dada and surrealist
theory, literature, and art. Instructor: Leighten. One course. C-L: Women's
Studies
523S
Imaging a Nation: Japanese Visual Culture 1868-1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focusing on various visual
representations of Japanese national identity at home and abroad during the
empire; contending interpretations of "Japaneseness" and changing
discourses on Japanese aesthetics in relation to broader historical
developments; examining cultural production, exhibition practices, patronage,
nationalism, neo-traditionalism, Pan-Asianism, and the role of visual culture
under imperialism. Instructor: Weisenfeld. One course.
413
World War and French Film.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Film scripts, memoirs, novels, political
and social history, and cinematic technique that inform the viewing of French
films on World War II. Possible films to be viewed: Cl\'e9ment's \i Jeux
interdits\i0 , Malle's \i Au revoir les enfants \i0 and \i Lacombe Lucien\i0 ,
Miller's \i L'accompagnatrice\i0 , Yanne's \i Boulevard des hirondelles\i0 ,
and Lanzmann's \i Shoah\i0 . Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 261, History 295, Visual and Media Studies 310
190FS
Topics in Art History.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Subjects, areas, or themes that embrace
a range of disciplines, art historical areas, and visual culture. Open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
349
Advanced Visual Practice.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Interdisciplinary course focusing on
student productions. Mixing of new and traditional disciplines (multimedia),
and visual manifestations of knowledge from the wider field of visual studies,
as well as areas normally considered outside art encouraged. Any number of
media accepted, including concentration in just one. Embraces international
contemporary art, as well as the multiple expressions of visual society.
Prerequisites: at least one 200-level Visual Arts class, and at least one Art
History course or equivalent work. Instructor: Lasch. One course.
535S
AfroFuturism.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 620S; also C-L: Theater Studies 535 Visual and Media Studies
524S
680S
Information Archeology: Studies in the Nature of Information
and Artifact in the Digital Environment.
Satisfies: SS STS S
Course Description: Interdisciplinary exploration of the
nature of artifact and evidence, information and knowledge embedded in
structured and unstructured digital data. Critical analysis, research and
technology labs focus on societal and technological implications of data
warehousing, Internet archives, analog to digital conversion, data recovery,
and identity theft and management. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Art
History 542 Visual and Media Studies 569S
227
Printmaking: Intaglio.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Directed problems in the intaglio medium
including etching, aquatint, drypoint, black and white, and color printing
methods. Assigned projects emphasize conceptual issues supported by the medium.
Students develop a significant body of prints through use of this medium.
Prerequisites: Visual Arts 101, 199 and consent of instructor. Instructor:
Shatzman. One course.
207
Typography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Writing systems, printing technologies,
and typographic evolution; letterform, typographic composition, and page
layout. Introduction to Illustrator and Pagemaker. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
115
Introduction to Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Foundation class in black-and-white
photographic process as the basis for using photography as a visual language.
Class learns to make a printable exposure using black-and-white film, make a
"proper proof" and an 8 x 10 enlargement. Assignments include
portraits, alternative techniques, landscape, and a final portfolio that
embodies a single visual idea. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Hunter. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 115, Visual and Media Studies 115
377S
Medicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
206S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 204S
370
International Popular Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Basic concepts in critical theory; folk
vs. mass culture, appropriation, resistance, hegemony, as studied through
Japanese, Chinese, Australian, British, East Indian, and Latin American popular
forms. American imperialism and the exportation of mass forms juxtaposed with
international reception of popular fiction, characters, music, and television
programs. Instructor: C. Davidson or Willis. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 297, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image, Latin
American Studies
490-2
Topics in Twentieth Century Art (TOP).
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on a major aspect of Twentieth
century European art. Subject varies from year to year. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
203
Introduction to Architectural Design.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to architectural design:
space making with emphasis on process, abstraction, and modes of
representation. Drawing conventions, orthographic projection, model building,
rendering, digital technologies as forms of visual inquiry. Tectonics, space,
scale, and material as ensemble parts of project presentations to represent
ideas as well as artifacts. Final projects on building
273S
Planning the Documentary Film: From Concept to Treatment.
Satisfies: ALP R S S
Course Description: Historical documentary film preparation
through narrative, character-driven stories. Using the raw material of real
life, students organize the conceptual process for historical documentary
films, framing a logical sequence of events structured for dramatic effect.
Focus on the pre-production activities and principles that lead to a treatment
that is the foundation for an efficient shooting schedule. Instructor: James.
One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 332 Visual and Media Studies 220
Information Science and Information Studies
298
History of Impressionism.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The evolution of the impressionist
movement and postimpressionist reactions of the 1880s. Particular attention to
the work of Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro. Instructor: Antliff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
185FS
The Languages of Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: How meaning is communicated by a work of
art. Interpretive strategies. Visual languages developed and used by different
societies. Relationship between visual and verbal languages, texts and images.
Study of Semiotics and Iconology. Open only to students in the Focus Program.
Instructor: Kachurin. One course.
471
Financial Markets and Investment.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 471
268
Media History: Old and New.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 266
269
Documentary Photography and Film of the Nuclear Age.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: The role of photojournalism and
documentary photographers in recording and communicating vital issues of the
nuclear age including nuclear weapons testing and its effects, the
environmental issues surrounding fallout and nuclear power-plant accidents,
low-level waste disposal, and other human and environmental issues related to
war, the technology
512S
Performing Gender/Exhibiting Race.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Studying intersections of race/gender in
art since 1945 with host of visual subjects and methodological strategies.
Examines works by e.g. Barkley L. Hendricks, David Hammons, Adrian Piper, Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker. Traces theorizing gender/race through
historical documents and contemporary writings. Focus on images in documentary
and fine art photography; silent and sound film; broadcast television and video
art past/present. Assorted critical writings on mass media imagery.
Opportunities for introduction of artists, art works, issues external to
syllabus. Instructor: Powell. One course.
584S
Topics in Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Focus on a particular aspect of the
Italian or European Renaissance. Taught in English. Instructor: Finucci. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 640 Art History 590S-2
322A
Berlin: Architecture, Art and the City, 1871-Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A
Course Description: Development of urban Berlin from the
Gruenderzeit (the Boom Years) of the 1870s to the present: architecture of
Imperial Berlin; the Weimar and Nazi periods; post World War II; reconstruction
as a reunified city. The major architectural movements from late historicism to
postmodernism. (Taught only in the Duke-in-Berlin Program.) Instructor:
Neckenig. One course. C-L: Art History 296 International Comparative Studies
212S
Large Format Photography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Advanced black and white photography
course exploring unique creative latitude of large negative format. Includes
advanced printing/toning techniques and alternative processes such as
platinum/palladium. Prerequisite: Documentary Studies 115, Visual Arts 115, or
its equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Satterwhite. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 213 Visual and Media Studies 213S
366S
Magazine Journalism.
Satisfies: SS W S S
Course Description: Storytelling techniques of magazine
journalism; historical and contemporary writing for magazines; and visual
impact in print. Students develop experience in different kinds of magazine
writing, collaborate on a magazine produced by the class, contribute to campus
publications. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Bliwise. One course.
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 306 Documentary Studies 356 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
220
Film Genres.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 210; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 267
344
Computer Graphics.
Satisfies: QS GL SGI
Course Description: Overview, motivation, and history;
Openand OpenInventor; coordinate systems and geometric transforms; drawing
routines, antialiasing, supersampling; 3d object representation, spatial data
structures, constructive solid geometry; hidden-surface-removal algorithms,
z-buffer, A-buffer; illumination and shading models, surface details,
radiosity; achromatic light, color specification, colorimetry, different color
models; graphics pipeline, reality engine, Pixel 5; animation, levels of
detail. Prerequisites: Computer Science 308 and Mathematics 221. Instructor:
Agarwal or Duvall. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 241, Modeling
Biological Systems
212
Representing Slavery.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 314; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 314, Visual and Media
Studies 326
227
Drama of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
304; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 240
342
Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Introduction to the art and visual
culture of contemporary Japan concentrating on the postwar period, particularly
1980s to present. Performance art, installations, graphic and industrial
design, photography, fashion, animation, and comics (manga). The transnational
spread of popular culture within the Asia-Pacific region and the cross-cultural
exchanges between East and West; the relationship between high art and popular
culture; the impact of economic globalization and consumerism on visual
culture. Instructor: Weisenfeld. One course.
362S
Gender and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS W
Course Description: An analytic investigation of ways
popular cultural forms produce and reinforce gender relations. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 331S
560S
Poverty of the Visual.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Interdisciplinary seminar on the
relationship between visuality and poverty from 1945 to the present. Theorizes
visual culture through an examination of the forms of knowledge produced by
impoverished populations. Uses philosophical and perceptual methods to explore
the limits and limitations of visuality as it applies to science, ethics, the
humanities, and the arts. Readings in the humanities and social sciences focus
on issues related to lack, scarcity, absence, minimalism, and invisibility.
Students encouraged to fuse theory and practice in research presentations and
visual productions. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Lasch. One
course.
490-1
Topics in Nineteenth Century European Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on a major aspect of nineteenth
century European art. Subject varies from year to year. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
134
Introduction to Astronomy.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: How observation and scientific insights
can be used to discover properties of the universe. Topics include an
appreciation of the night sky, properties of light and matter, the solar
system, how stars evolve and die, the Milky Way and other galaxies, the
evolution of the universe from a hot Big Bang, exotic objects like black holes,
and the possibility for extraterrestrial life. Prerequisite: high-school-level
knowledge of algebra and geometry. Instructor: Plesser. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 150
242
Culture and Politics in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 340; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 229, International
Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
340
Optics and Photonics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Physics 320; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 325
20
Basic Art History.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in art history. Does not count toward
the major in art history or design. One course.
390S
Special Topics in Art History.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Subjects, areas, or themes that embrace
a range of disciplines or art historical areas. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
555S
Black Visual Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: Approaches to studying and theorizing of
African diasporal arts and black subjectivity, with a special emphasis on art
historiography, iconology, and criticism, and a particular focus on slavery,
emancipation, freedom, and cultural nationalism, as pertaining to peoples of
African descent and as manifested in such visual forms as paintings,
sculptures, graphics, and media arts from the early modern period to the
present, as well as the political edicts, philosophical tracts,
autobiographies, and theoretical writings of individuals similarly preoccupied
with these ideas. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Powell. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 589S
389S
Small Town USA: Local Collaborations.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
230S; also C-L: Visual Arts 232 Visual and Media Studies 224 Policy Journalism
and Media Studies
229A
Renaissance and Baroque Art History.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 255A
375S
Painting Russia Red: Early Soviet Culture, 1917-1934.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Through film, drama, fiction, memoir,
and eyewitness accounts examines how citizens lived and artists responded to
the bold, often traumatic experimentation of the early Soviet state. Topics
include the impact of the Bolshevik and Stalinist revolutions on the public and
private spheres, individual identity, and cultural production; the fashioning
and
383S
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking.
Satisfies: S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 470S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 470 Visual and Media Studies 470
Information Science and Information Studies
230A
Introduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary
Survey.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 359, Arts of the Moving Image 283
244
Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Practice in photography. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
237
Book Art: Text as Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Investigates use of text as vehicle for
communication and visual form within book format. Typography, interaction of
writing and page design, history of typography, writing and printed page, use
of written form as work of art, book design, binding and how text as visual
element interacts with and becomes the image. Prerequisites: Visual Arts 101.
Visual Arts 201 preferred. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Shatzman.
One course.
559S
Urbanism.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Introduction to urbanism through
considerations of the political, social and economic forces that model urban
space. Assessment of the expression in urban topography of state power,
disempowered communities, competing ethnicities, religious groups. Readings
include canonical works of urban history (Vitruvius, Jacobs), theory (Benjamin,
Lefebvre), novels and media (Visconti, Zola).] Instructor: Wharton. One course.
556S
Latin American Modernism and Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Early twentieth-century modernist
movements in Spanish America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Topics include: race,
primitivism, and indigenism; gender; theory of the avant-garde; peripheral
modernity; and nationalism, regionalism, and cosmopolitanism.Instructor:
Gabara. One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
490-4
Topics in History of Photography.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Focus on periods, cultures and major
ethical, social and political issues in the history of the photographic medium.
Subject varies from year to year. Instructor: Leighten. One course.
310
Museum Internship.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Museum work in the context of art
historical, ethical, philosophical, and economic issues related to the
presentation of art in museums. Under direction of museum director, curators,
or other staff, independent research project and practicum and production of a
document or publication as a culmination of the course. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
225S
This Is Your Brain on the Internet.
Satisfies: ALP EI STS
Course Description: Trans-disciplinary exploration of deep
structure of cognition and community in a digital age. Readings include
theoretical/expressive books and articles ranging from neuroscience to films
and literature, from a range of non-traditional sources (websites, interactive
games and virtual environments, new media art exhibits etc.). Ongoing
collaborative assignments requiring multimedia presentation to class and to a
general public online. Instructor: Davidson. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 303S
279S
Editing the Documentary: From Creativity to Collaboration to
Negotiation.
Satisfies: TV ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 333S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 274 Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
210
Medieval Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 226
218S
Alternative Photographic Processes.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Survey of historic photographic
processes, including Gun Bichromate, Cyanotype, Kalotype and Platinum/Palladium
printing. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Hunter. One course. C-L:
Visual Arts 221 Visual and Media Studies 216S
271
American Drama and Film Since 1960.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Focus on works which reflect the changes
in American society since 1960; civil rights, feminism, gay liberation, and
issues like the Vietnam War and post Cold War American hegemony. Plays by
Albee, Mamet, Rabe, Kushner, and others. Films including Dr. Strangelove, Easy
Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Malcolm X. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 324
210S
Gender and Digital Culture.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 340S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 286S
251S
Documenting Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
338S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 233 Visual and Media Studies 210S
412S
Cultures of New Media.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 434S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 412S
344
History of Art Markets.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 242
412
French Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Historical overview of French cinema
from the beginning of the sound period (1930). Films by directors such as
Clair, Renoir, Carn\'e9, Godard, Truffaut, and Varda. Readings in the theory of
cinema by French theorists. Analysis of the position of French cinema within
European and American cinema traditions. Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 251, Visual and Media Studies 309
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
350S
The Photobook: History and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Cultural, intellectual and artistic
history and uses of the book in photographic practice. Traces technical,
conceptual, formal innovations that mark international history of photography
books through lectures/hands-on examination of key books, including lesser
known innovations and uses of photobook in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and
Japan. Marries historical awareness with studio practice. Simultaneous
immersion in production of images as well as collecting of archives from
various cultures. Crafting of photobooks in several genres as students edit,
print, scan, assemble materials. Seminar includes readings, discussions, short
writings, field trips. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Noland. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 249S
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Art History.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
240
Fundamentals of Web-Based Multimedia Communications.
Satisfies: ALP QS R
Course Description: Multimedia information systems,
including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video,
and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them
possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of
web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in
non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take
Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 288, Arts of the Moving Image 325, Policy
Journalism and Media
264D
German Film.
Satisfies: ALP CZ D
Course Description: Introduction to German film, film
theory, and reception. Emphasis on history and cultural background of films.
Topics include Expressionism, Nazi and postwar films, New German cinema, DEFA.
Films subtitled, readings and discussions in English. Instructor: Gellen. One
course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 252 Visual and Media Studies 280D
625S
Comparative Media Studies.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: Explores the impact of media forms on
content, style, form, dissemination, & reception of literary &
theoretical texts. Assumes media forms are materially instantiated &
investigates their specificities as important factors in their cultural work.
Puts different media forms into dialogue, including print, digital, sonic,
kinematic & visual texts, & analyzes them within a theoretically informed
comparative context. Focuses on twentieth & twenty-first century theories,
literatures, & texts, esp. those participating in media upheavals subject
to rapid transformations. Purview incl. transmedia narratives, where different
versions of connected narratives appear in multiple media forms. Instructor:
Hayles. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 615 Visual
and Media Studies 625S
590S-11
Special Topics in Greek Archaeology.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
590S-1
540S
Topics in Nineteenth-Century Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Focus on a major artist, movement, or
trend in nineteenth-century art. Subject varies from year to year. Consent of
instructor required. Instructorr: Antliff, Leighten, or McWilliam. One course.
210
Sculpture.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Sculptural principles, processes, and
issues introduced through lectures, readings, studio assignments, individual
projects, and field trips. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Noland.
One course.
307
Melodrama East and West.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 211; also C-L: Women's Studies 279, Visual and Media Studies
223
202
Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Art.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: The concept of beauty, the work of art,
the function of art, art and society, the analysis of a work of art, criticism
in the arts. Instructor: Ward. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 299
397S
American Communities: Photographic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
233S; also C-L: Visual Arts 217 Visual and Media Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
315S
Sexualities in Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP S S
Course Description: The variety of ways sexualities are
represented in current mainstream and avant-garde film and video art. Topics
include voyeuristic, narcissistic, and other perverse pleasures; modes of
representing bodies, genders, and desires (especially gay and lesbian ones) in
relation to national and subcultural identities. Readings in film theory and
the history and theory of film technology, as well as related literary and
critical texts. Instructor: Clum or Metzger. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 220 Visual and Media Studies 295 Study of Sexualities
398S
Advanced Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
415S; also C-L: Visual Arts 415 Visual and Media Studies 415 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
249
Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 337;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Art
History.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
215
Documentary Photography and the Southern Culture Landscape.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Emphasis on the tradition and practice
of documentary photography as a way of seeing and interpreting cultural life.
The techniques of black-and-white photography - exposure, development, and
printing - diverse ways of representing the cultural landscape of the region
through photographic imagery. The role such issues as objectivity, clarity,
politics, memory, autobiography, and local culture play in the making and
dissemination of photographs. Instructor: Rankin. One course. C-L: Visual Arts
216, Visual and Media Studies 215
370S
Moving Image Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 301S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 261 Information Science and
Information Studies
250
Film and the African Diaspora.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 330; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 228
589S
Critical Animal Studies in Art and Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: The visual culture constructed around
animals, including images of animals from prehistoric to contemporary
representations, the role of visualization in animal rights and survival,
animals as human totems and stuffed toys, portrayals of animal consciousness
and debates about speciesism, in the analysis of the cultural objectification
and societal subjectification of animals. Instructor: Stiles. One course.
279S
Visual Cultures of Medicine.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 346S
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390S
Special Topics in Visual Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Special Topics in Visual Arts. Subject
varies from year to year. One course. Instructor: Staff. One course.
382
Art and Dissidence: The Films of Tarkovsky, Kubrick,
Kurosawa, and Lynch.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ II
Course Description: Post-World War Soviet and United States
identity and culture explored through the lens of dissident film art; the use
of inter-textuality and contrasting media to critique culture; film and visual
art studied in relation to other modern, post-modern, positivist modes of
expressing and constructing knowledge. Instructor: Gheith. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 322, Arts of the Moving Image 265, Arts of the Moving
Image
374
Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 205; also C-L: Documentary Studies 270, Political Science 276, Visual and
Media Studies 264
160S
Anthropology and the Motion Picture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Seminar version of Cultural Anthropology
160. Instructor: O'Barr. One course.
224S
Digital Storytelling.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 351S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 357S
250
The Art of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 210
360A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Projects in
Visual Arts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Projects differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
223A
Contemporary Russian Media.
Satisfies: CCI EI FL SS A
Course Description: Same as Russian 135 but taught only in
St. Petersburg. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 204 or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 320 International
Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image
390-1
Topics in Renaissance Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 390-1
276
Italian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 380; also
C-L: Literature 215, Arts of the Moving Image 254, Visual and Media Studies 308
160D
Advertising and Society: Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI SS D D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 170D; also C-L: Linguistics 170 Visual and Media Studies 170
Canadian Studies, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image,
Markets and Management Studies
621S
Critical Studies in New Media.
Satisfies: ALP R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 561S; also C-L: Art History 537 Arts of the Moving Image, Policy
Journalism and Media Studies
301D
Introduction To Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Survey of visual culture, from issues of
production, circulation and reception to how visual media have historically
exerted power, elicited desire, and constructed social experience. Topics
include: how photography, television, film, video, Internet, advertising,
comics, and other imagery code vision and inscribe race, gender, sexuality and
class differences, and dominate nature and animals; how the gaze links cultural
performativity, from the coliseum to shopping malls and museums to sports
events; and how the rhetoric and semiotics of representation provide access to ways
in which visual meaning is socially, politically, and culturally produced and
obtained.(Team-taught.) Instructor: Olson, Stiles. One course.
101
Introduction to Visual Practice.
Satisfies: ALP DD DD
Course Description: Basic principles and methods of visual
practice: 2and 3composition, drawing, color theory, photographic and
architectural principles, as well as digital and time-based media like film,
video, and performance. Visuality in everyday life and its impact on other
fields of knowledge. Includes methods such as mapping, virtual environments,
graph theory, and vernacular visual practices. Intended primarily for first and
second year students. Prerequisite for all intermediate and advanced Visual
Arts and Visual Practice classes. Instructor: Lasch. One course.
237
Religion in American Life.
Satisfies: CZ EI A
Course Description: historical survey, with emphasis on the
ways that religious experiences, beliefs, and traditions have found expression
in religious communities and institutions, and in American public life.
Instructor: Goldman, Morgan, or staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 233, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
202
Figure Drawing.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: The human figure through different
artistic media and from different visual perspectives. Emphasis on drawing and
design skills and an anatomical knowledge of the human form. significant body
of drawings is developed in this class. Prerequisites: Visual Arts 101, 199 and
consent of instructor based on portfolio. Instructor: Staff. One course.
303
Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CCI FL US
Course Description: Introduction to ideologies and political
debates that shape the cultural configuration of Hispanic communities both
within and outside the Borders. The main goal is to explore and examine
critically how particular discourses (within different genres and media) relate
to politics, art, culture, and society. Articles, literary texts, films, web
sites, etc. will serve as resources. As students engage with cultural studies,
it is expected that they achieve discursive complexity and linguistic accuracy
through vocabulary development, group and individual presentations, video
recordings, writing projects and debates. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent.Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in
the Global South
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
211
Animated Film: History and Aesthetic.
Satisfies: A ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 215; also C-L: Visual Arts 328
590S-8
Topics in Modern Art.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R
Course Description: Selected themes in modern art before
1945, with emphasis on major movements or masters. Subject varies from year to
year. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Antliff, Leighten, or Stiles.
One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
238A
Rome: History of the City.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
340A; also C-L: Art History 209A
231
Modern Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 285
233
Global Chinese Cities through Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Modern Chinese cities in and beyond
China, particularly as represented in literature and film. Considers city as
object of cultural representation, as well as an engine of cultural production.
Examines themes of modernization, alienation, nostalgia, migration, labor, and
commoditization, and rethinks the very notion of "Chineseness" within
an increasingly globalized world. Featured cities include Beijing, Shanghai,
Hong Kong, Taipei, and New York. Instructor: Rojas. One course. C-L: Visual and
Media Studies 237, International Comparative Studies 302, Arts of the Moving
Image 269, International Comparative Studies
258
Renaissance Architecture in Italy: Brunelleschi to
Michelangelo.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 258;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 227
329S
Collaborative Art: Practice and Theory of Working Within a
Community.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Approaches of various contemporary
artists to creating collaborative work resulting in artworks that express a
variety of social and aesthetic positions and include progressive educational
philosophies and radical democratic theory. Field work with a community
institution or small group in Durham to produce collaborative work in a medium
of students' own choosing. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 230 Visual and Media Studies 219S
490S
Special Topics in Visual and Media Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: An advanced investigation of major
concepts and principles in visual and media studies and/or theories of visual
and media studies. Contents and methods vary with instructors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
317
Media Theory.
Satisfies: STS S S
Course Description: Introduction to the material and
technical infrastructure that informs and constrains the production and
dissemination of knowledge. Exploration of cultural impact of technical media
from writing to the internet. Combines historical and theoretical discussion
with hands-on experimentation with various media, including the codex book,
phonography and sound registration technology, photography, cinematography,
video, virtual reality, digital computation, and the internet. Instructor:
Hansen. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 204 Information Science and
Information Studies 214 Visual and Media Studies 328S
371S
Gender, Sexuality, and the Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS W S
Course Description: Image and visual culture in the
production and engagement of gender, race, sexuality, and class. Examining the
various ways images organize understandings and experiences of gender,
sexuality, and their relations via the methodologies of feminist and queer
theory. How contemporary feminist art challenges U.S. feminist scholarship
working to theorize feminism from within transnational contexts. This course
includes a curatorial component, and will be taught in collaboration with Duke
University\rquote s Nasher Museum. Instructor: Lamm. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 371 Visual and Media Studies 371S
590S
Special Topics in Visual Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Subjects, areas, or themes that embrace
a range of disciplines related to visual studies. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
246
Drawing.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Practice in drawing. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
542S
Greek Art and Society: Hellenistic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 502S
294L
Interactive Graphics: Critical Code.
Satisfies: ALP QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 242L;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 323, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
341
Chinese Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Introduction to visual culture produced
in China from the Neolithic period to the present including archaeological
discoveries of burials, tombs, temples, and palaces, the literati arts of
calligraphy and painting, architecture, popular visual production, film, and
fashion with attention to the role of overseas Chinese in recent history.
Instructor: Abe. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
490-3
Topics in Contemporary Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on a major aspect of contemporary
European art. Subject varies from year to year. Instructor: Staff. One course.
243
Representing Women in the Classical World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 209
302
French Art 1780-1850.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A
Course Description: thematic history of painting in France
from Classicism to Realism; the impact of revolution and social change on
visual art; the academy and artistic training and exhibition; romanticism and
changing conceptions of creativity and artistic individuality; the crisis in
history painting and the new appeal of landscape; critics and collectors.
Instructor: McWilliam. One course.
197A
Visual Culture Outside the United States, I.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Course in the visual arts and/or
architecture taught in Duke programs abroad. Instructor: Staff. One course.
320S
Film Animation Production.
Satisfies: ALP S S
Course Description: Experimentation with various media;
mastering animation techniques such as metamorphosis, timing, articulation,
storytelling, sound design, special effects, and camera. Each student to
produce a one-minute animated film on the Oxberry 16mm film animation stand.
Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 102S.
Instructor: Burns. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 326 Visual and Media Studies
271 Information Science and Information Studies
355S
Foundations of Interactive Game Design.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Surveys history, technology, narrative,
ethics, and design of interactive computer games. Games as systems of rules,
games of emergence and progression, state machines. Game flow, games as systems
of pleasure, goals, rewards, reinforcement schedules, fictional and narrative
elements of game worlds. Students work in teams to develop novel game-design
storyboards and stand-alone games. Exploration of the interplay between
narrative, graphics, rule systems, and artificial intelligence in the creation
of interactive games. Programming experience not required. Instructor: Young.
One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 355S
263S
Lighting Design.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Introduction to the process and practice
of lighting design for the theater. Focus on text analysis, research, design
process, instrumentation, control, color, design documents, and realization of
designs in the theater. Includes the study of principles and practices, labs in
design imagery, and projects in lighting design. Prior experience in theater
production required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 235 Dance
276S
543S
Methodology of Art History.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R W
Course Description: Various theoretical perspectives that
have shaped different disciplinary perspectives and practices in art history.
Introduction to particular types of methodologies (i.e. Marxism, feminism, race
and gender, psychoanalysis, post-colonial theory, and deconstruction) as fields
of inquiry through which the study of the visual arts and culture have been
practiced. Historiography of the last two decades in art history; selected
contemporary debates. Instructor: Staff. One course.
386
Science Fiction Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI STS
Course Description: Science fiction film from the 1950s to
the present. From talking apes to mind control, forbidden planets to genetic
dystopias, alien invasions to travel in tim e and space, an exploration of
classic films in the genre with attention to how the films imagine the
relationships among science, politics, and society over time. Attention to
visual as well as literary story telling. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Art History 238
278
European Art 1760-1850.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The roots of modernity in European art:
classicism, romanticism, and early realism. Impact of the enlightenment and
French Revolution on European visual culture. Emergence of new publics for art
and beginnings of a modern art market. Role of tradition: the impact of
antiquity, northern legends and the middle ages. Religiosity and personal
mythologies. Changing conceptions of nature, the body and artistic creativity.
Artists include Blake, Fusseli, Turner, the Pre-Raphaelites, David, Ingres,
Delacroix, Runge, Friedrich, the Nazarenes, Goya. Instructor: McWilliam. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
384
Art of the United States.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI US
Course Description: Course introduces the major art forms
and aesthetic theories developed in the from colonial period to present.
Emphasis on architecture, painting, sculpture, graphic, and decorative arts.
Structured chronologically, this course defines the characteristics of the
different historical periods and the ways American artists both adopted and
diverged from other models to create their own, distinctive national identity.
Instructor: Powell. One course.
309
Japanese Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 382
283
African American Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Emphasis on works derived from an
Afro-United States cultural perspective. Major figures include Henry Ossawa
Tanner, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare
Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, and others. Instructor: Powell. One course. C-L:
African and African American Studies 227
420S
French Films/American Masks.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Analyzes contemporary French films and
their American adaptations in English for American (International) audience.
Films may include True Lies, Point of No Return, The Toy, The Birdcage,
Father's Day, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Breathless, Sommersby. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 314S
228S
Visual Research and the American Dream.
Satisfies: ALP R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
221S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 217S
285
Digital Perspectives: Navigating the Digital Visual.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 347
541S
The Symbolist Movement in the Arts & European Thought.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 541S
373S
Russian Language and Culture through Film.
Satisfies: CCI FL SS STS S
Course Description: Study of Russian cultural paradigms and
constructs of self and other as demonstrated in Russia and Soviet films,
primarily from 1960s to the present. Special attention given to the analysis of
linguistic constructs and their cultural semantic content as well as
comparative analyses of Soviet and Russian culture and Russian and
European/American culture. Film and computer technology, as well as access to
these technologies and their implementation, are a central part of the cultural
context. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Maksimova. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 317S
365A
Art and Architecture of Berlin, Fifteenth to the Twentieth
Century.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 297A
230
Black Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 331
356S
Digital Durham.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 356S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 358S
301
English Art 1740-1850: Hogarth to the Pre-Raphaelites.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Painting and sculpture in Britain from
Hogarth to the Pre-Raphaelites; developments in narrative painting, portraiture
and history painting; funerary sculpture and the emergence of the public
movement; the role of institutions and art collectors; writing on art from
Hogarth and Reynolds to Hazlitt and Ruskin. Instructor: McWilliam. One course.
590S-7
Topics in Japanese Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Problems and issues in a specific period
or genre of Japanese art. Specific focus varies from year to year. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Weisenfeld. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
351
3Modeling and Animation.
Satisfies: D ALP D D
Course Description: Basic concepts of 3modeling and
animation; fundamentals of computer geometry; knowledge of basic tools of 3software
(Maya); introduction to modeling, animation, texturing, lighting, and
rendering; combination of these techniques in a final project. Prerequisite:
Visual and Media Studies 206 or 396 and consent of instructor. Instructor:
Salvatella de Prada. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 209
348
Greek Art and Archaeology II: Classical to Greco-Roman.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The archaeology of the Greek citystate
including its historical context. Emphasis on both themes (sanctuaries, death
and burial, warfare) and the ability to understand material culture in context.
Instructor: Antonaccio. One course. C-L: Art History 207
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
209S
Digital Approach to Documentary Photography: Capturing
Transience.
Satisfies: A ALP S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
209S; also C-L: Visual Arts 212 Visual and Media Studies 212 Information
Science and Information Studies
224
Printmaking: Silkscreen.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: The silkscreen medium and its
stencil-making processes including paper stencils, blockouts crayon, and
photographic methods. Students develop a significant body of prints using these
techniques. Prerequisites: Visual Arts 101 and consent of instructor.
Instructor: Shatzman. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
304
Cubism and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Development of Cubism from its origins
in Paris in 1907 to the movement's decline in the 1920's. Cubist aesthetics is
contextualized in light of the cultural politics of the period. Topics may
include tradition, primitivism, and anti-colonialism, anarchism and politics,
approaches to collage, contemporary philosophy and science, and the role of
gender in Cubist aesthetics. Instructor: Antliff or Leighten. One course.
510
Citizen Godard.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: This course explores the complex
interactions of poetics and politics in the films of Jean-Luc Godard, from the
French New Wave, through the experimental phase of the Dziga Vertov group, to
the recent Histoire(s) du cin\'e9ma and Film socialisme. Drawing on a wide range
of literary and philosophical texts (Merleau-Ponty, Althusser, Deleuze,
Ranci\'e8re), this seminar situates Godard's work within its intellectual and
political contexts, investigating how developments in French culture and
thought since 1950 have been reflected in - and sometimes anticipated by -
Godard's films. In English with preceptorial available in French. Instructor:
Saliot. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 642, Visual and Media Studies
552
541S
Greek Art and Society: Archaic To Classical.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 501S
290A-1
Topics in Italian Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Topics vary from year to year. Consent
of instructor required. (Taught in Italy.) Instructor: Staff. One course.
212
Philosophy of Mind.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Such topics as mind and body, the nature
of thought, perception, consciousness, personal identity, and other minds. The
relevance of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to the
philosophy of mind. Instructor: Flanagan or Neander. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 208, Visual and Media Studies 302, Information Science and
Information Studies
364
Media and National Security.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: The influence of political leadership,
organizational factors in media structures, and the roles and norms of
journalists. Change in the definition of security and rationales for military
intervention, especially since the end of the Cold War. Parallel changes in
media technology introducing the capacity for unmediated, live diffusion of
images and tension, conflict, and emergencies. The increasingly important
relationship between information and security as seen in controversies
surrounding the coverage of terrorism. Instructor: Mickiewicz. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 304, Policy Journalism and Media
213AS
The Arts in New York: Thematic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 312AS; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 259S
345
Representing Haiti.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R STS
Course Description: Merges cultural study of representations
of Haiti with initiatives in multimodal expression of research. Themes
addressed: humanitarianism; NGOs; HIV; "boat people" and other tropes
of migration; the "restav\'e8k" or child domestic worker; hip hop;
Haiti and hemispheric partnerships; Haiti and the Left; Haiti and the Right;
the "failed state" in contemporary global politics; postcoloniality
before postcolonialism; Haiti and language; religious identities. Research
projects may include development of the Haiti Lab\rquote s Second Life
"Haiti Island;" development of a virtual Creole language learning
space; gps mapping; or collection of research data through cell phone
technology. Instructor: Jenson/Szabo. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies 215, Visual and Media Studies 251
306S
Approaches to French Literature and Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: An initiation to French literature and
thought. Introduces a wide range of critical and theoretical tools to study
literature and its uses. This seminar explores how most urgent political and
philosophical issues of the ages can be read through and unravelled within
literary texts. Authors studied may include Montaigne, Montesquieu, Racine,
Diderot, Balzac, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Sartre, C\'e9saire, Duras, Fanon, Perec
and Glissant. Instructor: Saliot. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies
333S
245
Multimedia.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Practice in multimedia. Permission of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
170S
The Documentary Experience: Video Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R SS S S S S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
105S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 106 Arts of the Moving Image 331 History
125 Political Science 105 Visual and Media Studies 106 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
350
Eastern Europe in Transition: Markets, Media, and the Mafia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: The progress of political, economic, and
social transformations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Topics
include: The Historical Context for Reform in Eastern Europe, Economic Reform
and its Effects, Market Evolution, Eastern European Societies in Transition:
Education and Culture, Eastern European Societies in Transition: Corruption and
the Mafia in Everyday Life, Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe, Establishing
Law-Based States in Eastern Europe. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
Sociology 221, International Comparative Studies 270, Visual and Media Studies
318, Policy Journalism and Media
283
Cultural History of the Televisual.
Satisfies: ALP CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 345; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 207, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
225
Printmaking: Lithography.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Introduction to stone lithography and
its drawing and printing methods. Includes both black and white and color
printing. The methods and history of lithographic printing. Projects emphasize
the development of visual images through this medium. Prerequisites: Visual
Arts 101, 199 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Shatzman. One course.
416
Contemporary Culture Wars.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Fiction, film, and essays that deal with
the problems in French and immigrant culture: integration, religion and
international relations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 313
360S
Digital Humanities: Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Digital humanities theory and criticism.
New modes of knowledge production in the digital era for humanists. Authoring
and critiquing born digital projects as part of a theoretical, critical, and
historical understanding of a special topic or theme in the humanities.
Hands-on use of digital media hardware and software in combination with
theoretical and critical readings for content analysis of text, images, audio,
video and to create digital archives, databases, websites, environments, maps,
and simulations. Independent digital projects + critical papers as final
deliverables. Instructor: Szabo. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 356S
215
Gothic Cathedrals.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 225
214
Modern Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 431; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 250, Visual and Media
Studies 235
674
Media and Democracy.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Examines the relationship between mass
media and democracy in the United States, other developed democracies, and
societies in transition. Seeks to explain how the media cover politics and
public policy, examining the nature of media institutions, the economics of
news production and consumption, and the strategic interplay of politicians,
journalists, editors, and other actors who influence the content of news.
Instructor: Mickiewicz. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 563, Information Science
and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and Media
352S
Sociology through Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
227S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 218S
386
Art in Renaissance Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 255;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 225
564S
Emergent Embodied Interface Design.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 564S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 620S
552S
Live Images: Ancient and Medieval Representations of the
Divine.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 533S; also C-L: Classical Studies 558 Medieval and Renaissance Studies
507S
237
French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 293
666S
Body as the Computer.
Satisfies: ALP NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 510S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 622S
303
History of Photography, 1839 to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Major artists and movements in the
history of the photographic medium, including visual and critical traditions
inherited and manipulated by photographers, the ways photography participated
in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art movements as well as documentation and
social change, and critical photographic discourse throughout this period.
Topics include the invention of photography, 'Art' photography and documentary
photography in the nineteenth century, pictorialism, 'straight' and purist
photography, photography and modernist art movements (dada, surrealism, Bauhaus,
Russian avant-garde), twentieth-century documentary, and photography of the
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Instructor: Leighten. One course. C-L:
Art History 303, Documentary Studies, Arts of the Moving Image
276S
Adapting Literature -- Producing Film.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 304S; also C-L: Visual Arts 228 Information Science and Information
Studies
365
Media Remix: Sampling Theory.
Satisfies: ALP EI STS
Course Description: Explores remix culture and the ways in
which creators of cultural artifacts borrow, appropriate, and remix other
people's content. Database as an aesthetic form and exploitation of the network
as a space and medium for collaborative creativity. Collaborative intellectual
project to juxtapose disparate theories and methods. Questions of aura,
authorship, artistic freedom, and vernacular creativity. Copyright and
intellectual property. Readings, viewings, in-class presentations, online
exhibitions. Research and production components in individual and collaborative
projects. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 366
538S
Museum Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Museum theory and the operation of
museums, especially art museums, and how the gap between theory and practice is
negotiated in the real world setting. Issues involving collecting practices,
exhibition practices, and didactic techniques, as well as legal and ethical
issues. Taught in the Nasher Museum. Instructor: Rorschach. One course. C-L:
Markets and Management Studies
355S
Soviet Art after Stalin: 1956-1991.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Dissident art, graphic design, fine arts
and architecture in context of Cold War and decline of totalitarianism. Themes
include Soviet artists and the west, and representation of women in times of
flux. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art History 289S
322S
Motion Graphics in Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: An advanced post-production course designed
to explore the history, theory, and practice of motion graphics techniques in
film and video. Students produce digital motion sequences out of still images
and create multiple motion paths through exposure to applications such as Adobe
After Effects, Final Cut Pro, iMovie. Not open to students who have taken this
course as Film/Video/Digital 109S. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 272 Visual Arts 236S
198A
Visual Culture Outside the United States, II.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: See Art History 197A. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
217FS
Russian Art and Politics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Same as Russian 217, but open only to
students in the FOCUS program. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art
History 287FS
590S-5
Topics in African Art.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Specific problems of iconography, style,
connoisseurship, or a particular art tradition in African art. Subject varies
from year to year. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Powell. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 590S-5, International
Comparative Studies
352
Art, Architecture, and Masquerade in Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 208; also C-L: African and African American Studies 228
433S
20th Century Latin American Photography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL S S S
Course Description: The photographic representation of major
events in Latin America throughout the twentieth century. Questions of the
construction of a shared Latin American identity, problems of photographic
representation, and how different kinds of photographs (journalistic, artistic,
touristic, ethnographic) work. The importance of photography for key literary
figures of the century. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334, or 335.
Instructor: Gabara. One course. C-L: Art History 433 International Comparative
Studies 459 Visual and Media Studies 433 Latin American Studies
381
Japanese Print Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Issues in Japanese print culture from
the seventeenth to the twentieth century. An introduction to the rich and diverse
Japanese printmaking tradition; a forum for the critical evaluation of related
theoretical issues. The relationship between prints and economics, politics,
technology, literature, religion, and philosophy; concerns related to gender,
representation, aesthetics practice, and patronage. Instructor: Weisenfeld. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
255
Site, Situation, and Object: Sculpture and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Studio course in which students are
expected to produce a small series of closely related sculptural projects with
an eye towards architectural concerns. Investigations into the mStudio course
in which students are expected to produce a small series of closely related
sculptural projects with an eye towards architectural concerns. Investigations
into the making of objects and structures in human scale, set within a general
context of engineering and the capturing or inhabiting of space. Programmatic
considerations of site, shape, light, proportion, strength, tactility, spatial
sequence and the surround. Instructor consent required. Prerequisite: ARTSVIS
210 or equivalent. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
435S
Mexicana Throught from North and South: Writing, Art, Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Fiction, art, and theory by Mexican
women from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border, 1950 to the present. Considers
affective and political relationships revealed in narratives of belonging and
exclusion, and new thinking about gender, race, and history. Poses questions
about nations and nationalism, perceptions and performances of the body,
590S-9
Topics in Art since 1945.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R
Course Description: Historical and critical principles
applied to present-day artists and/or movements in all media since World War
II. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Stiles. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
510S
How They Got Game: History and Culture of Interactive
Simulations and Video Games.
Satisfies: ALP STS D TB S
Course Description: History and cultural impact of
interactive simulations and video games. Evolution of computer and video game
design from its beginnings to the present: storytelling, strategy, simulation,
sports, 3first-person games. Cultural, business, and technical perspectives.
Insights into design, production, marketing, and socio-cultural impacts of
interactive entertainment and communication. Students should have a dual
processor implant with 1of VRAM. Instructor: Lenior. One course. C-L: Visual and
Media Studies 566 Arts of the Moving Image
354
Roman Spectacle.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 334
561S
Soviet Art after Stalin 1956-1991.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Dissident art, graphic design, fine arts
and architecture in context of Cold War and decline of totalitarianism. Themes
include Soviet artists and the west, and representation of women in times of
flux. Open to juniors and seniors and graduate students who must follow a more
comprehensive reading program and complete upper level assignments. Instructor:
Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art History 544S
236S
Color Photography: Fieldwork and Digital Color.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Field-based course examining color
photography as a documentary tool. Students learn about aesthetic and technical
foundations of color photography using recent digital technology.
Class-conducted intensive examination of the work of historic and contemporary
color documentary photographers. Advanced techniques in film scanning,
Photoshop, and color pigment printing using Arts Warehouse multimedia
classroom. Completion of semester-long color photographic project, and final
project consisting of production of a series of color pigment prints. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Harris. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 240
Visual and Media Studies 227S
636S
Experimental Communities.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 554S
221
American Film Comedy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 211; also C-L: English 382, Visual and Media Studies 268
577
Contemporary Russian Culture: Detective Novels and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Popular novelists and film/television
from 1900s-early twenty first century Russia. Theories of genre,
anthropological approaches to defining cultural trends, mass cultural
phenomena, and impact of globalization. Authors include Marinina, Dashkova,
Dontsova, Kunin, Ustinova, and Serova. Readings and films in Russian. Research
paper of publishable quality required. Instructor: Andrews.
380
Japanese Art, 1600 to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Japanese visual culture from the end of
the sixteenth century to the contemporary period encompassing the country's
unification under Tokugawa rule and later emergence on the world stage through
painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, decorative arts, photography, and print
media. The relationship between artistic production and Japanese sociopolitical
development seen through the critical issues of religion, region, gender,
class, and nationalism. Ethical questions surrounding the establishment of the
Japanese colonial empire in Asia, the Pacific War, the atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United
States, and the American Occupation of Japan. Instructor: Weisenfeld. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
557S
Trauma in Art, Literature, Film, and Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: Theories of trauma applied to visual
representations of violence, destruction, and pain in contemporary art, film,
and literature, examining the topic through multiple subjects from the
Holocaust, cults, gangs, racism, and sexual abuse to cultures of trauma.
Theories of trauma examined from a variety of sources including clinical
psychology, cultural and trauma studies, art, film, and literature, aiming to
enable students to gain the visual acuity to identify, understand, and respond
to traumatic images with empathy. Not open to students who have previously
taken this course as Art History 295S. Instructor: Stiles. One course.
222S
Intermediate Digital Photography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Intermediate digital darkroom course.
Development of coherent, well-edited body of work undergoing steady evolution
over the semester, informed by relevant precedents from the recent history of
photography and resulting in portfolio presentation. Includes local field
trips. Digital cameras provided as needed. Pre-requisites: Visual Arts 115,
217or 219S. Instructor: Noland. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
558S
Spatial Practices.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: How space works from medieval
refectories to Starbucks, from Jerusalem to Las Vegas, from mikvaot to hot
spring spas. Consideration of space through theoretical texts, including
Lefebvre, Habermas, Eliade, Zizek, and mapped on specific historical
landscapes. Consent of instructor required: preference given to students
earning concentration in architecture. Instructor: Wharton. One course.
105
Fantasy, Mass Media, and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 150; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 105, Documentary Studies,
Policy Journalism and Media Studies, Study of Sexualities
180FS
Visual Representation and Visual Culture.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: Understanding of human perception,
visualization, and computer graphics techniques. Basic principles of perception
like lightness, brightness, contrast, constancy, color theory, and visual
attention. Use of current visualization techniques in graph tools, volume
rendering, surface rendering, use of glyphs, and animation to see their
strengths, weaknesses, and visual artifacts. Lectures and readings on
theoretical foundation of particular techniques. Course projects on the
practical application of techniques to real-world datasets. Represent student
data in several ways and determine the best method. Open only to students in
the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 180FS
201
Book Art: Form and Function.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Studio course examining all aspects of
bookmaking, including theories of bookmaking, designing and planning,
typography, computer design, illustration, and binding. Prerequisites: Visual
Arts 101 and 199 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Shatzman. One course.
C-L: Visual Arts 201
660S
Digital Places and Spaces: Mirror, Hybrid, and Virtual
Worlds.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS GPS D D
Course Description: History, theory, criticism, practice of
creating digital places and spaces with maps, virtual worlds, and games. Links
to "old," analog media. Virtual environment and world-building and
historical narrative, museum, mapping, and architectural practices.
Project-based seminar course w/ critical readings, historical and contemporary
examples, world-building. Class exhibitions, critiques, and ongoing virtual
showcase. Projects might include: web and multimedia, and handheld data and
media capture, 2& 3mapping, screen-based sims and game-engine based
development, sensors and biometrics, and multimodal, haptic interfaces.
Instructor: Szabo. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 568S
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Visual Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
201
Perspectives on Information Science and Information Studies.
Satisfies: CZ STS A
Course Description: Survey of topical issues pertaining to
Information Technology and its impact on our world, society, and our daily
lives. variety of intellectual modules exploring the understanding of
information systems, information technology in the arts and humanities, the
physical nature of information, ethical/policy implications, and ownership and
control of information. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo. One course. C-L: Visual and
Media Studies 285
277
Global Art Since 1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 281;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 219, Marxism and Society, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
546S
The American Artist.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R W
Course Description: This course utilizes art historical
methodologies as tools for critical inquiry and scholarly research on one
American artist (selected as per this seminar\rquote s scheduling every four
years). Apart from a firm biographical and art historical grasp of the specific
American artist under investigation, the goal of this course is to develop
visual literacy of American art through seeing and writing. An emphasis will be
placed on improving various forms of written art discourse (i.e., descriptive,
expository, interpretative, etc. Instructor: staff.
285
Modern Architechture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The history of European and American
architecture from the eighteenth-century Neo-Classicism through Gothic Revival,
Art Nouveau, and Arts and Crafts to the early twentieth century Bauhaus.
Labrouste, Richardson, early Wright, and LeCorbusier among the architects
considered. Instructor: Wharton. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 231
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
203S
The Surface of the Earth.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Fundamental earth surface processes
involving weathering, soils, hillslopes, rivers, wind, glaciers, and tectonic
activity. Humans as agents of landscape change. The future of landscape.
Prerequisites: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 or 102. Instructor Consent
Required. Instructor: Haff or Murray. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies
253S
590S-1
Topics in Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 590S-3
212
World of Korean Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 471; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 256, Visual and Media
Studies 234
442S
Freud's Vienna: Experiments in Modernity Around 1900.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: An interdisciplinary approach to the
cultural and political transformations taking place in Vienna around 1900 (art,
architecture, literature, psychoanalysis, music). The common contexts and
interconnections between writers such as Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Musil, and
Kraus, Freud's psychoanalysis, Klimt and Schiele's Jugendstil and Expressionist
art, the architectural innovations of Wagner, Loos, and the Ringstrasse, and
the music of Mahler, R. Strauss, and Schoenberg. Focus on issues such as
sexuality, disease, desire, and modernity. The rise of mass politics and modern
anti-Semitism. Instructor: Gellen or Norberg. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 279S
203
Film Theory.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 316;
also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 298, Women's Studies
104
Anthropology and Film.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 130; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 130, Documentary Studies,
Arts of the Moving Image, Marxism and Society
245S
Photography in Context.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Uses the Duke Library Photography
Archive as a resource to challenge students to think critically about
photography. Considers how photography offers insights into areas of academic
study such as social change, sexual identity, and regional culture, and how
images have shaped collective understanding of these issues. Focuses on
analyzing and contextualizing bodies of photographic work, the historical
moment in which the pictures were made, personal history and artistic
sensibility of the photographer, tools of the medium, along with considering
personal responses to images and the ways in which all factors come together.
Instructor: Sartor. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 254 Visual and Media Studies
252S
551LS
Wired! New Representational Technologies.
Satisfies: ALP CZ STS
Course Description: Research and study in material culture
and the visual arts expressed by using new visual technologies to record and
communicate complex sets of visual and physical data from urban and/or
archaeological sites. Introduces techniques for the presentation and
interpretation of visual material through a series of interpretative and
reconstructive technologies, including the development of web-pages
(HTML/Dreamweaver), Photoshop, Illustrator, Google Sketch-up, Google Maps, and
Flash. To develop techniques of interpretation and representation. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Brady, Bruzelius, Dillon, or Olson. One
course.
272
America Dreams, American Movies.
Satisfies: ALP A THE IT ONE IN THE THE E
Course Description: survey course in selected American films
that create as well as reflect American national identity. Through lectures,
weekly screenings and students\rquote
oral reports, we will study a dozen of the best-loved movies in our
popular culture, from and ONE NIGHT to
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE GODFATHER and WALL-E . We will examine how these
movies, their directors, and their stars, came to define American mythologies
in the twentieth century and how they have collected over time iconic resonance.
Attention as well to genre, form,
498S
Senior Capstone in Visual Practice.
Satisfies: ALP ALP NS R STS S S
Course Description: Capstone seminar focusing on advanced
visual practice and theory, including the completion of a body of work and
participation in a culminating exhibition. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Body as the Computer. Weekly discussions/lectures related to
different disciplinary understandings of the body, exploring new computational
and aesthetic paradigms for brain/mind/body/ environment relations, and working
towards articulating bridging languages enabling researchers to talk across
disciplines. Students required to participate in ongoing discussion, develop
particular aspects of research and write a major research paper. Instructor:
Seaman. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 510 Information Science and
Information Studies 666 Arts of the Moving Image 622S
210
Global Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS TV
Course Description: Globalization examined through some of
its dominant cultural forms\emdash the marketing of pop music, the
globalization of culture, the spread of markets and commodities, the export of
political ideologies. Special focus given to the way in which these forms both
affect and are transformed by local cultures in Africa, South Asia, East Asia,
and Latin America. Instructor: Allison, Litzinger, Piot, or Starn. One course.
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 247, International Comparative Studies, Markets
and Management Studies, Marxism and Society
160A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Projects in Visual
Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Projects differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
384
European Art 1900-1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 280;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies, Women's Studies
338
Paris: City and its Culture 1850 - 1930.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The development of Paris, from the major
remodeling initiated under the Second Empire to the advent of modern style in
the interwar years, focusing on the changes in architecture and planning which
transformed the French capital into a model of urban modernity. The city as a
physical environment that has to be understood in terms of varied populations,
transport systems, economic activities, and cultural representations. The role
played by visual arts in shaping the city, recording its appearance and
interpreting its meanings, together with Paris's role as a environment favoring
cultural production and exchange. Instructor: McWilliam. One course.
273S
Documentary Film/Video Theory and Practice .
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 330S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 355 Documentary Studies
286D
Contemporary Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Background examination of the Bauhaus
through Corporate International Style as a background to the Postmodern core of
the course. Later Wright and LeCorbusier, Gehry, Graves, Eisenman, Disney
Imaginers among the architects and designers considered. Political,
ideological, aesthetic, and technical aspects of building investigated through
primary texts. Instructor: Wharton. One course.
565S
New Media, Memory, and the Visual Archive.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 565S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
279
European Art 1850-1900.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The second half of the nineteenth
century in Europe with particular emphasis on realism, impressionism,
postimpressionism, and symbolism in France, England, and America. Instructor:
Antliff or Leighten. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
365S
Television Journalism.
Satisfies: SS S S
Course Description: Theories and concepts of television
broadcasting; writing and editing for electronic media; issues of production.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: J.C. Johnson. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 305 Policy Journalism and Media Studies 365
Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
506S
Art and Markets.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 567S; also C-L: Economics 321 Markets and Management Studies
217
Russian Art and Politics: 1800-Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Historical and contemporary engagement
of visual culture-painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic arts, film,
photography-with the political sphere in Russia from the early nineteenth
century to the present. Interactions between artists, art critics, censors,
government authorities, and the public indicating how visual culture both
responded to demands from the political sphere and shaped the political discourse
of the day. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art History 287
211
Indian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 251; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 253, Visual and Media
Studies 231
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY PROGRAM (ENVIRON)
Number Of Listed Courses: 113
190FS
Topics in Environment.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary semester to semester. Only
open to students in the Focus Program. Consent of Instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
215
Environment as Community.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examination of linkages in both
directions between community (family, neighborhood) and responsible
environmental behavior. Includes on-site collaboration with a local
neighborhood having explicit environmental goals. Application of basic
qualitative research methods, including participant observation, personal
interview, and content analysis. Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L:
Environment 221
289A
Views of Environmental Change: Documentary Research in
Natural Resource Management.
Satisfies: EI R SS A
Course Description: Hands-on introduction to the practical
skills, theoretical grounding, and ethical sensitivities needed to conduct
documentary research on controversial environmental issues. Emphasis on
responsibly eliciting and representing diverse stakeholder views. Students will
conduct fieldwork on land use change in coastal communities as part of an
ongoing Duke Marine Lab research project. Methods introduced will include
interviewing, video/audio recording, documentary photography, interview data
analysis, and basic video editing. Student teams will produce edited video
segments for presentation to a community audience. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Cumming. One course. C-L: Documentary Studies 353 Marine Sciences,
Marine Science and Conservation
381S
Science and The Media.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Technique and goals of science writing.
Introduce different modes, publication outlets, and peculiar editorial demands
of each. Making complex, nuanced ideas about science, health and related policy
matters understandable to nonscientists in limited space and in engaging ways.
Encompasses both deep and broad reading with attention to science stories as
told by the best in the field, and
635
Energy Economics and Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Economics of markets and policies for
various energy supply sources, energy demand and efficiency, their interactions
with each other and with economy and environment. Will explore rationales for
why markets for energy and related technologies have been subject to extensive
government intervention. Course will analyze - both conceptually and through
analytic tools - effects of policy responses, including energy price
regulation, traditional market-based environmental regulation and policy
motivated by energy security concerns. Prerequisites: Introductory
Microeconomics (ECON 101 or equivalent), applied regression analysis (ENVIRON
710 or equivalent), college calculus. Instructor: Newell.
270A
Conservation Biology and Policy.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 270A; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
372LA
Biochemistry of Marine Animals.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 372LA;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
576
Resource & Environmental Economics I.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520; also C-L:
Economics 530, Marine Science and Conservation
650S
Advanced Topics in the Conservation of Biodiversity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Current topics in conservation and
biodiversity. Intended for graduate students; advanced undergraduate students
admitted with permission of instructor. Prerequisite: introductory conservation
biology or permission of instructor. Instructor: Pimm.
596
Evaluation of Public Expenditures.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Basic development of cost benefit
analysis from alternative points of view, for example, equity debt, and economy
as a whole. Techniques include: construction of cash flows, alternative
investment rules, inflation adjustments, optimal timing and duration of
projects, private and social pricing. Adjustments for economic distortions,
foreign exchange adjustments, risk and income
490
Senior Capstone Course.
Satisfies: NS R SS STS
Course Description: Interdisciplinary and in-depth study of
contemporary environmental issues. Content to be determined each semester.
Consent of Instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
536
Water Quality Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Types, sources, and effects of
pollutants. Water quality standards and criteria. Engineering approaches to
water management. Mathematical models and their application to water quality
management. Federal regulations, in particular, the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Policy analysis for water quality
management planning. Instructor: Staff.
214S
Ethical Challenges in Environmental Conservation.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Ethical challenges in environmental
conservation. Topics include the philosophical basis and challenges of
mankind's responsibility to the natural world; prioritization of often
conflicting conservation efforts; balancing the needs of humans and the
environment; the disputed role of scientists as advocates; and the
philosophical and political obstacles to conservation efforts. Case studies on
local and global issues, especially on the intersection of science and policy.
Instructor: Vidra. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
680
Economics of Forest Resources.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Core economic theory of forest
management and application of theory to selected forestry policy issues. Course
focuses on management of forests for timber production as well as for
non-timber values. Concepts explored include policy challenges such as
biodiversity conservation,
579S
Collective Action, Environment, and Development.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examines the conditions under which
collective or participatory decisions may raise welfare in defined ways.
Presents the growing empirical evidence for an environment and development
setting including common property issues (tragedy of the commons and competing
models). Identifies what evidence exists for sharing norms on a background of
self-interested strategies. Definitions of and reactions to equity and/or its
absence are a focus. Providing scientific information for policy is another.
Experimental and behavioral economics are frequently applied. Instructor:
Pfaff. C-L: Environment 579S
577
Environmental Politics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 577
378LA
Marine Ichthyology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 378LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
580A
Green Futures: Exploring Environmental, Economic, and Social
Sustainability.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Theory and application of
environmentally and socially sustainable practices in settings including
businesses, academic institutions, and personal lives. Ethical concerns that
accompany modern local and global environmental problems. Challenges,
trade-offs between costs and benefits, and potential solutions to different
greening options. Topics include alternative energy production and consumption,
sustainable agriculture practices, resource conservation, environmental
assessments, economic questions and social responsibility. (Given at Beaufort.)
Prerequisites: None for graduate students. Undergrads: Introductory Biology and
Environmental Science and Policy or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Rittschof. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation, Energy and
the Environment
535
Air Quality Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Types, sources, effects of air
pollutants. Regulatory framework emphasizing the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 and federal, state, local agency implementation. Application of risk
assessment, technology, market incentives to air management. Scientific, policy
aspects of acid deposition, global climate change, indoor air, mobile sources
control. Dispersion modeling, exposure assessment. Instructor: Vandenberg.
631
Energy Technology and Impact on the Environment.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Efficiencies and environmental impacts
of both new and established energy sources and conversion methods.
Consideration of alternative energy technologies, including electricity
generation by fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind and water; space heating and
cooling by traditional methods and by solar; and transportation energy in
automobiles, mass transit and freight. Environmental consequences of energy
choices on local, national and global scales, including toxic emissions,
greenhouse gases and resource depletion. Instructor: Bejan, Cocks and Knight.
One course. C-L: Energy and the Environment
272A
Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 272A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 272 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
344S
Plant Diversity: a Field Approach.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 344S
288A
Biogeography in an Australian Context.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 288A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 288A
279S
Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in
Conflict and Peacebuilding.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 216S;
also C-L: Political Science 367 Islamic Studies, Marine Science and
Conservation
627
Molecular Ecology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Explore use of molecular tools to
investigate ecological processes within natural populations and communities
from terrestrial to marine. Emphasis on fundamental principles and predictions
from ecological and evolutionary theory, as well as historical approaches and
precedents. In addition to exploring very basic ecological questions, course
discusses interpretation of molecular datasets to evalute applied ecological
problems with societal implications (e.g., conservation, antibiotic resistance,
genetically modified crops, adaptation to climate change). Open to graduate
students, and upper-level undergraduates with backgrounds in ecology and/or
molecular biology. Instructor: Wernegreen. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy 627
563
Chemical Fate of Organic Compounds.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 540
213LS
Aquatic Field Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 362LS
372
Food and Energy: Applying research and theory to local
dining practice.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 218
274
People, Plants and Pollution: Introduction to Urban
Environments.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 262
549
California Water Crises: Case Study Approach.
Satisfies: A NS R SS STS
Course Description: Reviews history of California\rquote s
water dependent economy, leading to a capture, storage system with conveyances
extending thousands of miles to deliver water for agriculture, industry and
homes. Examines recent political change coupled with chronic issues of a
water-rich north, an expanding urban population and a water-poor but
politically strong south. Emphasis includes climate change, seismic
vulnerability, redirection of river flows, and large scale water reuse. Course
will cover specific water crises in other states and nations, providing in
depth coverage of aspects of the international crisis in quantity and quality
of freshwater. Instructor: Hinton.
344
Environmental Politics in the United States.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: Examine the role environmental issues
play in the U.S. political system. Study the way ordinary citizens think about
the environment: importance of
286S
Science and Technology Policy.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 328S
253S
Urban Environmental Design.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Overview of urban environmental designs,
drawing upon natural and social science based evidence to guide solutions.
Focus on innovative approaches that protect and restore ecological value,
create sustainable spaces, and address ethical dilemmas arising from
conflicting public perceptions of sustainability. Review of survey methods used
to gather public opinion and participatory planning models that involve the
public in solutions. Examination of national and international design examples.
Emphasis will be on professional communication including visual and verbal
formats. Instructor: Schauman. One course.
539
Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics central to both health and
ecological risk assessment are explored. Basic concepts of hazard
identification, dose-response relationships, exposure assessment, and risk
characterization and communication are discussed in the context of both human
health and environmental assessment. The basis and rationale for using specific,
as well as extrapolated, scientific information and expert judgment, and the
strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches, are evaluated. Applications
emphasizing real cases are used to illustrate the interdisciplinary process and
products of risk assessment, as well as the regulatory use of the information.
Group projects emphasized. Instructors: Mihaich and McMasters.
672
Solid Waste Engineering.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Engineering design of material and
energy recovery systems including traditional and advanced technologies.
Sanitary landfills and incineration of solid wastes. Application of systems
analysis to collection of municipal refuse. Major design project in solid waste
management. Prerequisite: Civil and Environmental Engineering 462 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Environment 548
363
Economics of the Environment.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 439; also
C-L: Marine Science and Conservation, Energy and the Environment
503
Forest Ecosystems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Emphasis on the processes by which
forests circulate, transform, and accumulate energy and materials through
interactions of biologic organisms and the forest environment. Ecosystem
productivity and cycling of carbon, water, and nutrients provide the basis for
lecture and laboratory. Instructor: Oren.
637S
Population and Environmental Dynamics Influencing Health.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 637S
516
Applied Population Ecology.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: Population dynamics of managed and
unmanaged populations. quantitative approach to exploitation and conservation
of animal and plant populations, including harvesting, population viability
analysis, population genetics. Prerequisites: introductory statistics,
calculus, and computer programming or consent of instructor. Instructor: Pimm.
384LA
Sound in the Sea: Introduction to Marine Bioacoustics.
Satisfies: NS R STS LA
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 280LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 280 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
376LA
Marine Mammals.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 376LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
285LA
Field Research in Savana Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 285LA
281A
Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in South
Africa.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Management of wildlife and natural
resources within the ecological, political, social, historical, and economic
context of South Africa. (Taught in South Africa.) Instructor: McClearn. One
course.
201
Integrating Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Satisfies: NS SS STS W
Course Description: Interaction between the natural and the
social systems as they relate to the environment. Focus on ecological and earth
system cycles, processes, and fundamental relationships. The environmental
impact of human-induced change at the local, regional, and global levels. The
role of technology and the policy process in determining how environmental
problems evolve and are addressed. Use of ethical analysis to evaluate
environmental tradeoffs. Use of case studies to integrate multiple disciplinary
perspectives on environmental problems and to address issues of environmental
justice. Not open to first year students. Prerequisite: Environment 102 or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L: Marine Science and
Conservation
358
Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 358
219A
Science and Nature Writing: Naturalist Narratives, Classic
to Contemporary.
Satisfies: ALP STS W A
Course Description: Introspective and expository prose is
effective in transferring concepts and information from scientists to other
segments of society. Students will explore nonfiction writing about marine
ecosystems as the basis for discussion and analysis. They will experiment with
essays that convey information about the natural world and that target specific
audiences (e.g., children, general public, business executives, the
blogosphere, etc.) and specific goals. Exercises will stress practice in
crafting essays that convey scientific information with a nature writer\rquote
s eloquence. Particular emphasis will be placed on editing and revision toward
publication-quality manuscripts. (Given at Beaufort.). Instructor: Van Dover.
One course. C-L: English 219 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
517D
Tropical Ecology.
Satisfies: NS STS D
Course Description: Ecosystem, community, and population
ecology of tropical plants and animals with application to conservation and
sustainable development. Prerequisite: a course in general ecology. Instructor:
Terborgh. C-L: Biology 561 Latin American Studies
585A
Fisheries Ecology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Current topics in fish and fisheries
ecology, explored through lecture and discussion of primary literature.
Participation in collaborative research and synthesis projects. Intended for
master and doctoral students; undergraduates by permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: basic knowledge of ecology and oceanography. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
360
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: An overview of the fate and effects of
chemicals in the environment. Topics include chemical characterization of
pollutants, chemistry of natural waters, soil sediment chemistry, atmospheric
chemistry, transfers between and transformations within environmental
compartments, toxicokinetics, cellular metabolism, biological levels of
organization, and approaches for assessing chemical hazards. Incorporates case
studies focused on human health and ecosystem protection.
375LA
Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 375LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing significant
analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to juniors.
Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
102
Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: An introduction to the study of
environmental sciences and policy through exploration of basic environmental
principles in the life, physical, and social sciences. Emphasis on
understanding how the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, and
biosphere function, and how these spheres interact with human consumption,
production, and technological patterns and processes. Field trips to a local
site as well as the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Christensen
or Meyer. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation, Energy and the
Environment
276
Global Disasters: Science and Policy.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Engineering 260;
also C-L: Environment 260
287A
Marine Conservation Service Learning Course: Challenges at
Sea.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to marine conservation
biology emphasizing community outreach at local middle schools. Material
focuses on issues in marine conservation and how they are addressed. Lectures
cover principles of conservation, biodiversity, extinction risks, genetic
tools, fishery by-catch, over-exploitation, habitat degradation, invasive
species, climate change, and marine protected areas. Based on class
discussions, students will develop and teach activities that address local
conservation topics for middle school students. (Given at Beaufort.)
Prerequisite:
278LA
Physiology of Marine Animals.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 278LA;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
382LA
Marine Molecular Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R STS AP LA
Course Description: Marine ecology from a molecular view
focusing on microbes as the dominant organisms in ocean ecosystems. Lecture and
laboratory integrate the theory and application of modern molecular techniques
to quantify abundance, to assess diversity and to determine the interaction of
microbes with each other and the marine environment. Prerequisite: Biology,
introductory biology, or permission of instructor. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Johnson. One course. C-L: Biology 374 Marine Sciences, Marine
Science and Conservation
573A
Coastal Ecotoxicology and Pollution.
Satisfies: NS AP
Course Description: Principles of transport, fates, food-web
dynamics, and biological effects of pollutants in the marine environment. No
laboratories. Short local field trips possible. (Given at Beaufort.)
Prerequisites: Biology, introductory biology, or consent of instructor;
introductory chemistry or consent of instructor. Instructor: C. Bonaventura.
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
261S
Ecosystem Ecology for a Crowded Planet.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 261S
370A
Introduction to Physical Oceanography.
Satisfies: NS QS STS A
Course Description: Fundamental physical principles of ocean
circulation. Physical properties of seawater; forces acting on the ocean such
as heat, pressure gradients, wind stress, rotation, and friction; and
conservation equations for heat, mass and momentum. Applications include
geostrophic balances, thermal wind, coastally trapped waves, El Nino/ and tidal
circulation. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisites: one year of calculus and one
year of physics, or permission of instructor. Instructor: Hench. One course.
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 370A, Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
374SA
Governance of Social-Ecological Systems.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to leading concepts,
theories, models, and analytical frameworks to advance understanding of the
dynamics of social-ecological systems. Gulf of California, Mexico will be used
as a case study. Students will gain firsthand experience with empirical cases.
(Given at Beaufort.) Field trip to Mexico required. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Basurto. One course.
551DA
International Conservation and Development.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Interrelated issues of conservation and
development. Topics include the evolution of the two concepts and of theories
regarding the relationship between them, the role of science, values, ethics,
politics and other issues in informing beliefs about them, and strategies for
resolving conflicts between them. While attention will be given to all scales
of interaction (i.e. local, regional, national, international), the focus will
be on international issues and the `north-south' dimensions of the conservation
and development dilemma. Examples from marine and coastal environments will be
highlighted. Consent of instructor required. (Given at Beaufort.) Instructor:
Campbell. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
284A
South African Ecosystems and Diversity.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 284A
283A
Hollywood and the Environment: Exploring the Human
Connection with Nature Through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: Critical assessment of the relationship
between people and nature, using film as the springboard for discussion. Assess
the human perception of nature, and our place in it, using films representing
four major themes: 1) wilderness and the frontier; 2) man vs. nature; 3)
international perspectives on nature; and 4) destruction of the environment.
Films will be drawn from various genres, including animated film, drama,
western, and science fiction. Full-length feature films will be paired with
in-class screenings of independent documentary films that are provided to our
class by internationally recognized film-makers. (Given at Beaufort)
Instructor: Burns. One course. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
564
Biogeochemistry.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 564
383LA
Marine Molecular Microbiology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to microbiology from a
marine perspective. Topics include microbial phylogeny, evolution, symbiosis,
biotechnology, genomics, and ecology. Laboratory
61
Natural Catastrophes: Rebuilding from Ruins.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Research Service Learning Gateway course
where students will conduct a life cycle analysis of natural disasters. Invited
experts will discuss meteorologic, hydrologic and geologic factors that cause
disasters; explore how societies plan and/or respond to the immediate and long-term
physical, social, emotional and spiritual issues associated with survival; and
present case studies of response, recovery and reconstruction efforts. Students
will attend the lecture component of the course and complete on-line quizzes to
demonstrate understanding of the material presented. For the service learning
experience, students will carry out response activities over Spring Break in an
area ravaged by a natural disaster. They will keep a journal (audio and
written) of their activities, write a brief synopsis (4-5 pages), and make a
group oral presentation of their findings following their return. They will
also submit a hypothetical research proposal for a project which might stem
from the course and their experiences. Instructor: Schaad. One course. C-L:
Public Policy Studies 109, Environment 162
286A
Marine Policy.
Satisfies: EI SS STS A
Course Description: Policy and policy-making concerning the
coastal marine environment. History of marine-related organizations,
legislation, and issues and their effects on local, regional, national, and
international arenas. Use of theoretical and methodological perspectives,
including political science, sociology, and economics. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Orbach. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 281 Marine Sciences,
Marine Science and Conservation
580S
Water Cooperation and Conflict.
Satisfies: R SS STS S
Course Description: Focuses on potential for transboundary
water resources-related conflict and cooperation. Discusses water scarcity
concepts, natural resource conflict theory, hydro politics, hydro hegemony,
water security, water markets and institutions, game theory, and international
water law. Other topics include the economics of water and health. Case studies
complement the broader course outlook. Instructor: Jeuland. C-L: Global Health
Certificate 533 Environment 543S
222S
Environmental Conservation and Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: Technical and aesthetic training in
creating documentaries to communicate critical environmental issues so as to
affect societal change. History of the essential role of documentary
photography in land conservation, social justice, and protection of
biodiversity from the early 1800's to today leads into individual documentary
projects. Taught at the Center
574
Economic Evaluation of Sustainable Development.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Examines how one could rationally defend
a choice of 'sustainable development' policy. Applies cost-benefit thinking in
environment-natural-resources
615S
Environmental Issues & the Documentary Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: C-L: see Documentary Studies 615S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 643S
579LA
Biological Oceanography.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Physical, chemical, and biological
processes of the oceans, emphasizing special adaptations for life in the sea
and factors controlling distribution and abundance of organisms. Four units
(spring); six units (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory
biology. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
210D
Conserving the Variety of Life on Earth.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: An overview of biological diversity, its
patterns, and the current extinction crisis. Historical and theoretical
foundations of conservation, from human values and law to criteria and
frameworks for setting conservation priorities; island biogeography theory,
landscape ecology, and socioeconomic considerations in reserve design;
management of endangered species in the wild and in captivity; managing
protected areas for long term viability of populations; the role of the
landscape matrix around protected areas; and techniques for conserving
biological diversity in semi-wild productive ecosystems such as forests.
Instructor: Pimm. One course.
239
Atmospheric Chemistry: From Air Pollution to Climate Change.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Integrated scientific background for the
impact of humans on the natural environment. Topics covered include greenhouse
gases and climate, local and regional ozone pollution, long-range pollution
transport, acid rain, atmospheric particulate matter pollution, and
stratospheric ozone depletion. Pre-requisites: Chemistry 101DL. One course.
C-L: Energy and the Environment
607
Applying Economic Analysis for Environmental and Public
Health Project Evaluation.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Global Health Certificate 531;
also C-L: Environment 563
280S
Marine Science and Conservation Leadership.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 350S;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
537
Environmental Health.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to environmental effects on
human health. Focus on chronic effects of exposure to pollution and other
stressors, the interaction between anthropogenic environmental changes and
infectious diseases, and the relationship between human health and ecosystem
health. Includes lectures from a variety of experts in this field from
throughout the Triangle region. Course is designed to facilitate maximum
student participation through discussion. For graduate and advanced undergraduate
students. Instructor: DiGiulio/Meyer.
279LA
Marine CSI: Conservation Forensics in the Marine
Environment.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Application of forensic genetic
techniques to the study of marine crime. Reveal marketing frauds, mislabeling
of seafood, and fishing violations using modern molecular forensic tools. Field
trips to acquire samples for forensic analysis
359
Fundamentals of and Geospatial Analysis.
Satisfies: GIS NS QS
Course Description: Fundamental aspects of geographic
information systems and satellite remote sensing for environmental
applications. Concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image
processing, and spatial analysis. Prerequisite: an introductory statistics
course. Instructor: Halpin. One course. C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 359
665L
Models for Environmental Data.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 665L; also C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
273LA
Marine Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W LA
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 273LA; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 374 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
153
Ecosystem Health and Human Well-Being.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 153; also
C-L: Global Health
361LS
Terrestrial Field Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 361LS
226S
Field Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 226S
533A
Marine Fisheries Policy.
Satisfies: EI SS A
Course Description: Principles, structure, and process of
public policy-making for marine fisheries. Topics include local, regional, national,
and international approaches to the management of marine fisheries. social
systems approach is used to analyze the biological, ecological, social, and
economic aspects of the policy and management process. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Orbach. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
501
Environmental Toxicology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Study of environmental contaminants from
a broad perspective encompassing biochemical, ecological, and toxicological
principles and methodologies. Discussion of sources, environmental transport
and transformation phenomena, accumulation in biota and ecosystems. Impacts at
various levels of organization, particularly biochemical and physiological
effects. Prerequisites: organic chemistry and vertebrate physiology or consent
of instructor. Instructor: Di Giulio.
362S
Changing Oceans.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 364S; also C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
190L
Energy and Environment Design.
Satisfies: CE L ENV ME
Course Description: An integrative design course addressing
both creative and practical aspects of the design of systems related to energy
and the environment. Development of the creative design process, including
problem formulation and needs analysis, feasibility, legal, economic and human
factors, environmental impacts, energy efficiency, aesthetics, safety, and
design optimization. Application of design methods through a collaborative
design project involving students from the Pratt School of Engineering and
Trinity College. Open only to students pursuing the undergraduate certificate
in Energy and Environment. Prerequisites: 24 130 and 121. One course. One
course.
240LS
Introductory Field Methods in Biodiversity.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Biodiversity is altered by global and
local environmental change. How do we assess this ecological impact? This field
course introduces ecological concepts using basic field methods to investigate
species interactions in our local environment. Introduction to techniques for
mapping and monitoring plants and animal populations, energy exchange. Topics
include how plants grow in a changing environment, impacts on plants-animals
interactions, competition among species, and species diversity at the
urban/rural interface. Students will learn to develop and execute a research
plan and interpret their data through exercises at local field sites and a
field project of their own design. Instructor: Reid. One course.
379LA
Research Methods in Marine Science.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 379LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
217
Restoration Ecology: Theory and Applications.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: Addresses fundamental principles of
ecological restoration. Includes an overview of the discipline, scientific,
ethical and philosophical underpinnings, and the legislative framework that
guides much of the restoration work in the United States. Principles of
ecosystem ecology introduced to provide an understanding of ecosystem processes
across landscapes and within specific restoration sites. Students will conduct
a comparative study of a restoration site with a reference site and work in
small groups to create a monitoring report for this site. Prerequisite:
introductory biology or environmental science, or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Vidra. One course.
377LA
Marine Invertebrate Zoology.
Satisfies: NS R LA
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 377LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 377 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
559
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and
Geospatial Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fundamental aspects of geographic
information systems and satellite remote sensing for environmental
applications. Covers concepts of geographic data development, cartography,
image processing, and spatial analysis. Gateway into more advanced training in
geospatial analysis curriculum. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Halpin, Harrell.
578
Land Use Principles and Policy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 550
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390S
Special Topics in Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Environment 390, taught as
seminar. Instructor: Staff. One course.
222A
Environmental Science and Policy of the Tropics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 282A
557
Social Science Surveys for Environmental Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Social science research methods for
collecting data for environmental management and policy analysis. Sampling,
survey design, focus groups, pretesting, survey implementation, coding, and
data analysis. Team projects emphasize development and practice of survey
skills. Prerequisite: introductory applied statistics or equivalent.
Instructor: Kramer.
575L
Biodiversity Science and Application.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 565L
390SA
Special Topics in Environmental Science and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Marine Lab version of ENVIRON 390.
Student must be enrolled at Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort. One course. C-L:
Marine Sciences
547
Survey of Environmental Health and Safety.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Environmental risks from the perspective
of global ecology, biology, chemistry, and radiation. The nature and scope of
environmental hazards, environmental impacts and health effects, and risk
assessment and management strategies. Open to undergraduates by consent.
Instructor: Thomann.
574S
Environmental Epidemiology - Introductory Seminar.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Exploration of evidence linking
environmental exposures and human health threats. Introduces basic
epidemiological concepts and evaluation of study design, including techniques
for assessing exposure, sources of study bias, strength of statistical
associations and implications for further research. Student-led discussion of
epidemiologic studies of current environmental questions, and guest lectures by
local experts in environmental epidemiology. Co-requisite: introductory
statistics. Instructor: Angle. One course.
228
Food and Fuel for a Growing Population: Nuts and Bolts of
Plant Growth and Production.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 228
275S
Food, Farming, and Feminism.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS US
Course Description: Viewing "agriculture,"
"nature," and "consumption" as pressing feminist themes and
exploration of various dimensions of the cultural and political ecology/economy
of producing, processing, circulating, preparing, and consuming sustenance.
Particular focus on the ethical impact of policy on rural farm communities and
developing nations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Environment 209S
330
Energy and the Environment.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Overview of the challenges confronting
humanity as a consequence of our reliance on energy. Challenges include
dwindling supplies, rising demand and environmental degradation. Realistic
responses require an understanding of the complexity of the energy system,
including energy resources, uses, and impacts, in the context of social,
political and economic imperatives. Lectures will be augmented by presentations
from guest speakers from industry, government and non-profit organizations. Instructor:
Pratson. One course. C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 330
590SA
Seminar in Ocean Sciences.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Biological, chemical, physical, and
geological aspects of the ocean and their relation to environmental issues.
Consent of instructor required. (Given at Beaufort.) Instructor: Staff.
Variable credit. C-L: Marine Sciences
205
Marine Megafauna.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 205; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
531
Economic Analysis of Resource and Environmental Policies.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Case and applications oriented course
examining current environmental and resource policy issues. Benefits and costs
of policies related to sustaining resource productivity and maintaining
environmental quality will be analyzed using economic and econometric methods.
Topics include benefit-cost analysis, intergenerational equity, externalities,
public goods, and property rights. Prerequisite: Environment 520 or equivalent
and Environment 710 or equivalent. Instructor: Vincent.
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
575D
Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520D; also C-L:
Economics 530D
CLASSICAL STUDIES (CLST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 96
182
Roman Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The culture of the ancient Romans from
their beginnings to Constantine: art, literature, history, philosophy, and
religion. Not open to students who have taken or are taking Classical Studies
284. Instructor: Staff. One course.
341A
The Ancient City.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Examination of the archaeological
monuments of Rome and other Italian sites, as well as literary sources,
inscriptions, and works of art. Consent required. Taught in Rome as part of the
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies program. Students must register
for both 341A-1 and 341A-2. Instructor: Staff.
368S
Snapshots of Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Readings in Latin literature from a
specific time period and historical context, such as the Age of Augustus; Nero
and His Times; Life in the Late Republic; or the Fall of the Roman Empire.
Emphasis on how literature and society construct and inform each other at
critical moments in Roman history. Students must have two years of Latin or
equivalent.Instructor: Boatwright, Woods or staff. One course.
144
Principles of Archaeology.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Introduction to the many disciplines of
archaeology, using a survey of cultures and civilizations to explain
archaeological techniques, methods, theory, results, and ethics. Instructor:
Antonaccio. One course.
324S
Latin Epic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings in Roman Epic with attention to
genre, language, meter, characterization, narrative structure, ancient and
modern interpretation, the epic tradition in and beyond Greece and Rome, and
the genre's role in construction of cultural identity. Authors might include
Vergil, Ovid, and Lucan. Students must have two years of Latin or equivalent.
Instructor: Janan or staff. One course.
304S
History and Biography.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI FL
Course Description: Readings in one or more Roman historical
works, illuminating key themes, periods, historiographical conventions, and
especially ancient historiography's role as font of moral and ethical exempla.
Authors might include Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Velleius, Ammianus
Marcellinus, Gregory of Tours, Suetonius, vel sim. Students must have two years
of Latin or equivalent. Instructor: Boatwright, Woods, or Staff. One course.
539S
Roman History from Augustus through Late Antiquity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
536S
308S
Greek Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI FL
Course Description: Philosophy. Investigation into key
trends, themes, developments in Greek Philosophy, especially moral and
political, through readings from the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato,
Aristotle, Epicurus, and/or others. Must have 2 years of Greek (or equivalent).
Instructor: Gonz\'e1lez or Staff. One course.
248
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Athens.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 208
203A-1
Intermediate Latin: Caesar's Civil War.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.
Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
250
The Art of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 210
341A-1
Art and Archaeology.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Instructor: Staff (Study Abroad). One
course.
647S
Latin Palaeography.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 584S
332S
Greek Drama.
Satisfies: ALP EI FL
Course Description: Drama. Reading and interpretation of
selected plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander,
with attention to language, meter, staging, characteristic themes and
conventions, and especially the cultural context of ancient drama and its use
as an instrument and venue of public ethical and political debate. Must have 2
years of Greek (or equivalent). Instructor: Gonz\'e1lez or Staff. One course.
328S
Lyric and Hellenistic Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Lyric and Hellenistic Poetry. Readings
in Greek lyric and Hellenistic poetry. Possible authors and works include
selected fragments from the major lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus and/or
others, particularly as they illuminate construction, testing, examination of
Greek cultural identity. Must have 2 years of Greek (or equivalent).
Instructor: Gonz\'e1lez or Staff. One course.
691
Directed Reading and Research.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit to be arranged. Instructor:
Staff. Variable credit.
504
Historians.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Investigation of the Greek concept and
practice of writing history from Atthis to Agathius,with attention to key
themes, periods, historiographical conventions. Authors and works might include
Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, Arrian, Appian,
Eusebius, Procopius, Agathius. Instructor: Johnson, Sosin, or staff. One
course.
241
Medieval Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 151; also C-L: Art History 121, Classical Studies 121
512S
Aristotle.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Ferejohn.
One course. C-L: Classical Studies 573S
204A-1
Advanced Intermediate Greek.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.
Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
218S
Daily Life in Antiquity.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
268S
204A-2
Intermediate Latin: Verse (Study Abroad).
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercol Center for Classical Studies, Catania.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
508S
Rhetoric, Literary Criticism, and Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Readings of rhetorical speeches and
treatises (e.g. Demosthenes, Isocrates, Aristotle's Rhetoric, Rhetorica ad
Alexandrum); and/or of ancient literary criticism (e.g. Aristotle,
Ps.-Longinus); and/or of philosophical works (e.g. Plato's Dialogues, fragments
of the pre-Socratics); and/or of authors, works, trends in Greek literature of
the Roman Empire. Instructors: Gonz\'e1lez or Staff. One course.
581S
Latin Prose Syntax and Style.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Latin prose composition combined with
analysis of the style and syntax of select Latin prose authors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
184FS
Ancient and Modern Liberty.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to various conceptions of
liberty in Greek and Roman political and philosophical writing. Considerations
of such questions as: what is distinctive about the modern conceptions of
political and civil liberty; whether there is any necessary ethical connection
between liberty and virtue, or whether there is liberty and active citizenship,
or liberty and privacy; whether ancient conceptions of liberty can still serve
as a model in contemporary politics and should be considered exemplary or
inferior to modern conceptions of freedom. Open only to students in the Focus
Program. Instructor: Grant. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 186FS
364S
Educating Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI FL
Course Description: Readings in the very Roman category of
'didactic.' How Romans thought to educate themselves and others about the world
they controlled and lived in; Roman education as cultural, moral education.
Authors and works might include Ovid's Ars Amatoria, Vitruvius' handbook on
architecture, Lucretius' De rerum natura, Columella on farming. Students must
have two years of Latin or equivalent. Instructor: Boatwright, Sosin, or staff.
One course.
227
Drama of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
304; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 240
238A
Rome: History of the City.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
340A; also C-L: Art History 209A
304S
Interpreting Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 372S
552S
Live Images: Ancient and Medieval Representations of the
Divine.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 533S; also C-L: Classical Studies 558 Medieval and Renaissance Studies
507S
304S
Greek Historians.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI FL
Course Description: Historians. Readings in Greek historians
illuminating key themes, periods, historiographical conventions, especially
historiography's role as font of ancient moral and ethical exempla. Authors might
include Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, vel sim.
Must have 2 years of Greek (or equivalent). Instructor: Sosin or Staff. One
course.
516
The Roman Republic.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
532
511S
Plato.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Selected dialogues. Instructor:
Ferejohn. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 572S
301AS-2
Advanced Greek.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings vary. Taught at the
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Catania. Consent required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
203A-1
Intermediate Greek.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.
Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
580
Survey of Latin Literature from its Beginnings to Late
Antiquity.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
575S
Ancient Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS S
Course Description: Intensive analysis of the political
philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient theorists. Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie or Grant. One course. C-L: Classical Studies
571 Philosophy 571, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
542S
Greek Art and Society: Hellenistic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 502S
582S
Greek Epigraphy.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Introduction to the field of Greek
Epigraphy, its history, methods, and place within the field of Classical
Studies. Close attention to reading and translation of the variety of inscribed
documentary and literary Greek. Instructor: Sosin. One course.
590S-2
Special Topics in Roman Archaeology.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Studies in Roman art and archaeology on
focused themes, or on particular assemblages or problems. Offerings might
include Art and Architecture of Pompeii, Roman Portraiture vel sim. Instructor:
Boatwright or staff. One course. C-L: Art History 590S-10
204A-2
Intermediate Greek: Verse (Study Abroad).
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Catania.
Consent Required Instructor: Staff. One course.
215
Greek and Roman Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
264
243
Representing Women in the Classical World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 209
203A-2
Intermediate Greek: Prose (Study Abroad).
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Catania.
Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
528S
Selections From Latin Texts/Authors in the Genres of Drama,
Satire, and/or the Novel.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Detailed study of selections from one or
more of the genres Drama, Satire, Novel. Authors and readings might include
Plautus, Terence, Seneca, Horace, Persius, Juvenal, Petronius, Apuleius.
Instructor: Janan or Staff. One course.
480S
Capstone Seminars in Classical Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Specific aspects of the history, art,
and literature of classical Greece and Rome. Open only to qualified juniors and
seniors; some knowledge of classical studies and history desirable, but not
strictly necessary; research paper required. One course.
280
Transition to Advanced Latin.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: For first-year and sophomore students
who have received credit for Latin 85 and are enrolling in their first college
Latin course. Literature and life in the Roman Empire: selections from the
epigrams of Martial and the letters of Pliny the Younger, combined with
extensive grammar review. Instructor: Staff. One course.
102
Elementary Latin.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second half of Latin 101, 102.
Prerequisite: Latin 101. Instructor: Staff. One course.
308S
Latin Epistle.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Readings in the form, function, history,
and conventions of the Latin epistle. Material might range from the letters of
Cicero, Cyprian, Augustine, Jerome, or medieval collections; from Seneca's
Letters to Lucilius to Ovid's Heroides or Pliny's correspondence with the
Emperor Trajan. Students must have two years of Latin or equivalent.
Instructor: Boatwright, Sosin, Woods, or staff. One course.
524
Epic and Lyric.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings in Greek epic and/or Lyric,
with attention to language, meter, poetics, characterization, narrative
structure, ancient and modern interpretation, traditions beyond Greece and
Rome, epic poems as codifiers of socially constructed cultural norms, lyric
construction, and examination of Greek cultural identity. Authors and works
might include selections of fragmentary works, Pindar, Bacchylides,
Callimachus, Theocritus, the Greek Anthology, and others. Instructor: Burian or
Gonz\'e1lez. One course.
354
Roman Spectacle.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 334
580S
Proseminar: Introduction to Classical Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit/no credit grading only.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
236A
The Birth of Reason in Ancient Greece.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: study of the Classical Greeks'
pronounced emphasis on the rational aspect of human nature, which enabled them
to lay the foundations for subsequent intellectual developments in western
thought. The Athenian Empire as a case study for an investigation of the five
major ancient ethical systems. Taught only in the Duke Greece Summer Study
Abroad program. Instructor: Ferejohn. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 272A
206
Classics of Page and Screen: Exploring the Iconic in
Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Exploration of ancient, medieval and
modern conceptualizations of good and evil as found in the iconic heroes,
villains, and buffoons of literature and film; film and literature as windows
onto their contemporary historical contexts, and as indicators of social
values, debates, and limits. Instructor: Janan. One course.
344
Early Greek Archaeology: From the Fall of Mycenae to the
Persian Wars.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Greek material culture in its social,
economic, and historical contexts, 1200 to 480 BCE. Instructor: Antonaccio. One
course. C-L: Art History 206
368S
The Afterlife of Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The appropriation of classical antiquity
by later cultures and its reinterpreation by different audiences and for
different purposes, with emphasis on the use of antiquity in the construction
of social/cultural identities. Topics may include examination of various
"classical revivals" in the arts, e.g., architecture, opera, epic;
classics and ancient history in film; the use and miususe of ancient policital
thought and structures to shape and interpret modern institutions and
historical discourse. Instructor: Atkins, Janan, Woods, or staff. One course.
204A-1
Advanced Intermediate Latin.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Review of grammar, reading of selected
texts. Taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.
Consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
608S
Medieval and Renaissance Latin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 508S
352
The Aegean Bronze Age.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Survey of Greek prehistory, from the
final Neolithic to the end of the era in ca. 1200 BCE. Issues to be considered
include the historicity of the Trojan War, the relationship of this period to
later Greek history and cultural identity. Instructor: Antonaccio. One course.
C-L: Art History 205
390
Special Topics in Latin Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Prerequisite: the completion of
second-year or third-year Latin, depending on the topic. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
534S
Roman History from Romulus to Augustus.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
532S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
586S
Papyrology.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Introduction to the field of Greek
Papyrology, its history, methods and place within the field of Classical Studies.
Close attention to reading and translation of the variety of documentary and/or
literary papyrological Greek. Instructor: Sosin or Staff. One course.
312S
Greek Oratory and Rhetoric.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Oratory/Rhetoric. Exploration of the
theory and practice of ancient oratory and rhetoric, especially as regards
negotiation of power through public speech. Includes readings from Antiphon,
Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus, Demosthenes, Gorgias, Alcidamas,
Aristotle, Ps.-Longinus, Demetrios' On Style, and/or others. Must have 2 years
of Greek (or equivalent). Instructor: Gonz\'e1lez, Sosin, or Staff. One course.
187FS
The World of the Greek Theater.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The tragedies and comedies of the fifth-century
theater as a window on Athens: the conventions and public context of
performance; the plays as indicators of social values, debates, and limits; the
literary consciousness of authors and audience. Open only to students in the
Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
533S
Greek History from the Bronze Age to the fifth century BCE.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
524S
328S
Elegy and Lyric.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings in Latin Elegy and Lyric, with
special attention to Roman responses to Greek literary traditions and to the
contemplation of human passions and vices, within a specifically Roman culture.
Authors might include Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, Horace, and
Martial. Students must have two years of Latin or equivalent. Instructor: Janan
or staff. One course.
308S
Greek and Roman Law.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Law of Greece and Rome from the birth of
the Greek polis and Rome's Twelve Tables to the Digest of Justinian. Coverage
within the chronological boundaries via survey, case-studies, or a combination
of both. Topics might include murder trials, political trials, civil law and
procedure, family law, delict, religious "laws," oratory, and others.
Instructor: Atkins or Sosin. One course.
341A-2
Political, Social, and Cultural Context.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff (Study Abroad). One
course.
203
Intermediate Latin.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Politics and thought in the late
Republic: Caesar and Cicero. Instructor: Boatwright or staff. One course.
648
The Legacy of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
568
490
Special Topics in Classical Studies.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Aimed at third- and fourth-year
students. Topic. Instructor: Staff. One course.
538
The Roman Empire.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
536
203
History of Ancient Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle, and post-Aristotelian systems. Not open to students who have taken
Classical Studies 93 or Philosophy 93. Instructor: Ferejohn or staff. One
course. C-L: Classical Studies 271
185FS
Good and Evil in Imagined Worlds.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Exploration of ancient and medieval
underpinnings of popular virtual-world building tropes around good and evil as
found in video games, films, and novels. What pre-modern texts underlie the
persistent connection between fantasy/sci-fi and our contemporary cultural
practices? How do modern societies "consume" the past, rework it, and
remodel it through various media for contemporary audiences? Open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Woods. One course.
301AS-2
Advanced Latin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings vary. Taught at the
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Catania. Consent required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
303
Ancient and Medieval Epic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
204
235S
Special Studies in Roman History.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
328S
324S
Special Studies in Greek History.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Investigation into a topic chosen from
Greek history from the Bronze Age to the consolidation of the Roman Empire in
30 BC. Individual topics might include the rise of the Macedonian Kingdom, the
fourth century, Hellenistic Kingdoms, interactions between (Greek) colonizers
and colonized, and the Roman presence in the Greek world vel sim. Instructor:
Antonaccio, Johnson, Sosin, or staff. One course. C-L: History 232S
312S
Oratory/ Rhetoric.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings in Roman oratory and rhetoric.
Focus on negotiation of power through public speech, definitions of identity,
and public construction of cultural norms. Authors and works might include
Cicero, Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory, Tacitus' Dialogue on Oratory,
Seneca the Elder, selected speeches from Roman historians, vel sim. Students
must have two years of Latin or equivalent. Instructor: Boatwright or staff.
One course.
102
Elementary Greek.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second half of Greek 101,102. Prerequisite:
Greek 101. Instructor: Staff. One course.
236
Ancient Science and Technology.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
364
348
Greek Art and Archaeology II: Classical to Greco-Roman.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The archaeology of the Greek citystate
including its historical context. Emphasis on both themes (sanctuaries, death
and burial, warfare) and the ability to understand material culture in context.
Instructor: Antonaccio. One course. C-L: Art History 207
524S
Latin Poetry: Epic, Lyric, and Elegy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Detailed study of selections from one or
more genre. Authors and readings might include Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Statius'
Thebaid and Silvae, Valerius Flaccus, Silius Italicus, Catullus, Horace,
Tibullus, Propertius, Martial, Juvencus, medieval Latin court poetry and love
lyric. Instructor: Janan. One course.
301
Ancient Myth.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies 208
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
528S
Greek History: Fifth Through First Centuries BC.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Three courses. C-L: see Classical
Studies 528S
336S
Satire.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Readings in Roman Satire with special
attention to the genre's self-critical posture and its ethical critique of
Roman culture and the Latin literary tradition. Authors might include Lucilius,
Horace, Persius, and Juvenal. Students must have two years of Latin or
equivalent. Instructors: Janan, Sosin, or staff. One course.
233
Roman History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
284
376S
Roman Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Readings on Roman cultural themes,
trends, or characteristics. Emphasis on variety of viewpoints from which to
understand Roman culture. For example, public spectacle, Stoic cultural
commentary, popular culture, 'street' Latin found in inscriptions, papyri, and
graffiti, or Roman attitudes toward provincials and provincials' toward Romans.
Students must have two years of Latin or equivalent. Instructor: Boatwright or
staff. One course.
332S
Drama.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings in Roman Comedy and Tragedy.
Special attention to Roman 'translation' and reception of the Greek literary tradition
before it; the genre's illumination of social, economic, and cultural
conditions; the form's scrutiny of core cultural ideals. Authors include
Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. Instructor: Janan, Woods or staff. One course.
585S
Latin Epigraphy.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Introduction to the field of Latin
epigraphy, its history, methods, and place within the field of Classical
Studies. Close attention to reading and translation of the variety of inscribed
documentary and literary Latin texts, and to the original physical and social
contexts of inscriptions. Instructor: Boatwright. One course.
541S
Greek Art and Society: Archaic To Classical.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 501S
384
Ancient Political Theory.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Ancient political philosophy, history,
and drama emphasizing the comparison of ancient and modern democracy and the
alternative ancient understanding of the conception of the individual and of
society. Readings from Plato, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Thucydides.
Instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Grant. C-L: Classical Studies 420D. One course. C-L:
Classical Studies 374, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
580
Survey of Greek Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
320A
Mediterranean Cultures (Study Abroad).
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Examination of diverse cultures and
cultural interactions in ancient Sicily, including the Sicels, the Phoenicians,
the Greeks, and the Romans. Particular attention paid to the identities
developed and projected by the Greek colonies in relation to the native Sicels,
the mainland Greeks and Phoenician settlements. Taught at the Intercollegiate
Center for Classical Studies in Catania. Instructor: Staff. One course.
MARXISM AND SOCIETY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
DANCE (DANCE)
Number Of Listed Courses: 61
111
Modern Dance II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Dance 110 or equivalent.
Instructor: Dickinson, Khalsa, Woods Vald\'e9s, or staff. Half course.
142
Hip Hop I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Hip-Hop, an inner-city culture that has
created its own art, language, fashion, music and dance styles. This is a
beginning level of Hip Hop dance. Using dance as a time-line the course
explores the history, development and core elements of hip-hop dance culture.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
244S
Movement for the Theater.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Intense series of exercises increasing
"plasticity," power, and balance. Learning how to avoid injury and
illness. Yoga, Pilates, acrobatics, gestural work, to strengthen training.
336S
Dance Science: An Evolutionary Approach to Functional
Anatomy.
Satisfies: ALP NS R
Course Description: Human skeletal and muscular anatomy
taught from an evolutionary perspective. Focus on anatomy relevant to dancers
and other performing artists. Students participate in anatomy laboratories and
discussions and conduct original research on topics such as posture, movement,
injury. Instructor: Williams. One course. C-L: Dance 377S
242
Hip Hop II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Hip-Hop, an inner-city culture that has
created its own art, language, fashion, music and dance styles. This is the
second level of Hip Hop dance and requires previous dance experience with the
form. Using dance as a time-line the course explores the history, development
and core elements of hip-hop dance culture. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
240
Jazz Dance II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Dance 140 or equivalent.
Instructor: Wheeler. Half course.
208
Contemporary Performance.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 229, Art History 229
280
Individual Dance Program: Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An individualized program of study of
dance technique from existing class sessions. Consent of instructor required.
Half course.
140
Jazz Dance I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: No previous dance experience required.
Instructor: Wheeler. Half course.
410
Modern Dance V.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Dance 310 or equivalent.
Instructor: Dickinson, Khalsa, Woods Vald\'e9s, or staff. Half course.
545S
Selected Topics in Dance Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
452
Repertory: Indian Classical Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study of choreography and
performance through participation in the mounting of a dance work from
inception through rehearsal in performance. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Shah. Half course.
321
Pointe and Variations: Advanced Study of Pointe Work for
Ballet.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Classical and contemporary pointe
technique and variations. Refinement of the classical style and the exploration
of contemporary studies en pointe in the ballet lexicon. Training in and
analysis of the principles of classical and neoclassical variations and their
historical and aesthetic context. Development of interpretative skills,
enhancement of style and performance qualities through coaching and informal
showings. Prerequisite: Dance 220 or Dance 320 or Dance 420 or permission of
instructor. Instructor: Walters. Half course.
122
Ballet II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Barre work concentrating on body
alignment and correct placement within the ballet vocabulary followed by center
adagio and allegro sequences. Prerequisite: Dance 121 or equivalent.
Instructor: Walters. Half course.
218S
The Diaghilev Ballet:1909-1929.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 326S; also
C-L: Music 341S
310
Modern Dance IV.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Dance 210. Prerequisite:
Dance 210 or equivalent. Instructor: Dickinson, Khalsa, Woods Vald\'e9s, or
staff. Half course.
195FS
The Art of Transformation: Workshop in Movement and Theater.
Satisfies: A ALP
Course Description: Movement, theater, music, and writing
exercises, focusing on participants as individuals, as members of an ensemble,
and within the context of their society. The work of Augusto Boal (Brazilian
theater director, writer, and theorist). Theater and movement as tools for
direct interaction with the Duke community. Open only to students in the Focus
Program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Dance 195FS
220
Ballet III.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Greater complexity of barre and center
sequences with increased emphasis on correctness of style and quality of
performance. Prerequisite: Dance 122 or equivalent. Instructor: Walters or
staff. Half course.
412
Repertory: Modern.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study of choreography and
performance through participation in the mounting of a dance work from
inception through rehearsal to performance. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Dickinson, Khalsa, Woods Vald\'e9s, or staff. Half course.
364
The Art and Cultural History of Flamenco.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 365L
420
Ballet V.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Dance 320. Daily
training for the performing student at the advanced/professional level.
Prerequisite: Dance 320 or equivalent. Instructor: Walters or staff. Half
course.
305T
Choreography.
Satisfies: ALP R S T
Course Description: Advanced study in dance composition
designed to develop the student's personal mode of expression. Prerequisites:
Dance 105 Dance 205 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Dickinson or Khalsa.
One course.
242S
Dance for the Camera.
Satisfies: ALP R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 306S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 343S
150
Kathak: Classical Dance of North India.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An introduction to Kathak, which, like
all classical dances of India, synthesizes physical energy and spiritual power.
Fundamentals of Kathak's facial expressions, graceful movements of the arms and
torso, and intricately complex footwork which creates rhythmic sound patterns
using ankle bells. Instructor: Shah. Half course.
210
Modern Dance III.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Increased complexity of movement
sequences and greater emphasis on clarity of expression and quality of
performance. Prerequisite: Dance 111 or equivalent. Instructor: Dickinson,
Khalsa, Woods Vald\'e9s, or staff. Half course.
320
Ballet IV.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Progression of Dance 220 with increased
emphasis on line, style, and performance-level quality and technique. Diverse
batterie, pirouettes, and tours included in allegro combinations. Prerequisite:
Dance 220 or equivalent. Instructor: Walters or staff. Half course.
242
Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 357L
316S
Postmodernism in Dance, 1950-2000.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: An examination of American modern dance
since the 1950s, which reinstructed what kinds of movements were considered
''dance'' and what kind of dance was considered art. Postmodern dance as
iconoclastic and inclusive, embracing performance art and film, theater and hip
hop, fostering the rebirth of modern dance in Europe between 1970-90, and now
re-absorbing and recycling the new forms it helped to create. Videos of
dancing, guests, workshops, performances. Instructor: Shah. One course.
442
Repertory: Jazz Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Study of choreography and performance
through participation in the mounting of a dance work in the jazz idiom from
inception through rehearsal to performance. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Wheeler or Staff. Half course.
212
Gender in Dance and Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 368; also
C-L: Theater Studies 236, International Comparative Studies 215, Study of
Sexualities
489T
Senior Project.
Satisfies: ALP R A ALP
Course Description: research paper, project, or program
(with appropriate written documentation) under dance faculty supervision. Open
only to seniors earning a major in dance and with permission to seniors earning
a minor in Dance. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One
course. Special Topics in Dance. Special Topics in Dance. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
422
Repertory: Ballet.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study of choreography and
performance through participation in the mounting of a dance work from
inception through rehearsal to performance. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Walters or staff. Half course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
487S
Research Methods in Dance Studies and Choreographic
Performance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Research Methods in Dance Studies and
Choreographic Performance. Methods used in dance theory, history, ethnography,
education, choreography/practice, and therapy. Methods of interviewing and
documentation; examination of issues concerning participatory experience and
objectivity in ethnographic research. Students develop a research paper that
culminates in an extensive individual project completed in this course, or, in
the case of dance majors, in Dance 489T. Prerequisites: Junior or senior
standing, Dance 101, and one additional course in dance history, theory or
world cultures of dance. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Shah. One
course.
247
T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The philosophy, cosmology, and other
aspects of traditional Chinese thought embodied in the martial art of \i T'ai
Chi\i0 . Course conducted through readings and lectures as well as actual
movement praxis. Comparisons between Western bio-medical notions of the body
and those implied by \i T'ai Chi \i0 and other facets of Chinese thought and
practice, such as Chinese medicine. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Dance
255
340S
Solo Performance.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: The makings of solo performance.
Creation of personal presentation through journal writing, memory exploration,
and personal interests. Exploration of text through voice work, storytelling,
and choreography of the solo performer through movement, gesture, and props.
Previous theater or dance experience plus instructor consent required.
Instructor: Hemphill. One course. C-L: Dance 206S
244
Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 367; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 222, International Comparative
Studies 214
233
Dance and Dance Theater of Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 356; also
C-L: Religion 241, International Comparative Studies 378
101L-6
African Dance Percussion.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: Dance 132L
105S
Dance Composition.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: The basic elements of movement (time,
space, weight, flow) and their choreographic applications explored through
structured improvisation, short movement studies, viewing of videotaped dances,
and selected readings. Experimentation with devices for movement manipulation
and choreographic forms through longer movement studies. Prerequisite: a
beginning level dance technique course (modern, ballet, jazz, or African) or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Dickinson, Khalsa, or Woods Vald\'e9s. One
course.
378S
Beyond Technique: The Art of Performance.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Examination of the complex artistic
process of performance necessary to realize the choreographer's intent;
development of interpretive abilities beyond
432
Repertory: African Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study of choreography and
performance through participation in the mounting of a dance work from
inception through rehearsal to performance. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Vinesett. Half course.
102
Introduction to Dance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 101
376
Functional Anatomy for Dancers.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The functional anatomy of the
musculoskeletal system (muscles, bones, and joints) as specifically applied to
dance technique approached through observation, analysis, and movement
exploration. Concepts of efficient use and questions of misuse of the body in
motion or at rest. Instructor: Staff. One course.
131
Capoeira: Brazilian Dance/Martial Art.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to Capoeira, the dynamic
art form that emerged in Brazil during the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade and
blends music, ritual, acrobatic movement, and combat. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
261
Intermediate/Advanced Tap Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Prerequisite: previous training at the
intermediate level. Instructor: Medler or DeFrantz. Half course.
325
Ballet, Science and Technology: the First 400 Years.
Satisfies: ALP CZ STS XIV
Course Description: Ballet history from 1500 through 1910
studied through the lens of contemporary science and philosophy, and as
facilitated by technological developments. Ballet's beginnings in the Italian
City-States of the Renaissance and the court of Louis of France, to the
classical ballet form forged by Marius Petipa in Russia. Topics include:
Descartes' principles of reason and mathematics made manifest in the
aristocratic world view, physical behavior and Ballets du Cour at the court of
Louis XIV; gas lighting, hashish, French Romanticism and ballet iconography in
theatrical presentation of the Romantic period; the human body as machine and
the development of ballet technique. Instructor: Dickinson and Walters. One
course.
130
African Dance Technique I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to African dance styles and
related rhythmic structures from selected countries such as Guinea, Senegal,
Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Taught in the context of their social, occupational,
and religious functions. Instructor: Vinsett, Johnson, or staff. Half course.
120
Ballet Fundamentals.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic classical ballet technique, body
alignment, vocabulary, and musicality for the absolute beginner. Barre and
center exercises included. Instructor: Walters. Half course.
205T
Advanced Dance Composition.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Continuation of the basic elements of
movement, choreographic devices and forms explored in Dance 105S. The use of
props, sets, lighting and costuming; the relationship of music to dance.
Choreographing and directing ensembles. Prerequisite: Dance 105or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Dickinson or Khalsa. One course.
342
Music for Dancers.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 375
160
Somatic Methods.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Somatic Methods and Experiential
Anatomy. An introduction to exploring anatomical parts of the body by moving
and initiating movement through space. Investigations include postural and
limitation concerns, interpretation and expression, qualities of movement and
being, inner and outer awareness, and the use of different Somatic methods
including Laban Movement Analysis, Qi Gong, Alexander Technique, Pilates,
Body-Mind Centering and Ideokinesis. Useful to students of dance, music and
theater and as a basis for inspiration and improvisation. Instructor: Staff.
Half course.
327
Ballet Masterworks of the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Works by Fokine, Nijinski, Balanchine,
Tudor, Tharp, Forsythe, and other major choreographers in the classical idiom,
and how they initiated, influenced, absorbed and responded to modernist and
post-modernist ideas and trends. The transformation of the classical aesthetic
through the century. Instructor: Walters. One course.
204S
Performance and Social Change.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 207S
234
History and Practice of the Dance and Dance-theatre of
India.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 355; also
C-L: Religion 243, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 154
315S
History of Modern Dance, 1880-1950.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Modern dance as an art of individuals
who created new dance styles that challenged established systems of culture and
pushed the boundaries of good taste. Reflection and commentary on contemporary
mores and events, international influences from France, new anthropological
studies, German expressionism and the religions of Asia, Native Americans and
African Americans. The Americanization of theatrical dance in the bicultural
environment of the United States during the 1930s and '40s. Instructor:
Dickinson or Shah. One course.
121
Ballet I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Barre work concentrating on body
alignment and correct placement within the ballet vocabulary followed by center
adagio and allegro sequences. Prerequisite: a semester of ballet or equivalent.
Instructor: Walters. Half course.
141
Swing Dance.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: studio course to learn the
"lindy-hop" (jitterbug) and a variety of related steps and partnering
including simple lifts. Instructor: Badu. Half course.
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
535S
AfroFuturism.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 620S; also C-L: Theater Studies 535 Visual and Media Studies
524S
240
West African Rootholds in Dance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 335L; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 220
POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND ECONOMICS
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
NONLINEAR AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS (NCS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 1
501
Survey of Nonlinear and Complex Systems.
Satisfies: NS QS
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Physics 501
ANTHROPOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
POLICY JOURNALISM AND MEDIA STUDIES (PJMS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 6
390S
Special Topics in Policy Journalism & Media Studies.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Selected Policy Journalism & Media
Studies topics. Instructor: Staff. One course.
410
Policy Journalism and Media Studies Capstone Course.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Capstone course for the Policy
Journalism and Media Studies certificate. Course to be taken after the student
completes an internship in a media organization. Designed to integrate
student's practical experience with the more conceptual and theoretical
knowledge gleaned from the classroom. Students meet in formal course setting to
discuss what they have learned, present examples of the work they have
accomplished culminating in a research paper. Course requirements include
writing a major research paper that synthesizes ideas and concepts learned in
coursework with the internship's practical experience and a class presentation
about the student's internship. Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Rogerson or Roselle. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies 410
365S
Television Journalism.
Satisfies: SS S S
Course Description: Theories and concepts of television
broadcasting; writing and editing for electronic media; issues of production.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: J.C. Johnson. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 305 Policy Journalism and Media Studies 365
Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
310S
Intermediate Audio Documentary.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
310S
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
190A
Duke Administered Study Away.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Duke administered course, either study
abroad (international)or study away (domestic), approved for transfer credit
towards the PJMS certificate. Includes all "Duke in ___" programs.
Requires certificate program co-chair approval. Instructor: Staff. One course.
ASTRONOMY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ECONOMICS (ECON)
Number Of Listed Courses: 104
101
Economic Principles.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Basic microeconomic concepts such as
demand and supply, market structures and pricing, market efficiency and
equilibrium. Macroeconomic concepts such as inflation, unemployment, trade,
economic growth and development. Different perspectives on issues of monetary
and fiscal policy. Emphasis on public policy issues and the logic behind the
economic way of thinking. Open to all students. Instructor: De Marchi,
Fullenkamp, or Leachman. One course.
389
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Capstone ( C-N).
Satisfies: A R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
482; also C-L: Philosophy 465
316S
History of Modern Economics.
Satisfies: R SS STS W
Course Description: Selective survey of the development of
economic thinking in the twentieth century, with emphasis on the construction
of economics as a science. Research papers required. Prerequisite: Economics
201D. Instructor: Weintraub. One course.
321A
Economics of a United Europe.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 260A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies
332
Global Health Supply, Organization, and Financing.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 246
558
Islam and the State.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to political history of
Middle East. Four objectives. (1) familiarize students with institutions
responsible for political development in region. (2) examine
transformations/cases of inertia to derive lessons about mechanisms that govern
political development, including democratization. (3) investigate how religion
shaped region\rquote s political trajectory (4) identify social
forces,especially economic, driving contemporary reinterpretation of
Islam\rquote s political organization and requirements, by both Islamists and
secular political actors. Graduate pairing for Econ 134 that requires
additional work; for graduate students only. Not open to students who have
taken Economics 134. Instructor: Kuran. One course.
24
Principles of Macroeconomics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This is the equivalent for Principles of
Macroeconomics taken at another school or Duke-In Program. Only Econ 23 and
Econ 24 together substitute for Econ 101. One course.
373
Corporate Finance.
Satisfies: QS R SS D
Course Description: Major corporate decisions from the
perspective of the firm with an emphasis on the interaction of the firm with
financial markets: quantitative project evaluation for investment, choice
between borrowing and issuing stock, dividend policy, organizational form (for
example, mergers and acquisitions). Introduction to financial markets: asset
pricing, issuing stocks, analyzing financial performance using relative value
tools, and options. Prerequisites: Economics 372 or Economics 205and Economics
208D. Instructor: Fullenkamp. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies
596
Evaluation of Public Expenditures.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Basic development of cost benefit
analysis from alternative points of view, for example, equity debt, and economy
as a whole. Techniques include: construction of cash flows, alternative
investment rules, inflation adjustments, optimal timing and duration of
projects, private and social pricing. Adjustments for economic distortions,
foreign exchange adjustments, risk and income
271
Basic Finance and Investments.
Satisfies: QS R SS A
Course Description: survey of investments and corporate
finance. The basic financial instruments, how they are used, traded, and
priced; the financial decision-making processes of the
352
Economic Growth.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Examination of the enormous differences
in living standards across countries, which reflect differences in growth
experiences. Study analytical foundations of modern growth theory and the most
recent advances in modeling to shed light on old and new questions about such
experiences. Instructor: Peretto. One course.
115
Engineering Systems Optimization and Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to mathematical optimization,
engineering economic analysis, and other decision analysis tools used to
evaluate and design engineering systems. Application of linear and nonlinear
programming, dynamic programming, expert systems, simulation and heuristic
methods to engineering systems design problems. Applications discussed include:
production plant scheduling, water resources planning, design and analysis,
vehicle routing, resource allocation, repair and rehabilitation scheduling and
economic analysis of engineering design alternatives. Corequisite: Mathematics
107. Instructor: Peirce. One course. C-L: Economics 112
269A
Australia and the Asia-Pacific Economies.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Economic growth, development,
immigration, foreign investment, deregulation, privatization, tax reform, and
financial liberalization in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. ASEAN. Available
only in the Duke-in-Australia Program. Instructor: Lodewijks. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
367
Models of Conflict and Cooperation.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Cooperative and noncooperative game
theory with applications to trading, imperfect competition, cost allocation,
and voting. Prerequisite: Economics 205D. Instructor: Graham. One course.
651S
Social Change, Markets, and Economy in China.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to recent economic, social,
and institutional changes in China, with focus on recent (post 1980) periods.
Up-to-date descriptive reviews, empirical data, and discussions on historical
background, current status, and future perspectives. Instructor: Yi. One
course. C-L: Economics 542S
493
Honors Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R D
Course Description: Individual research in a field of
special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the central goal of
which is the production of an honors thesis, containing significant analysis
and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Prerequisites: Economics
205and Economics 210D. Consent of instructor and Director of Undergraduate
Studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
205D
Intermediate Microeconomics II.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Calculus-based generalization of the
theory of demand and supply developed in Economics 201D. Individual behavior in
environments of risk and uncertainty. Introduction to game theory and strategic
interaction. Adverse selection, moral hazard, non-competitive market
structures, externalities, public goods. Prerequisite: Economics 201D;
Mathematics 202 or Mathematics 212 or any higher-level mathematics course with
Mathematics 212 as a prerequisite. Instructor: Arcidiacono or staff. One
course.
208D
Introduction to Econometrics.
Satisfies: QS R L L
Course Description: Data collection, estimation, and
hypothesis testing. Use of econometric models for analysis and policy. Prerequisites:
Economics 201D; and Mathematics 112 122 202, 212, or higher; and Statistics
111, 130, 230, or 250 or Mathematics 230 or 342. Instructor: Sweeting, Tarozzi
or staff. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies,
Modeling Biological Systems
23
Principles of Microeconomics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This is the equivalent for Principles of
Microeconomics taken at another school or Duke-In Program. Only Econ 23 and
Econ 24 together substitute for Econ 101. Instructor: Brown. One course.
306
Introduction to Economic History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 302
464
Competitive Strategy and Industrial Organization.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Foundations of the field of industrial
organization, including the theory of the firm, models of competition, market
structure, pricing and dynamic models. Emphasis on theory with support from
specific industries, including telecommunications, retail and airlines.
Prerequisite: Economics 205D. Instructor: Khan or Yildirim. One course. C-L:
Markets and Management Studies
567S
Computer Modeling.
Satisfies: QS R SS W D
Course Description: Introduction to the use of computer
techniques in economic policy evaluation; policy applications to international
economics, public finance and development economics; computer analysis of
linearized and nonlinear models using Excel and GAMS. Students required to
complete a major modeling project. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D.
Instructor: Tower.
431
Economics of Global Health.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 446
328
Regulation and Deregulation in Public Utilities.
Satisfies: QS SS D
Course Description: Explores historical basis for regulation
of public utilities, with focus on energy utilities, from an economic and legal
perspective. Application of standard monopoly microeconomics leading to rate of
return regulation is developed leading to discussion of evolution of economic
thought on electric power system economics and changes in some states to
"deregulate" the regulation of electricity markets. Case studies of
recent developments in these markets, market clearing entities (e.g. PJM),
basis for location marginal pricing, measures of market power, and pricing of
capacity and reliability. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor:
Boyd. One course.
433
The Economics of Wages and Employment.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Demand for and supply of labor,
including human fertility, human capital, hours of work, and labor force
participation. Effects of family structure, marriage laws, taxes and transfers
(welfare, earned income tax credit) on labor supply and the distribution of
income across families and individuals. Labor market discrimination, unions.
Prerequisites: Economics 205D; and Statistical Science 111, 230, 130, 250, or
Mathematics 230 or 342. Instructor: McElroy or Sloan. One course.
612
Time Series Econometrics.
Satisfies: SS A
Course Description: Empirical research in macroeconomics and
international finance, providing students with a series of econometric tools
for empirical analysis of time-series and an introduction to the current
empirical research in macroeconomics, international finance, and forecasting.
Small project and simple empirical research required. Prerequisites:
Satisfactory performance (as judged by the instructor) in Econometrics
(Economics 208D) plus a course in Linear Algebra or consent of the instructor.
course in macroeconomics (Economics 210D) is very useful but not strictly
enforced. Instructor: Rossi. One course.
274
Advanced Financial and Managerial Accounting.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Problems of liability valuation and the
related issues of income determination from the perspective of the financial
analyst. Studies the assessment of past and future performance with an
introduction to equity valuation. Accounting and reporting problems of complex
corporate structures. Use of accounting information for internal purposes for
planning and control. Prerequisites: Economics 174. Instructor: Skender. One
course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies
329S
Medical Malpractice.
Satisfies: EI R SS W A
Course Description: Seminar will focus on each of four
medical malpractice "system" markets. Students will write a term
paper on one aspect of one market. book will be assigned and readings from
journal articles. The seminar will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn
more about medical malpractice, tort, how legal markets and insurance operate,
and the political economy and ethical implications of "tort reform."
Instructor: Sloan. One course.
496S
Honors Seminar II.
Satisfies: R SS W S D
Course Description: Following Economics 495 iterative forum
for conducting original research culminating in a substantive research project
suitable for submission as an honors thesis. Prerequisites: Economics 205and
210D. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Connolly, Kimbrough, or
staff. One course.
413
Forecasting Financial Markets.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Introduces statistical models for
financial price and risk. ARMA, GARCH, Value-at-Risk. Covers both theory
underlying these models and practical implementation using statistical software
(MATLAB). Prerequisites: Statistics 111 or Statistics 130; Mathematics 216 or
Mathematics 222; or Mathematics 212 and Mathematics 221. Instructor: Patton.
One course.
455
International Finance.
Satisfies: CCI SS D
Course Description: Analysis of the determinants of
international capital movements, trade imbalances, and nominal and real
exchange rates. Policy debates such as the foreign indebtedness of the United
States, emerging market debt crises, exchange-rate-based inflation
stabilization, and balance-of-payment crises. Prerequisites: Economics 372 or 205and
210D. Instructor: Burnside or staff. One course.
463
Law and Economics.
Satisfies: EI QS SS A
Course Description: qualitative and quantitative
introduction to economic analysis of legal issues and legal reasoning. Case
studies in accident law, product liability, and the value of life. Other topics
include contracts, property, affirmative action, civil procedure, and the
economics of criminal behavior. Some models examined include a calculus-based
approach. Prerequisite: Economics 205D. Instructor: Graham or staff. One
course.
294
Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: Cross National
Perspective.
Satisfies: A CCI EI SS
Course Description: Explores origins and causes of
differences in patterns of economic performance between ethnic and racial
groups from a comparative perspective across the globe. Consideration of a
variety of accounts for wide disparities in incidence of poverty and affluence
across ascriptively differentiated groups, with particular attention to
economic problems in ethnically or racially plural societies and use of various
social policies to redress intergroup inequalities, including Malaysia's New
Economic Policy, India's reservations system for scheduled castes, and
affirmative action in U.S. and South Africa. Instructor: Darity. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 244, Economics 248
362
Psychology for Economists.
Satisfies: R SS D
Course Description: Behavioral economics couples scientific
research on the psychology of decision making with economic theory to better understand
what motivates investors, employees, and consumers. An examination of topics
such as how emotion rather than cognition determines economic decisions,
"irrational" patterns of how people think about money and
investments, how expectations shape perceptions, economic and psychological
analyses of dishonesty by presumably honest people, and how social and
financial incentives combine to motivate labor by everyday workers and CEOs
alike. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Ariely.
362S
International Trade: Research Frontiers.
Satisfies: SS W D
Course Description: Students introduced to articles of
recent research in international trade and investment. Students will engage
with literature, rewrite to make more accessible to classmates, evaluate it and
propose how to extend it. By end of course, students will complete a pilot
project, which may be extended to an honors thesis or a masters project.
Prerequisites: Econ 105and 110D. Instructor: Tower. One course.
307
History of Economic Thought.
Satisfies: CCI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 311; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
462
Behavioral Economics.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: Introduction to the insights gained from
incorporating psychology into economic modeling. Based exclusively on original,
often recent, scientific publications. Focus on empirical evidence, theoretical
models and economic implications. Equilibrium analysis is essential analytical
tool. Participants will each give a presentation of a scientific paper from the
reading list. This course will build on mathematics covered in Mathematics
202/212/222. Prerequisites: Economics 205D. Instructor: Sadowski. One course.
371
Labor and Family Economics.
Satisfies: QS R SS D
Course Description: Bridges gap between economic theory and
real world data by giving students guided experience in answering real research
questions using real data, drawing examples from the literature. Oral
presentations and written summary/critiques of published papers in a workshop
setting. Work with cross-section and panel data sets, with the aim of learning
to manage such data and give credible answers to research questions by coping
with problems such as omitted variable and selection bias, unobserved
differences across agents, and endogeneity. Research questions drawn from
Labor, family, and public economics. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 208D.
Instructor: McElroy. One course.
331
Health Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 334
374S
New Ventures Operating Plan.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Course allows teams to follow structured
process in carrying out analysis aimed at development of complete
operating/business plan for new corporate venture. Four major areas form basis
of operating plan: core competencies, elements of operating plan, budget, and
financing plan. Instructor: Rhee. One course.
332S
Time Series for Financial Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R SS D
Course Description: Theoretical/empirical tools and
techniques in financial econometrics for modeling conditional distribution in
discrete time. Topics include modeling conditional mean through models,
variance through GARCH models, exploring alternative distribution to capture
conditional asymmetry and Fat-tail. Models applied to Finance to measure
value-at-risk of a portfolio, price European option and forecast term structure
of interest rate. Individual research projects will advance overall
understanding of conditional density modeling/testing, with possibility of
continuing as senior honors thesis. Prerequisites: Economics 208D and one
300-level, or higher, Economics finance elective. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
361
Prisoner's Dilemma and Distributive Justice ( C-N).
Satisfies: A EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
351; also C-L: Philosophy 246, Ethics, Information Science and Information
Studies
442
Development Economics: Theory, Evidence and Policy.
Satisfies: CCI R SS A D
Course Description: An exploration of leading issues in
economic development. Policy examining roles of education, health, gender,
demographic change, and urbanization. Analysis of structural change including
roles of agriculture, technical change, industrialization, and international
trade. Eclectic empirical emphasis using cross national evidence, the
historical record, and country case studies. "research mind set"
based in part on critical analyses of exemplary empirical research, emphasized
throughout. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
343
The Contemporary Art Market.
Satisfies: ALP R SS A
Course Description: historical and analytical study of the
way art objects have been produced and marketed. Peculiarities of the product,
applicable sales techniques, and pricing procedures. Attention to the role of
dealers, auctioneers, the art of criticism and formation of preferences, and
innovation. Comparative and longitudinal examinations of the evolution of
practices, institutions, and the regulatory environment in art markets.
Recommended: Economics 201D. Instructor: De MarchiI. One course. C-L: Art
History 261, Markets and Management Studies
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
378
Financial Risk Management.
Satisfies: QS SS D
Course Description: Identifying, measuring, and dealing with
risk factors faced by firms in increasingly complex financial system. Course
examines major types of financial risks faced by firms and introduces models
for measuring, and frameworks for managing risk, and the main tools used in financial
risk management, with application to real-world examples and case studies.
Assessment of models, tools and frameworks for managing various risks.
Attention given to role of public policy in shaping practice of risk
management. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Fullenkamp. One
course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
288
International Trade.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 355; also
C-L: Markets and Management Studies
480S
Honors Junior Research Workshop in Finance.
Satisfies: QS R SS D D D D
Course Description: Application of tools and techniques
developed in statistics and economics to research into the structure of
financial markets at the very high frequencies. Topics include testing for
jumps in financial prices, the role of high frequency micro-structure noise
that masks fundamental price, the importance of macroeconomic news
announcements, the roles of various asymmetries such as volatility feedback,
and interactions across financial markets at the very high frequency. Research
project analyzing large data samples. Prerequisites: Mathematics 212,
Statistical Science 111, Economics 205 210 208and one finance course (Economics
471, 372, 373). Economics 208and finance may be taken concurrently. Consent of
instructor required. Instructors: Bollerslev and Tauchen. One course.
355
American International Economic Policy.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS W
Course Description: Topics include United States trade
policies and protectionism, the North American Free Trade area, trade and
economic relations with industrialized countries, policies toward developing
countries and multilateral institutions, macroeconomic policy coordination, and
relations with Europe. Prerequisites: Economics 201D. Instructor: Leachman or
staff. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 288, Markets and Management
Studies
347
African Economic Development.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: This course will seek to provide
students with a realistic picture of African economies and societies today,
emphasizing their heterogeneity and accomplishments, as well as focusing on
reasons for continued widespread poverty throughout the continent. The course
develops behavioral models that can be used to explain and predict household,
market, and government behaviors and
289
Public Finance.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 438
305S
History of International Financial and Monetary Crises.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 305S
486S
Honors Senior Research Workshop in Finance.
Satisfies: QS R SS W D D D S
Course Description: Continuation of Economics 480S.
Pre-requisites include: Mathematics 212, Statistical Science 111, Economics 205
210 208 480 and one finance course (Economics 471, 372, 373). Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Bollerslev or Tauchen. One course.
290S
Selected Topics In Economics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
597S
Seminar in Applied Project Evaluation.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Initiate, develop, and perform a project
evaluation. Range of topics include measuring the social cost of deforestation,
the B1 Bomber, a child nutrition program, the local arts program. Prerequisite:
Economics 285 or Public Policy Studies 596. Instructor: Conrad. C-L: Economics
522S
345
The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Economics as target discipline for
philosophy of science. How economists investigate the economy; how economics
produces knowledge/explanation/prediction/understanding. Classic contributions
to economic methodology (John Stuart Mill, John Neville Keynes, Milton
Friedman) & to Philosophy of Science (Carl Hempel, Karl Popper, Thomas
Kuhn, Imr\'e9 Lakatos) with case studies of applications to economic problems.
Also recent topics at intersection of Philosophy & Economics (models, causality,
reductionism, realism). Prerequisites: either one course in
272S
Investment Strategies.
Satisfies: R SS D
Course Description: Examines issues in personal investment
strategies. Emphasis on portfolio selection. Topics include behavioral finance,
mutual funds, data-mining, diversification, dollar cost averaging, efficient
market hypothesis, equity premium, exchange-traded funds, expenses and
transaction costs, Islamic funds, junk bonds, inflation indexed bonds, life
cycle investing, market timing, passive versus active investing, predicting
performance, pumping performance, rebalancing, sector funds, stock market
anomalies, survivorship bias, tax managed investing, time zone arbitrage, and
Tobin's Q. Reading/discussion. Research paper and midterm/final exams.
Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Tower. One course.
495S
Honors Seminar I.
Satisfies: R SS W D
Course Description: First course in two-semester honors
sequence. Guided research on student-selected topics. Iterative presentations
and writing assignments on current literature related to student-selected
topics and of student-developed research proposals. Course requires completion
of research proposal suitable for write-up as honors thesis in Economics 496S.
Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Connolly, Kimbrough, or
Staff. One course.
345
Urban Economics.
Satisfies: EI R SS W
Course Description: Introduction to urban and spatial
economics. Neoclassical monocentric city spatial model, patterns of land
values, property prices, residential density and impact of distressed
communities on broader development. Systems of cities and regional growth, role
of cities in economic development. United States urban features: ethical and
socio-economic effects of housing segregation and implications for
discrimination. Tradeoffs between efficiency and fairness in housing resource
allocation. Business location theory, impact of innovations in transportation,
and technology's effect on work patterns. Prerequisite: Economics 201D.
Instructor: Becker. One course.
512
Equity Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: This is a high-level course for those
who have previously had experience in corporate finance and accounting. It is
designed to give the student a deeper insight into important concepts relating
to equity valuation and financial statement analysis, including such topics as
international standards conversion, tax implications, long term liabilities and
leases, and employee compensation. Instructor: Brown.
290FS
Focus Program Topics in Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Open only to students in the Focus Program.
Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
351
Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle
East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 306; also
C-L: Islamic Studies
412
Applied Econometrics in Macroeconomics.
Satisfies: QS R D
Course Description: Basic econometric methods useful in
empirical economic research and forecasting. Topics include multiple regression
analysis under nonstandard conditions; probit, logit, and other limited
dependent variables; count data; simultaneous equation systems; and basic
models with panel data. Macroeconomic applications. Prerequisite: Economics
208or 608D. Instructor: Rossi or staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological
Systems
145
Introduction to Political Economy.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to history of political
economy. Three components: (1) history of economic thought as outgrowth of
moral philosophy; (2) microeconomics and price theory; (3) macroeconomics and
monetary policy. Intended as an economics course for non-majors. No
prerequisite except high school mathematics. Does not count toward Economics
major or minor. Instructor: Munger. One course. C-L: Economics 119, Politics,
Philosophy, and Economics
411
Microeconometrics.
Satisfies: QS R SS D
Course Description: Empirical research in microeconomics,
with emphasis on three main sub-fields: labor economics, public economics, and
industrial organization. Focus on current empirical research in these areas and
student independent analysis of current research using statistical software.
Prerequisite: Economics 208or 608D. Instructor: Staff. One course.
515
Introduction to Law & Economics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Law 359
673
Mathematical Finance.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 581
572
Intermediate Finance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Integrates micro and macro economics
with topics in finance. Utility maximization within mean variance framework for
portfolio analysis and capital asset pricing model. Corporate valuation and
discounted cash flow analysis. Capital structure and principal-agent problem
will lead into a discussion of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis and underlying
assumptions. Market pricing, forecasting, and financial crises. Graduate
pairing for Economics 372; graduate students will receive additional writing
assignments. Instructor: Rasiel. One course.
376A
Financial Markets in the Global Economy.
Satisfies: QS SS NY IMF NFL UBS D
Course Description: Duke-in-Financial Markets &
Institutions Program. Covers monetary policy/linkages between domestic/global
financial markets. Review institutional background: Federal Reserve, European
Central Bank, People's Bank of China, and World Bank. Transmission mechanism of
monetary/interest rate shocks is outlined. Study of determination of risk
premiums on emerging market sovereigns, corporate bonds and equities by various
risks. Guest lecturers from Warburg
Pincus and other financial institutions. Prerequisites: Math 102 or 103,
Statistics 101 or 103, Econ 208D and Econ 205D. Instructor: Connolly. One
course.
375
The Economics of Entrepreneurship.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Application of microeconomic theory,
such as game theory and industrial organization, to analyze business start-ups
and their development. Focus on evaluation of the role of entrepreneurs in the
macroeconomy, and the microeconomic performance of young businesses. The
effects of government policies and economic fluctuations on entrepreneurs will
be addressed, as well as an understanding of the organization and financial
structure, development, and allocational decisions of growing entrepreneurial
ventures. Instructor: Kim. One course.
512S
Current Issues in International and Development Economics.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 568S;
also C-L: Canadian Studies
313
The Uses of Economics.
Satisfies: CZ R SS STS W
Course Description: The various ways economics is used in
contemporary society: in the scholarly community, government, private sector,
civil society, other disciplines, and popular culture. Readings in original
texts and interpretative commentaries. Prerequisites: Economics 201D.
Instructor: Goodwin. One course.
377A
The Economics of Financial Derivatives & Financial
Engineering.
Satisfies: QS SS D DUS
Course Description: Introduction to derivatives focused on
economic functions as tools for hedging/risk management. Topics include:
forwards, futures, swaps, options, parity conditions, binomial options pricing,
Black-Scholes formula, financial engineering for risk management Value-at-Risk
(VAR). Emphasis on intuition and common sense implementation of technical
material. Abuses and potentials for arbitrage profits considered.
Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D; and either a statistics/probability
course or demonstrated knowledge of basic probability concepts such as means,
variances, and covariances. 300 or 400 level finance class is helpful but not
required. Consent of required. Instructor: Tauchen. One course.
322S
Crime and Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Crime and public policies affecting
crime and punishment is an increasingly important aspect of U.S. society.
Increasing current and former prison population make it important to analyze
effects this "sector" has on the economy and society as a whole.
Introduce students to the decision to commit a crime modeled in a rational
framework. Analyze several economic models of crime and investigate effects of
crime on the public and the criminal. Topics: public economics, labor
economics, racial disparities and
230
Women in the Economy.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 348
445
Urban Economics II.
Satisfies: EI R SS D D
Course Description: Historical evolution of cities from an
economic perspective, considering the factors driving urban growth and decline
at different points in history and the evolving organization of economic
activity and social living within cities. Additional topics include dynamics of
suburbanization and inner city decline, racial and ethnic segregation; urban
industrial structure and spatial distribution of jobs; and impact of
metropolitan political structure on urban sprawl and provision of public goods.
Economics 205required; Economics 208(Econometrics) strongly recommended.
Instructor: Bayer. One course.
308S
Adam Smith and the System of Natural Liberty.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 312S
308S
Islam and the State: Political Economy of Governance in the
Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 326S
344
History of Art Markets.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 242
322SA
Economics of Creative Goods.
Satisfies: R SS D
Course Description: Creative industries (especially the
arts, entertainment) often distinguished by peculiarities of product (for example,
non-durable), by special nature of financing and contracting (for example,
option contracts), and by challenges they present to conventional analysis of
pricing and consumption. Research report required. (Taught only in the
Duke-in-Venice Program.) Prerequisites: Economics 201or instructor's consent.
Instructor: De Marchi. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
327S
Decision Making in Business.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: This course introduces commonly used
quantitative tools of managerial economics and management science in practice.
Situations often require ability to identify decision situations, model complex
processes, use information available to make a choice. Specific topics include
spreadsheet modeling, decision and risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and
optimization. Areas of application include inventory management, financial
instruments, insurance, and capital budgeting, planning
575L
Resource and Environmental Economics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: C-L: see Environment 520L; also C-L:
Economics 530L
353
Monetary Economics.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: The operations of commercial and central
banking and non-banking financial institutions and instruments in the United
States, determination of monetary aggregates and interest rates, the financial
impacts of Treasury operations, and the linkages from Federal Reserve actions
to price level, employment, economic growth, and balance of payments
objectives. Coverage of models of monetary economics (for example the Cagan
money demand function, cash in advance models). The dynamics and real effects
of inflation. Prerequisite: Economics 210D. Instructor: Leachman, Kimbrough, or
Staff. One course.
656S
International Monetary Economics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Financial aspects of growth and income
determination, and macroeconomic policy in open economies. Applications to
exchange rate determination, capital markets, fluctuations in the trade balance
and current account, monetary and fiscal policies in open economies, currency
crises, and monetary reform. Significant research component required.
Prerequisite: Economics 201D. Instructor: Kimbrough. One course.
210D
Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Satisfies: QS SS STS D D
Course Description: Intermediate level treatment of
macroeconomic models, fiscal and monetary policy, inflation, unemployment,
economic growth. Prerequisite: Economics 201and Mathematics 202 or Mathematics
212 or Mathematics 222; Economics 205may be taken as co-requisite. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
318S
Economic Science Studies.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Application of science and technology
studies to problems in the history, philosophy, methodology, and sociology of
economics. Addresses modern economics as an illustrative case of issues arising
in Studies of Scientific Knowledge. What counts as ''fact'' in economics? Who
decides? Why has mathematical economics enjoyed such success in recent decades?
Close readings in texts across the sciences and in modern economics, and the
history of mathematics, culminating in a research project. Prerequisite:
Economics 201D. This course is only open to Juniors and Seniors; Sophomores
must obtain instructor consent. Instructor: Weintraub. One course.
201D
Intermediate Microeconomics I.
Satisfies: SS L
Course Description: Introduction of the concepts of
preferences and technologies. Intermediate development of the theory of demand,
supply and competitive equilibrium from individual preferences and
technologies. Income and substitution effects, uncompensated demand and
marginal willingness to pay. Conditions under which competitive markets result
in efficient outcomes. Conditions under which government policy has the
potential to increase efficiency. Tension between economic efficiency and
different notions of equity. Prerequisites: Economics 21 and 22 or 101; and
Mathematics 21, 122, 122 202, 212 or higher level math. Instructor: staff. One
course. C-L: Health Policy
645S
Political Economy of Growth, Stabilization and Distribution.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Examines why some nations are rich and
others poor; whether financial crises are inevitable; whether economic growth
reduces poverty, increases inequality, or both. Addresses extent to which
answers to these questions are under human control. Instructor: Keech. One
course. C-L: Economics 548S
606
Advanced Macroeconomics II.
Satisfies: D
Course Description: Course considers macroeconomic models
and computational tools. Will benefit those interested in going to doctoral
program, as the course covers underlying tools for Phmacroeconomics. Basic Dynamic
Stochastic General Equilibrium macro models reviewed and used to learn
numerical and empirical approaches. Course emphasizes real business cycle
theory and sticky price models
323S
Cities as Incubators of Growth.
Satisfies: CZ R SS W
Course Description: Comparative and historical analysis of
cities as natural incubators of innovation and growth. Exploration through
analytical and empirical literature of the positive externalities created by
close human contact, including knowledge and information exchange and
concentrations of talent. Perspectives of economists, city planners and
architects considered. Research project required. Prerequisite: Economics 201D.
Instructor: De Marchi. One course.
304
Economics of the Public Sector.
Satisfies: SS D
Course Description: Applies tools of intermediate micro
economics to the public sector. Develops economic justifications for government
intervention into the economy and examines and evaluates various government
policies and programs including regulation of externalities, welfare programs,
social security and other social insurance programs. Provides a solid
foundation for applied benefit cost analysis. Analyzes tax policy and other
forms of government financing, both at national and subnational levels.
Prerequisites: Public Policy Studies 303or Economics 201D. Instructor: Ladd,
Ananat, Hamoudi, Pat. One course. C-L: Economics 338
323
Microfinance.
Satisfies: SS D
Course Description: Grameen Bank and founder Muhammad Yunus
won a Nobel Peace Prize for innovations in poverty alleviation through
microfinance. Microfinancing as a development tool and agent of social change
has spread to developing countries and has been adapted for use in developed
nations. Focus on historical/theoretical basis of microfinance, review empirical
findings regarding the success of microfinance. Students gain
factual/historical information concerning development of the "microfinance
revolution," learn basic theoretical/analytical tools needed to design
microfinance programs, and engage in critical thinking regarding recent debates
in field of microfinance. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor:
Miller. One course.
513
Structuring Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The course will focus on the design and
implementation of corporate merger and acquisition transactions, including
acquisitions of stock and assets of non-public corporations and acquisitions of
publicly-held corporations in negotiated and hostile transactions. The course
will cover federal securities law and state corporate law issues, including
important forms of private ordering, such as poison pills, lock-ups, earnouts
and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting,
tax and antitrust issues and various regulatory considerations will also be
covered. Instructor: Bill (Glenn) Brown.
310
The International Economy, 1850-Present: From Globalization
to Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 304
390AS
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Economics.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Seminar version of Economics 390A.
Topics differ by section. Prerequisite: Economics 201D. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
364D
American Business History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W D
Course Description: The historical development of business
in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instructor:
Balleisen. One course. C-L: Economics 222 Markets and Management Studies
690S
Selected Topics in Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Seminar version of Economics 690.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
314
The History of Modern Macroeconomics from Keynes to the
Present.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Examination of key developments in
macroeconomics from the 1930s through the present. Case studies of the
evolution of macroeconomics in political and social context. Topics include the
theory of unemployment in the Great Depression; growth theory and the rise of
business cycle modeling in the aftermath of World War II; the trade-off between
inflation and unemployment in the 1950s and 1960s; the debate over monetarism
in the age of stagflation; and the rise of the New Classical Macroeconomics in
its aftermath. Prerequisite: Economics 210D. Instructor: Hoover. One course.
317S
Innovation, Entrepreneurs & VCs.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: Importance of technological innovation
as a source of competitive advantage and role of start-up and mature firms in
innovative activity. Particular attention given to financial institutions and
venture capital firms in innovation process. Focus on market and policy
developments in United States, but includes comparison with other countries.
Case analyses and term paper required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190A
Special Topics in Economics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
325S
Economic Analysis of Current Energy Issues.
Satisfies: SS STS D
Course Description: Examination of present-day sources and
end-users of energy in U.S. and selected foreign nations with attention to
external cost of energy systems. Fossil fuel prospects, new and renewable
energy sources and nuclear power. Opportunities for increasing energy
productivity. Proposals for dealing with climate change. Equip students to
evaluate proposals and arguments from all sides of the energy debates using
facts and analysis. Prerequisites: Economics 205and 210D. Instructor: Burnside
or staff. One course.
174
Financial Accounting.
Satisfies: QS SS
Course Description: The accounting model of the firm,
transaction analysis, the use of accounting information by management. Topics
include procedures to process accounting data, income determination, financial
statement analysis, cost behavior, budgeting, and short-run decisions. The
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219
Medieval Bodies: Sex & Food.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 246; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 256, Study of Sexualities 210
233
Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in
Modern China.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 333; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 334, Study of Sexualities
233, Arts of the Moving Image 270
290
Selected Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Lecture version of Study of Sexualities
290S. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S
Seminars in Selected Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
371S
Gender, Sexuality, and the Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS W S
Course Description: Image and visual culture in the
production and engagement of gender, race, sexuality, and class. Examining the
various ways images organize understandings and experiences of gender,
sexuality, and their relations via the methodologies of feminist and queer
theory. How contemporary feminist art challenges U.S. feminist scholarship
working to theorize feminism from within transnational contexts. This course
includes a curatorial component, and will be taught in collaboration with Duke
University\rquote s Nasher Museum. Instructor: Lamm. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 371 Visual and Media Studies 371S
368S
Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: This course investigates gender and
sexual dimensions of human rights, considering key international human rights
campaigns and emphasizing the historical and philosophical contexts involved in
advocacy for Women's Human Rights and Sexual Rights. May include a
service-learning component. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 268S
349
Sexuality and Society.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Sociocultural factors affecting sexual
behavior. Changing beliefs about sex; how sexual knowledge is socially learned
and sexual identities formed; the relation between power and sex; control over
sexual expression. Required participation in service learning. Instructor: Bach
or staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 229, Women's Studies
235S
Clinical Issues for the Community.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: An introduction to LGBTQ issues in the
mental-health field and other people-focused professions, e.g. medicine,
education, and law. An examination of the historical treatment of the LGBTQ
population in psychological practice, the evolution of mental-health care for
members of the LGBTQ community, and the psychological effects of social norms
on LGBTQ individuals, couples, and families, including non-pathologizing,
heterosexual bias, genderism, self-identification, coming out,
multiple-minority identities, parenting, and couple dynamics. Instructor: Long.
One course. C-L: Women's Studies 235S, Psychology 310S
231S
Vampire Chronicles: Fantasies of Vampirism in a
Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 413S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 406 Study of
Sexualities 231 Arts of the Moving Image 217S
373
American Sexualities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 373
370S
Queer Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS A S S
Course Description: seminar designed specifically for
advanced study in sexuality and gender. Contextualizes queer theory as a
distinct analytic tradition by paying attention to poststructuralist approaches
to subjectivity, sociality, power, and knowledge. This course also serves as
the capstone required for the Certificate in the program in the study of
sexualities. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 470
Literature 475 Marxism and Society
413S
Capstone Seminar: Modern Sex: Sexuality and Modernity in the
Americas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 452S
202S
Introduction to Study of Sexualities.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of
Sexualities 199S
89S
First Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: New concepts and themes in the Study of
Sexualities. Topics vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
364S
Race, Gender, and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: Gender's relationship to race and
sexuality explored through a variety of issues, including health, intimacy,
family, the state, economic practices, transnational communities and
identities, and social movement. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 264 African and African American Studies 242S
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (AAAS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 103
562S
Monuments and Memory: Public Policy and Remembrance of
Racial Histories.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Processes of memorialization of various
dimensions of racial pasts, via statuaries, naming of parks and buildings,
films (both documentary and fiction), novels, historical works. In depth
treatment of political and economic basis for determining what events or
persons are remembered and how they are remembered. Interdisciplinary course
encompassing literary studies, memory studies, history, political science,
anthropology, and economics. Instructor: Darity. C-L: African and African
American Studies 541S
613S
Third Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS STS S S S
Course Description: Exploration of the geopolitics of
situatedness and distance as they refer to the film industry, investigating
processes of production, distribution, and reception of Hollywood, Third World,
and diasporic films, and studying classical and artisanal modes of production
in film. Addresses questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and
interventionist filmmaking as they refer themselves to human states of
liminality, global movements of populations and capital. Traces the experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 530 International Comparative
Studies 613 Latin American Studies 613 Arts of the Moving Image 644S
542S
Schooling and Social Stratification.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: This course will examine educational
policies in a comparative, cross-national fashion with a focus on the
implications for the construction of social hierarachy and inequality.
Instructor: Darity. C-L: African and African American Studies 549 Education
542S
529S
Race and Ethnicity.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Explores in depth policies of redress
for intergroup disparities or inequality across countries. Examination of
policies that attempt to systematically correct differences across
racial/ethnic groups in income, wealth, health, rates of incarceration,
political participation, and educational attainment, e.g. affirmative action,
land redistribution, parental school choice, and income redistribution measures
in a number of countries including India, the United States, Brazil, Malaysia,
Chile, and South Africa. Address question of why intergroup differences in
outcomes should be viewed as a social problem. Instructor: Darity. C-L: African
and African American Studies 551S
353S
Behind the Veil: Methods.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
323S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 238S
450S
Capstone Seminar: 20th-Century South Africa Through
Biography and Autobiography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Explores twentieth-century South African
history through the lens of biography and autobiography. Protagonists range
from little known South Africans like Kas Maine, a sharecropper documented only
in a 1931 record of a fine paid for failing to produce a dog license, to world
renowned figures like Nelson Mandela. Readings cover virtually the entire
twentieth century but have been carefully selected to provide a chronological
presentation of South African history. Utilizes of a mix of scholarly and
non-scholarly writings, as well as discussions exposing South Africa's
countryside and cities, its underworld and its place on the world stage.
Instructor: Shapiro. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 406S
132
The Third World and the West II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Continuation of History 131. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 132, International
Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies, Marxism and Society
644S
Poverty, Inequality, and Health.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Impact of poverty and socioeconomic
inequality on the health of individuals and populations. Attention given to
both United States and non-United States populations. Topics include the
conceptualization and measurement of poverty and socioeconomic inequality;
socioeconomic gradients in health; globalization and health; socioeconomic
deprivation across the life-course and health in adulthood; and public policy
responses in the United States and elsewhere to growing health inequities in
the age of globalization. Prerequisite: An introductory course in statistics.
Seniors and graduate students only. Instructor: James. C-L: African and African
American Studies 548S
160S
Introduction to Latino/a Studies in the Global South.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latino/a Studies in
the Global South 101S; also C-L: Literature 143 African and African American
Studies 104S
350
African American Intellectual History, Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 321; also C-L: African and African American Studies 281
312
Europe's Colonial Encounter, 1492-1992.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The impact of colonial expansion on
European economic development, political culture, and popular identity from the
"age of discovery" through the present. Particular attention to the
ethical implications of colonialism's influence on Western
"civilization." Instructor: Thorne. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 212, Canadian Studies 312, Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
226S
The Black Atlantic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 383;
also C-L: African and African American Studies 329
547S
Minority Mental Health: Issues in Theory, Treatment, and
Research.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 606S
208
Contemporary Performance.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 229, Art History 229
481S
Capstone Seminar: The Age of Jim Crow: Racial Segregation
from Plessy (1896) to Brown (1954).
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: The emergence, nature, and consequences
of racial segregation (also known as Jim Crow) in the South and nation; how Jim
Crow compares to the system of apartheid in South Africa; perspectives on black
life and race relations in southern communities; and major challenges to Jim
Crow by African American religious, social, and civil rights organizations and
their allies. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 409S
211
History of Africa: From Antiquity to Early Modern Times.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 203; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Women's Studies
207
Development and Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 307; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 307, International
Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
390-3
Special Topic in an Individual African American Author.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R III
Course Description: Studies in an individual African
American author. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 290-3
236S
Religion in Black America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Seminar version of Religion 236.
Instructor: Peters. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 270S
347
African Americans Since the Civil War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Post-slavery black life and thought, as
well as race relations and social change, during Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the
Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, and contemporary times; ethical
concepts and issues on human justice in the course of struggles for democracy,
tolerance, and equality. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 207, International Comparative Studies, Documentary
Studies
260S
Africa and the Slave Trade.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 313S
374
Pigging Out: The Cultural Politics of Food.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 352; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 206
305
The African Diaspora.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 305; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
218
The Caribbean, 1492-1700.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 318; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies
131
The Third World and the West I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: First part of a two-course sequence
examining economic, social, political, and cultural relationships, 1500 to the
present. Topics may vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
African and African American Studies 131, International Comparative Studies,
Latin American Studies, Marxism and Society
133S
African Mbira Music: An Experiential Learning Class.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Building and performing one of Africa's
most popular musical instruments, the mbira (a kalimba or "finger
piano"). Ethnomusicological readings on the instrument's history, role in
society, and meaning for musicians. Analysis of musical examples; learning the
mbira's repertory and mastering skills common to many forms of African music,
including performance of polyrhythms, responsive integration of instrumental
and vocal patters, and formulation of unique renditions of pieces through
improvisation. Weekly class labs. Course requires no prior experience with
music or woodworking. Instructor: Berliner. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 109 Cultural Anthropology 133S
520S
Harlem Renaissance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 554S
384S
Islam in the Americas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: Explores how Muslim communities live and
practice Islam in the American context. Examines diverse Muslim communities
emerging from transatlantic exploration, trade in slaves, and migration as well
as indigenous conversion. Discussion of religious and cultural identities of
American Muslim peoples and consideration of questions of communal
organization, religious authority, gender dynamics, youth culture, political
and civic engagement, as well as American Muslim comedy and entertainment.
Examination of impact of 9/11 upon American Muslims, their responses to the
tragedy, and Americans' shifting perceptions of Islam and Muslims Instructor:
Hassan. One course. C-L: History 351, African and African American Studies 274
Islamic Studies
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in African
and African-American Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
294
Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: Cross National
Perspective.
Satisfies: A CCI EI SS
Course Description: Explores origins and causes of
differences in patterns of economic performance between ethnic and racial
groups from a comparative perspective across the globe. Consideration of a
variety of accounts for wide disparities in incidence of poverty and affluence
across ascriptively differentiated groups, with particular attention to
economic problems in ethnically or racially plural societies and use of various
social policies to redress intergroup inequalities, including Malaysia's New
Economic Policy, India's reservations system for scheduled castes, and
affirmative action in U.S. and South Africa. Instructor: Darity. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 244, Economics 248
243S
Black Theater Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Explore race and culture in America
through texts of Black playwrights. Scene study by racially diverse class to
engender feedback process. Juxtaposition of playwright's race to societal
standards of universal content; relevance of actor's race to playwright's
intent; historical context of Black Arts "militant" plays of the
1960s-70s. Workshop culminates in public performance. Instructor: O'Berski. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 332S
283
African American Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Emphasis on works derived from an
Afro-United States cultural perspective. Major figures include Henry Ossawa
Tanner, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare
Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, and others. Instructor: Powell. One course. C-L:
African and African American Studies 227
244
Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 367; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 222, International Comparative
Studies 214
390-4
Special Topics in African American Literary Genres.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R II III
Course Description: Autobiography, Drama, Poetry, The Novel,
and The Essay. Satisfies Area or for English majors -- to be determined by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African
and African American Studies 290-4
102
Introduction to African and African American Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS A
Course Description: range of disciplinary perspectives on
key topics in African American Studies: slavery and abolitionism, theories of
race and racism, gender and race, the era of Jim Crow, cultural expressions,
political and intellectual thought, African American freedom struggles from the
seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and race and public policy.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
316
Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: The social, legal and cultural
construction of racial and ethnic hierarchies in a comparative international
context with the United States and the United Kingdom of central analytical
concern. Racial formation and racial segregation in specific historical and
national contexts including the normative case of the Anglo-Saxon core in the
United States and how its dominance has led to patterns of ethnic antagonism
and discrimination; the historical context of racial stereotypes and their
representation in various mediums. Social justice movements and public policies
designed to challenge racial and ethnic domination including controversial
topics such as "positive discrimination" (United Kingdom) and
Affirmative Action (United States/South Africa). May include comparative case
studies from India, South Africa, Brazil, and continental Europe. Instructor:
Bonilla-Silva. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 246,
Children in Contemporary Society, Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Marxism
and Society
230
Black Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 331
308S
Fugitive Slave (Maroon) Communities in New World Slave
Societies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: Also taught as History 490or 196S.
Instructor: Gaspar. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
237
African American Women and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 310; also C-L: History 349
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
356S
Freedom Stories: Documenting Southern Lives and Writing.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
320S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 231S
355S
Diaspora Literacy: Black Women Novelists of the Third World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Contemporary fiction of black women
writers from West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Representations
of cultural and national identities, patterns of language, figurative
representations, and the revisioned histories as structured and framed within
imaginative literatures. Issues of colonialism and slavery as background.
Instructor: Holloway. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
334
Sampling Soul.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examines how the concept of
"Soul" has functioned as raw data for contemporary forms of cultural
expression. Considers the broader cultural implications of sampling, in the
practices of parody and collage, and the legal ramifications of sampling within
the context of intellectual property law. Course also offers the opportunity to
rethink the concept of archival material in the digital age. Instructor: Neal. One
course.
660
Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: History and schools of Islamic
jurisprudence; Islamic legal reasoning; approaches to ethics and procedural
justice, the ethical regulation of commerce, including a detailed study of
pertinent issues in Islamic law. Also taught as Law 568. Instructor: Moosa. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 575, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 659, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
190FS
Focus Program Seminars: Special Topics.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester.
Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
320S
Slave Society in Colonial Anglo-America: The West Indies,
South Carolina, and Virginia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: The development of slave-based societies
and the production of staple crops for export. Instructor: Gaspar. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 215 International Comparative Studies
276
African American Literature.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Continuation of English 164A. The late
nineteenth century to contemporary writers. Not open to students who have taken
the former English 168. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 224
204
History and Modern Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Presents the long-term historical
dynamics behind three important situations in contemporary Africa. Recent
examples include ethnic warfare in Darfur; oil exploitation and environmental
degradation in the Niger Delta; misgovernment in Zimbabwe. Topics might change
from year to year. The courses aims at helping students become intelligent
commentators on contemporary Africa. Instructor: Ewald or Hall. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 210, International Comparative
Studies, Women's Studies
435S
The Role of Race and Culture on Development ( P).
Satisfies: D CCI SS S
Course Description: Critical examination of racial,
cultural, and social influences on development of African American children in
the U.S. Traditional and nontraditional theoretical and empirical approaches;
issues surrounding children's cognitive, language, and psychosocial
development, plus educational attainment explored from a socio-cultural
perspective. Includes discussion of racial stereotypes, familial interactions,
social policy, the media, and peer groups. Prerequisites: Introductory Psych,
Developmental, Human Development, Research Methods courses. Juniors and Seniors
only. Instructor: Wilbourn. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 420 Human Development
263
Black Europe: Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora in Contemproary
Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of the historical and
contemporary presence and impact of the African diaspora throughout Europe.
Course engages an anthropological examination of ethnographic texts, including
examples of biography, film and visual culture. Instructor: McIntosh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 263
209S
The Atlantic Slave Trade.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 316S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 217 Latin American Studies
313
Crime and the City from Dickens to The Wire.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS HBO
Course Description: Compares representation of crime and the
city in two key "texts": Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist"
and the television series, "The Wire." Juxtaposes the social and
political contexts to which each text refers, paying particular attention to
the nature and causes of criminal activity therein. Explanations emphasizing
individual or personal responsibility will be contrasted to those that take
structural factors into account, including urban housing, public health, child
labor, public education, poverty and its relief, urban governance, as well as
the criminal justice system. Instructor: Thorne. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 226
526S
Race and American Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 525S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 544S
108
Introduction to African Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 103; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 105, History 129
535S
AfroFuturism.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 620S; also C-L: Theater Studies 535 Visual and Media Studies
524S
225
Magical Modernities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 356
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
African and African American Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
326
The South in Black and White.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on present-day and historical
documentary traditions in American South, with an emphasis on call and response
between black and white cultures. The arts and humanities as imbedded in
particular histories and cultures found in the South, and as performed in music
and theater; and portrayed in documentary films, civil rights photography,
Southern literature, and historical and autobiographical writing. Includes historical
texts, oral histories and testimonies of living persons, along with documentary
films, photographs, and writings from people in Durham and elsewhere in the
region. Instructor: Tyson. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 230, History 358
205D
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American
Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The politics of four of the United
States principal racial minority groups -- blacks, Latinos, Asians, and
American Indians. Instruction is provided in two lectures and one small
discussion meeting each week. Instructor: McClain. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 257D
290-1
Special Topics in Performance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
276
Religion and Race.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Discussion of various ways in which
"race" has been defined and constructed in recent centuries using
categories from biology, sociology, philosophy, genetics, anthropology, etc.
Examines how religious traditions and practitioners have actively sought both to
eliminate race and have been complicit in maintaining and defending it. Special
focus on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the modern period. Instructor:
Peters. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 276
212
Representing Slavery.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 314; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 314, Visual and Media
Studies 326
288S
Gender and Sexuality in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 311S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 311S
364S
Race, Gender, and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: Gender's relationship to race and
sexuality explored through a variety of issues, including health, intimacy,
family, the state, economic practices, transnational communities and
identities, and social movement. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 264 African and African American Studies 242S
321
The Modern Caribbean after Emancipation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on the Caribbean region as it
transitioned from a collection of slave and colonial societies into a region of
postcolonial and independent nations. Topics may include: postemancipation
political and cultural struggles, pan-Africanism and Rastafarianism,
nationalist and anticolonial movements, American economic and political
influence in the region, Caribbean emigration to Europe and the United States,
and global spread of Caribbean culture. Instructors: Dubois or Gaspar. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 240
221
South African History, 1870 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 214
353
Modern Africa through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 206; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 232
530S
Seminar in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 505S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 540S
242
Culture and Politics in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 340; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 229, International
Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
270
Black Gods and Kings: Priests and Practices of the
Afro-Atlantic Religions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Surveys the spiritual, political and
economic experience of those who worship African gods--West and Central
Africans, Cubans, Brazilians, Haitians, and North Americans. The gods as
sources of power, organization and healing amid local political dominance of
Muslims and Christians and seismic expansion of international capitalism. West
African Yoruba religion, West-Central African Kongo religion, Brazilian
Candombl\'e9 and Umbanda, Cuban Santer\'eda and Palo Mayombe, Haitian Vodou,
and African-American Pentecostalism are examined as belief systems, and contextualized
to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, long-distance commerce and pilgrimage by
free people. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 269,
Cultural Anthropology 269
208FS
The Anthropology of Race.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Same as Cultural Anthropology 208 but
taught as part of the FOCUS program. Instructor: Baker. One course.
555S
Black Visual Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: Approaches to studying and theorizing of
African diasporal arts and black subjectivity, with a special emphasis on art
historiography, iconology, and criticism, and a particular focus on slavery,
emancipation, freedom, and cultural nationalism, as pertaining to peoples of
African descent and as manifested in such visual forms as paintings,
sculptures, graphics, and media arts from the early modern period to the
present, as well as the political edicts, philosophical tracts,
autobiographies, and theoretical writings of individuals similarly preoccupied
with these ideas. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Powell. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 589S
590S-5
Topics in African Art.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Specific problems of iconography, style,
connoisseurship, or a particular art tradition in African art. Subject varies
from year to year. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Powell. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 590S-5, International
Comparative Studies
352
Art, Architecture, and Masquerade in Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 208; also C-L: African and African American Studies 228
594S
Cultural (Con)Fusions of Asians and Africans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 594S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 594 Latin American
Studies 594S
330S
Social Facts and Narrative Representations.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Story telling as it establishes, relies
on, and transforms socially recognized categories\emdash gender, class, race,
sexual orientation, and region. Narrative theory; examples from written
fiction, film, and television. Instructor: Lubiano. One course. C-L: African
and African American Studies 324S
347S
Civil/Human Rights Activism: In the Spirit of Pauli Murray.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R S
Course Description: Documentary fieldwork course exploring
the legacy of civil and human rights activism in Durham through the life and
work of noted historian, lawyer, poet, activist and priest Pauli Murray.
Students will utilize scholarship, primary source archival materials and
contemporary documentary projects to set a context for their fieldwork in
Durham. Working with the instructor and local social change leadership engaged
in work related to the "Face-Up Project.," students will deepen
fieldwork skills - photography, writing, audio or filmmaking - and develop
documentary projects in collaboration with culturally diverse community groups.
Requires fieldtrips to communities in Durham. Instructor: Lau. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 246 African and African American Studies 236S
260
United States Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Social
Determinants and Public Policy Implications.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 328
238
Psychology of Ethnicity and Context (D).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Focuses on children and families as they
are shaped and impacted by race, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
community/neighborhood context. Aspects considered include: parental beliefs,
expectations, disciplinary strategies, children's mental health and academic
and career goals. Prerequisite: Psychology 103, recommended. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 248, Children in
Contemporary Society, Global Health
336
Urban Education.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 381; also C-L: Education 347, Children in Contemporary Society
387S
Documenting Black Experiences.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
350S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image 214 Cultural Anthropology 262S
105
Old Worlds/New Histories, 500-1500 CE.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: New approaches to history of the world
from ca. 500 to 1500 CE. Examines the world before European hegemony. Topics
may include nature of autonomous centers of production around the globe;
characteristics of trade, empire, science, technology, and high culture across
Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas; diffusion of inventions, ideas,
cultures and religions through travel, trade, state and empire building.
Readings and films explore diverse cosmopolitan worlds before the coming of
modernity. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 134, Marxism and Society
341S
Race in Durham.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Individual student research, archival
and interview-based, on the history and current status of ideas about race,
racial discrimination, and race relations in the city of Durham, as a window
into one regional and local pattern that illuminates larger patterns of race in
the U.S. Open to undergraduates at both NCCU and Duke. Instructor: Hall. One
course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
417S
Francophone Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S S S S
Course Description: Modern literature in French from
French-speaking Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include tradition and
modernity; colonization, cultural assimilation, and the search for identity;
and women in changing contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 410 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 202
International Comparative Studies 430 History 387 Latin American Studies,
Canadian Studies
535S
Race, Racism, and Democracy.
Satisfies: CCI SS W
Course Description: The paradox of racial inequality in
societies that articulate principles of equality, democratic freedom, and justice
for all. Instructor: Baker. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 545S
560S
African Modernities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 645S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
346
Africans in America to the Civil War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: African, European, and Indian
interactions; the black experience of slavery and racism; the evolution of
Afro-American culture, resistance, and the general emancipation; ethical
concepts and issues on human justice in the course of racial oppression and
freedom struggle. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 206, International Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies
140D
Introduction to Jazz.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: survey examining musical, aesthetic,
sociological, and historical aspects. Instructor: Brothers, Brown, or staff.
One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 140D
496
Distinction Program Sequence.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of African and African American
Studies 495 Open only to senior majors. Consent of both instructor and director
of undergraduate studies. Instructor: Staff. One course. Senior Seminar. Open
to seniors majoring in African and African American Studies and to others with
consent of instructor. Instructors: Staff. One course.
333S
The Wire.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 333S
350S
U.S. Critical Studies of Race, Law and the Literary
Imagination.
Satisfies: CZ SS US
Course Description: This course explores the
intersectionalities of race and law. We'll focus on issues like sexuality,
adoption, and marriage, the era and residue of Jim Crow, as well as the meaning
and intent of affirmative action in educational contexts. We'll use case law
and some literary fiction to expose and explore these issues with a particular
interest in understanding how race matters in the construction of citizenship.
Instructor: Holloway. One course.
348
The Civil Rights Movement.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS II
Course Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the
civil rights movement from World War through the late 1960s. Instructor: Gavins
or Lentz-Smith. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 243,
Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
260
Afro-Brazilian Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 327; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 209, Latin American Studies
410S
Cidanania, Cultura, e Participacao/Citizenship, Culture, and
Participation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: Taught in Portuguese, with texts in
Portuguese and English, the course integrates visiting lectures and readings
with experience and on-site research into popular culture, cultural activism
and social movements. Begins with readings and discussion of concepts and
history of citizenship and cultural activism in Brazil, then centers on
320S
Social Movements and Social Media.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS S S
Course Description: Political and ethical uses of
technologies in social uprisings for civil liberties and human rights
particularly: Algeria, Palestine, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain,
Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, and the global Occupy mobilization. . Comparative
analyses of movements. Impact of technologies on social movements. Social
transformations of technologies in history. Student driven case studies
highlight engagement with technologies as tools of resistance. Instructor:
Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 246 African and African
American Studies 247 International Comparative Studies 320S
263
The Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 319; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 219, Latin American Studies
250
Film and the African Diaspora.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 330; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 228
482S
Capstone Seminar: Post-Civil Rights America: The Search for
Social Justice, 1968-Present.
Satisfies: CZ EI R
Course Description: Central outcomes of the Civil Rights
Movement, 1968 to the present; critical reading and discussion, research and
writing on racial and social equality and inequality in major areas of American
life, notably electoral politics; education; religion and ethics; and public
culture. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 408S
412S
Capstone Seminar: Globalization, Women, and Development.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 454S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 407 International Comparative Studies
412S
509S
Race, Class, and Gender: Social History of Modern
(1750-present) Britain.
Satisfies: A CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 505S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 515S
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES (ICS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 85
369S
Transnational Feminism.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Ethico-political strengths and
shortcomings of feminism across international borders. Philosophical,
political, economic, filmic, and literary formulations of international
feminism. Interdisciplinary and multimedia course. Topics include Marxist
internationalism and feminism; disciplinary ethnocentrism; international human
rights and women's rights; postcolonial feminism; labor, domesticity, and
migration; and the idea of 'transnationalism'. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies 208S
290S
Selected Topics in Comparative Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Seminar version of International
Comparative Studies 290. Instructor: Staff. One course.
613S
Third Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS STS S S S
Course Description: Exploration of the geopolitics of
situatedness and distance as they refer to the film industry, investigating
processes of production, distribution, and reception of Hollywood, Third World,
and diasporic films, and studying classical and artisanal modes of production
in film. Addresses questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and
interventionist filmmaking as they refer themselves to human states of
liminality, global movements of populations and capital. Traces the experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 530 International Comparative Studies
613 Latin American Studies 613 Arts of the Moving Image 644S
210S
Doing Good: Anthropological Perspectives on Development.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 428S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 401S
490S
Advanced Seminar in Topics in International Comparative
Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
350
Eastern Europe in Transition: Markets, Media, and the Mafia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: The progress of political, economic, and
social transformations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Topics
include: The Historical Context for Reform in Eastern Europe, Economic Reform
and its Effects, Market Evolution, Eastern European Societies in Transition:
Education and Culture, Eastern European Societies in Transition: Corruption and
the Mafia in Everyday Life, Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe, Establishing
Law-Based States in Eastern Europe. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
Sociology 221, International Comparative Studies 270, Visual and Media Studies
318, Policy Journalism and Media
412S
Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI FL R S S
Course Description: Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 367 International Comparative Studies 460 Latino/a
Studies in the Global South 412S
522S
Comparative Party Politics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS S
Course Description: The concepts, models, and theories
employed in the study of political parties in various competitive democracies.
Focus on advanced industrial democracies where there is a rich empirically
oriented literature on this topic. The resurgence of democracy in developing
areas and the role of party competition and democracies in these regions of the
world. Instructor: Kitschelt. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 601 Canadian Studies
373
Islamic Mysticism: Perso-Indian (Eastern) Traditions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Teachings, texts, and institutions of
Sufism as it expanded from Iraq and Iran to India and Indonesia, from twelfth
to the twenty-first century. C-L: International Comparative Studies.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 380,
Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
321
Critical Inter-Asia: Rethinking Local and Global
Connections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 209
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
International Comparative Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
226S
The Black Atlantic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 383;
also C-L: African and African American Studies 329
465S
Global Cities.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 465S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 465 International
Comparative Studies
404
Globalization and Anti-Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 425; also C-L: Markets and Management Studies
404S
Discourse of Disease and Infection.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 238 Arts of the Moving
Image 215S
321S
Business and Culture in the Francophone World.
Satisfies: CCI FL SAT AP
Course Description: Analyzes current socio-economic and
cross-cultural issues to increase understanding of global marketplace. Focus on
oral and written communication, business and economic practices, labor issues,
case studies, and product marketing in the Francophone world. Prerequisites:
French 204, French score of 640 or above, French Language 5, or equivalent.
Instructor: Reisinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 357S
212
Representing Slavery.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 314; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 314, Visual and Media
Studies 326
101D
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 101D
232A
The Cognitive Science of Religion and Morality.
Satisfies: CZ EI R W A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 232A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 224 Religion 281A
231
Modern Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 285
490S-1
Performing Brazil: Issues of Performative Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Special topics course involving debates
regarding the concept of Brazil as a performative culture: issues of race,
gender, and sexual identity as portrayed in cinema, theater, dance, and
television; issues of regional and class identity in the media. Topics vary
according to term. Instructor: Damasceno. One course.
221
China and the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 221; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 237, Marxism and Society
354
French in the New World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Francophone languages and cultures in
Canada, New England, Louisiana and the Caribbean. Origins, history, and
linguistic characteristics as well as current political, linguistic, and
cultural issues studied from fictional texts, documents, or audio-visual
productions. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 265
210
Colonial Cinema and Post-Colonial Reflections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 301; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 301, Arts of
the Moving Image 259
290
Selected Topics in International Comparative Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester,
focusing either on specific world regions or particular comparative/global
issues. Instructor: Staff. One course.
353
Modern Africa through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 206; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 232
361
Latin-American Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Fictional and poetic works of the last
thirty years that have made an impact on world literature. Critical reflection
on political and ethical issues. Taught in English. Instructor: Dorfman. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 335, Literature 376, Latin
American Studies
361S
Portugal, Portuguese-Speaking Africa, and Brazil: Old
Problems, New Challenges.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings from multidisciplinary sources
and films emphasizing questions/issues regarding the Portugal-Africa-Brazil
triangle. The history and geography of Lusophone cultures from the inception of
the Portuguese state to the present. Promotes a critical vision of the
Portuguese-speaking nations' relationships as a common language group with
other non-Portuguese-speaking nations more closely connected to the individual
nations of the Lusophone world. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno or
staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 225S
231S
Vampire Chronicles: Fantasies of Vampirism in a
Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 413S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 406 Study of
Sexualities 231 Arts of the Moving Image 217S
362
Languages of the World.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 202;
also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 202, International Comparative Studies 210
512S
Current Issues in International and Development Economics.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 568S;
also C-L: Canadian Studies
352
Art, Architecture, and Masquerade in Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 208; also C-L: African and African American Studies 228
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
236
Culture and Politics in Contemporary Europe: Citizenship,
Migration, and National Belonging.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 265
433S
20th Century Latin American Photography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL S S S
Course Description: The photographic representation of major
events in Latin America throughout the twentieth century. Questions of the
construction of a shared Latin American identity, problems of photographic
representation, and how different kinds of photographs (journalistic, artistic,
touristic, ethnographic) work. The importance of photography for key literary
figures of the century. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334, or 335.
Instructor: Gabara. One course. C-L: Art History 433 International Comparative
Studies 459 Visual and Media Studies 433 Latin American Studies
374
Pigging Out: The Cultural Politics of Food.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 352; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 206
230
Introduction to Contemporary Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 330; also C-L:
International Comparative Studies 327
89S
First Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: New concepts and themes in the Study of
Sexualities. Topics vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
332S
Research Seminar in Citizenship and Culture.
Satisfies: CZ FL R W S
Course Description: Interdisciplinary research seminar that
allows students to practice intermediate to advanced language skills and
develop individual research projects on contemporary issues in the
Portuguese-speaking world as they are perceived and discussed from within these
countries. Focus on the changing nature/rights of citizenship in Lusophone
world and/or relationship of Portuguese speaking country to global issues of
citizenship. Research paper required; research resources concentrate on
journalistic and other media sources, including the Internet. Prerequisite:
Portuguese 204 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Damasceno. One course.
C-L: International Comparative Studies 252 Latin American Studies
368
Ethnic Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: An examination of ethnic conflict and
discrimination in the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Theories of
ethnic identify formation, ethnic conflict, the role of ethnicity in politics,
and the economics of discrimination. How ethnic conflict is likely to change in
the next few decades. The impact of a freer trade environment and the
increasing integration of the world economy on ethnic conflict. The
effectiveness of international institutions like the United Nations and NATO in
preventing the reoccurrence of tragedies like Rwanda. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 322
217
Gender and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 271; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 203, Marxism and
Society, Study of Sexualities
461
Dictators and Democrats in Modern Latin America (B).
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course.
380S
Feminist Research.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: This interdisciplinary seminar uses
feminist and critical scholarship from many disciplines to examine how ways of
knowing (epistemology), ways of being (a person\rquote s identity and
locations), power relations within and between countries, and different
historical contexts impact the production, understanding, and circulation of
knowledge. Course is designed to allow each student to develop a logical and
feasible research question; improve their skills in reading, understanding, and
evaluating existing research; and develop a research paper based on secondary
sources. Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors. No 1st year students.
Instructor: Hasso. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 279S
325
Culture and Politics in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 243; also C-L: Documentary Studies, Marxism and Society
351
Africa and Humanitarians.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 207; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 271, Islamic Studies
205
World Military History.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 384
212
Gender in Dance and Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 368; also
C-L: Theater Studies 236, International Comparative Studies 215, Study of
Sexualities
395T
BorderWork(s): At Home/On the Wall: between Belfast and
Durham.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
308T
105
Fantasy, Mass Media, and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 150; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 105, Documentary Studies,
Policy Journalism and Media Studies, Study of Sexualities
489S
Capstone Seminar in International Comparative Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W ICS ICS
Course Description: Interdisciplinary seminar for senior
majors; uses scholarship, literature and film to revisit key critical
transnationalism concepts and themes from gateway at level appropriate for
senior experience; writing-intensive, with assignments to facilitate analytical
thinking; individual reflection on classroom-, study away-, and work
experiences; library research; and engagement with university intellectual and
creative environment. Instructors: Campoamor or Kirk. One course.
277
Global Art Since 1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 281;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 219, Marxism and Society, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
417S
Francophone Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S S S S
Course Description: Modern literature in French from
French-speaking Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include tradition and
modernity; colonization, cultural assimilation, and the search for identity;
and women in changing contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 410 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 202
International Comparative Studies 430 History 387 Latin American Studies,
Canadian Studies
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
222A
Environmental Science and Policy of the Tropics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 282A
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
309
Japanese Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 382
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
International Comparative Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
380
Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 250; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 170, Women's
Studies
233
Dance and Dance Theater of Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 356; also
C-L: Religion 241, International Comparative Studies 378
244
Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 367; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 222, International Comparative
Studies 214
218
Postcolonial Novel.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 358
104
Anthropology and Film.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology
130; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 130, Documentary Studies, Arts of the
Moving Image, Marxism and Society
412D
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI R D D D
Course Description: The basic philosophical architecture of
the three great civilizations of America; Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations.
Links the current indigenous revival in the Andes (Bolivia and Ecuador) and in
the South of Mexico and Guatemala with the survival of their historical
legacies. Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 460 Cultural Anthropology 367 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 412
History 412D
209S
Muslim Women Across the Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 225S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 365 Islamic Studies
237
Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 286
102
Introduction to Dance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 101
496S
Senior Honors Seminar.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 495S. Consent of
the director of undergraduate studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
Melodrama East and West.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 211; also C-L: Women's Studies 279, Visual and Media Studies
223
509S
Political Participation: Comparative Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The study of political participation
through development of an understanding of relevant research methods. The
effects of political culture on political participation. Popular participation
and mobilization systems in liberal democracies and developing countries.
Instructor: Shi. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 511S
364
Gender and Language.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 364; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 232, International Comparative Studies 207, Women's
Studies 232
241
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Development: View From
Modern Day Japan and Asia (D).
Satisfies: A C CCI SS
Course Description: Cross-cultural examination of issues in
human development from an Asian perspective, especially from modern day Japan.
Issues such as parenting, cognitive and social development, education, family,
and aging will be evaluated from the perspectives of Japan and other cultures
in Asia including China
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
429
Gender and Sexuality in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 429; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 426, Latin
American Studies, Marxism and Society, Study of Sexualities
545S
Millennial Capitalisms: Global Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 530S
175
Religions of Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Problems and methods in the study of
religion, followed by a survey of the historical development, beliefs,
practices, ethics, and contemporary significance of the Islamic religion and
religions of south and east Asia. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 108
581S
International Environmental Regimes.
Satisfies: EI SS STS S
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 545S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 521 Energy and the Environment
327S
What's Lost in Translation? Latin American Theater in
English.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Spanish 365S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 337S
263
The Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 319; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 219, Latin American Studies
320S
Social Movements and Social Media.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS S S
Course Description: Political and ethical uses of
technologies in social uprisings for civil liberties and human rights
particularly: Algeria, Palestine, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain,
Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, and the global Occupy mobilization. . Comparative
analyses of movements. Impact of technologies on social movements. Social
transformations of technologies in history. Student driven case studies
highlight engagement with technologies as tools of resistance. Instructor:
Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 246 African and African
American Studies 247 International Comparative Studies 320S
490
Advanced Topics in International Comparative Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
Elections and Social Protest in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Introduction to the literature on
electoral behavior and social movements and overview of elections and
protest--who votes, who protests, and why they do it. Analysis of the following
six countries: Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
Open to sophomores and juniors with a basic background in Latin American
history. Instructor: Trejo. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
329, Latin American Studies 351
209S
The Atlantic Slave Trade.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 316S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 217 Latin American Studies
214FS
Law and Globalization in Emerging Markets.
Satisfies: CCI SS FS
Course Description: Same as Russian 214S; open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 277 Public Policy Studies 214FS
335
Introduction to Spanish-American Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A S AP AP
Course Description: survey from Independence to the
Contemporary period. Prerequisite: Spanish 301, 331 or Spanish Language score of
5 or Spanish Literature score of 4 or 5. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies
434
Chinese Im/migration: Chinese Migrant Labor and Immigration
to the US.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 268
BIOCHEMISTRY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
AEROSPACE STUDIES - AIR FORCE ROTC (AEROSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 3
402S
Defense Studies.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Continuation of Aerospace Studies 401S.
Officership, ethics, military law, Air Force issues, roles and missions, Air
Force and joint doctrines, preparation for active duty, and refining
communications skills from 401S. Leadership Laboratory mandatory for AFROTC
cadets. Instructor: Staff. One course.
202
The Evolution of Air and Space Power.
Satisfies: US STS
Course Description: Continuation of Aerospace Studies 201.
Leadership Laboratory mandatory for AFROTC cadets. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
102
Foundations of the United States Air Force.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Aerospace Studies 101.
Leadership Laboratory mandatory for AFROTC cadets. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
VISUAL STUDIES
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
DOCUMENTARY STUDIES (DOCST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 63
121S
Sound for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 350 Documentary Studies 277 Information Science and Information Studies
243S
115
Introduction to Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Foundation class in black-and-white
photographic process as the basis for using photography as a visual language.
Class learns to make a printable exposure using black-and-white film, make a
"proper proof" and an 8 x 10 enlargement. Assignments include
portraits, alternative techniques, landscape, and a final portfolio that
embodies a single visual idea. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Hunter. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 115, Visual and Media Studies 115
377S
Medicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
206S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 204S
374
Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 205; also C-L: Documentary Studies 270, Political Science 276, Visual and
Media Studies 264
273S
Planning the Documentary Film: From Concept to Treatment.
Satisfies: ALP R S S
Course Description: Historical documentary film preparation
through narrative, character-driven stories. Using the raw material of real
life, students organize the conceptual process for historical documentary
films, framing a logical sequence of events structured for dramatic effect.
Focus on the pre-production activities and principles that lead to a treatment
that is the foundation for an efficient shooting schedule. Instructor: James.
One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 332 Visual and Media Studies 220
Information Science and Information Studies
289A
Views of Environmental Change: Documentary Research in
Natural Resource Management.
Satisfies: EI R SS A
Course Description: Hands-on introduction to the practical
skills, theoretical grounding, and ethical sensitivities needed to conduct
documentary research on controversial environmental issues. Emphasis on
responsibly eliciting and representing diverse stakeholder views. Students will
conduct fieldwork on land use change in coastal communities as part of an
ongoing Duke Marine Lab research project. Methods introduced will include
interviewing, video/audio recording, documentary photography, interview data
analysis, and basic video editing. Student teams will produce edited video
segments for presentation to a community audience. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Cumming. One course. C-L: Documentary Studies 353 Marine Sciences,
Marine Science and Conservation
170S
The Documentary Experience: Video Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R SS S S S S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
105S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 106 Arts of the Moving Image 331 History
125 Political Science 105 Visual and Media Studies 106 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
310S
Intermediate Audio Documentary.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
310S
353S
Behind the Veil: Methods.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
323S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 238S
388S
Islam and the Media.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: How the news media portray Muslims in
the United States, and how Muslim communities see themselves in the context of
media coverage. Roles of religion, culture, language and other experience in
journalists' approach to stories about Muslims in America. American Muslims
identification with these stories. News media's portrayals of individuals and
communities resemblance to Muslims' self-portraits. One assignment: develop a
project involving Muslim communities, guided by Wendy Ewald of the Center for
Documentary Studies. Field trips to area Islamic centers. Instructor: Bennett.
One course. C-L: Documentary Studies 359 Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and
Media
326
The South in Black and White.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on present-day and historical
documentary traditions in American South, with an emphasis on call and response
between black and white cultures. The arts and humanities as imbedded in
particular histories and cultures found in the South, and as performed in music
and theater; and portrayed in documentary films, civil rights photography,
Southern literature, and historical and autobiographical writing. Includes
historical texts, oral histories and testimonies of living persons, along with
documentary films, photographs, and writings from people in Durham and
elsewhere in the region. Instructor: Tyson. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 230, History 358
212S
Large Format Photography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Advanced black and white photography
course exploring unique creative latitude of large negative format. Includes
advanced printing/toning techniques and alternative processes such as
platinum/palladium. Prerequisite: Documentary Studies 115, Visual Arts 115, or
its equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Satterwhite. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 213 Visual and Media Studies 213S
366S
Magazine Journalism.
Satisfies: SS W S S
Course Description: Storytelling techniques of magazine
journalism; historical and contemporary writing for magazines; and visual
impact in print. Students develop experience in different kinds of magazine
writing, collaborate on a magazine produced by the class, contribute to campus
publications. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Bliwise. One course.
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 306 Documentary Studies 356 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
352S
Sociology through Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
227S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 218S
203
Visual Culture and Photography.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 348
222S
Environmental Conservation and Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: Technical and aesthetic training in
creating documentaries to communicate critical environmental issues so as to
affect societal change. History of the essential role of documentary
photography in land conservation, social justice, and protection of
biodiversity from the early 1800's to today leads into individual documentary
projects. Taught at the Center
511
Documentary and East Asian Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 511; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 641
615S
Environmental Issues & the Documentary Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: C-L: see Documentary Studies 615S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 643S
101
Traditions in Documentary Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Traditions of documentary work seen
through an interdisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on twentieth-century
practice. Introduces students to a range of documentary idioms and voices,
including the work of photographers, filmmakers, oral historians, folklorists,
musicologists, radio documentarians, and writers. Stresses aesthetic,
scholarly, and ethical considerations involved in representing other people and
cultures. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 103
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
390S
Special Topics in Sound Technology.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics focusing on technical basis and
aesthetic motivation of sound recording and sound exploitation. Technical
demonstration and student exercises explore the mechanics and dramatic and
psychological implications of formats, microphone placement, mixing, acoustic
signature, digital recording, double system, and sound editing, leading to an
individually produced sound design for live action or animation film/video.
Prerequisite: Theater Studies 272, English 181, Literature 110. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
126S
Introduction to Oral History.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
110S
329S
Collaborative Art: Practice and Theory of Working Within a
Community.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Approaches of various contemporary
artists to creating collaborative work resulting in artworks that express a
variety of social and aesthetic positions and include progressive educational
philosophies and radical democratic theory. Field work with a community
institution or small group in Durham to produce collaborative work in a medium
of students' own choosing. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 230 Visual and Media Studies 219S
153FS
The U.S./Mexico Border.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Focus on the border/frontera: a scar, a
divide, a wall between friendly nations, a challenge for policy-makers, a line
of demarcation for human rights abuses, a law enforcement nightmare, a
pass-through for trade and NAFTA, a net for the poor. Study history, culture,
policy, creative writing and art about the only border dividing two nations
with such disparity in wealth. Look at the issue as it relates to Mexican farm
workers and their work in U.S. fields. Think about solutions together. Learn
what this all means for the future of the United States and how its citizens
define themselves. Know where you stand along this deadly line in the sand.
Students will engage in a service-learning project related to immigrant
480S
Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Immersion in fieldwork-based inquiry and
in-depth projects that serve as Certificate in Documentary Studies capstone
experiences for students. Methods of documentary fieldwork, including
participant observation, and modes of arts and humanities interpretation
through a variety of mediums (including papers, film, photography exhibits,
radio pieces, and performances). Consent of instructor and director of
undergraduate studies required. Prerequisite: Documentary Studies 101 and four
Documentary Studies electives. Instructor: Staff. One course.
460S
Multimedia Documentary: Editing, Production, and
Publication.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Edit and shape fieldwork material into a
Web-based multimedia presentation. Learn current technologies and techniques
for multimedia publications. Examine unique storytelling strategies for on-line
presentations and compare this medium to traditional venues for documentary
work such as exhibitions, books, and broadcast. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: Visual Arts 460 Visual and Media Studies 460S
276S
Adapting Literature -- Producing Film.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 304S; also C-L: Visual Arts 228 Information Science and Information
Studies
290S
Special Topics in Documentary Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Selected topics in methodology, theory,
or area in seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Policy
Journalism and Media
611
Documentary Writing Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: Workshop in the art and practice of writing
in the long-form traditions of narrative nonfiction, literary journalism, and
documentary writing. Write, share, and refine one major work of narrative
nonfiction throughout the semester. Discuss research methods and resources,
especially those useful for creative writers. Intended for advanced writers who
would like to work on ambitious nonfiction work in an intensely creative and
supportive workshop. Instructor: Murrell. One course.
383S
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking.
Satisfies: S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 470S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 470 Visual and Media Studies 470
Information Science and Information Studies
380
Politics of Food: Land, Labor, Health, and Economics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
341S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 238S
242S
Dance for the Camera.
Satisfies: ALP R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 306S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 343S
89S
First Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: New concepts and themes in the Study of
Sexualities. Topics vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
347S
Civil/Human Rights Activism: In the Spirit of Pauli Murray.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R S
Course Description: Documentary fieldwork course exploring
the legacy of civil and human rights activism in Durham through the life and
work of noted historian, lawyer, poet, activist and priest Pauli Murray.
Students will utilize scholarship, primary source archival materials and
contemporary documentary projects to set a context for their fieldwork in
Durham. Working with the instructor and local social change leadership engaged
in work related to the "Face-Up Project.," students will deepen fieldwork
skills - photography, writing, audio or filmmaking - and develop documentary
projects in collaboration with culturally diverse community groups. Requires
fieldtrips to communities in Durham. Instructor: Lau. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 246 African and African American Studies 236S
281S
Cinematography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 355S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 260 Visual Arts 248S
248S
Editing for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 357S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 288S
236S
Color Photography: Fieldwork and Digital Color.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Field-based course examining color
photography as a documentary tool. Students learn about aesthetic and technical
foundations of color photography using recent digital technology.
Class-conducted intensive examination of the work of historic and contemporary
color documentary photographers. Advanced techniques in film scanning,
Photoshop, and color pigment printing using Arts Warehouse multimedia
classroom. Completion of semester-long color photographic project, and final
project consisting of production of a series of color pigment prints. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Harris. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 240
Visual and Media Studies 227S
279S
Editing the Documentary: From Creativity to Collaboration to
Negotiation.
Satisfies: TV ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 333S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 274 Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
218S
Alternative Photographic Processes.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Survey of historic photographic
processes, including Gun Bichromate, Cyanotype, Kalotype and Platinum/Palladium
printing. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Hunter. One course. C-L:
Visual Arts 221 Visual and Media Studies 216S
332S
Farmworkers in North Carolina: Roots of Poverty, Roots of
Change.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: Focus upon those who bring food to our
tables, particularly those who labor in the fields of North Carolina and the
Southeast. Farm work from the plantation system and slavery to sharecropping,
and to the migrant and seasonal farmworker population today. Documentary work
and its contributions to farmworker advocacy. Instructor: Thompson. One course.
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 236 Latino/a Studies in the Global South
251S
Documenting Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
338S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 233 Visual and Media Studies 210S
111S
Documentary Writing: Creative Nonfiction Through Fieldwork.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
111S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
387S
Documenting Black Experiences.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
350S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image 214 Cultural Anthropology 262S
355S
Documentary Research Methods.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
295S
278S
Producing Docu-Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 334S
135S
Introduction to Audio Documentary.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Recording techniques and audio mixing on
digital editing software for the production of audio (radio) documentaries.
Various approaches to audio documentary work, from the journalistic to the
personal; use of fieldwork to explore cultural differences. Stories told
through audio, using National Public Radio-style form, focusing on a particular
social concern such as war and peace, death and dying, civil rights.
Instructor: Biewen. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information
Studies
344S
Our Culinary Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: Documentary approach to the world of
food using fieldwork research. Topics of food and its preparation examined
through deep stories of how food is raised, prepared, and presented in order to
explore how the myriad ways in which what we eat reveal key biographical,
economic, religious, and other truths about our cultures. Introduces students
to the history of food writing and the concept of food in general as a
nonverbal tool of communication. Photography, audio, and documentary writing
employed. Instructor: Alexander. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 258S
228S
Visual Research and the American Dream.
Satisfies: ALP R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
221S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 217S
245S
Photography in Context.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Uses the Duke Library Photography
Archive as a resource to challenge students to think critically about
photography. Considers how photography offers insights into areas of academic
study such as social change, sexual identity, and regional culture, and how
images have shaped collective understanding of these issues. Focuses on analyzing
and contextualizing bodies of photographic work, the historical moment in which
the pictures were made, personal history and artistic sensibility of the
photographer, tools of the medium, along with considering personal responses to
images and the ways in which all factors come together. Instructor: Sartor. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 254 Visual and Media Studies 252S
107
History of Documentary Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 202; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 265
244S
Children's Self Expression: Literacy Through Photography.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
224S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 207S
285S
Visiting Filmmaker Master Courses: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 385S; also C-L: Visual Arts 325S
397S
American Communities: Photographic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
233S; also C-L: Visual Arts 217 Visual and Media Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
202S
Children and the Experience of Illness.
Satisfies: SS S
Course Description: An exploration of how children cope with
illness, incorporating the tools of documentary photography and writing.
Students will work outside class with children who are ill and teach them how
to use a camera, working toward an exhibit of photographs at the end of the
semester. Permission required. Required participation in service learning.
Instructor: Moses. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 395 Visual and Media
Studies 211S
398S
Advanced Documentary Photography.
Satisfies: ALP SS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
415S; also C-L: Visual Arts 415 Visual and Media Studies 415 Arts of the Moving
Image, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
209S
Digital Approach to Documentary Photography: Capturing
Transience.
Satisfies: A ALP S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
209S; also C-L: Visual Arts 212 Visual and Media Studies 212 Information
Science and Information Studies
356S
Freedom Stories: Documenting Southern Lives and Writing.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
320S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 231S
335S
Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and its Motivations.
Satisfies: CCI R SS W
Course Description: Documentary fieldwork-based research on
the lives of people who have committed themselves to changing society. Life
history interviews exploring personal and societal transformations with special
attention to the antecedents to personal change leading to examined lives of commitment.
Attention to various areas of social change, including human rights, civil
rights, international activism, labor rights, and environmental activism. Focus
on societal and personal questions regarding motivations for, and the
effectiveness of, good works in several cultural settings. Instructor:
Thompson. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 239S
215
Documentary Photography and the Southern Culture Landscape.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Emphasis on the tradition and practice
of documentary photography as a way of seeing and interpreting cultural life.
The techniques of black-and-white photography - exposure, development, and
printing - diverse ways of representing the cultural landscape of the region
through photographic imagery. The role such issues as objectivity, clarity,
politics, memory, autobiography, and local culture play in the making and
dissemination of photographs. Instructor: Rankin. One course. C-L: Visual Arts
216, Visual and Media Studies 215
285
Visiting Filmmaker Master Course: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 385
228S
Documentary and Policy: How Documentary Influences Policy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
272S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 336S
399S
The Photographic Essay: Narratives Through Pictures.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
239S; also C-L: Visual Arts 241S
375S
Video for Social Change.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
271S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 335S
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE)
Number Of Listed Courses: 65
525
Semiconductor Physics.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: quantitative treatment of the physical
processes that underlie semiconductor device operation. Topics include band
theory and conduction phenomena; equilibrium and nonequilibrium
572
Electromagnetic Communication Systems.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Review of fundamental laws of Maxwell,
Gauss, Ampere, and Faraday. Elements of waveguide propagation and antenna
radiation. Analysis of antenna arrays by images. Determination of gain, loss,
and noise temperature parameters for terrestrial and satellite electromagnetic
communication systems. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 270or
571. Instructor: Joines. One course.
331L
Introduction to Electronics: Integrated Circuits.
Satisfies: MOS
Course Description: Analysis and design of electronic
circuits in bipolar and technologies, with emphasis on both large-signal and
small-signal methods. Circuits for logic gates, latches, and memories.
Single-stage and multistage amplifiers and op amps. Circuits with feedback,
including stability and frequency response considerations. Analog and mixed
analog/digital circuit applications. Extensive use of SPICE for circuit
simulation. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 230L. Instructor:
Derby, Dwyer, or Fair. One course.
353
Introduction to Operating Systems.
Satisfies: CPU O
Course Description: Basic concepts and principles of
multiprogrammed operating systems. Processes, interprocess communication,
scheduling, mutual exclusion, deadlocks, memory management, I/devices, file
systems, protection mechanisms. Also taught as Computer Science 210.
Prerequisites: Computer Science 201 and 250. Instructor: Chase or Ellis. One
course.
350
Introduction to Computer Architecture.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Architecture and organization of digital
computer systems. Processor operation, computer arithmetic, instruction set
design. Assembly language programming. Selected hardware and software exercises
culminating in the design, simulation, and implementation in technology of the
major components of a complete computer system. Not open to students who have
taken Computer Science 250. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering
250L and Computer Science 100E. Instructor: Board or Sorin. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
523
Quantum Information Science.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Fundamental concepts and progress in
quantum information science. Quantum circuits, quantum universality theorem,
quantum algorithms, quantum operations and quantum error correction codes,
fault-tolerant architectures, security in quantum communications, quantum key
distribution, physical systems for realizing quantum logic, quantum repeaters
and long-distance quantum communication. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 521 or Physics 464 or equivalent. Instructor: Kim. One course. C-L:
Physics 627
280L
Introduction to Signals and Systems.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Continuous and discrete signal
representation and classification; system classification and response; transfer
functions. Fourier series; Fourier, Laplace, and z transforms. Applications to
Integrated Sensing and Information Processing; networks, modulation, sampling,
filtering, and digital signal processing. Laboratory projects using digital
signal processing hardware and microcontrollers. Computational solutions of
problems using Matlab and Maple. Prerequisite: Engineering 110 and either
Electrical and Computer Engineering 110or Biomedical Engineering 253L.
Instructor: Collins, Gustafson, or Huettel. One course.
459
Introduction to Embedded Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An introduction to hardware/software
codesign of embedded computer systems. Structured programming techniques for
high and low level programs. Hardware interfacing strategies for sensors,
actuators, and displays. Detailed study of Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12
microcomputers as applied to embedded system development. Hardware and
simulation laboratory exercises with 68HC11 and 68HC12 development boards.
Major design project. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 350 or
equivalent and consent of instructor. Instructor: Board. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
529
Digital Integrated Circuits.
Satisfies: IC MOS TTL ECL
Course Description: Analysis and design of digital
integrated circuits. technology. Switching characteristics and power
consumption in devices, bipolar devices, and interconnects. Analysis of digital
circuits implemented in TTL, ECL, and
BiCMOS. Propagation delay modeling. Analysis of logic (inverters, gates) and
memory (SRAM, DRAM) circuits. Influence of technology and device structure on
performance and reliability of digital ICs. SPICE modeling. Prerequisites:
Electrical and Computer Engineering 330 and 331L. Instructor: Massoud. One
course.
555
Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic concepts and techniques used
stochastic modeling of systems with applications to performance and reliability
of computer and communications system. Elements of probability, random
variables (discrete and continuous), expectation, conditional distributions,
stochastic processes, discrete and continuous time Markov chains, introduction
to queuing systems and networks. Prerequisite: Mathematics 216. Instructor:
Trivedi. One course. C-L: Computer Science 555, Information Science and
Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
536
Synthesis and Verification of Systems.
Satisfies: CAD L
Course Description: Algorithms and tools for VLSI synthesis
and design verification, logic synthesis, multi-level logic optimization,
high-level synthesis, logic simulation, timing analysis, formal verification.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 250L or equivalent.
Instructor: Chakrabarty. One course.
573
Optical Communication Systems.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Mathematical methods, physical ideas,
and device concepts of optoelectronics. Maxwell's equations, and definitions of
energy density and power flow. Transmission and reflection of plane waves at
interfaces. Optical resonators, waveguides, fibers, and detectors are also
presented. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 270or equivalent.
Instructor: Joines. One course.
524
Introduction to Solid-State Physics.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Discussion of solid-state phenomena
including crystalline structures, X-ray and particle diffraction in crystals,
lattice dynamics, free electron theory of metals, energy bands, and
superconductivity, with emphasis on understanding electrical and optical
properties of solids. Prerequisite: quantum physics at the level of Physics
264or Electrical and Computer Engineering 521. Instructor: Teitsworth. One
course.
582
Digital Signal Processing.
Satisfies: FFT FFT LMS
Course Description: Introduction to fundamental algorithms
used to process digital signals. Basic discrete time system theory, the
discrete Fourier transform, the algorithm, linear filtering using the linear production and the Wierner filter,
adaptive filters and applications, the algorithm and its convergence, recursive
least-squares filters, nonparametric and parametric power spectrum estimation
minimum variance and eigenanalysis algorithms for spectrum estimation.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 581 or equivalent with
consent of the instructor. Instructor: Collins, Krolik, Nolte, Tantum, or
Willett. One course. One course.
488
Digital Image and Multidimensional Processing.
Satisfies: D L
Course Description: Introduction to the theory and methods
of digital image and video sampling, denoising, coding, reconstruction, and
analysis. Both linear methods (such as 2- and 3-Fourier analysis) and
non-linear methods (such as wavelet analysis). Key topics include segmentation,
interpolation, registration, noise removal, edge enhancement, halftoning and
inverse halftoning, deblurring, tomographic reconstruction, superresolution,
compression, and feature extraction. While this course covers techniques used
in a wide variety of contexts, it places a strong emphasis on medical imaging
applications. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer Engineering 280and
Statistical Science 130 or Mathematics 230 or Electrical and Computer
Engineering 555 or permission of instructor. Instructor: Willett. One course.
C-L: Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
356
Computer Network Architecture.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The architecture of computer
communication networks and the hardware and software required to implement the
protocols that define the architecture. Basic communication theory,
transmission technology, private and common carrier facilities. International
standards. Satellite communications and local area networks. Performance
analysis and modeling of communication networks. Prerequisite: Electrical and
Computer Engineering 250L. Instructor: Chakrabarty. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies
250L
Introduction to Digital Systems.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Techniques for the analysis and design
of combinational and sequential networks via manual and automated methods.
Introduction to hardware description languages. Introduction to simple computer
systems, including their lower-level architecture, assembly language
programming, and computer arithmetic. Lab stresses simulation of target
circuits and physical realization with both discrete and high-complexity
programmable components. Final design project. Prerequisite: Engineering 110
and either Electrical and Computer Engineering 110or Biomedical Engineering
253L. Instructor: Board, Dwyer, or Sorin. One course.
590
Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Opportunity for study of advanced
subjects related to programs within the electrical and computer engineering
department tailored to fit the requirements of a small group. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
522
Introduction to Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS).
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Design, simulation, fabrication, and
characterization of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Integration
of non-conventional devices into functional systems. Principles of fabrication,
mechanics in micrometer scale, transducers and actuators, and issues in system
design and integration. Topics presented in the context of example systems. Lab
covers design, simulation, and realization of devices using commercially
available foundry process. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering
230or Mechanical Engineering 344L or equivalent. Instructor: Kim. One course.
340
Optics and Photonics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Physics 320; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 325
571
Electromagnetic Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The classical theory of Maxwell's
equations; electrostatics, magnetostatics, boundary value problems including
numerical solutions, currents and their interactions, and force and energy
relations. Three class sessions. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 270L. Instructor: Carin, Joines, Liu, or Smith. One course.
585
Signal Detection and Extraction Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to signal detection and
information extraction theory from a statistical decision theory viewpoint.
Subject areas covered within the context of a digital environment are decision
theory, detection and estimation of known and random signals in noise,
estimation of parameters and adaptive recursive digital filtering, and decision
processes with finite memory. Applications to problems in communication theory.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 581 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Nolte. One course.
545
Nanophotonics.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Theory and applications of nanophotonics
and sub-wavelength optics. Photonic crystals, near-field optics,
surface-plasmon optics, microcavities, and nanoscale light emitters.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 270or equivalent. Instructor:
Yoshie. One course.
521
Quantum Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Discussion of wave mechanics including
elementary applications, free particle dynamics, Schr\'f6dinger equation
including treatment of systems with exact solutions, and approximate methods
for time-dependent quantum mechanical systems with emphasis on quantum
phenomena underlying solid-state electronics and physics. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 216 or equivalent. Instructor: Brady, Brown, or Stiff-Roberts. One
course.
528
Integrated Circuit Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic processing techniques and layout
technology for integrated circuits. Photolithography, diffusion, oxidation, ion
implantation, and metallization. Design, fabrication, and testing of integrated
circuits. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 330 or 331L.
Instructor: Fair. One course.
546
Optoelectronic Devices.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Devices for conversion of electrons to
photons and photons to electrons. Optical processes in semiconductors: absorption,
spontaneous emission and stimulated emission. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs),
semiconductor lasers, quantum-well emitters, photodetectors, modulators and
optical fiber networks. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 526
or equivalent. Instructor: Stiff-Roberts. One course.
675
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Wave and coherence models for
propagation and optical system analysis. Fourier optics and sampling theory.
Focal plane arrays. Generalized and compressive sampling. Impulse response,
modulation transfer function and instrument function analysis of imaging and
spectroscopy. Code design for optical measurement. Dispersive and
interferometric spectroscopy and spectral imaging. Performance metrics in
optical imagine systems. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering
270and 280L. Instructor: Brady. One course.
584
Acoustics and Hearing ( IM).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 545
577
Computational Electromagnetics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Systematic discussion of useful
numerical methods in computational electromagnetics including integral equation
techniques and differential equation techniques, both in the frequency and time
domains. Hands-on experience with numerical techniques, including the method of
moments, finite element and finite-difference time-domain methods, and modern
high order and spectral domain methods. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 571 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Carin or Liu. One course.
539
Design Methodologies.
Satisfies: CAD IC IC CAD A L
Course Description: Emphasis on full-custom chip design.
Extensive use of tools for design, simulation, and layout verification.
Techniques for designing high-speed, low-power, and easily-testable circuits.
Semester design project: Groups of four students design and simulate a simple
custom using Mentor Graphics tools. Teams and project scope are
multidisciplinary; each team includes students with interests in several of the
following areas: analog design, digital design, computer science, computer
engineering, signal processing, biomedical engineering, electronics, photonics.
A formal project proposal, a written project report, and a formal project
presentation are also required. The chip design incorporates considerations
such as cost, economic viability, environmental impact, ethical issues,
manufacturability, and social and political impact. Prerequisites: Electrical
and Computer Engineering 250L and Electrical and Computer Engineering 331L.
Some background in computer organization is helpful but not required.
Instructor: Chakrabarty. One course.
688
Sensor Array Signal Processing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An in-depth treatment of the fundamental
concepts, theory, and practice of sensor array processing of signals carried by
propagating waves. Topics include: multidimensional frequency-domain
representations of space-time signals and linear systems; apertures and
sampling of space-time signals; beamforming and filtering in the space-time and
frequency domains, discrete random fields; adaptive beamforming methods; high
resolution spatial spectral estimation; optimal detection, estimation, and
performance bounds for sensor arrays; wave propagation models used in sensor
array processing; blind beamforming and source separation methods;
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) array processing; application examples
from radar, sonar, and communications systems. Instructor: Staff. One course.
382
Linear Control Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Analysis and design of feedback control
systems. Block diagram and signal flow graph system models. Servomechanism
characteristics, steady-state errors, sensitivity to parameter
686
Adaptive Filters.
Satisfies: LMS
Course Description: Adaptive digital signal processing with
emphasis on the theory and design of finite-impulse response adaptive filters.
Stationary discrete-time stochastic processes, Wiener filter theory, the method
of steepest descent, adaptive transverse filters using gradient-vector
estimation, analysis of the algorithm, least-squares methods, recursive least
squares and least squares lattic adaptive filters. Application examples in
noise canceling, channel equalization, and array processing. Prerequisites:
Electrical and Computer Engineering 581 and 582 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Krolik. One course.
676
Lens Design.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Paraxial and computational ray tracing.
Merit functions. Wave and chromatic aberrations. Lenses in photography,
microscopy and telescopy. Spectrograph design. Emerging trends in lens system
design, including multiple aperture and catadioptric designs and nonimaging
design for solar energy collection. Design project management. Each student
must propose and complete a design study, including a written
270L
Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Fundamentals and application of
transmission lines and electromagnetic fields and waves, antennas, field
sensing, and signal transmission. Transmission line transients and digital
signal transmission; transmission lines in sinusoidal steady state, impedance
transformation, and impedance matching; electrostatics and magnetostatics,
including capacitance and inductance; electromagnetic waves in uniform media
and their interaction with interfaces; antennas and antenna arrays. Alternating
laboratories and recitations. Laboratory experiments include transmission line
transients, impedance matching, static and dynamic electromagnetic fields, and
antennas. Prerequisites: Engineering 110 Mathematics 216 and either Electrical
and Computer Engineering 110or Biomedical Engineering 253L. Instructor: Carin,
Cummer, Joines, Liu, or Smith. One course.
534
For Mixed-Signal Circuits.
Satisfies: CAD DC
Course Description: The course focuses on various aspects of
design automation for mixed-signal circuits. Circuit simulation methods
including graph-based circuit representation, automated derivation and solving
of nodal equations, and analysis, test automation approaches including test
equipments, test generation, fault simulation, and built-in-self-test, and
automated circuit synthesis including architecture generation, circuit
synthesis, tack generation, placement and routing are the major topics. The
course will have one major project, 4-6 homework assignments, one midterm, and
one final. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer Engineering 331L. Permission
of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
527
Analog Integrated Circuits.
Satisfies: CAD
Course Description: Analysis and design of bipolar and
analog integrated circuits. SPICE device models and circuit macromodels.
Classical operational amplifier structures, current feedback amplifiers, and
building blocks for analog signal processing, including operational
transconductance amplifiers and current conveyors. Biasing issues, gain and
bandwidth, compensation, and noise. Influence of technology and device
structure on circuit performance. Extensive use of industry-standard CAD tools,
such as Analog Workbench. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering
526. Instructor: Richards. One course.
486
Wireless Communication Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamentals of wireless system analysis
and design; channel assignment, handoffs, trunking efficiency, interference,
frequency reuse and capacity planning. Path loss models including large and
small scale, multipath interference, diffraction, and scattering. Signal
manipulation and conditioning including modulation/demodulation, equalization
and speech coding. Air interference
554
Fault-Tolerant and Testable Computer Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Technological reasons for faults, fault
models, information redundancy, spatial redundancy, backward and forward error
recovery, fault-tolerant hardware and software, modeling and analysis, testing,
and design for test. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 350 or
equivalent. Instructor: Sorin. One course. C-L: Computer Science 554
722
Quantum Electronics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Quantum theory of light-matter
interaction. Laser physics (electron oscillator model, rate equations, gain,
lasing condition, oscillation dynamics, modulation) and nonlinear optics
(electro-optic effect, second harmonic generation, phase matching, optical
parametric oscillation and amplification, third-order nonlinearity, optical
bistability.) Prerequisite Electrical and Computer Engineering 521, Physics
464, or equivalent. Instructors: Stiff-Roberts or Yoshie. One course. One
course.
230L
Introduction to Microelectronic Devices and Circuits.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Hands-on, laboratory driven introduction
to microelectronic devices, sensors, and integrated circuits. Student teams of
3-4 students/team compete in a design, assembly, testing, characterization and
simulation of an electronic system. Projects include microelectronic devices, sensors,
and basic analog and digital circuits. Classroom portion designed to answer
questions generated in laboratory about understanding operation of devices and
sensors, and the performance of electronic circuits. Student evaluation based
on project specification, prototyping, integration, testing, simulation and
documentation. Prerequisites: Engineering 110 and either Electrical and
Computer Engineering 110or Biomedical Engineering 253L. Instructor: Brooke or
Massoud. One course.
483
Introduction to Digital Communication Systems.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Introduction to the design and analysis
of modern digital communication systems. Communication channel
characterization. Baseband and passband modulation techniques. Optimal
demodulation techniques with performance comparisons. Key information-theoretic
concepts including entropy and channel capacity. Channel-coding techniques
based on block, convolutional and Trellis codes. Equalization techniques.
Applications to design of digital telephone modems, compact discs and digital
wireless communication systems. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 280and Statistical Science 130 or equivalent. Instructor: Krolik.
One course.
384LA
Sound in the Sea: Introduction to Marine Bioacoustics.
Satisfies: NS R STS LA
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 280LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 280 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
556
Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing.
Satisfies: MAC TCP
Course Description: Theory, design, and implementation of
mobile wireless networking systems. Fundamentals of wireless networking and key
research challenges. Students review pertinent journal papers. Significant,
semester-long research project. Networking protocols (Physical and multi-hop routing, wireless applications), mobility management, security,
and sensor networking. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer Engineering 356
or Computer Science 310. Instructor: Roy Choudhury. One course. C-L: Computer
Science 515
526
Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits.
Satisfies: PN MOS MOS
Course Description: Basic semiconductor properties
(energy-band structure, effective density of states, effective masses, carrier
statistics, and carrier concentrations). Electron and hole behavior in
semiconductors (generation, recombination, drift, diffusion, tunneling, and
basic semiconductor equations). Current-voltage, capacitance-voltage, and
static and dynamic models of Junctions, Schottky barriers, Metal/Semiconductor
Contacts, Bipolar-Junction Transistors, Capacitors, MOS-Gated Diodes, and
Field-Effect Transistors. SPICE models and model parameters. Prerequisites:
Electrical and Computer Engineering 330. Instructor: Massoud. One course.
496
Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Study of selected topics in electrical
engineering tailored to fit the requirements of a small group. Consent of
instructor and director of undergraduate studies required. Half course or one
course each. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
110L
Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Satisfies: ECE
Course Description: Students learn core concepts, providing
a foundation on which subsequent courses build. These concepts include
techniques for analyzing linear circuits, semiconductor and photonic devices,
frequency representation, filtering, and combinational and sequential logic.
Central to the course is an extensive design challenge that requires students
to integrate knowledge across topics while honing practical design and project
management skills. The course culminates in an exciting competition in which
teams of robots race to overcome challenging obstacles using sensor data
acquisition and processing. Prerequisite: Engineering 110L. Corequisite:
Mathematics 122. Instructor: Huettel or Ybarra. One course.
538
System Testing.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Fault modeling, fault simulation, test
generation algorithms, testability measures, design for testability, scan
design, built-in self-test, system-on-a-chip testing, memory testing. Prerequisite:
Electrical and Computer Engineering 250L or equivalent. Instructor:
Chakrabarty. One course.
581
Random Signals and Noise.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to mathematical methods of
describing and analyzing random signals and noise. Review of basic probability
theory; joint, conditional, and marginal distributions; random processes. Time
and ensemble averages, correlation, and power spectra. Optimum linear smoothing
and predicting filters. Introduction to optimum signal detection, parameter
estimation, and statistical signal processing. Prerequisite: Mathematics 230 or
Statistical Science 130. Instructor: Collins or Nolte. One course.
558
Computer Networks and Distributed Systems.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
514
494
Undergraduate Research in Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: For seniors only. Half course or one
course each. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
552
Advanced Computer Architecture I.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
550; also C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
683
Digital Communication Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Digital modulation techniques. Coding
theory. Transmission over bandwidth constrained channels. Signal fading and
multipath effects. Spread spectrum. Optical transmission techniques.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 581 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
532
Analog Integrated Circuit Design.
Satisfies: MOS MOS D A CAD
Course Description: Design and layout of analog integrated
circuits. Qualitative review of the theory of pn junctions, bipolar and
devices, and large and small signal models. Emphasis on technology. Continuous
time operational amplifiers. Frequency response, stability and compensation.
Complex analog subsystems including phase-locked loops, A/and D/converters,
switched capacitor simulation, layout, extraction, verification, and MATLAB
modeling. Projects make extensive use of full custom VLSI CAD software.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 330 or 331L. Instructor:
Morizio. One course.
652
Advanced Computer Architecture II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
650; also C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
381
Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing.
Satisfies: FIR IIR L
Course Description: An introduction to theory and
applications of digital signal processing. Concepts, analytical tools and
design techniques to process signals in digital form. Signal sampling and
reconstruction, discrete-time transforms including the z-transform,
discrete-time Fourier transform, and discrete Fourier transform. Discrete
systems including the analysis and design of and filters. Introduction to
applications of digital signal processing such as image processing, and optimal
detection of signals in noise. Discrete system simulations using MATLAB.
Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 280and Statistical Science
130 or Mathematics 230 or Electrical and Computer Engineering 555 or permission
of instructor. Instructor: Huettel or Nolte. One course. C-L: Modeling
Biological Systems
311
Thermal Physics.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Thermal properties of matter treated
using the basic concepts of entropy, temperature, chemical potential, partition
function, and free energy. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics, ideal
gases, thermal radiation and electrical noise, heat engines, Fermi-Dirac and
Bose-Einstein distributions, semiconductor statistics, kinetic theory, and
phase transformations. Also taught as Physics 363. Prerequisites: Mathematics
212 or equivalent and Physics 51 152or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
463
Electric Vehicle Project.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Electrical and
Computer Engineering 363L
681
Pattern Classification and Recognition Technology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Theory and practice of recognition
technology: pattern classification, pattern recognition, automatic computer
decision-making algorithms. Applications covered include medical diseases,
severe weather, industrial parts, biometrics, bioinformation, animal behavior
patterns, image processing, and human visual systems. Perception as an integral
component of intelligent systems. This course prepares students for advanced
study of data fusion, data mining, knowledge base construction, problem-solving
methodologies of "intelligent agents" and the design of intelligent
control systems. Prerequisites: Mathematics 216, Statistical Science 130 or
Mathematics 230, Computer Science 101, or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Collins or P. Wang. One course.
587
Information Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This class provides an introduction to
information theory. The student is introduced to entropy, mutual information,
relative entropy and differential entropy, and these topics are connected to
practical problems in communications, compression, and inference. The class is
appropriate for beginning graduate students who have a good background in
undergraduate electrical engineering, computer science or math. Instructor:
Carin. One course.
575
Microwave Electronic Circuits.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Microwave circuit analysis and design
techniques. Properties of planar transmission lines for integrated circuits.
Matrix and computer-aided methods for analysis and design of circuit
components. Analysis and design of input, output, and interstage networks for
microwave transistor amplifiers and oscillators. Topics on stability, noise,
and signal distortion. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 270or
equivalent. Instructor: Joines. One course.
574
Waves in Matter.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Analysis of wave phenomena that occur in
materials based on fundamental formulations for electromagnetic and elastic
waves. Examples from these and other classes of waves are used to demonstrate
general wave phenomena such as dispersion, anisotropy, and causality; phase,
group, and energy propagation velocities and directions; propagation and
excitation of surface waves; propagation in inhomogeneous media; and
nonlinearity and instability. Applications that exploit these wave phenomena in
general sensing applications are explored. Prerequisites: Electrical and
Computer Engineering 270L. Instructor: Cummer. One course.
442
Introduction to Robotics and Automation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Electrical and
Computer Engineering 383; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
559
Advanced Digital System Design.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course covers the fundamentals of
advanced digital system design, and the use of a hardware description
language, for their synthesis and
simulation. Examples of systems considered include the arithmetic/logic unit,
memory, and microcontrollers. The course includes an appropriate capstone
design project that incorporates engineering standards and realistic
constraints in the outcome of the design process. Additionally, the designer
must consider most of the following: Cost, environmental impact,
manufacturability, health and safety, ethics, social and political impact. Each
design project is executed by a team of 4 or 5 students who are responsible for
generating a final written project report and making an appropriate presentation
of their results to the class. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 250L and Senior/graduate student standing. Instructor: Derby. One
course.
449
Opto-Electronic Design Projects.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Teams of students design an opto-electronic
board-level system to a published specification. The system is built, tested,
and compared to the design specifications. Optical, analog, digital, and radio
frequency (RF) components are used to complete the projects. Group tasks
include resource planning and management using charts, project budgeting,
estimating product Bill of Materials costs, background study of the standard
specification and component characteristics, testing of an evaluation board,
interaction with component vendors, design of the team's board, submission of
that design to a quick-turnaround board fabrication foundry, assembly of the
purchased components onto the fabricated board, and board-level system test.
The opto-electric board design incorporates considerations such as cost,
economic viability, environmental impact, ethical issues, manufacturability,
and social and political impact. Prerequisite: Senior standing in Electrical
and Computer Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering 340, 162L, or
331L. Instructor: Brooke, Jokerst. One course.
MATHEMATICS (MATH)
Number Of Listed Courses: 81
627
Algebraic Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Projective varieties, morphisms,
rational maps, sheaves, divisors, sheaf cohomology, resolution of
singularities. Prerequisite: Mathematics 602 and 625; or consent of instructor
advised. Instructor: Staff. One course.
619
Computational Topology.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
636
353
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: First and second order ordinary
differential equations with applications, Laplace transforms, series solutions
and qualitative behavior, Fourier series, partial differential equations,
boundary value problems, Sturm-Liouville theory. Intended primarily for
engineering and science students. Prerequisite: Mathematics 216. Not open to
students who have had Mathematics 356. Instructor: Staff. One course.
532
Basic Analysis II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Differential and integral calculus in
Rn. Inverse and implicit function theorems. Further topics in multivariable
analysis. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221; Mathematics 531, or 431 and consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690-20
Topics in Differential Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Lie groups and related topics, Hodge
theory, index theory, minimal surfaces, Yang-Mills fields, exterior
differential systems, harmonic maps, symplectic geometry. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 621 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
487
Introduction to Mathematical Logic.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Propositional calculus; predicate
calculus. G\'f6del completeness theorem, applications of number theory,
incompleteness theorem, additional topics in proof theory or computability;
contributions of Aristotle, Boole, Frege, Hilbert, and G\'f6del. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 212 and 221 or Philosophy 250. Instructor: Staff. One course.
122
Introductory Calculus II.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Transcendental functions, techniques and
applications of integration, indeterminate forms, improper integrals, infinite
series. Not open to students who have had Mathematics 112or 122L. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 21. Instructor: Staff. One course.
230
Probability.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 230;
also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
375
Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fundamental properties of linear
programs; linear inequalities and convex sets; primal simplex method, duality;
integer programming; two-person and matrix games. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221
or equivalence. Instructor: Staff. One course.
165S
Cryptography and Society.
Satisfies: QS STS W
Course Description: Introduction to basic ideas of modern
cryptography with emphasis on history and mathematics of encryption,
applications in daily life, and implications for the individual and society.
Topics may include: mathematical tools needed to analyze cryptosystems,
including public key and stream ciphers; zero-knowledge protocols; attacks on
"real-life" cryptosystems such as Enigma and the Data Encryption
Standard; digital signatures, secure web connections; cryptography, free speech
and copyright/fair use issues; applications to electronic communications and
electronic commerce; privacy, computer security, and law enforcement;
limitations and failures of modern cryptography. Instructor: Staff. One course.
531
Basic Analysis I.
Satisfies: QS W
Course Description: Topology of Rn, continuous functions,
uniform convergence, compactness, infinite series, theory of differentiation,
and integration. Not open to students who have had Mathematics 431.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 221. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690-00
Topics in Algebraic Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Schemes, intersection theory,
deformation theory, moduli, classification of varieties, variation of Hodge
structure, Calabi-Yau manifolds, or arithmetic algebraic geometry.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 627 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
575
Mathematical Fluid Dynamics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Properties and solutions of the Euler
and Navier-Stokes equations, including particle trajectories, vorticity,
conserved quantities, shear, deformation and rotation in two and three
dimensions, the Biot-Savart law, and singular integrals. Additional topics
determined by the instructor. Prerequisite: Mathematics 453 or 551 or an
equivalent course. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological
Systems
495AS
Honors Seminar.
Satisfies: CCI FL R
Course Description: Basic training in research methodologies
for students preparing to write an honors thesis on a Spanish or Latin American
topic. Student presentations weekly on research topics and submission of
substantial drafts of honors thesis proposals. (Taught in Madrid.) Consent of
instructor required. Prerequisite: Two 300-level Spanish courses. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
502
Introduction to Algebraic Structures II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fields and field extensions, modules over
rings, further topics in groups, rings, fields, and their applications.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 501, or 401 and consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
121
Introductory Calculus I.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: First topics in introductory calculus
including differentiation, transcendental functions, optimization, numerical
approximations, and the Fundamental Theorem. For transfer credit only. One
course.
561
Scientific Computing.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Structured scientific programming in
C/C++ and FORTRAN. Floating point arithmetic and interactive graphics for data
visualization. Numerical linear algebra, direct and iterative methods for
solving linear systems, matrix factorizations, least squares problems and
eigenvalue problems. Iterative methods for nonlinear equations and nonlinear
systems, Newton's method. Prerequisite: Mathematics 212 and 221. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
221
Linear Algebra and Applications.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Systems of linear equations and
elementary row operations, Euclidean n-space and subspaces, linear
transformations and matrix representations, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization
process, determinants, eigenvectors and eigenvalues; applications. Not open to
students who have taken Mathematics 216. Prerequisite: Mathematics 122, 112or
122L. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
106L
Laboratory Calculus and Functions II.
Satisfies: QS A
Course Description: continuation of Mathematics 105L. Topics
include zeros of functions, antidifferentiation, initial value problems,
differential equations, Euler's method, slope fields, review of trigonometry,
modeling with trigonometric functions, Riemann sums, the Fundamental Theorem of
Calculus, integration by substitution, integration by parts, separation of
variables, systems of differential equations. Students who complete this course
can enroll in Mathematics 112L. Not open to students who have credit for
Mathematics 21 or 111L. Prerequisite: Mathematics 105L. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
690-40
Topics in Probability Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 690-40
551
Applied Partial Differential Equations and Complex
Variables.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Initial and boundary value problems for
the heat and wave equations in one and several dimensions. Fourier series and
integrals, eigenvalue problems. Laplace transforms, solutions via contour
integration, and elementary complex variables. Solutions via Green's functions.
Intended for applied math students and students in science and engineering.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 216 and 353 or the equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
122L
Introductory Calculus with Applications.
Satisfies: II QS L L L
Course Description: Topics include sequences and series, the
definition of the integral and its uses, Taylor and Fourier Series,
differential equations and mathematical models. The weekly labs will involve
explorations of applications, techniques, and Theory. Prerequisite: Advanced
placement credit for Mathematics 21. Not open to students who have taken
Mathematics 106 111 112 or 122. Instructor: Staff. One course.
663
Numerical Solution of Elliptic and Parabolic Partial
Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Numerical solution of parabolic and
elliptic equations. Diffusion equations and stiffness, finite difference
methods and operator splitting (ADI). Convection-diffusion equations. Finite
element methods for elliptic equations. Conforming elements, nodal basis
functions, finite element matrix assembly and numerical quadrature. Iterative
linear algebra; conjugate gradients, Gauss-Seidel, incomplete factorizations
and multigrid. Mixed and hybrid methods. Mortar elements. Reaction-diffusion
problems, localized phenomena, and adaptive mesh refinement. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 561, 563, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
612
Algebraic Topology II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Universal coefficient theorems,
K\'fcnneth theorem, cup and cap products, Poincar\'e9 duality, plus topics
selected from: higher homotopy groups, obstruction theory, Hurewicz and
Whitehead theorems, and characteristic classes. Prerequisite: Mathematics 611
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
555
Ordinary Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Existence and uniqueness theorems for
nonlinear systems, well-posedness, two-point boundary value problems, phase
plane diagrams, stability, dynamical systems, and strange attractors.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 221, 216 or 356, and 531 or 431. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
222
Advanced Multivariable Calculus.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Partial differentiation, multiple
integrals, and topics in differential and integral vector calculus, including
Green's theorem, Stokes's theorem, and Gauss's theorem for students with a
background in linear algebra. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics
202 or 212. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221. Instructor: Staff. One course.
577
Mathematical Modeling.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Formulation and analysis of mathematical
models describing problems from science and engineering including areas like
biological systems, chemical reactions, and mechanical systems. Mathematical
techniques such as nondimensionalization, perturbation analysis, and special
solutions will be introduced to simplify the models and yield insight into the
underlying problems.Instructor: Staff. One course.
573S
Modeling of Biological Systems.
Satisfies: QS R MBS S
Course Description: Research seminar on mathematical methods
for modeling biological systems. Exact content based on research interests of
students. Review methods of differential equations and probability. Discuss use
of mathematical techniques in development of models in biology. Student
presentations and class discussions on individual research projects.
Presentation of a substantial individual modeling project to be agreed upon
during the first weeks of the course. May serve as capstone course for
certificate. Not open to students who have had Modeling Biological Systems
495S. Prerequisites: Mathematics 216 or 356 or consent of instructor. One
course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems 573 Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics 573S
412
Topology with Applications.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to topology from a
computational view-point, with a focus on applications. Themes include: basic
notions of point-set topology, persistent homology, finding multi-scale
topological structure in point cloud data. Algorithmic considerations
emphasized. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Computer Science 434
250
Statistics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: An introduction to the concepts, theory,
and application of statistical inference, including the structure of
statistical problems, probability modeling, data analysis and statistical
computing, and linear regression. Inference from the viewpoint of Bayesian
statistics, with some discussion of sampling theory methods and comparative inference.
Applications to problems in various fields. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221 or
equivalent and Mathematics 230/Statistical Science 230. Instructor: Tokdar or
Wolpert. One course. C-L: Mathematics 342, Information Science and Information
Studies
465
Introduction to High Dimensional Data Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Geometry of high dimensional data sets.
Linear dimension reduction, principal component analysis, kernel methods.
Nonlinear dimension reduction, manifold models. Graphs. Random walks on graphs,
diffusions, page rank. Clustering, classification and regression in
high-dimensions. Sparsity. Computational aspects, randomized algorithms.
Prerequisite: MATH 221. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Computer Science
445
323S
Geometry.
Satisfies: QS R L L
Course Description: Euclidean geometry, inverse and
projective geometries, topology (M\'f6bius strips, Klein bottle, projective
space), and non-Euclidean geometries in two and three dimensions; contributions
of Euclid, Gauss, Lobachevsky, Bolyai, Riemann, and Hilbert. Research project
and paper required. Prerequisite: Mathematics 122, 112 122 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690-50
Topics in Partial Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Hyperbolic conservation laws,
pseudo-differential operators, variational inequalities, theoretical continuum
mechanics. Prerequisite: Mathematics 651 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
602
An Introduction to Commutative Algebra and Algebraic
Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Affine algebraic varieties, Groebner
bases, localization, chain conditions, dimension theory, singularities,
completions. Prerequisite: Mathematics 601 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
635
Functional Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Metric spaces, fixed point theorems,
Baire category theorem, Banach spaces, fundamental theorems of functional
analysis, Fourier transform. Prerequisite: Mathematics 631 or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
212
Multivariable Calculus.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Partial differentiation, multiple
integrals, and topics in differential and integral vector calculus, including
Green's theorem, the divergence theorem, and Stokes's theorem. Not open to
students who have taken Mathematics 202. Prerequisite: Mathematics 122, 112 or
122L. Instructor: Staff. One course.
607
Computation in Algebra and Geometry.
Satisfies: QS GP
Course Description: Application of computing to problems in
areas of algebra and geometry, such as linear algebra, algebraic geometry,
differential geometry, representation theory, and number theory, use of general
purpose symbolic computation packages such as Maple or Mathematica; use of
special purpose packages such as Macaulay, PARI- and LiE; programming in C/C++.
Previous experience with programming or the various mathematical topics not
required. Corequisite: Mathematics 601 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
490S
Seminar in Mathematics.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors majoring in mathematics. Required research project culminating in
written report. Prerequisite: Mathematics 212 and 221. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
111L
Laboratory Calculus I.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Introductory calculus with a laboratory
component. Emphasis on laboratory projects, group work, and written reports.
Differentiation, transcendental functions, optimization, differential
equations, numerical approximations, Euler's method, the Fundamental Theorem,
separation of variables, slope fields, and mathematical modeling. Not open to
students who have credit for Mathematics 105or 106L. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
603
Representation Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 603
501
Introduction to Algebraic Structures I.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Groups: symmetry, normal subgroups,
quotient groups, group actions. Rings: homomorphisms, ideals, principal ideal
domains, the Euclidean algorithm, unique factorization. Not open to students
who have had Mathematics 401. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221 or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
621
Applied Stochastic Processes.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 541
451S
Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Theory and applications of systems of
nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Topics may include qualitative behavior,
numerical experiments, oscillations, bifurcations, deterministic chaos, fractal
dimension of attracting sets, delay differential equations, and applications to
the biological and physical sciences. Research project and paper required.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 216 or 356 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
553
Asymptotic and Perturbation Methods.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Asymptotic solution of linear and
nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations. Asymptotic evaluation of
integrals. Singular perturbation. Boundary layer theory. Multiple scale
analysis. Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
411
Topology.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Elementary topology, surfaces, covering
spaces, Euler characteristic, fundamental group, homology theory, exact
sequences. Prerequisite: Mathematics 221. Instructor: Staff. One course.
476S
Seminar in Mathematical Modeling.
Satisfies: QS R W
Course Description: Introduction to techniques used in the
construction, analysis, and evaluation of mathematical models. Individual
modeling projects in biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, medicine, or
physics. Students must write at least one substantial paper on their project.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 353 or 356 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
651
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Linear wave motion, dispersion,
stationary phase, foundations of continuum mechanics, characteristics, linear
hyperbolic systems, and nonlinear conservation laws. Prerequisite: Mathematics
557 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690-10
Topics in Topology.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Algebraic, geometric, or differential
topology. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
281S
Problem Solving Seminar.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Techniques for attacking and solving
challenging mathematics problems and writing mathematical proofs. Course may be
repeated. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
112L
Laboratory Calculus II.
Satisfies: QS L L
Course Description: Second semester of introductory calculus
with a laboratory component. Emphasis on laboratory projects, group work, and
written reports. Methods of integration, applications of integrals, functions
defined by integration, improper integrals, introduction to probability and
distributions, infinite series, Taylor polynomials, series solutions of
differential equations, systems of differential equations, Fourier series. Not
open to students who have had Mathematics 122 or 122L. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 106or 111or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
612
Numerical Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
520; also C-L: Mathematics 565, Modeling Biological Systems
431
Advanced Calculus I.
Satisfies: QS W
Course Description: Algebraic and topological structure of
the real number system; rigorous development of one-variable calculus including
continuous, differentiable, and Riemann integrable functions and the
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; uniform convergence of a sequence of
functions; contributions of Newton, Leibniz, Cauchy, Riemann, and Weierstrass.
Not open to students who have had Mathematics 531. Prerequisite: Mathematics
202, 212 or 222. Instructor: Staff. One course.
622
General Relativity.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: This course introduces the concepts and
techniques of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The mathematics of
Riemannian (Minkowskian) geometry will be presented in a self-contained way.
The principle of equivalence and its implications will be discussed. Einstein's
equations will be presented, as well as some important solutions including
black holes and cosmological solutions. Advanced topics will be pursued subject
to time limitations and instructor and student preferences. Prerequisite:
familiarity with the special theory and facility with multivariate calculus.
Instructor: Plesser or Aspinwall. One course. C-L: Mathematics 527
202
Multivariable Calculus for Economics.
Satisfies: QS L
Course Description: Gaussian elimination, matrix algebra,
determinants, linear independence. Calculus of several variables, chain rule,
implicit differentiation. Optimization, first order conditions, Lagrange
multipliers. Integration of functions of several variables. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 122, 112or 122L. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics
212. Instructor: Staff. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
361S
Mathematical Numerical Analysis.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: Development of numerical techniques for
accurate, efficient solution of problems in science, engineering, and
mathematics through the use of computers. Linear systems, nonlinear equations,
optimization, numerical integration, differential equations, simulation of
dynamical systems, error analysis. Research project and paper required. Not
open to students who have had Computer Science 220 or 520. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 212 and 221 and basic knowledge of a programming language (at the level
of Computer Science 101), or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
557
Introduction to Partial Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fundamental solutions of linear partial
differential equations, hyperbolic equations, characteristics,
Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem, propagation of singularities. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 532 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
545
Introduction to Stochastic Calculus.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to the theory of stochastic
differential equations oriented towards topics useful in applications. Brownian
motion, stochastic integrals, and diffusions as solutions of stochastic
differential equations. Functionals of diffusions and their connection with
partial differential equations. Ito's formula, Girsanov's theorem, Feynman-Kac
formula, Martingale representation
590-01
Special Readings.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
563
Scientific Computing II.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Approximation theory: Fourier series,
orthogonal polynomials, interpolating polynomials and splines. Numerical
differentiation and integration. Numerical methods for ordinary differential
equations: finite difference methods for initial and boundary value problems,
and stability analysis. Introduction to finite element methods. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 561 and familiarity with ODEs at the level of Mathematics 216 or
356. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
653
Elliptic Partial Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fourier transforms, distributions,
elliptic equations, singular integrals, layer potentials, Sobolev spaces,
regularity of elliptic boundary value problems. Prerequisite: Mathematics 557
and 631 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
105L
Laboratory Calculus and Functions I.
Satisfies: QS A
Course Description: study of functions with applications,
and an introduction to differential calculus, with a laboratory component.
Topics include a review of algebra and functions, mathematical modeling with
elementary functions, rates of change, inverse functions, logarithms and
exponential functions, the derivative, graphical interpretations of the
derivative, optimization, related rates. Not open to students who have credit
for Mathematics 21 or 111L. Instructor: Staff. One course.
605
Number Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Binary quadratic forms; orders, integral
closure; Dedekind domains; fractional ideals; spectra of rings; Minkowski
theory; fundamental finiteness theorems; valuations; ramification; zeta
functions; density of primes in arithmetic progressions. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 502 or 601 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
216
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Systems of linear equations, matrix
operations, vector spaces, linear transformations, orthogonality, determinants,
eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, linear differential equations
and systems with constant coefficients and applications, computer simulations.
Intended primarily for engineering and science students. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 202, 212 or 222. Not open to students who have had Mathematics 221.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
181
Math Everywhere: Mathematical Concepts and Reasoning in our
Modern World.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Mathematical concepts and reasoning, and
their essential and exciting roles in our modern world. Topics include but not
limited to: storage and communication of data, images, and music; social
networks; evaluation of assessments based on statistics; design of visuals for
video games and animated movies. Designed for students without college math but
with interest in mathematical concepts important to modern applications. Six
largely independent units, focused on building understanding and appreciation
rather than development of mathematical techniques. Transfer credit not
accepted as equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
625
Riemann Surfaces.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Compact Riemann Surfaces, maps to
projective space, Riemann-Roch Theorem, Serre duality, Hurwitz formula, Hodge
theory in dimension one, Jacobians, the Abel-Jacobi map, sheaves, Cech
cohomology. Prerequisite: Mathematics 633 and Mathematics 611 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
611
Algebraic Topology I.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Fundamental group and covering spaces,
singular and cellular homology, Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms of homology, Euler
characteristic, classification of surfaces, singular and cellular cohomology.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 411 and 501 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
356
Elementary Differential Equations.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: First and second order differential
equations with applications; linear systems of differential equations; Fourier
series and applications to partial differential equations. Additional topics
may include stability, nonlinear systems, bifurcations, or numerical methods.
Not open to students who have had Mathematics 216 or Mathematics 353.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 202, 212 or 222; corequisite: Mathematics 221.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
350
Logic and Its Applications.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 388;
also C-L: Computer Science 288
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
168
Mathematical Investigations in Genetics and Genomics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to basic mathematical
methods in genetics and genomics: Mendelian segregation, population allele
frequencies, sex-linked traits, genetic recombination, sequence analysis,
phylogenetic trees. Necessary background in elementary
690-30
Topics in Complex Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Geometric function theory, function
algebras, several complex variables, uniformization, or analytic number theory.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 633 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
601
Groups, Rings, and Fields.
Satisfies: QS PID
Course Description: Groups including nilpotent and solvable
groups, p-groups and Sylow theorems; rings and modules including classification
of modules over a and applications to linear algebra; fields including
extensions and Galois theory. Prerequisite: Mathematics 502 or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
490
Topics in Mathematics.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Topics vary. Instructor: Staff. One course.
472
Topics in Mathematics from a Historical Perspective.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Content of course determined by
instructor. Prerequisite: Mathematics 431 or 531 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
401
Introduction to Abstract Algebra.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Groups, rings, and fields. Students
intending to take a year of abstract algebra should take Mathematics 501 and
502. Not open to students who have had Mathematics 501. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 221. Instructor: Staff. One course.
633
Complex Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Complex calculus, conformal mapping,
Riemann mapping theorem, Riemann surfaces. Prerequisite: Mathematics 532 or
equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
661
Numerical Solution of Hyperbolic Partial Differential
Equations.
Satisfies: QS TVD ENO
Course Description: Numerical solution of hyperbolic
conservation laws. Conservative difference schemes, modified equation analysis
and Fourier analysis, Lax-Wendroff process. Gas dynamics and Riemann problems.
Upwind schemes for hyperbolic systems. Nonlinear stability, monotonicity and
entropy; and ENO schemes for scalar
laws. Approximate Riemann solvers and schemes for hyperbolic systems.
Multidimensional schemes. Adaptive mesh refinement. Prerequisite: Mathematics
561, 563, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
371
Combinatorics.
Satisfies: QS L L
Course Description: Permutations and combinations,
generating functions, recurrence relations; topics in enumeration theory,
including the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion and Polya Theory; topics in
graph theory, including trees, circuits, and matrix representations;
applications. Prerequisite: Mathematics 122, 112 122or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
621
Differential Geometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Differentiable manifolds, fiber bundles,
connections, curvature, characteristic classes, Riemannian geometry including
submanifolds and variations of length integral, complex manifolds, homogeneous
spaces. Prerequisite: Mathematics 532 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES (EOS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 56
402S
Volcanology: Geology of Hawaii.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Geology of volcanic processes and the
benefits and hazards they present to society. Lectures, discussion and student
presentations of independent research reports. Required field trip to Hawaii
during spring break. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 recommended.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Boudreau. One course.
370A
Introduction to Physical Oceanography.
Satisfies: NS QS STS A
Course Description: Fundamental physical principles of ocean
circulation. Physical properties of seawater; forces acting on the ocean such
as heat, pressure gradients, wind stress, rotation, and friction; and
conservation equations for heat, mass and momentum. Applications include
geostrophic balances, thermal wind, coastally trapped waves, El Nino/ and tidal
circulation. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisites: one year of calculus and one
year of physics, or permission of instructor. Instructor: Hench. One course.
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 370A, Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
202
Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics.
Satisfies: NS R L
Course Description: Introduction to the dynamics of ocean
and atmospheric circulations, with particular emphasis on the global climate
cycle. Prerequisites: Mathematics 21 and 122, Physics 141or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Lozier. One course. C-L: Marine Science and
Conservation
578
Tropical Climate and Paleoclimate.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Thermodynamics of tropical climate.
Nature and mechanisms of climate variability in the tropics on time scales from
daily to multi-millennial. Impact of climatic variability on the tropical
biota. Effects of anthropogenic changes of the environment on future climatic
change in the tropics and potential extratropical teleconnections.
Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 or 102. Instructor: Baker. One
course.
545S
Nanoenvironment.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to the emerging world of
the 21st century, "the neoenvironment," where life, environment, and
social interaction are increasingly engineered by novel
512
Climate Change.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Course aims to provide knowledge and
understanding of physics of climate system and Earth system modeling for
scientists, engineers and policy students with physics and matheCourse aims to
provide knowledge and understanding of physics of climate system and Earth
system modeling for scientists, engineers and policy students with physics and
mathematics background. Fundamental principles controlling physical and dynamic
structure of climate system; discussion of relative roles of natural climate
variability and external forces and anthropogenic influences. Explore numerical
methods, develop computing skills, and deal with data handing as a means to an
end of quantifying climate system behavior. Pre-requisite: Earth and Ocean
Sciences 511. Instructor: Li. One course.
513S
Greening the Seven Seas: Marine Environmental
Sustainability.
Satisfies: NS STS S
Course Description: Introduction to marine environmental
challenges, and how to address these issues to achieve sustainability. Topics
include green boats, green seaports, plastics in the oceans, pollution, wind,
wave and tidal power, oil and gas production, sustainable coasts, sustainable
fisheries. Lectures, discussion of readings, invited speakers. Field trip to
coast to explore sea port and ships. Prerequisite: one introductory
oceanography course or consent of instructor. Instructor: Corliss. One course.
C-L: Environment 513 Marine Science and Conservation
101
The Dynamic Earth.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to the dynamic processes
that shape the Earth and the environment and their impact upon society.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, seafloor spreading, floods, landslides, groundwater,
seashores and geohazards. Emphasis on examining the lines of inductive and
deductive reasoning, quantitative methods, modes of inquiry, and technological
developments that lead to understanding the Earth's dynamic systems.
Instructors: Baker, Klein, Murray, Glass. One course.
540
Introduction to Modeling in the Earth Sciences.
Satisfies: NS QS
Course Description: Elementary methods for quantitatively
modeling problems in the earth sciences. Formulation and solution of classical
equations that express fundamental behaviors of fluids, sediments, and rocks.
Examples from different fields of geology. Simple modeling exercises, including
a final project. Instructors: Haff, Murray, and Pratson. One course.
551S
Global Environmental Change.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Topics in the seminar will include
climate change, earth surface alteration, prediction, water and carbon cycling,
sea-level rise and coastal erosion, biodiversity, fossil fuels and energy
resources, water resources, soil fertility, human impact on coastal zone
ecosystems. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Instructor: Baker. One course.
579LA
Biological Oceanography.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Physical, chemical, and biological
processes of the oceans, emphasizing special adaptations for life in the sea
and factors controlling distribution and abundance of organisms. Four units
(spring); six units (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory
biology. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
510S
Paleoenvironmental Analysis.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Methods of paleoenvironmental and
paleoclimatic analysis. Includes radiometric and other methods of dating, stable
isotopes, trace elements, paleobiotic and other methods of reconstructing
climate, hydrology and environment of the past. Also includes approaches to
modeling paleoenvironmental data. Instructor: Baker. One course.
528S
Biological-Physical Couplings in Coastal Environments;
Responses to Changing Forcing.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Focus on select examples of
biological-physical couplings that shape coastal environments (i.e. coastal
`ecomorphodynamics\rquote ) and help determine how those environments respond
to changing climate and land use. Environments include: barrier islands, tidal
wetlands. Grading based on in-class presentations, and a final project (in the
form of a research proposal). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Murray.
One course.
359
Fundamentals of and Geospatial Analysis.
Satisfies: GIS NS QS
Course Description: Fundamental aspects of geographic
information systems and satellite remote sensing for environmental
applications. Concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image
processing, and spatial analysis. Prerequisite: an introductory statistics
course. Instructor: Halpin. One course. C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 359
341
Dinosaurs with Feathers and Whales with Legs: Major
Evolutionary Transitions in the Fossil Record.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Focus on the fossil record of the
differentiation of the major vertebrate groups. Study and critical evaluation
of the paleontological and neontological evidence for four major
macroevolutionary transitions in the history of life: fish to tetrapods, the
reptile/mammal differentiation, the evolution of birds from dinosaurs, and the
origin of whales. Stresses the importance of the fossil record in the
reconstruction of transitions but also covers genetic, physiological, and
developmental evidence gathered from living representatives. Required fieldtrip
to the Museum of Natural History in Raleigh. Prerequisite: Prior course work in
Earth and Ocean Sciences or Biology or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Glass. One course. C-L: Biology 345
508
Climate History.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Climate variation during the entire
scope of Earth history. Coupling between climate evolution and biological
evolution. Methods for reconstructing climate history. Implications of past
climate change for future climate. Scientific and mathematical literacy
assumed, but no specific pre-requisites. Mid-term and final exams plus short
term papers. Instructor: Baker. One course.
226S
Field Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 226S
355
Global Warming.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Broad, interdisciplinary course on the
science of global warming, the evidence for climate change and anthropogenic
forcings. Includes coverage of weather and climate, greenhouse gases,
paleoclimate studies, climate models, and future projections. Course also
includes thorough analysis of climate change denial and the politics of global
warming in the United States. Instructor: Glass. One course. C-L: Energy and
the Environment
507
The Amazon: Geology, Climate, Ecology, and Future Change.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: This course will study the natural
history of the Amazon including its biodiversity, geological evolution, and
modern climate and hydrology. The present development of the Amazon and best
strategies for its future conservation will be discussed. Instructor: Baker.
One course.
272A
Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 272A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 272 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
288A
Biogeography in an Australian Context.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 288A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 288A
362S
Changing Oceans.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 364S; also C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
573S
Analytic Techniques.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: An introduction to advanced analytic
procedures used in the earth sciences: such as electron microbeam techniques
(scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis) and plasma
emission/absorption spectroscopy. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Boudreau. One course.
571
Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in Environmental Sciences.
Satisfies: NS QS DL
Course Description: Theory and applications of stable and
radioactive isotope distributions in nature (including oceanographic, geologic,
hydrologic, and biological processes). Prerequisites: Chemistry 210and
Mathematics 122. Instructor: Baker or Vengosh. One course.
527
International Water Resources.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Overview of the hydrology, hydrogeology,
water quality, and management of major international water resources. Focus on
cross-boundary international rivers and aquifers, up-stream versus down-stream
water users, the politics of water sharing and disputes, the role of science in
water management, and prospects and implications for future utilization of
contaminated rivers and stressed aquifers. Examples from international rivers
such as the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Jordan, Colorado, Indus, Ganges, and
Mekong and international aquifer systems such as the Mountain aquifer, Gaza
Strip, Disi, and Nubian basins in northern Africa. Instructor: Vengosh. One
course.
377LA
Marine Invertebrate Zoology.
Satisfies: NS R LA
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 377LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 377 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
542S
New Perspectives and Methods in Surface Process Studies.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Nonlinear dynamics and related
approaches to understanding, modeling, and analyzing physical systems, with
emphasis on applications in geomorphology. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Murray. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
569
Thermodynamics of Geological Systems.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introductory thermodynamics applied to
geologic problems through understanding of phase equilibrium. Prerequisites:
Earth and Ocean Sciences 201; and Mathematics 122 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Boudreau. One course.
316A
Beach and Island Geological Processes.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Field seminar on the evolution of
beaches and barrier islands with emphasis on the interactions between nearshore
processes and human development. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 315/515
or consent of instructor. Also taught as Earth and Ocean Sciences 716A.
Instructor: Murray. Half course. C-L: Marine Sciences
203S
The Surface of the Earth.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Fundamental earth surface processes
involving weathering, soils, hillslopes, rivers, wind, glaciers, and tectonic
activity. Humans as agents of landscape change. The future of landscape.
Prerequisites: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 or 102. Instructor Consent
Required. Instructor: Haff or Murray. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies
253S
384LA
Sound in the Sea: Introduction to Marine Bioacoustics.
Satisfies: NS R STS LA
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 280LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 280 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
204L
The Evolving Earth and Life.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Evolution of the earth and life through
time. Weekend field trip to Appalachian Mountains. Recommended: Earth and Ocean
Sciences 101. Instructor: Corliss. One course.
509S
Paleoclimate.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Nature and mechanisms of climate
variability throughout Earth history. Topics include general theory of climate,
paleoclimate modeling and comparisons with observations, methodologies of
reconstructing past climate variations, the observational record of
paleoclimate extending from the Precambrian through the Ice Ages and Holocene
to present, and the impact paleoclimate on biotic evolution/paleogeography and
human cultural history. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Baker. One
course.
544
Geoengineering.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: Discussion of proposals for large-scale
intentional modification and/or control of climate. Physical mechanisms,
intended benefits, risks, costs, scenarios for deployment, historical analogs,
possible unintended physical and social consequences, ethical dilemmas, oath
for earth and environmental scientists. Prerequisite: one course in Earth and
Ocean Sciences or consent of instructor. Instructor: Haff. One course.
358
Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 358
315
Waves, Beaches, and Coastline Dynamics.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Oceanographic and geologic processes
responsible for the evolution of nearshore features; fluid motions of many time
scales in the nearshore environment, including waves and currents. Conceptual
basis for models of how fluid motions interact with the shape of the beach and
bed in the surf zone, giving rise to features such as beach cusps, bars,
channels, and barrier islands. Various attempted engineering and coastal
management solutions to the global retreat of shorelines. One course. C-L:
Marine Science and Conservation
365
Introduction to Weather and Climate.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to weather and climate.
Topics include atmospheric structure, composition, circulation and energy
properties; severe weather events such as cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes;
ozone depletion; natural climate variability; climate change and global warming.
Instructor: Li. One course.
590S
Special Topics in Earth and Ocean Sciences.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Content to be determined each semester.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff.
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Earth and Ocean Sciences.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
526S
Water Forum Speaker Series.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Seminar including visiting scholars
covering a broad array of issues on water including water quality,
hydrogeology, biogeochemistry, water management, water treatment, ecology,
water economy, and water policy and law at both the national and international
levels. Instructor: Vengosh. One course.
543S
Landscape Dynamics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: How landscape changes with time. The
dynamics and mechanisms of earth surface processes underlying landscape change.
Hillslope, fluvial, marine, glacial, volcanic, tectonic and aeolian processes.
Reading and discussion of primary literature; several field trips to Duke
Forest. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Haff and Pratson. One course.
403
Dinosaurs, Fossil Fish, and Yellowstone.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Paleontology, geology, and ecology of
Dinosaur National Monument, Fossil Butte National Monument, and Yellowstone
National Park. Includes a field trip with a required fee for the trip. Consent
of instructor required. Recommended prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences
107L. Instructor: Corliss. One course.
520
Introduction to Fluid Dynamics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Conservation equations for mass,
momentum and heat, with an emphasis on large temporal and spatial scales;
application to the earth, ocean, and environmental sciences. Some background in
differential equations highly recommended. Instructor: Lozier. One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
325
The Future.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to the future as a
continuation of the geological, biological, and technological evolution of the
Earth. Topics include developments and trends in computation, the internet,
nanotechnology, space exploration, artificial intelligence, robots and
biotechnology and their effects in society. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean
Sciences 101 or 102. Instructor: Haff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
401
Field Exploration of the Geology of North Carolina.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to the geological history
of North Carolina with an emphasis on active learning and field-based inquiry.
Class time serves as preparation and background for two one-day and one
overnight weekend field trips. An introductory geology background is useful but
not required. Instructor: Glass. One course.
525
Fundamentals of Water Biogeochemistry and Pollution.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Course is designed to present students
with a comprehensive introduction to the sources and impacts of pollution in
marine and freshwater environments. Fundamental concepts and principles of
aquatic biogeochemistry will first be introduced: marine and freshwater
chemistry,primary production and food webs. Topics to be covered include
biological (e.g. pathogens, invasive species), physical (e.g. thermal,
plastics), and chemical (e.g. nutrient loading, oil, pesticides, metals)
pollutants. Instructor: Cassar. One course.
575S
Mineral Resources.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to the mineralogy,
geological setting, and genesis of metallic and non-metallic deposits (gold,
copper, iron, aluminum, gypsum, phosphates, diamonds, e.g.). Includes methods
of mineral exploration and exploitation, and the environmental consequences of
utilizing mineral resources. An introductory geology course background useful
but not required. Instructor: Boudreau. One course.
567
Analyzing Time and Space Series.
Satisfies: NS QS
Course Description: Ways to extract information from data;
methods for probing time or spatial series including spectral and wavelet
analyses, correlation techniques, and nonlinear-dynamics approaches for
determining how deterministic and linear the processes producing the data are,
and for reconstructing and quantitatively comparing state-space plots.
Instructor: Murray. One course.
201L
The Solid Earth: Minerals, Rocks, and Structural Geology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Description and interpretation of
minerals, rocks and geologic structures. Lectures on theoretical aspects, lab
on practical applications and use of petrographic microscope. Prerequisite:
Earth and Ocean Sciences 101. Instructor: Boudreau. One course.
330
Energy and the Environment.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Overview of the challenges confronting
humanity as a consequence of our reliance on energy. Challenges include
dwindling supplies, rising demand and environmental degradation. Realistic
responses require an understanding of the complexity of the energy system,
including energy resources, uses, and impacts, in the context of social,
political and economic imperatives. Lectures will be augmented by presentations
from guest speakers from industry, government and non-profit organizations.
Instructor: Pratson. One course. C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 330
410S
Senior Capstone Experience.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Senior capstone field trip course. Field
location varies. Topics in geology, hydrology, biology, climate, and other
environmental subjects as appropriate for field area, especially human impact
on the earth and the role of earth scientists as observers and teachers of
earth-system change. Course content partially determined by students.
Prerequisites: Open only to senior Earth and Ocean Sciences majors. Department
consent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
404S
Geology of Tropical Marine Environments.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Spatial and temporal analysis of the
geology of tropical shallow marine environments. Includes class discussions,
required spring-break field trip to South Florida, Belize, Turks and Caicos
Islands, or similar setting, in-class and field trip presentations, post-trip
research paper. Examination of tropical shallow marine sedimentary environments
including reefs, mudbanks, and mangrove forests and islands, and their ancient
counterparts in rock outcrops and sediment cores. Includes a field trip with a
required fee for the trip. Prerequisite: Earth and Ocean Sciences 101 or 102,
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Dwyer. One course. C-L: Marine Science
and Conservation
511
The Climate System.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Components of the climate system:
observed climate change, concept of energy balance, basic circulation of the
atmosphere and ocean, introduction to climate models, sample applications of
climate models, interactions between the atmosphere/ocean/ and biosphere, land
surface, cryosphere (snow and ice), and chemistry of the atmosphere.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
ARTS OF THE MOVING IMAGE (AMI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 92
121S
Sound for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 350 Documentary Studies 277 Information Science and Information Studies
243S
499S
Capstone Course in Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Culminating seminar for Arts of the
Moving Image Program certificate students. Designed to allow students to
complete their certificate with a finished project or advanced research in the
field. Instructor: Staff. One course.
374
Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 205; also C-L: Documentary Studies 270, Political Science 276, Visual and
Media Studies 264
613S
Third Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS STS S S S
Course Description: Exploration of the geopolitics of
situatedness and distance as they refer to the film industry, investigating
processes of production, distribution, and reception of Hollywood, Third World,
and diasporic films, and studying classical and artisanal modes of production
in film. Addresses questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and
interventionist filmmaking as they refer themselves to human states of
liminality, global movements of populations and capital. Traces the experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 530 International Comparative
Studies 613 Latin American Studies 613 Arts of the Moving Image 644S
273S
Planning the Documentary Film: From Concept to Treatment.
Satisfies: ALP R S S
Course Description: Historical documentary film preparation
through narrative, character-driven stories. Using the raw material of real
life, students organize the conceptual process for historical documentary
films, framing a logical sequence of events structured for dramatic effect.
Focus on the pre-production activities and principles that lead to a treatment
that is the foundation for an efficient shooting schedule. Instructor: James.
One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 332 Visual and Media Studies 220
Information Science and Information Studies
490S
Special Topics In Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced special topics investigation of
major concepts and principles in arts of the moving image. Content varies with
instructors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
170S
The Documentary Experience: Video Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R SS S S S S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
105S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 106 Arts of the Moving Image 331 History
125 Political Science 105 Visual and Media Studies 106 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
274S
From Stories to Movies.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: The creation of scenes: writing,
framing, story boards, directing. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of
the Moving Image 303S
381
Russian Revolutionary Cinema.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 281; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 264, Marxism and Society
314S
States of Exile and Accented Cinemas.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS S
Course Description: Geopolitics of situatedness and distance
as they refer to the film industry. Production, distribution, and reception of
exilic and diasporic films. Classical and artisanal modes of production in
film. Questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and interventionist
filmmaking. States of liminality, global movements and capital. The experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 249 Islamic Studies, Latin American
Studies
283
Cultural History of the Televisual.
Satisfies: ALP CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 345; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 207, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
214
Modern Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 431; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 250, Visual and Media
Studies 235
220
Film Genres.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 210; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 267
511
Documentary and East Asian Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 511; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 641
615S
Environmental Issues & the Documentary Arts.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: C-L: see Documentary Studies 615S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 643S
404S
Discourse of Disease and Infection.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 238 Arts of the Moving
Image 215S
211
Animated Film: History and Aesthetic.
Satisfies: A ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 215; also C-L: Visual Arts 328
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
491-1
Individual Project.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Independent work open to highly
qualified juniors and seniors on recommendation of instructor and/or invitation
of department. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
390S
Special Topics in Film and Digital Video Production.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: An in-depth investigation of a
particular production technology combined with an emphasis on an aesthetic or
theoretical strategy. Exploration of lighting, cinematography, directing for
camera, and/or nonlinear post-production techniques. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
480S
Advanced Production Projects.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Project-based course for advanced
students to undertake preconceived film or digital productions. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Gibson. One course.
210
Colonial Cinema and Post-Colonial Reflections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 301; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 301, Arts of
the Moving Image 259
290AS-1
Studies in the United States Culture Industries.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 280AS
666S
Body as the Computer.
Satisfies: ALP NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 510S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 622S
317
Media Theory.
Satisfies: STS S S
Course Description: Introduction to the material and
technical infrastructure that informs and constrains the production and
dissemination of knowledge. Exploration of cultural impact of technical media
from writing to the internet. Combines historical and theoretical discussion
with hands-on experimentation with various media, including the codex book,
phonography and sound registration technology, photography, cinematography,
video, virtual reality, digital computation, and the internet. Instructor:
Hansen. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 204 Information Science and
Information Studies 214 Visual and Media Studies 328S
450S
Advanced Narrative Production.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Focus on narrative film and video
techniques, from script to realization. Exercises in production management,
cinematography, lighting, shot blocking and working with actors in dramatic
productions, employing continuity editing techniques. Suggested prerequisite:
Arts of the Moving Image 301 Moving Image Practice. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual Arts 450S
213
Japanese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 261; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 255, Visual and Media
Studies 232
276S
Adapting Literature -- Producing Film.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 304S; also C-L: Visual Arts 228 Information Science and Information
Studies
322S
Motion Graphics in Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: An advanced post-production course
designed to explore the history, theory, and practice of motion graphics
techniques in film and video. Students produce digital motion sequences out of
still images and create multiple motion paths through exposure to applications
such as Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, iMovie. Not open to students who
have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 109S. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 272
Visual Arts 236S
386S
Film and Politics.
Satisfies: ALP EI R SS
Course Description: Selected film genres and films as they
illuminate political behavior. Ethical issues and controversies raised by the
making and contents of films. Inducts students into the ways research is
conducted in the study of films and the generation and presentation of
knowledge in the discipline. Instructor: Paletz. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 213
294L
Interactive Graphics: Critical Code.
Satisfies: ALP QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 242L;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 323, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
273S
Screenwriting.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Advanced writing projects for feature
film. Study of existing scripts and videos, application of techniques.
Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L: English 317 Arts of the Moving Image 305S
249S
Political Economies of the Global Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 335S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 247 Cultural Anthropology 217 Visual and
Media Studies 248S
311S
Poetic Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S S
Course Description: Inquiry into sources of
"resonance" in international cinema with emphasis on films from Asia
and the Middle East. The object of the course is to attempt a description of
aspects of film construction which conduce to intense experience for viewers.
Readings in indigenous aesthetics. Instructor: Khanna. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 354 Arts of the Moving Image 266 Arts of the Moving Image
383S
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking.
Satisfies: S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 470S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 470 Visual and Media Studies 470
Information Science and Information Studies
230A
Introduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary
Survey.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 359, Arts of the Moving Image 283
121
Internship.
Satisfies: D D
Course Description: 'For students working in a public
agency, political campaign, or other policy-oriented group under the
supervision of a faculty member. Prior consent of assistant director of
internships, placement, and alumni and director of undergraduate studies
required. Requires a substantive paper (or papers) containing significant
analysis and interpretation. Satifactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite:
Economics 201 Public Policy 155 301, 302, 303D/equivalent, Statistics 101, and
approval from Internship Coordinator. Instructor: Staff. One course.
242S
Dance for the Camera.
Satisfies: ALP R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 306S; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 343S
360S
Television Production Techniques.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to broadcast television
techniques, including live multi-camera production, studio operations, field
production and digital nonlinear editing. Practical experience in the
production of a cable television program combined with industry study and
theoretical readings. Instructor: Staff. One course.
320S
Film Animation Production.
Satisfies: ALP S S
Course Description: Experimentation with various media;
mastering animation techniques such as metamorphosis, timing, articulation,
storytelling, sound design, special effects, and camera. Each student to
produce a one-minute animated film on the Oxberry 16mm film animation stand. Not
open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 102S.
Instructor: Burns. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 326 Visual and Media Studies
271 Information Science and Information Studies
281S
Cinematography.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 355S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 260 Visual Arts 248S
288S
Trauma and Nostalgia: East European Film in the 21st
Century.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI S S
Course Description: Examines the major thematic focus of
East European filmmakers in the 21st century: their efforts to reconstruct and
reassess the experience of the Cold War (1945-1989) and the Yugoslav wars
(1991-1995). These films from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Croatia, and Serbia include ironic/sentimental tales of Cold War childhood,
thrillers about sleeping with the enemy (political informers), and
psychological dramas centering on political trauma, resistance, and compromise.
All films shown with English subtitles. No prerequisites. Instructor: Holmgren.
One course. C-L: Literature 216 Arts of the Moving Image 268 Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 288S
248S
Editing for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 357S; also C-L: Documentary Studies 288S
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Film and
Video.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
361
Anime: Origins, Forms, Mutations.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Historical origins of Japanese anime, as
well as its status as art, narrative, genre. Ways in which anime mutates:
formally (literature, manga, live action), culturally (fashion, otaku, fan
communities), geographically. No prior knowledge of subject matter or Japanese
language required. Instructor: Yoda. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
260
610S
Basic Concepts in Cinema Studies.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Review of theory, methodology, and
debates in study of film under three rubrics: mode of production or industry;
apparatus or technologies of cinematic experience; text or the network of
filmic systems (narrative, image, sound). Key concepts and their genealogies
with the field: gaze theory, apparatus theory, suture, indexicality, color,
continuity. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
610 Arts of the Moving Image
111
Introduction to the Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 101; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 102, Visual Arts 102, Literature
111
279S
Editing the Documentary: From Creativity to Collaboration to
Negotiation.
Satisfies: TV ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 333S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 274 Policy Journalism and Media
Studies
224AS
Writing the Hollywood Cyber Journal.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 297SA
221
American Film Comedy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 211; also C-L: English 382, Visual and Media Studies 268
630
The Ongoing Moment: Presentations of Time in Still and
Moving Images.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 630
282S
Transforming Fiction for Stage and Screen.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Theory and practice of the process of
adaptation of serious literary works of fiction to screenplay or play form.
Reading and analysis of literary works adapted as screenplays and plays.
Project in writing an adaptation. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Malone. One course. C-L: English 227 Arts of the Moving Image 302S
387S
Documenting Black Experiences.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
350S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image 214 Cultural Anthropology 262S
412
French Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Historical overview of French cinema
from the beginning of the sound period (1930). Films by directors such as
Clair, Renoir, Carn\'e9, Godard, Truffaut, and Varda. Readings in the theory of
cinema by French theorists. Analysis of the position of French cinema within
European and American cinema traditions. Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 251, Visual and Media Studies 309
356S
16mm Film Production.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Hands-on experience with 16mm motion
picture film and photography. In-depth exploration of the techniques and
aesthetics of film production, including basic screen writing, lighting, story
telling, and editing. Each student will produce an individual 16mm film.
Instructor: Burns. One course.
278S
Producing Docu-Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 334S
415
Yesterday's Classics/Today's Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Films on the French classical era,
readings of related texts, and film reviews. Analysis of themes/preoccupations
from seventeenth century to today. The nature of classicism and its role in
shaping of a French mentalit\'e9. Instructor: Longino. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 312, Arts of the Moving Image 262
290S
Special Topics in Film Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Arts of the Moving
Image 290. Instructor: Staff. One course.
212
World of Korean Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 471; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 256, Visual and Media
Studies 234
240
Fundamentals of Web-Based Multimedia Communications.
Satisfies: ALP QS R
Course Description: Multimedia information systems,
including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video,
and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them
possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of
web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in
non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take
Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 288, Arts of the Moving Image 325, Policy
Journalism and Media
203
Film Theory.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 316;
also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 298, Women's Studies
264D
German Film.
Satisfies: ALP CZ D
Course Description: Introduction to German film, film
theory, and reception. Emphasis on history and cultural background of films.
Topics include Expressionism, Nazi and postwar films, New German cinema, DEFA.
Films subtitled, readings and discussions in English. Instructor: Gellen. One
course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 252 Visual and Media Studies 280D
586S
Literary Guide to Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A S S
Course Description: journey of Italy through literary,
cinematic, and musical texts through Italy's sights and customs, as well as the
place of Italy, both the real and imagined, in the aesthetics of the Grand
Tour. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 542
German 586 Arts of the Moving Image 640S
340S
Experimental Filmmaking.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The history of avant-garde in film and
video combined with production exercises. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual
Arts 229S
227
Women in Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 216, Literature 219, Study of Sexualities 225
221S
Writing the Movie. Introduction to the theory and practice
of writing for the screen.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 306S
233
Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in
Modern China.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 333; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 334, Study of Sexualities
233, Arts of the Moving Image 270
460S
Advanced Animation.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Concentration on selected media
primarily two-dimensional but including three dimensional forms. Animation
camera including camera effects, motion analysis, and effects animation.
American studio styles compared to independent artist animators. Instructor:
Burns. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 470S
384
Movies of the World/The World of Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 313;
also C-L: German 363, Arts of the Moving Image 248, Islamic Studies
107
History of Documentary Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 202; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 265
285S
Visiting Filmmaker Master Courses: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 385S; also C-L: Visual Arts 325S
272
America Dreams, American Movies.
Satisfies: ALP A THE IT ONE IN THE THE E
Course Description: survey course in selected American films
that create as well as reflect American national identity. Through lectures,
weekly screenings and students\rquote
oral reports, we will study a dozen of the best-loved movies in our
popular culture, from and ONE NIGHT to
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE GODFATHER and WALL-E . We will examine how these
movies, their directors, and their stars, came to define American mythologies
in the twentieth century and how they have collected over time iconic
resonance. Attention as well to genre, form,
208LS
Virtual Form and Space.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual Arts 208LS;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 321LS
315S
Sexualities in Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP S S
Course Description: The variety of ways sexualities are
represented in current mainstream and avant-garde film and video art. Topics
include voyeuristic, narcissistic, and other perverse pleasures; modes of
representing bodies, genders, and desires (especially gay and lesbian ones) in
relation to national and subcultural identities. Readings in film theory and
the history and theory of film technology, as well as related literary and
critical texts. Instructor: Clum or Metzger. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 220 Visual and Media Studies 295 Study of Sexualities
129S
Sound, Music, and the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: Introduction to film studies with
emphasis on uses and functions of sound, film music, sound and other aural
objects such as the voice, through a selected body of works. Topics include
representations of sound, music and voice, the functions of pre-existing music
and their relations with the moving image in cinema and television; gendered
representations of music and voice in pop and rock music videos; Hollywood
practices and non-Hollywood practices. Instructor: Waeber. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 230 International Comparative Studies
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
285
Visiting Filmmaker Master Course: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 385
228S
Documentary and Policy: How Documentary Influences Policy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
272S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 336S
510
Citizen Godard.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: This course explores the complex
interactions of poetics and politics in the films of Jean-Luc Godard, from the
French New Wave, through the experimental phase of the Dziga Vertov group, to
the recent Histoire(s) du cin\'e9ma and Film socialisme. Drawing on a wide
range of literary and philosophical texts (Merleau-Ponty, Althusser, Deleuze, Ranci\'e8re),
this seminar situates Godard's work within its intellectual and political
contexts, investigating how developments in French culture and thought since
1950 have been reflected in - and sometimes anticipated by - Godard's films. In
English with preceptorial available in French. Instructor: Saliot. One course.
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 642, Visual and Media Studies 552
370S
Moving Image Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 301S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 261 Information Science and
Information Studies
320S
Social Movements and Social Media.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS S S
Course Description: Political and ethical uses of
technologies in social uprisings for civil liberties and human rights
particularly: Algeria, Palestine, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain,
Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, and the global Occupy mobilization. . Comparative
analyses of movements. Impact of technologies on social movements. Social
transformations of technologies in history. Student driven case studies
highlight engagement with technologies as tools of resistance. Instructor:
Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 246 African and African
American Studies 247 International Comparative Studies 320S
372
Existentialist Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 386; also
C-L: Literature 218, Visual and Media Studies 283, Arts of the Moving Image
267, Arts of the Moving Image
690S
Special Topics in Arts of the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Focus on aspects of Arts of the Moving
Image. Topics vary. One course.
214
Contemporary Israeli Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 241; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 257, Literature 217,
Jewish Studies 241, Islamic Studies
413
World War and French Film.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Film scripts, memoirs, novels, political
and social history, and cinematic technique that inform the viewing of French
films on World War II. Possible films to be viewed: Cl\'e9ment's \i Jeux
interdits\i0 , Malle's \i Au revoir les enfants \i0 and \i Lacombe Lucien\i0 ,
Miller's \i L'accompagnatrice\i0 , Yanne's \i Boulevard des hirondelles\i0 ,
and Lanzmann's \i Shoah\i0 . Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 261, History 295, Visual and Media Studies 310
266
Screening the Holocaust: Jews, and World Cinema. EI
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 341; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 263
375S
Video for Social Change.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
271S; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 335S
434
Chinese Im/migration: Chinese Migrant Labor and Immigration
to the US.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 268
295A
Media Internship in Los Angeles.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Immersion in the for-profit and
not-for-profit art and entertainment worlds through apprenticeship to a
sponsoring artist, scholar, or institution selected to match each student's
area
275S
Acting For the Camera.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to film and television
acting. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 310S
211
Indian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 251; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 253, Visual and Media
Studies 231
382
Art and Dissidence: The Films of Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Kurosawa,
and Lynch.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ II
Course Description: Post-World War Soviet and United States
identity and culture explored through the lens of dissident film art; the use
of inter-textuality and contrasting media to critique culture; film and visual
art studied in relation to other modern, post-modern, positivist modes of
expressing and constructing knowledge. Instructor: Gheith. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 322, Arts of the Moving Image 265, Arts of the Moving
Image
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS (CBB)
Number Of Listed Courses: 10
504
Statistical Genetics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 541; also C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
520
Genome Tools and Technologies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course introduces the laboratory
and computational methodologies for genetic and protein sequencing, mapping and
expression measurement. Instructor: Dietrich. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences
and Policy
505
Computational Gene Expression Analysis.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: C-L: see Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics 521; also C-L: Molec Genetics & Microbiology 521
613
Statistical Methods for Computational Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 540
511
Journal Club.
Satisfies: NS R A CBB
Course Description: weekly series of discussions led by
students that focus on current topics in computational biology. Topics of
discussion may come form recent or seminal publications in computational biology
or from research interests currently being pursued by students. First and
second year doctoral and certificate students are strongly encouraged to attend
as well as any student interested in learning more about the new field of
computational biology. Instructor: Furey.
590
Special Topics in Computational Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
525
Core Concepts Bridging Genomic and Computational Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advances in the biological sciences are
often the result of multi-disciplinary teams of investigators. Successful
collaboration requires effective communication, which in turn is facilitated by
the construction of a hierarchical "concept map" that spans both
disciplines and can be used as the basis of new shared insights and analysis.
This course will use important publications that resulted from the successful
alignment of biological and computational investigations to help students develop
such concept maps and use them to enhance their cross-disciplinary
communication. At each session, two faculty representing the appropriate
disciplines will be present. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
523S
Computational Immunology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 523S
614
Computational Structural Biology.
Satisfies: QS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computer Science
664; also C-L: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 550
ITALIAN
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PHYSEDU)
Number Of Listed Courses: 70
133
Advanced Golf.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Use of all clubs; course strategy.
Emphasis on playing. Instructor: Miller. Half course.
151
Intermediate Social Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Review of cha-cha, rumba, Viennese
waltz, and introduction to Latin dances mambo, samba, and merengue. Continued
development of smooth and rhythm technique. Prerequisite: Physical Education
150. Instructor: Daffron. Half course.
205
Health Effects of Exercise.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Examines the physical and mental health
benefits and consequences of exercise from a participant and practitioner
perspective. Instructor: McNally. One course.
110
Intermediate Cardio-Kickboxing.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: workout that combines aerobics,
cardiovascular and body toning while learning more advanced boxing and
kickboxing skills for self-defense tactics. Prerequisite: Physical Education
109. Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
202
Hot Topics in Health.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Current media hot topics in health and
wellness, dispelling myths and assuring accuracies in the field. Focus on
sexual health, nutrition, physical fitness, smoking, alcohol, body image,
mental health, and more. Instructor: Staff. One course.
150
Social Dancing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha-cha, rumba,
jitterbug, rock, disco, and others. Instructor: Daffron. Half course.
190
Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic instruction in prevention,
recognition, care, and rehabilitation of athletic-related injuries. Instructor:
Todd. Half course.
124
Fencing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Foils, \'e9p\'e9e, and saber.
Instructor: Beguinet. Half course.
173
Approaches to Stress Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Designed to help students deal
effectively with the stress of living and learning at the university.
Instructor: Orr. Half course.
204
Women's Health Issues.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Lifetime fitness, nutrition, body image,
self esteem, health issues, realistic social norms, and healthy coping
mechanisms. Instructor: McNally. One course.
160
Mixed Martial Arts Training.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: high energy workout designed to develop
physical fitness while learning realistic self defense, kick boxing, and ground
fighting techniques, to provide the student with a wide self defense system.
Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
177
Beginning Equitation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to horseback riding: basic
horsemanship; walk, trot, and canter. Instructor: Rollins. Half course.
132
Intermediate Golf.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Stroke development and use of all clubs.
Instructor: Miller. Half course.
111
Core Fitness Training and Meditation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Designed to develop functional fitness,
using core stability training techniques that focus on working deep muscles of
the entire torso at once. Develop core strength with exercises on stability
ball, medicine ball, and exercise band. Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
163
Beginner Tae Kwon Do -- Karate Self Defense.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An introduction to a system of
techniques for self-defense and counter-attack. Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
171
Intermediate Yoga.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Building on previous hatha yoga
experience to deepen student's practice, level of mindfulness, and
understanding of philosophy relevant to experiential work with the goals of
improved flexibility, strength, balance, concentration, and calmness.
Prerequisites: Physical Education 170 or previous hatha yoga experience.
Instructors: Orr or Spector. Half course.
125
Soccer.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic soccer skills. Instructor: Amos.
Half course.
101
Cardio Conditioning.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individualized programs in walking,
jogging, running, cycling, and swimming. Instructor: Branson, McNally. Half
course.
113
Weight Training.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Progressive, cumulative, and measurable
physical conditioning. Instructor: Dobbin, McNally, or staff. Half course.
116
Weight Training for Women.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to basic principles and
techniques. Instructor: McNally, Ogilvie, or staff. Half course.
115
Aquatic Cardio Fitness and Strength Training.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Promote fitness through aqua training.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
144
Intermediate Tennis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Strategy of the game and stroke
development. Instructor: Hampton or staff. Half course.
118
Personal Trainer Certification.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Preparation to be ACE-certified Personal
Trainer. Review of knowledge and skills needed to design and implement
personalized fitness programs for yourself or for paying personal training
clients. Instructor: Dobbins or McNally. Half course.
145
Advanced Tennis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Stroke development with emphasis on
strategy. Instructor: Hampton. Half course.
153
Advanced Latin Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Merengue, salsa, tango, rumba and
cha-cha. Prerequisite: Latin dance experience or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Daffron. Half course.
185
Introduction to Trip Leading.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Explore topics related to outdoor
leadership. Learn the technical skills required to lead backpacking trips.
Instructor: Dexel. Half course.
122
Basketball.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of individual and team skills.
Instructor: Nelson or Welsh. Half course.
183
Kayaking.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic skills for kayaking in whitewater.
Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Leary. Half course.
102
Training x 3.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Designed to incorporate training through
indoor cycling, swimming, and running, with focus on fitness training through
strength and endurance exercise. Introduction to a variety of styles of fitness
training at all fitness levels, and assistance with designing individual
fitness programs. Prerequisite: ability to swim at an intermediate level
recommended. Instructor: Ogilvie. Half course.
159
Self Defense for Women.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Learn practical and realistic skills for
self protection and defense for women. Instructor: Whitfield. Half course.
135
Beginning Swimming.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Propulsion techniques, water safety,
introduction to the five basic strokes. Instructor: Adams or McCune. Half
course.
164
Intermediate and Advanced Tae Kwon Do - Karate Self Defense.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continued practice of basic technique.
Introduction to round kick, back kick, free sparring, four Pinan Katas of the
Wadoryu System. Prerequisite: Physical Education 163. Instructor: Bowen. Half
course.
223
Sport Ethics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Moral reasoning and ethical values in
sport today. Emphasis on character development and sportsmanship and their
influence on fair play for everyone. Instructor: Dale. One course.
166
Intermediate Tai Chi.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Building on fundamentals taught in
Physical Education 164 (Physical Education 138). Includes full long form of
Chen style Tai Chi, the 78-count "Laojia." Instructor: Kaufmann. Half
course.
222
Sports Marketing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The multi-faceted elements associated
with marketing within the sports industry. Instructor: Yakola. One course.
136
Intermediate Swimming.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of the five basic strokes,
overarm side trudgen, and trudgen crawl. Instructor: Adams or McCune. Half
course.
221
Administration in Sports Management.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Philosophy, financial structure,
administrative structure, fund-raising, NCAA legislation, personnel decisions,
and scheduling events. Instructor: Yakola. One course.
154
Swing Dancing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to East Coast Swing, West
Coast Swing, Jive, Lindy Hop, and Jitterbug. Instructor: Daffron. Half course.
241
Pyschology of Sport and Performance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: To provide students with an in-depth
view of the theoretical and applied aspects of the psychology of sport and
physical activity with an emphasis on performance enhancement. Instructor:
Dale. One course.
131
Beginning Golf.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Miller. Half course.
180
Introduction to Outdoor Adventure.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Provides an introduction to basic skills
and concepts in a variety of outdoor adventure pursuits. Covers trip planning,
menu preparation, cooking, orienteering, navigation, first aid and safety, with
emphasis on 'learning by doing'. Focus is on the fundamentals of backcountry
camping, with an introduction to climbing, mountain biking, and kayaking.
Includes a 1-2 night trip. Instructor: Dexel. Half course.
179
Advanced Equitation: Hunt Seat.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Cross-country and stadium jumping
techniques. Instructor: Rollins. Half course.
137
Endurance Swimming.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individualized programs to improve
skills and fitness. Instructor: Adams or McCune. Half course.
182
Fly Fishing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Includes fly tying, casting, methods of
fly fishing, knots, and practical techniques. Instructor: Dexel. Half course.
162
Intermediate Aikido.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: method of unarmed self-defense combining
movements taken from sword and spear fighting, jujitsu, and aikijitsu.
Instructor: Kaufmann. Half course.
103
Indoor cycling.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to indoor cycling as an
exercise option for all levels of fitness. Focus on a variety of simulated
rides at varying degrees of intensity. Learn proper riding technique, correct
bike settings, and appropriate intensity levels for a safe, effective workout.
Instructor: Branson or Dobbins. Half course.
143
Beginning Tennis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructors: Hampton or Staff. Half
course.
220
History and Issues of Sports.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Sports from ancient to modern times with
an emphasis on sports in America. Not open to students who have taken this
course as Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 49S. Instructor: Buehler.
One course.
212
Sports Media.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Examine the production and consumption
of information through various media forms and the impact it has on influencing
and shaping the sports industry. Topics include content development and
delivery through television, radio, newspaper, and the internet, image shaping
through the media, regulatory issues, intellectual property and content, market
coverage and current hot topics. Instructor: Moore. One course. C-L: Policy
Journalism and Media
184
Mountain Biking.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individualized programs in mountain
biking including bike maintenance, safety tips, single- and multi-track riding.
Instructor: Drexel. Half course.
123
Bowling.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Beginning, intermediate, and advanced
instruction in the fundamentals of approach, release, arm swing, methods of
scoring, rules, and etiquette. Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
121
Women's Basketball.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of individual and team
skills specifically for women. Instructor: Silar. Half course.
152
Latin Dance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Salsa, cha-cha, rumba, merengue, samba,
mambo, and others. Instructor: Daffron. Half course.
104
Circuit Training.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Combine strength and cardio training in
a variety of settings (weight room, courts, fields, track, etc) to create an
efficient and challenging program to develop strength, endurance, flexibility
and coordination. Instructor: Branson or Dobbins. Half course.
178
Intermediate Equitation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Skills in hunt seat riding. Emphasis on
balance seat and focus on improving skills in walk, trot, canter, and jumping.
Instructor: Rollins. Half course.
117
Fitness for Women.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of an individualized
lifetime physical activity program for women. Emphasis on women's issues in
exercise, assessment, application of fitness principles, exercise adherence,
and cross training. Instructor: Hampton or staff. Half course.
240
Theory and Practice of Coaching.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamentals, strategies, and psychology
of coaching. Emphasis on basketball, and track and field. Additional topics
such as safety and liability, gender equity, the media, regulations, and
ethics. Instructor: Welsh. One course.
224
Sport Finance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Financial resource management in the
sports industry including forms of ownership, financial analysis, feasibility
studies, revenue generation, economic impact, and current issues. Instructor:
Yakola. One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
109
Cardio-Kickboxing.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: noncontact activity designed to teach
self-defense techniques while building the muscular and cardiovascular systems.
Instructor: Bowen. Half course.
108
Pilates Mat and Ball.
Satisfies:
Course Description: System of movement emphasizing strong
back and abdominal muscles. Stability ball for balance and strength.
Instructor: Wright. Half course.
201
Health, Fitness, and Wellness.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Relationships among health, wellness,
exercise, nutrition and fitness. Scientific evidence pertaining to diet and
nutrition, weight control, cardiovascular and strength fitness, stress
management, tension control, and drugs and alcohol. Development of a personal
lifetime fitness program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
119
Group Fitness Instructor Certification.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Preparation to be an ACE-certified Group
Fitness Instructor. Review of knowledge and skills needed to design and
instruct a variety of group fitness formats. Instructor: Wright. Half course.
170
Yoga.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Traditional hatha yoga combined with
balanced structural alignment to develop strength, flexibility, and mental
concentration. Instructor: Orr or Spector. Half course.
181
Beginning Rock Climbing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Designed for students with minimal or no
experience in rock climbing. Includes top rope climbing technique, fitness,
rappelling, anchor systems, and other topics. Instructor: Dexel. Half course.
126
Volleyball.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Wasielewski. Half course.
161
Aikido.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: method of unarmed self-defense that
encourages discipline and a nonviolent attitude. Instructor: Kaufmann. Half
course.
165
Tai Chi.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: Chinese internal art of self-defense
with considerable health benefits. Stretches, strengthens, and improves
alignment. Instructor: Kaufmann. Half course.
167
Short Staff Aikijo.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic principles and movements with
short staff; foundational movements of Aikijo through study and practice of
short and long forms. Instructor: Kaufmann. Half course.
NEUROSCIENCE (NEUROSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 56
223
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 223
382
Functional Neuroimaging.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 303
555S
Topics in Philosophy of Mind.
Satisfies: CZ R STS W
Course Description: One or more topics such as mental
causation, animal minds, artificial intelligence, and foundations of cognitive
science. Includes relevant literature from fields outside philosophy (for
example, psychology, neuroscience, ethology, computer science, cognitive
science). Instructor: Dretske or Neander. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 555S
375L
Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 380L
308
Perception and the Brain.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Explores capacities and limitations of
human sensory systems. How the sense organs detect objects and events and what
brains then do with that information. Concentrates primarily on the visual
system, with some forays into other sensory modalities. Prerequisites:
Psychology 102 or 106. Prior course in statistics is strongly recommended.
Instructor: Groh. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 378
301L
Electrophysiology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 301L
427S
Current Topics in Sensory Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 427S
590S
Special Topics in Neuroscience.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary by semester. Undergraduate
as well as Graduate/ Professional students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
682S
Exploring the Prefrontal Cortex.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 682S
277
Looking Inside the Disordered Brain.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 277
280
Social and Affective Neuroscience.
Satisfies: CCI NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 280
502
Neural Signal Acquisition.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 502
560
Molecular Basis of Membrane Transport.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 560
669S
Affective Neuroscience.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 669S
281
Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Behavior.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 281
276
Brain and Behavior (B).
Satisfies: NS FS
Course Description: 'Introduces students to behavioral
neuroscience--the study of how the brain generates behavior. Focus on detailed
biological mechanisms underlying specific behaviors in many organisms,
especially mammals. Topics covered include control of movement, sleep, learning
and memory, motivation, emotion, and decision making. Prerequisite (one of the
following): Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101, Psychology 275/Neuroscience 201,
Psychology 195FS/Neurobiology 193FS/Neuroscience 193 Neurobiology 195FS.
Instructor: Yin. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 211
195FS
Neuroeconomics: The Neurobiology of Decision Making.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 195FS
496
Research Independent Study 4.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Fourth term of Research Independent
Study in a subfield of neuroscience of special interest to student, under the
supervision of a faculty member. Concludes with submission of a substantive
written report containing background, methods, and significant analysis and
interpretation of data. Meets general requirement of a curriculum Research (R)
course. Open to students continuing same project as for Neuroscience 493-495;
pre-approval of project by supervising faculty and Director of Undergraduate
Studies in Neuroscience required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
521S
Visual Processing.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 521S
473S
The Neurobiology of the Pain System: Its Function and
Dysfunctions.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: The physiological basis of the pain
system and its role in everyday life. Pain system disorders and dysfunctions,
such as phantom limb pain, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia are discussed in
terms of biological mechanisms and the perceptions and experiences of patients.
Practice reading and writing scientific papers. Prerequisites: Psychology
106/Neuroscience 101 or Psychology 275/Biology 224/Neuroscience 201.
Instructor: Murphy. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 473S
503
Computational Neuroengineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 503
376S
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Satisfies: NS W
Course Description: The adaptive functions and physiological
mechanisms of hormone-brain-behavior interaction through an examination of
research and models in the field.Empirical and theoretical papers on the
hormonal modulation of reproduction, rhythms, sexual differentiation, mood,
learning and memory; perspectives on topics ranging from clinical basic
science, with consideration of ethical issues. Research paper required.
Prerequisite Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101 and at least 2 other courses in
Psychology, Neuroscience or Evolutionary Anthropology to provide background.
Instructor: Williams. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 366S
257
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience ( C).
Satisfies: B NS FS FS
Course Description: The biological bases of higher brain
function, including perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, executive
functions and consciousness. Emphasis on human brain function at the
macroscopic network-level, and the current theories and controversies in this
rapidly growing field. Course is not recommended for Freshmen. Prerequisites
(one of the following): Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 or Psychology 102 or
Neuroscience 201/Psychology 275, or Neurobiology 195or Psychology
195FS/Neurobiology 193FS/Neuroscience 193or permission of instructor.
Instructor: Egner, LaBar. One course. C-L: Philosophy 249, Neuroscience 212
279
Behavioral Neuroimmunology: Brain and Behavior in Health and
Disease (B).
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: An exploration of the interactions among
the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems, and their consequences for neural
function and behavior, using examples from both the human and animal
literatures. Topics include the role of the immune system in cognition and
emotions, neuroendocrine-immune interactions during stress, and the effects of
stress on health and disease. The potential role of infections in the etiology
of psychopathology (autism, schizophrenia) and neurodegenerative conditions
(Parkinson's, Alzheimer's) will also be discussed. Prerequisite: one of the
following: Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101, Psychology 275/Biology
224/Neuroscience 201, Biology 101 or equivalent. Instructor: Bilbo. One course.
C-L: Neuroscience 373
385L
Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory.
Satisfies: NS R W PCR L L
Course Description: Discovery learning aimed at a single
neuroscience research question across multiple levels of analysis (molecular,
cellular and behavioral). Experimentation will occur in a model organism
(Drosophila) and may include live cell
imaging and behavioral conditioning experiments. Research teams will generate
novel scientific data and discuss findings with faculty, post-docs and graduate
students from across the neuroscience community. Minimum Prerequisites:
Neuroscience 193 or 101, and Biology 201or 202 and Neuroscience 201.
Instructor: Roberts. One course.
493
Research Independent Study 1.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: First term of Research Independent Study
in a subfield of neuroscience of special interest to student, under the
supervision of a faculty member. Concludes with
517S
From Neurons to Development: The Role of Epigenetics in
Plasticity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 517S
533
Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 533
258
Decision Neuroscience.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: How new research in neuroscience,
cognitive psychology, and behavioral economics shapes our understanding of
decision making. Topics include functional organization of key brain systems,
approaches to measuring and interpreting neuroscience data, methods for
measuring decision-making behavior, economic and cognitive modeling, and impact
of neuroscience on real-world decision-making. Emerging topics will include
applications in policy, marketing, and finance. Prior coursework in
neuroscience or decision sciences is strongly recommended. Instructor: Huettel.
One course. C-L: Neuroscience 258
216S
Neuroscience and Human Language.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 216S;
also C-L: Neuroscience 116S
383
Brain Waves and Cognition.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 302
481D
Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities.
Satisfies: ALP CCI D
Course Description: Consideration of `realist' fiction of
Gustave Flaubert from social and cognitive neuroscience perspective.
Investigation of implications of Flaubert's illustration of cognitive,
affective, and somatic experiences of his characters, and his own experience,
e.g. lapses of consciousness, convulsions, heightened emotions. Use of digital
resources to chart emerging discourses and patterns in documentation of
neuropathology, while attempting to define unique properties of fiction as
literary `technology\rquote , e.g. by consideration of realist mimesis as
analogous to mapping and other technologies documenting brain
function/dysfunction. Lecture in English, with discussion sections in English
or French. Instructor: Jenson. One course. C-L: Literature 246 Neuroscience
241D
350
Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 350
523
Development of Neural Circuits.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 523
472S
Neuroscience and Cognitive Aging.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 372S
193FS
Neurobiology of Mind.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 193FS;
also C-L: Neuroscience 193FS
494
Research Independent Study 2.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Second term of Research Independent
Study in a subfield of neuroscience of special interest to student, under the
supervision of a faculty member. Concludes with submission of a substantive
written report containing background, methods, and significant analysis and
interpretation of data. Meets general requirement of a curriculum Research (R)
course. Open to students continuing same project as for NEUROSCI 493;
pre-approval of project by supervising faculty and Director of Undergraduate
Studies in Neuroscience required. May be repeated with new faculty mentor or
continued in NEUROSCI 495. Instructor: Staff. One course.
313
Contemporary Neuroscience Methods.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 376
278
Neuroethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 267;
also C-L: Philosophy 353, Study of Ethics 269
471S
Reward and Addiction.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 471S;
also C-L: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 471S
672S
Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 672S
465S
The Neuroscience of Stress.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 475S
511
Theoretical Electrophysiology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 511L
685S
Biological Pathways to Psychopathology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 685S
515
Neural Prosthetic Systems.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: This course will cover several systems
that use electrical stimulation or recording of the nervous system to restore
function following disease or injury. For each system the course will cover the
underlying biophysical basis for the treatment,the technology underlying the
treatment,and the associated clinical applications and challenges. Systems to
be covered include cochlear implants, spinal cord stimulation of pain, vagus
nerve stim. for epilepsy, deep brain stim. for movement disorders, sacral root
stim. for bladder dysfunction, and neuromuscular electrical stim.for
restoration of movement. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 101 Biomedical
Engineering 253 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Grill. One course.
510
Cognitive and Neurolinguistics.
Satisfies: NS R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 501;
also C-L: Neuroscience 501S
510
Brain and Language.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 510;
also C-L: Psychology 575
517
Neuronal Control of Movement.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course will discuss the neural
control of movement in detail, including motor control theory, planning of
movement in the cortex, relay of motor commands to the brainstem and spinal
cord, coordination of movement by the cerebellum, adjustment of movement via
brainstem and spinal cord reflexes, and execution of movement through
contraction of muscle fibers. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
C-Neuroscience 507. Instructor: Sommer. C-L: Neuroscience 507
499S
Current Research in Neuroscience.
Satisfies: EI NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 499S
495
Research Independent Study 3.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Third term of Research Independent Study
in a subfield of neuroscience of special interest to student, under the
supervision of a faculty member. Concludes with submission of a substantive
written report containing background, methods, and significant analysis and
interpretation of data. Meets general requirement of a curriculum Research (R)
course. Open to students continuing same project as for Neuroscience 493-494;
pre-approval of project by supervising faculty and Director of Undergraduate
Studies in Neuroscience required. May be repeated with new faculty mentor or
continued in Neuroscience 496. Instructor: Staff. One course.
477S
Biology of Nervous System Diseases.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 421S; also
C-L: Neuroscience 421S
363
Behavior and Neurochemistry.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 273
584S
Hormones, Brain, and Cognition.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 684S
360
Drugs, Brain, and Behavior.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 360; also C-L: Psychology 274
422
Neural Circuits and Behavior.
Satisfies: NS A L L
Course Description: Perception and behavior at the level of
single neurons and neural circuits. Operation of neural circuits, and
experimental and theoretical approaches used to unravel them. Progress from
sensory systems (how sensory stimuli are represented) to motor systems (how
behavioral output is controlled) to "decision-making circuits" in the
brain. range of model systems including electric fish, songbirds, squids,
fruitfly, c. elegans, mice, primates etc. Design principles and constraints
that have shaped the nervous system during evolution will be discussed. Prereq:
Bio 101or Bio 102and one course in Neurosciences. Instructor: Bhandawat. One
course. C-L: Biology 422
451S
Emotions and the Brain.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 451S
SPANISH
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
PERSIAN
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
IMMUNOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
PHYSICS (PHYSICS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 42
464
Quantum Mechanics I.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to the non-relativistic
quantum description of matter. Topics include experimental foundations,
wave-particle duality, Schrodinger wave equation, interpretation of the wave
function, the state vector, Hilbert space, Dirac notation, Heisenberg
uncertainty principle, one-dimensional quantum problems, tunneling, the
harmonic oscillator, three-dimensional quantum problems, angular momentum, the
hydrogen atom, spin, angular momentum addition, identical particles, elementary
perturbation theory, fine/hyperfine structure of hydrogen, dynamics of
two-level systems, and applications to atoms, molecules, and other systems. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 216 or 221 and Physics 264L. Instructor: Teitsworth. One course.
361
Intermediate Mechanics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Newtonian mechanics at the intermediate
level, Lagrangian mechanics, linear oscillations, chaos, dynamics of continuous
media, motion in noninertial reference frames. Prerequisite: Mathematics 216 or
equivalent (may be taken concurrently). Instructor: Arce. One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Physics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
137S
Energy in the 21st Century and Beyond.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Concepts of energy from a scientific
perspective for understanding problems of energy conversion, storage, and
transmission in modern society. Topics include fundamental concepts (kinetic
and potential energy, heat, basic thermodynamics, mass-energy equivalence),
established power generation methods and their environmental impacts, emerging
and proposed technologies (solar, wind, tidal, advanced fusion concepts). Final
team project. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors from non-science majors are
particularly encouraged to attend; no previous knowledge of physics is assumed.
Instructor: Teitsworth. One course.
621
Advanced Optics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course presents a rigorous
treatment of topics in Photonics and Optics targeted at students with an
existing photonics or optics background. Topics will include, Optical Sources,
Statistical Optics and Coherence Theory, Detection of Radiation; Nonlinear
Optics; Waveguides and Optical Fibers; Modern Optical Modulators; Ultrafast
lasers and Applications. These topics will be considered individually and then
from a system level perspective. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering
340 or equivalent. Instructor: Gauthier. One course. C-L: Electrical and
Computer Engineering 541, Biomedical Engineering 552
417S
Advanced Physics Laboratory and Seminar.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Experiments involving the fields of
electricity, magnetism, heat, optics, and modern physics. Written and oral
presentations of results. Instructor: Oh. One course.
271L
Electronics.
Satisfies: NS L L L
Course Description: Elements of electronics including
circuits, transfer functions, solid-state devices, transistor circuits,
operational amplifier applications, digital circuits, and computer interfaces.
Lectures and laboratory. Prerequisites: Physics 142 152 or 162 or equivalent;
Mathematics 212 or equivalent. Instructor: Finkelstein. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies
563
Introduction to Statistical Mechanics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Fundamentals of kinetic theory,
thermodynamics and statistical mechanics with applications to physics and
chemistry. Undergraduate enrollment requires consent of director of
undergraduate studies. Prerequisite: Physics 464. Instructor: Finkelstein. One
course.
622
General Relativity.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: This course introduces the concepts and
techniques of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The mathematics of
Riemannian (Minkowskian) geometry will be presented in a self-contained way.
The principle of equivalence and its implications will be discussed. Einstein's
equations will be presented, as well as some important solutions including
black holes and cosmological solutions. Advanced topics will be pursued subject
to time limitations and instructor and student preferences. Prerequisite:
familiarity with the special theory and facility with multivariate calculus.
Instructor: Plesser or Aspinwall. One course. C-L: Mathematics 527
513
Nonlinear Dynamics.
Satisfies: QS R L L
Course Description: Introduction to the study of temporal
patterns in nonequilibrium systems. Theoretical, computational, and
experimental insights used to explain phase space, bifurcations, stability
theory, universality, attractors, fractals, chaos, and time-series analysis.
Each student carries out an individual research project on a topic in nonlinear
dynamics and gives a formal presentation of the results. Prerequisites:
Computer Science 101, Mathematics 216, and Physics 161 162 or equilavent.
Instructor: Behringer or Virgin. One course. C-L: Computer Science 524,
Modeling Biological Systems
127S
Physics and the Universe.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Exploration of our understanding of the
universe, including the formation of large scale structure, galaxies, stars,
the elements, and life. Scientific innovations driving this picture including
esoteric theories such as general relativity and string theory, and
technological breakthroughs such as the Hubble space telescope and
gravitational wave detectors. Instructor: Mueller. One course.
590S
Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Topics vary as indicated on Physics
Department Web site. Consent of Instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
523
Quantum Information Science.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Fundamental concepts and progress in
quantum information science. Quantum circuits, quantum universality theorem,
quantum algorithms, quantum operations and quantum error correction codes,
fault-tolerant architectures, security in quantum communications, quantum key
distribution, physical systems for realizing quantum logic, quantum repeaters
and long-distance quantum communication. Prerequisites: Electrical and Computer
Engineering 521 or Physics 464 or equivalent. Instructor: Kim. One course. C-L:
Physics 627
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
505
Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Satisfies: NS QCD W Z CKM
Course Description: 'Introductory survey course on nuclear
and particle physics. Phenomenology and experimental foundations of nuclear and
particle physics; fundamental forces and particles, composites. Interaction of
particles with matter and detectors. SU(2), SU(3), models of mesons and
baryons. Weak interactions and neutrino physics. Lepton-nucleon scattering,
form factors and structure functions.
gluon field and color. and fields, electro-weak unification, the matrix,
Nucleon-nucleon interactions, properties of nuclei, single and collective
particle models. Electromagnetic and hadronic interactions with nuclei. Nuclear
reactions and nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics. Relativistic heavy ion
collisions. Prerequisites: for undergraduates, Physics 464, 465; for graduate
student, Physics 715, which may be taken concurrently. Instructor: Walter. One
course.
562
Fundamentals of Electromagnetism.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Electrostatics, Laplace's equation,
multipole expansion, dielectrics, magnetostatics, magnetization, Maxwell
equations, gauge transformations, electromagnetic waves, Fresnel equations, and
waveguides. Prerequisite: Physics 362 or equivalent and 560. Instructor:
Palmer. One course.
214S
Introductory Seminar in Biophysics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Weekly seminar with goal of introducing
students to representative biophysics topics. Seminar will be a mix of
presentations by researchers and students, of discussions of journal articles,
and of tours of biophysics labs. Prerequisites: Knowledge equivalent to
Advanced Placement courses in biology, chemistry, and physics, or with
permission of the instructor. Required for the Biophysics major. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
162L
Fundamentals of Physics.
Satisfies: NS QS DC AC L L
Course Description: Second semester of a two-semester course
series intended for potential physics or biophysics majors. Course discusses
basic principles and applications of electrodynamics, including: electric
fields, Gauss's Law, electric potential, capacitance, and circuits, magnetic
fields, Ampere's Law, electric and magnetic forces, magnetic induction,
Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, properties of light, ray optics,
and wave optics. Closed to students having credit for Physics 142or its
equivalent. Prerequisites: Physics 161and Math 122 or consent from the
instructor. Instructor: Greenside. One course.
566
Computational Physics.
Satisfies: NS QS L
Course Description: Introduction to numerical algorithms and
programming methodologies that are useful for studying a broad variety of
physics problems via simulation. Applications include projectile motion,
oscillatory dynamics, chaos,electric fields, wave propagation, diffusion, phase
transitions, and quantum mechanics. Prerequisites: Physics 143and 176.
Experience with a programming language is desirable, but can be acquired while
taking the course. Instructor: Bass. One course.
153L
Applications of Physics: modern perspective.
Satisfies: A NS QS L L
Course Description: Intended principally for students in
engineering and the physical sciences as a continuation of Physics 152L. Topics
include: mechanics from a microscopic perspective, the atomic nature of matter,
energy, energy quantization, entropy, the kinetic theory of gases, the
efficiency of engines, electromagnetic radiation, the photon nature of light,
physical optics and interference, waves and particles, applications of wave
mechanics. Not open to students having credit for Physics 142or 162L.
Prerequisites: Physics 152and Mathematics 212 or the equivalents. Instructor:
Chang. One course.
362
Electricity and Magnetism.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Electrostatic fields and potentials,
boundary value problems, magnetic induction, energy in electromagnetic fields,
Maxwell's equations, introduction to electromagnetic radiation. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 216 or equivalent. Instructor: Edwards. One course.
671
Quantum Optics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: The linear and nonlinear interaction of
electromagnetic radiation and matter. Topics include lasers, second-harmonic
generation, atomic coherence, slow and fast light, squeezing of the
electromagnetic field, and cooling and trapping of atoms. Prerequisite: Physics
465 and 560. Instructor: Gauthier. One course.
522
Special and General Relativity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Review of special relativity; ideas of
general relativity; mathematics of curved space-time; formation of a geometric
theory of gravity; Einstein field equation applied to problems such as the
cosmological red-shift and blackholes. Prerequisite: Physics 361 and
Mathematics 216 or equivalents. Instructor: Plesser. One course.
141LA
General Physics I.
Satisfies: NS QS L L L L L L L
Course Description: First part of a two-semester,
calculus-based, physics survey course for students planning study in medicine
or the life sciences. Topics: kinematics, dynamics, systems of particles,
conservation laws, statics, gravitation, fluids, oscillations, mechanical
waves, sound, thermal physics, laws of thermodynamics. For credit, enrollment
in Physics 141and a lab/recitation (Physics 141L9, 141D) section required.
Students planning to major in physics should enroll in Physics 161 162in their
freshman year. Closed to students having credit for Physics 151 153 or 161L.
Prerequisites: one year of college calculus (or equivalent) such as Math 105
106 or 21. Math 122 recommended. Instructor: Staff. One course.
305
Introduction to Astrophysics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Basic principles of astronomy treated
quantitatively. Cosmological models, galaxies, stars, interstellar matter, the
solar system, and experimental techniques. Prerequisites: Physics 143,
Mathematics 103, Math 107 strongly encouraged; or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Scholberg. One course.
138S
Physics Research and the Economy.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Analyses of the role of physics in the
development of commercial technologies, with emphasis on curiosity driven
research. Seminar requiring independent investigations of the intellectual
origin of technological devices, with equal attention to physics principles and
political or socioeconomic influences on research funding and product
development. No prior instruction in physics assumed. Instructor: Howell. One
course.
495
Thesis Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Original research conducted under the
supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial written report that
follows standard guidelines for the presentation of physics research. The
report must be revised at least once in response to feedback from the
instructor. Typically taken following Physics 493 or summer research experience
with the instructor. Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate
studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
152L
Introductory Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics.
Satisfies: NS QS L
Course Description: Intended principally for students in
engineering and the physical sciences. Topics include: electric charge,
electric fields, Gauss's Law, potential, capacitance, electrical current,
resistance, circuit concepts, magnetic fields, magnetic and electric forces,
Ampere's Law, magnetic induction, Faraday's Law, inductance, Maxwell's
Equations, electromagnetic waves, elementary geometric optics, wave
interference, and diffraction. Prerequisites: Physics 151and Mathematics 122 or
equivalents. Instructor: Baranger or Kruse. One course.
136
Acoustics and Music.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: The physical principles underlying
musical instruments, room acoustics, and the human ear. Analysis, reproduction,
and synthesis of musical sounds. No previous knowledge of physics assumed.
Instructor: Lawson. One course. C-L: Music 126
134
Introduction to Astronomy.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: How observation and scientific insights
can be used to discover properties of the universe. Topics include an
appreciation of the night sky, properties of light and matter, the solar
system, how stars evolve and die, the Milky Way and other galaxies, the
evolution of the universe from a hot Big Bang, exotic objects like black holes,
and the possibility for extraterrestrial life. Prerequisite: high-school-level
knowledge of algebra and geometry. Instructor: Plesser. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 150
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
491
Independent Study: Advanced Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Reading in a field of special interest
under the supervision of a faculty member. Intended for students interested in
studying textbook topics not offered in regularly available courses. At least a
final examination is required and the format is determined by the supervising
faculty member. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
151L
Introductory Mechanics.
Satisfies: NS QS L L L
Course Description: The fundamentals of classic physics.
Topics include: vectors, units, Newton's Laws, static equilibrium, motion in
one and two dimensions, rotation, conservation of momentum, work and energy,
gravity, simple and chaotic oscillations. Numerical methods used to solve
problems in a workstation environment. Intended principally for non-physics
majors in the physical sciences and engineering. Students planning a major in
physics should enroll instead in Physics 161 162in their freshman year. Closed
to students having credit for Physics 141or 161L. Prerequisites: Mathematics
21, 122, or equivalent; Mathematics 122 may be taken concurrently with Physics
151L. Instructor: Behringer. One course.
340
Optics and Photonics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Physics 320; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 325
215L
Basic Research Skills for Physics.
Satisfies: MS PAW HEP
Course Description: Covers basic skills necessary in physics
research. Possible topics include document software (LaTex, Office), computer
interfacing (LabView), C++ (or Java) programming, graphing and statistical
analysis software ( Mathematica,
Matlab), and Laboratory techniques (Vacuum, Nuclear/HEP Electronics, sensors,
optics). Instructor: Kotwal. Half course.
135
Conceptual Physics.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Concepts relevant for the explanation of
common physical phenomena and their impact on society. Understanding of
fundamental principles of Physics that underlie the modern world in which we
live. Exploring examples of how these apply to critical technologies that make
modern civilization possible. Intended for students not majoring in science or
engineering; no previous knowledge of Physics is assumed. Instructor: Palmer.
One course.
414
Biophysics in Cellular and Developmental Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Application of the experimental and
theoretical methods of physical sciences to the investigation of biological
systems. Topics include the physical techniques for investigating biological
organization and function as well as examples of key applications.
Prerequisites: Calculus-based introductory physics, Biology 201 or equivalent
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Buchler. One course. C-L: Biology 418,
Modeling Biological Systems
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Physics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
142LA
General Physics II.
Satisfies: CZ QS DC L L L L
Course Description: Second part of a two-semester calculus
based course surveying principles of physics for students planning to study
medicine or life sciences. Topics include: electrostatic fields and potential,
capacitors, circuits, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's
equations, electromagnetic waves, properties of light (including reflection,
refraction, polarization), geometric optics, wave optics, atomic and nuclear
physics. Students must enroll in both a lecture and a lab/recitation section to
receive credit. Open only to students in the Duke Marine Lab. Closed to
students having credit for Physics 152 153or 162L. Prerequisites: Physics 141
151 or 161L. One course.
465
Quantum Mechanics II.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Advanced topics in quantum mechanics
with applications to current research. Topics might include theory of angular
momentum, role of symmetry in quantum mechanics, perturbation methods,
scattering theory, the Dirac equation of relativistic quantum mechanics, systems
of identical particles, and quantum entanglement. Prerequisite: Physics 464.
Instructor: Mehen. One course.
264L
Optics and Modern Physics.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Third course in sequence for physics and
biophysics majors. Introductory treatments of special relativity and quantum
mechanics. Topics include: wave mechanics and interference; relativistic
kinematics, energy and momentum; the Schrodinger equation and its
interpretation; quantum particles in one-dimension; spin; fermions and bosons;
the hydrogen spectrum. Applications to crystallography, semiconductors, atomic
physics and optics, particle physics, and cosmology. Prerequisites: Physics 162and
Mathematics 212 or their equivalents. Instructor: Staff. One course.
603
Representation Theory.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 603
ROMANCE STUDIES (ROMST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 233
690S-2
Topics in French Literature of the Modern Era.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Close study of a particular author,
genre, or interpretive category of the 20th century. May include issues such as
authorship,translation, reception or critical theory. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
337
Italian Short Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Novellas and short stories drawn from
different periods of Italian literature. Instructors: Dainotto, Eisner, Hardt,
or Finucci. One course.
440AS
Literature and the Performing Arts II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Selected literary works of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries that have been rendered in film or are
presently on stage in Madrid. Attendance at performance of the films or plays.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
203
Intermediate Portuguese.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Intensive language review of reading,
writing, and oral practice, with increased attention to grammatical variety and
accuracy. Cultural component emphasized through short readings, videos, music.
Prerequisite: successful completion of Portuguese 102, 111, or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Silva or staff. One course.
481
Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: voyage through the three otherworldly
places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose
transformation of human actions into an ordered ethical system continues to
captivate readers. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 450, Religion 262, History 253, Literature 245, International
Comparative Studies
208
The French Love Story.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 361; also
C-L: Literature 262
412S
Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI FL R S S
Course Description: Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 367 International Comparative Studies 460 Latino/a
Studies in the Global South 412S
482SA
Sex, Death, and a Little Love: Boccaccio's Decameron.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Ten Florentines, in the Plague's shadow,
telling a hundred stories about human relationships, wit, religion, tragedy,
happiness, and the power of language. For Duke Intense Global students only.
Instructor: Eisner. One course.
571
French Symbolism.
Satisfies: ALP EI FL
Course Description: Poetry and literary theories of
Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarm\'e9. Writings of Laforgue, Lautr\'e9amont,
Huysmans, Louys, and others as they define new aesthetical and ethical values
in the framework of the Symbolist and the Decadent intellectual movements.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
509S
Issues in Second Language Acquisition.
Satisfies: FL R SS SLA SLA SLA SLA
Course Description: Advanced applied linguistics course
examining different areas of interests in the field of second language
acquisition (SLA). Overview of main research areas in the field. Topics
include: Language Testing, Action Research in
Communicative Language Teaching, the role of classroom instruction
in or the relationship between research
and foreign language learning. Students expected to become conversant with the
research literature in the area and the different methodologies used in
research, carry out a classroom-based quantitative and/or qualitative research
project, and produce a research paper that might be submitted to relevant
conferences. Topics vary each year. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
490AS
Duke in Andes: Special Topics.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Various aspects of literatures and
cultures of the Andes. Specific topics to be announced. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies
481D
Women Writers of the Renaissance: Spain and England.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings in the work of major women
writers of the Spanish and English Renaissance: Zayas, Wroth, Navarre, and
their literary contexts, Cervantes, Boccaccio, Sidney. Course includes in-depth
examination of ideals and conflicts of English and Spanish culture, as well as
consideration of the intersection in their writing between Christian
(Protestant and Catholic) and Muslim civilizations. Instructor: Greer. One
course. C-L: English 433, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 475D
490A-1
Topics in Spanish and/or Latin American Literature Abroad.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Transfer credit for literature courses
taught in non-Duke programs abroad. Special topics course. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
204
Advanced Intermediate Spanish.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: This course builds on the elements of
the language acquired in Spanish 101 through 203. Further development of the
four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Expanding range
and sophistication of grammar usage and vocabulary. Exposure to
Spanish-speaking cultures. Work with comprehension and production of texts of
greater extension and complexity. Prepares students for 300-level Spanish
courses. Prerequisite: Spanish 203, or appropriate placement test score.
Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Taught in
English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
423
French Science Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The science fiction and utopia genres in
French and Francophone literature and culture from the late XIXth-Century to
the extreme present. Instructor: Staff. One course.
590S
Topics in Lusophone Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R A
Course Description: Exploration of topics of cultural
formation in the Portuguese-speaking world that emphasize autochthonous
cultural theory. Examples include: Brazilian popular culture, Literatures of
Resistance, Lusophone Africa and Independence, Portugal Post-Salazar.
graduate-level course open to juniors and seniors. Level of Portuguese required
varies with semester topic; students should consult instructor. Prerequisite:
300-level Portuguese course or consent of instructor. Instructors: Damasceno
and staff. One course.
380S
Advanced Colloquial Spanish.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Colloquial Spanish as a catalyst of
popular culture; extensive comparisons of English and Spanish popular sayings
and proverbs; emphasis on oral communication. Prerequisite: two Spanish courses
at the 300 level. Instructor: Staff. One course.
354
French in the New World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Francophone languages and cultures in
Canada, New England, Louisiana and the Caribbean. Origins, history, and
linguistic characteristics as well as current political, linguistic, and
cultural issues studied from fictional texts, documents, or audio-visual
productions. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 265
328SA
Made in Quebec: Marketing and Cultural Identity.
Satisfies: CCI FL R SS SA
Course Description: Develop intercultural competencies
focusing on regional, linguistic, and cultural factors contributing to
Qu\'e9bec's unique markets. Readings from texts and authentic cultural
documents (policy, business journals, newspapers, audio and video reports).
Active learning and teamwork-based projects to enhance critical thinking will
form the basis of coursework. Assignments include a company portfolio, case
study, and digital marketing project. Part of the Duke in Montreal Program.
Instructor: Reisinger. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 328 Canadian Studies,
Markets and Management Studies
360
Art in Spain During the Golden Age.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 256
102
Elementary Italian 2.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Italian 102 develops and expands
elements acquired in Italian 101: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and
writing. Conducted in Italian. Four class meetings a week. Prerequisite:
Italian 101 or placement through the Director of the Italian Language Program.
Instructor: Fellin and staff. One course.
530
Medieval Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: Premodern Times: User's Manual.
Introduction to the earliest languages, literatures, and cultures in France and
across Europe. Topics include orality and literacy, the experience of allegory,
fictionality, the modern uses of the past. Major writers include the inventor
of romance, Chr\'e9tien de Troyes, Provencal troubadours and trouv\'e8res,
Guillaume de Machaut, the first professional writer, Christine de Pizan and
Alain Chartier. Instructor: Solterer. 3 units. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 642, Literature 541
301S
Advanced Colloquial Portuguese.
Satisfies: CCI FL W
Course Description: Advanced conversation and composition
through the study of colloquial Portuguese as a catalyst of popular culture;
extensive comparisons of popular sayings, expressions, and proverbs; emphasis
on oral communication. Contemporary short texts, ''telenovelas,'' video,
431S
The Spanish Civil War: History, Literature, and Popular
Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI FL R
Course Description: The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 through
literary and historical readings, art, music, and film. Special attention given
to values held by supporters of each side, and how they put them into practice
during and after the war. Consideration of international volunteers who fought
in Spain for their own deeply-held values. Research paper and presentation
required. Taught in Spanish. Not open to students who have previously taken
this course as Spanish 138S. Instructor: Sieburth. One course. C-L: History
273S
203
Intermediate Italian.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Content-based approach focusing on
aspects of Italian culture and contemporary society. Focus on the development
of second language reading skills; review of grammar; practice in
understanding, speaking and writing. Literary and cultural texts taken from a
variety of media. Instructors: Fellin and staff. One course.
480D
Global France.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI D
Course Description: Explores connections between France's
imperial history in Africa, Asia and the Americas and contemporary cultural/
political debates about citizenship, integration and belonging in France from
17th century to present. Analyzes ethical dilemmas posed by colonialism.
Includes novels (e.g., works by Dumas, Camus, Cesaire, Fanon, Djebar,
Chamoiseau), films, music, historical documents, cultural/literary criticism,
social/political theory, legal documents and writings on government policy.
Weekly lecture in English and two discussion sections: one in English, one in
French. French section will do reading and written work in French.
Prerequisite: one 300-level French course to enroll in French section.
Instructor: DuBois. One course. C-L: History 274 Cultural Anthropology 274D
390A-1
Topics in French and/or Francophone Culture Abroad.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Topics may vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
419
Mediterranean Travel Writing in the Classical Period.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Relations between Paris, Marseilles, and
Constantinople examined through study of travel journals, analysis of their
production, and consequences for shaping of French colonialist mentality.
Critique of theory/history of Orientalism. Instructor: Longino. One course.
261
Michelangelo in Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 259;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 233
586SP
Literary Guide to Italy: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 586S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto.
204
Advanced Intermediate Portuguese.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: An advanced grammar review complemented
by oral practice, composition, videos, and selected literary readings. Guided
essay writing on topics related to the readings and videos. Second part of an
intermediate sequence; suggested as preparation for 300-level courses.
Prerequisites: Portuguese 203 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Damasceno
or Staff. One course.
331S
Introduction to Literature, Film, and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: ALP FL W AP SAT II S
Course Description: Introduction to a wide variety of texts
from both Spain and Latin America, with emphasis on how they can mean different
things to different readers. Course develops student skills in reading,
writing, and speaking, and emphasizes personal approaches to readings.
Prerequisite: Spanish 204, or appropriate
or placement test score. Strongly recommended students take Spanish 301
before enrolling in this course. Students who have taken more than one course above
331may not take this course. Instructor: Sieburth and staff. One course.
212
Intensive Intermediate Spanish.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Covers the intermediate Spanish language
curriculum (Spanish 203 and 204) in one semester. Builds on the elements of the
language acquired in the elementary sequence; enrollment in this course
presupposes acquisition of Spanish 1 and 2 contents. Further development of the
four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Expanding
range and sophistication of grammar usage and vocabulary. Exposure to
Spanish-speaking cultures. Increasing ability to structure ideas in speaking
and writing. Work with comprehension and production of texts of greater
extension. Prepares students for 300-level Spanish courses. Eight class
meetings a week. Instructor: Paredes and Staff. Two courses.
211
Seventeenth-century Fictions of Women.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 338
390P
Topics in Italian Civilization: Preceptorial.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Preceptorial attached to Italian 390.
Please see instructor for more information. Instructor: Staff.
410
Spanish Literature of the Renaissance and the Baroque.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Selected works of sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries in Spain with attention to their reflection of social, religious and
political currents of the age, including: Pan-European cultural influences in
the Renaissance, the effects of the New World
415
Yesterday's Classics/Today's Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Films on the French classical era,
readings of related texts, and film reviews. Analysis of themes/preoccupations
from seventeenth century to today. The nature of classicism and its role in
shaping of a French mentalit\'e9. Instructor: Longino. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 312, Arts of the Moving Image 262
482P
Sex, Death, and a Little Love: Boccaccio's Decameron --
Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 482. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Eisner.
411
Twentieth Century French Theater.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL WW II
Course Description: Topics may include: Alfred Jarry (1896)
and "Theater of the Absurd" of 1950's, French stage and post-May 1968 political theater; regional
theater; francophone theater; women writers; directors and actors. Instructor:
Tufts or staff. One course. C-L: Theater Studies 226
351
Italian Visions of America: From Columbus to September 11.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Introduction to Italian works, ranging
from poetry to music, from philosophy to movies, that have shaped the image and
contours of what today is known as "America." Instructor: Dainotto.
One course.
203
Intermediate French Language and Culture.
Satisfies: CZ FL SAT II AP
Course Description: The first half of the two-semester
program of intermediate French. Review of basic grammar; introduction to second
language reading as a process; emphasis on understanding the cultural
implication of written and visual texts; guided writing practice. Resources
include audiotapes, computer tutorials, and videotapes. Prerequisite: French
102 or 111 at Duke, or score of 490-580, or Language Test score of 3 in French.
Instructors: Tufts and staff. One course.
201P
Europe in Theory--Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian or French,
requiring concurrent enrollment in Romance Studies 201. Further information
available from instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Solterer or staff.
424S
French Literary History and Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Major writers and genres of French
literary tradition from Middle Ages to the present; problem of establishing
reliable texts; varieties and purposes of literary research. Capstone course
principally for French majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
333
Introduction to Italian Literature II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Major writers of the Italian early
modern literary tradition in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries. Poetry, fiction, theater, and essay. Instructor: Finucci. One
course.
347A
Topics in French Literature and/or Culture Abroad.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Taught in
English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690S
Seminar in Romance Studies: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
413
World War and French Film.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Film scripts, memoirs, novels, political
and social history, and cinematic technique that inform the viewing of French
films on World War II. Possible films to be viewed: Cl\'e9ment's \i Jeux
interdits\i0 , Malle's \i Au revoir les enfants \i0 and \i Lacombe Lucien\i0 ,
Miller's \i L'accompagnatrice\i0 , Yanne's \i Boulevard des hirondelles\i0 ,
and Lanzmann's \i Shoah\i0 . Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 261, History 295, Visual and Media Studies 310
490A
Advanced Topics in French and/or Francophone
Literature/Culture Abroad.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Topics may vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
102
Elementary Creole II.
Satisfies: FL I
Course Description: Second course in the two-semester
sequence on elementary Haitian Creole provides essential elements of Creole
language and aspects of Haitian culture. Course is designed to help students
develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Haitian Creole.
Students will be exposed to different aspects of Haitian culture through films,
storytelling, games, music, and proverbs. Pre-requisite: Creole or French 199, Haitian Creole for the Recovery
in Haiti, or a comparable level of previous Creole language experience, such as
Duke Engage experience in Haiti or familial background in Creole. Taught in
Haitian Creole. Staff: Jenson and staff. One course.
441AS
Spain Circa 1898: The Crisis of the Bourgeois Order.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Literary overview of the ideological,
aesthetic, and political crisis in nineteenth-twentieth century Spain. Essays,
novels, and poetry studied as cultural discourses, ideological constructions,
and historiographic nomenclature, "Generacion del 98," which defined
process of modernization in Spanish society. Emphasis on historical
construction of moral values. Offered only in the Duke-in-Madrid program.
Consent of director of undergraduate studies required. Instructor: Gasc\'f3n.
One course.
350
History of the Italian Language.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL SS
Course Description: Origins and evolution of the Italian
language from Latin to contemporary varieties. Diachronic linguistic analysis
set in the political, social, and ideological contexts that influenced the
development of Italy's national language. Analysis of texts that reflect
changes in language usage and attitudes toward language. Instructor: Fellin.
One course.
203
Intermediate Spanish.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: This course builds on the elements of
the language acquired in the elementary sequence; enrollment in this course
presupposes acquisition of Spanish 101 and 102 contents. Continued development
of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Expanding
range and complexity of grammar usage and vocabulary. Exposure to
Spanish-speaking cultures. Prerequisite: Spanish 102 or 111, or appropriate
placement test score. Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course.
332
The French Short Story.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: The history of short fiction focusing on
exemplary texts from various historical periods, beginning with the Middle
Ages. Instructor: Solterer. One course.
301
Writing Workshop in Italian.
Satisfies: CCI FL W
Course Description: Development of composition tasks related
to expository and other forms of writing. Focus on grammatical skills,
conventions, and rhetorical techniques for organizing information. Substantial
work on the development of writing strategies (vocabulary, editing, revising,
and rewriting) through several short papers and a final long paper.
Prerequisite: Italian 204, 212, or 213, or consent of the Italian Language
Program Director. Instructor: Fellin and staff. One course.
346AS
Aspects of French Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Concentration on single authors, genres,
movements, or themes. Topics to be announced. Offered only as part of summer
program in Paris. Instructor: Staff. One course.
204
Advanced Intermediate Italian.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Further development of the elements
practiced in Italian 101-203. Increased attention to grammatical accuracy and
vocabulary development; guided writing practice and development of second
language reading skills with emphasis on analysis of cultural and literary
texts. Prepares students for 300 level Italian courses. Instructors: Fellin and
staff. One course.
490SP
Topics in Modern Literature and Culture, Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 490S. Further informaiton available from
instructor. Instructor: Eisner, Dainotto, Finucci, or Hardt.
584S
Topics in Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Focus on a particular aspect of the
Italian or European Renaissance. Taught in English. Instructor: Finucci. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 640 Art History 590S-2
101A
Italian for Beginners.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Practice in understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing. (Taught in Duke-administered programs in Italy.)
Placement tests administered to returning students intending to continue in
Italian language studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
383P
City and City Life in Italy, Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 383. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Finucci.
487SP
Italian Identities Between Europe and the
Mediterranean--Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 487S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto.
321S
Business and Culture in the Francophone World.
Satisfies: CCI FL SAT AP
Course Description: Analyzes current socio-economic and
cross-cultural issues to increase understanding of global marketplace. Focus on
oral and written communication, business and economic practices, labor issues,
case studies, and product marketing in the Francophone world. Prerequisites:
French 204, French score of 640 or above, French Language 5, or equivalent.
Instructor: Reisinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 357S
383
Cities and City Life in Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Aspects of social, literary, and
cultural history of the Italian cities Venice, Florence, Rome, or Milan, as
anchors of larger geographical areas, cities in a specific historical period,
or famed artistic centers. Taught in English. Not open to students who have
previously taken this course as Italian 128. Instructor: Finucci and staff. One
course. C-L: History 237
327S
Spanish for Freshmen and Sophomores.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Selected readings on topics concerning the
different national literatures of Spain and Latin America. Open only to
freshman and sophomores. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or placement/achievement
score of 630 or above. Instructor: Staff. One course.
584SP
Renaissance Studies: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 584S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Finucci.
355
Childhood in French Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Childhood in French culture since the
nineteenth century, beginning with Rousseau's Emile. Novels, poetry, essays,
films. Instructor: Staff. One course.
302S
Cultural and Literary Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI FL W SAT AP
Course Description: Designed to give students leaving
intermediate French the reading and writing skills necessary to enter 100-level
courses in French studies. Cultural and literary texts introducing students to
contemporary French thought, and to how cultural practices, globalization, and
immigration influence the formation of a French identity. Topics include
stereotypes, family life, cuisine, youth culture, sports, language, media, and
politics. Prerequisites: French 204, French score of 640 or above, French
Language 5, or equivalent. Instructor: Tufts and staff. One course.
363D
The Idea of Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ D
Course Description: The idea of Latin America, as invented
and created by European imperial powers and maintained by United States
emerging imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century, in complicity with
local Creole and Mestizo elites. Perspective on the geo- and body- politics of
knowledge being enacted by radical intellectuals, indigenous and Afro-social
movements, and the Social Forum of the Americas, to open up a new understanding
of the global order and global power relations today. Taught in English.
Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L: Literature 372 Latin American Studies
506
Contemporary French Extreme Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Contemporary innovations and new models
of narration at beginning of the twenty-first century. May include the
autoportrait (Leiris, Perec, Roubaud), the documentary (Bon, Kuperman,
Bergougnioux, Houellebecq), and the minimalist school (Chevillard, Echenoz,
Deville, Lenoir). Instructor: Staff. One course.
395T
Humanities Lab Tutorial.
Satisfies: FHI R FHI
Course Description: Tutorial in English for participants in
Labs. Discussion group for up to five students. Instructor: Jenson. One course.
102
Elementary French 2.
Satisfies: FL SAT II
Course Description: Continues work on the essential elements
of French language and aspects of culture. Aural comprehension, speaking,
reading, and writing activities receive equal attention. Requires work in the
language and computer laboratory. Classes conducted in French. Open only to
students who have a French score no higher than 420-480, or who have studied
French for no more than three years in high school. Four class meetings a week.
Instructor: Tufts and staff. One course.
481P
Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise:
Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial requiring concurrent
enrollment in Italian 481. Additional information available from instructor.
Instructor: Eisner.
112
Portuguese as a Second Romance Language.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Designed for undergraduate and graduate
students who are fluent, or native speakers, in another Romance language.
Prepares students to enter intermediate sequence Portuguese courses at Duke.
Most grammar and textbook work is done outside of class, freeing class time for
more communicative activities. Conversation sessions provide intensive review
of grammar focused through discussion on issues raised in film, newspapers,
readings, music. Meets five times a week. Instructor: Silva or staff. One
course.
321S
First Year Seminar in Portuguese.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered. Prior
to the drop/add period, this course is restricted to first-year students who
have not fulfilled their seminar requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490SP
Performing Brazil: Issues of Performative Cultures,
Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial requiring concurrent
enrollment in Portuguese 490S. Additional information available from
instructor. Instructor: Damasceno.
327S
French for Freshmen and Sophomores.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: literary, cross-cultural critique
focusing on specific topics to be announced. Open only to freshmen and
sophomores. May be repeated. Instructor: Staff. One course.
332S
Research Seminar in Citizenship and Culture.
Satisfies: CZ FL R W S
Course Description: Interdisciplinary research seminar that
allows students to practice intermediate to advanced language skills and
develop individual research projects on contemporary issues in the
Portuguese-speaking world as they are perceived and discussed from within these
countries. Focus on the changing nature/rights of citizenship in Lusophone
world and/or relationship of Portuguese speaking country to global issues of
citizenship. Research paper required; research resources concentrate on journalistic
and other media sources, including the Internet. Prerequisite: Portuguese 204
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Damasceno. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies 252 Latin American Studies
326
Creative and Practical Writing Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Workshop developing writing skills in a
variety of practical and literary genres. Study of examples of each genre.
Recommended for majors and students returning from study abroad in French
speaking countries. Native speakers need consent of instructor.
332
Introduction to Spanish Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S AP
Course Description: Major writers of the Spanish literary
tradition and the historical contexts from which they emerged: Middle Ages
through the seventeenth century. Poetry, fiction, theater and essay and
historical readings and film. Includes attention to Judaic and Islamic
civilizations and expression in medieval Spain. Prerequisite: Spanish 301, 331
or Spanish Literature score of 5. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval
and Renaissance Studies 314
490S
Spanish Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Various aspects of the literatures of
Spain and Spanish-America with a cross-cultural perspective. Specific topics to
be announced. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334 or 335. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
339S
The Pleasure of Reading.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Developing a level of reading
proficiency in French comparable to one's native language. Reading a variety of
genres including works by French and francophone
426
The French Enlightenment.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Religion, politics, and philosophic and
literary ideas of eighteenth-century France in the context of the European
Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and others. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
428
Sexuality and Gender Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI FL
Course Description: Differences redefined and questioned in
terms of the relationship between sexual identity, social ethos, and ethical
conventions. Works may be by women or men writers, critics, sociologists, and
thinkers from France and francophone countries and including historical points
of view. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Women's Studies
111
Intensive Elementary French.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the basic elementary French
language curriculum (French 101-102) in one semester. Not open to students who
have studied French for more than two years pre-college. Practice in
understanding, speaking, readings, and writing French, and an introduction to
some aspects of French/francophone cultures. Computer, video, and audio
laboratory work required. Eight class hours a week. Instructors: Tufts and
staff. Two courses.
361D
Latin American Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 375D;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 339D
101
Elementary French 1.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Introduction to the essential elements
of French language and aspects of French/Francophone cultures. Open to students
who have never studied French before, or to those who have not studied French
more than two years in high school. Practice in understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing the language. Includes computer, video, and audio labs.
Five class meetings a week. Instructors: Tufts and staff. One course.
329S
French Phonetics.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Theory and practice of French
pronunciation, corrective phonetics, intonation, accentuation, syllabification,
elision and liaison. Focus on areas of speech production in French that are
generally the most difficult for native speakers of English. Comprehension,
dictation, and recitation exercises; interactive video and audio activities;
self-assessment tasks; and end-of-term individual improvement grade.
Instructor: Tufts. One course. C-L: Linguistics 302S
412
French Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Historical overview of French cinema
from the beginning of the sound period (1930). Films by directors such as
Clair, Renoir, Carn\'e9, Godard, Truffaut, and Varda. Readings in the theory of
cinema by French theorists. Analysis of the position of French cinema within
European and American cinema traditions. Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 251, Visual and Media Studies 309
417S
Francophone Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S S S S
Course Description: Modern literature in French from
French-speaking Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include tradition and
modernity; colonization, cultural assimilation, and the search for identity;
and women in changing contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 410 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 202 International
Comparative Studies 430 History 387 Latin American Studies, Canadian Studies
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
587S
Cinema and Literature in Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: study of the relation between literature
and film in Italy. Topics include: cinematic versions of novels, influence of
literature and literary figures on the construction of an Italian cinematic
imagination, effects of cinema on literature, women's fiction and the woman's
picture,
321S
First-Year Seminar in Spanish.
Satisfies: FL SAT II AP
Course Description: Seminar for first-year undergraduates
with the desire and ability to take courses in literature, history, culture,
art, cinema, or drama in Spanish at the 300-level. Topics vary each semester
offered. For students thinking about majoring or minoring in the language,
counts towards both. Prerequisite: score 660 or above, Language score of 5, or
Literature score of 4 or 5. Heritage speakers or students who did high school
work in Spanish encouraged to enroll after consulting with instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
510P
Citizen Godard Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in French, requiring
recurrent enrollment in French 210. Further information available from
instructor.
203
Intermediate Creole.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: First semester of intermediate Haitian
Creole or Krey\'f2l. This course moves beyond "survival skills" in
Creole to more complex social interactions and expressions of analysis and
opinion. Intermediate skills in understanding, speaking, writing, reading will
be contextualized within a broad range of issues such as rural life in Haiti,
religion, frenchified Creole vs popular Creole, through texts, poems, and
excerpts taken from novels in Haitian Creole. Students will learn to carefully
follow contemporary events and
190FS
Focus Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literature and
Culture.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics on single authors, genres,
movements, or themes. Taught in English. Topics course. Open only to students
in the Focus program. Instructor: Paredes, staff. One course.
333
Introduction to Spanish Literature II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A S AP
Course Description: survey of major writers and movements of
the Spanish literary tradition in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth
centuries. Prerequisite: Spanish 301, 331 or Spanish Literature score of 5.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
434S
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Literary, cultural critique on a specific
genre or theme to be announced. Emphasis on issues of gender, class,
psychoanalysis, and/or popular culture. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334, or
335. Instructor: Sieburth. One course.
590S
Seminar in Spanish Literature.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
382P
Italian Women Writers: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 382. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Finucci, or Hardt.
260
Afro-Brazilian Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 327; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 209, Latin American Studies
130FS
Focus Topics in Italian Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Topics on single authors, genres,
movements, or themes across centuries. Taught in English. Topics course. Open
only to students in the Focus program. Instructor: Finucci. One course.
530
Emigrants and Immigrants: Spain in the Sixties and Now.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: study of the cultural processes
generated by two significant migratory movements in Spain: one in Catalonia in
the 1960s and early 1970s, composed mostly of impoverished peasants coming from
southern Spain; and the more recent global wave composed of Latin American, African,
and Filipino immigrants to the affluent post-industrial areas. The seminar will
use literary and cinematic texts, and testimonial narratives. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
572
Paradigms of Modern Thought.
Satisfies: ALP FL R
Course Description: An introduction to contemporary French
philosophy and thought with a focus on identity and difference, truth and
falsehood in enunciation, globalization and nationalism. Research work in
French. Instructor: Staff. One course.
410S
Cidanania, Cultura, e Participacao/Citizenship, Culture, and
Participation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: Taught in Portuguese, with texts in
Portuguese and English, the course integrates visiting lectures and readings
with experience and on-site research into popular culture, cultural activism
and social movements. Begins with readings and discussion of concepts and
history of citizenship and cultural activism in Brazil, then centers on
112
Accelerated Elementary Italian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the elementary Italian Language
curriculum (Italian 101-102) in one semester. Development of understanding,
speaking, reading, and writing skills. Introduction to aspects of Italian life
and culture. Four class meetings a week. Instructors: Fellin and staff. One
course.
390
Topics in Italian Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ A
Course Description: cross-cultural study of Italy through
history, culture, people, and institutions. Topics may vary each semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
512S
Transatlantic Cultures: Narratives of Discovery, Empire,
Decolonization, and Europeanization.
Satisfies: FL R
Course Description: Explores, through literature, film, and
theoretical readings, basic themes of Portuguese culture. Focuses on narratives
of discovery, empire, decolonization, the admixture of cultures, and concerns
of contemporary Portugal within the European Union. Questions of Portuguese
identity during the epoch of discovery and expansion; the Portuguese presence
in Asia, Africa, and Brazil; the role of postcolonial Portugal and Lusophone culture
within the European context. Taught in Portuguese, translations of readings
available. Prerequisite: 300-level Portuguese course or consent of instructor.
Instructors: Damasceno and staff. One course.
487S
Italian Identities Between Europe and the Mediterranean.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The question of Italian identity from
the perspective of the cultural divide between north and south. Northern
Italy's attraction towards a technologically progressive Europe, and Southern
Italy's yearning for the traditionally slower pace of Mediterranean
civilization. Study of a nation which does not possess a univocal vision of
itself. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto. One course.
334S
Introduction to Brazilian Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Major writers and movements of Brazilian
literature from the period of discovery to present, using short texts, novels,
plays, short stories. Includes early letters of discovery, Machado de Assis,
Mario de Andrade, Clarice Lispector. Instructor: Damasceno or Staff. One
course. C-L: Latin American Studies
333S
Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Exploration of the rich and varied
corpus of French and Francophone poetry from the medieval epic to surrealism
and beyond. Instructor: Staff. One course.
512S
Topics in Spanish Linguistics.
Satisfies: FL R SS
Course Description: In-depth analysis of one area of Spanish
linguistics. Topics may include Spanish phonology, Spanish syntax, discourse
analysis, applied linguistics, or Spanish pragmatics. Small research projects
with a hands-on approach required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 512S
213
Accelerated Intermediate Italian.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Covers the intermediate Italian Language
curriculum (Italian 203 and 204)in one semester. Attention to vocabulary
development and grammatical accuracy. Writing practice and development of
reading skills with emphasis on analysis of cultural and literary texts.
Prepares students to enroll in courses at the 300 level. Four class meetings a
week. Prerequisite: Italian 113 or consent of the Italian Language Director.
Instructor: Fellin and staff. One course.
140A
Duke in Mexico: Intensive Institute.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the basic elementary Spanish
language curriculum (Spanish 101 and 102) in one summer session in Mexico.
Develops aural comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills; exposure to
aspects of Spanish-speaking cultures. Taught in Spanish, using a task-based
approach. Six hours per day of classroom instructions (M-F) and required
extracurricular activities. Not open to students with more than one year of
high school Spanish. Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
324S
Contemporary Ideas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Readings and discussion of French works
which have provoked political or intellectual thought in recent years. For
freshmen and sophomores only. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
203
Machiavellian Persuasion: Rhetoric from Plato's Cave to
Political 'Spin'.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Investigation of how rhetoric constructs
social experience. Mechanisms of rhetorical persuasion in major literary texts
(Dante, Cervantes, Rousseau, Garcia-Marquez) and memorable cultural moments
(Haitian Revolution, fascism, Vichy France, Latin American dictatorships) in
global Romance studies traditions. The neuroscience, anthropology, and
economics of tropes. Instructor: Eisner, Jenson, or staff. One course.
324S
Spanish-American Short Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: The development of the novella and short
story from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century in Spanish America:
Marti, Dario, Quiroga, Borges, Cortazar, Garcia Marquez, Allende, Ferre,
Carpentier, and others. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 117AS.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
484SP
Italians Abroad, Foreigners in Italy: Seeing and Being Seen
-- Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 484S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Finucci.
495AS
Honors Seminar.
Satisfies: CCI FL R
Course Description: Basic training in research methodologies
for students preparing to write an honors thesis on a Spanish or Latin American
topic. Student presentations weekly on research topics and submission of
substantial drafts of honors thesis proposals. (Taught in Madrid.) Consent of
instructor required. Prerequisite: Two 300-level Spanish courses. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
276
Italian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 380; also
C-L: Literature 215, Arts of the Moving Image 254, Visual and Media Studies 308
160S
Introduction to Latino/a Studies in the Global South.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latino/a Studies in
the Global South 101S; also C-L: Literature 143 African and African American
Studies 104S
590S
Seminar in Romance Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
334
The French Essay.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: History, theory, and practice of the
essay genre. Readings from Montaigne to contemporary examples. Writing
intensive. Instructor: Staff. One course.
111
Intensive Elementary Italian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the basic elementary curriculum
Italian 101 and 102 in one semester. Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and
cultural exploration activities receive equal attention. Meets five times a
week, eight contact hours. Instructor: Fellin or staff. Two courses.
348
Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings
1750-1914.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 285; also
C-L: Political Science 374, German 376, Romance Studies 360, Literature 243
381P
Aspects of Renaissance Culture--Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial in Italian, requiring concurrent
enrollment in Italian 381, Medieval Renaissance Studies 152, History 255, or
Art History 257. Further information available from instructor. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Finucci and staff.
588SP
Antonio Gramsci: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 588S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto.
303
Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CCI FL US
Course Description: Introduction to ideologies and political
debates that shape the cultural configuration of Hispanic communities both
within and outside the Borders. The main goal is to explore and examine
critically how particular discourses (within different genres and media) relate
to politics, art, culture, and society. Articles, literary texts, films, web
sites, etc. will serve as resources. As students engage with cultural studies,
it is expected that they achieve discursive complexity and linguistic accuracy
through vocabulary development, group and individual presentations, video
recordings, writing projects and debates. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent.Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in
the Global South
89S-1
First-Year Seminar in French.
Satisfies: FL SAT II AP
Course Description: Seminar for first-year undergraduates
with the desire and ability to take courses in literature, history, culture,
art, cinema, or drama in French at the 300-level. Topics vary each semester
offered. For students thinking about majoring or minoring in the language,
counts towards both. Prerequisite: score of 640 or above, Language score of 5.
Native speakers or students who did high school work in French encouraged to
enroll after consulting with instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
585SP
Topics in Sexuality and Gender Studies: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 585S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Finucci and staff.
490S-1
Performing Brazil: Issues of Performative Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Special topics course involving debates
regarding the concept of Brazil as a performative culture: issues of race,
gender, and sexual identity as portrayed in cinema, theater, dance, and
television; issues of regional and class identity in the media. Topics vary
according to term. Instructor: Damasceno. One course.
512
Structure of French.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Modern French phonology, morphology and
syntax. Pragmatic interpretation of the current modes of use, including
language levels, situationism, and interrelations. Readings in current
linguistic theory. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 512
258
Renaissance Architecture in Italy: Brunelleschi to
Michelangelo.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 258;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 227
303S
French for Current Affairs.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Contemporary culture/civilization course
on changes/controversies in France today. Sources from French media (press and
TV). Current cultural, social, economic, political issues. Includes political
institutions, media, religion, immigration, health and educational systems,
foreign policy, France in the European Union. Equal emphasis on written/oral
skills. Instructor: Tufts and staff. One course.
228S
The Italian Theater.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 485S
361
Latin-American Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Fictional and poetic works of the last
thirty years that have made an impact on world literature. Critical reflection
on political and ethical issues. Taught in English. Instructor: Dorfman. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 335, Literature 376, Latin
American Studies
303S
Italian Sociolinguistics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL SS
Course Description: Linguistic diversity in modern Italy.
Social and geographic language variation, multilingualism, and the relationship
between language and dialect. Special codes, including youth slang, language
and politics, language and bureaucracy. Discussion of language and gender,
language and racism, linguistic etiquette within Italian society. Instructor:
Fellin. One course. C-L: Linguistics 305S
361S
Portugal, Portuguese-Speaking Africa, and Brazil: Old
Problems, New Challenges.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings from multidisciplinary sources
and films emphasizing questions/issues regarding the Portugal-Africa-Brazil
triangle. The history and geography of Lusophone cultures from the inception of
the Portuguese state to the present. Promotes a critical vision of the
Portuguese-speaking nations' relationships as a common language group with
other non-Portuguese-speaking nations more closely connected to the individual
nations of the Lusophone world. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno or
staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 225S
331S
Introduction to Italian Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The institutions and culture of Italy
throughout the centuries. Instructor: Dainotto, Fellin, Finucci, or Hardt. One
course.
364
The Art and Cultural History of Flamenco.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 365L
307S
Issues of Education and Immigration.
Satisfies: CCI FL S
Course Description: Community-based interaction with Durham
Public Schools. Topics: Latino/a identity, access to education for immigrants,
academic performance, assimilation, general pressures of family and peers,
bilingualism, configurations of ethno-racial consciousness. Required 20 hours
outside of class with assigned community partners. Assessment on knowledge of
content, oral and written Spanish, and participation in service. Recommended
students take 300-level Spanish course prior to enrolling. Pre-requisite:
Spanish 204 or equivalent. Instructor: Paredes and Staff. One course. C-L:
Education 307 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 307S
436S
Cinemas of the Caribbean.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI FL
Course Description: Visual culture, film criticism, cultural
theory, and critical textual analysis. Distinguishes Spanish-speaking Caribbean
from other Creole-speaking, Francophone, Anglophone Caribbeans. Focuses on
ethical and political questions involving politics, theories of space,
historical genealogies, involved in filmic representations of sex and gender,
race, and national(ist) Caribbeanness. Instructor: Adrian. One course.
286S
Opera.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Music 242S
590S
Topics in Italian Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Specific aspects of Italian history,
civilization, culture, and institutions. Topics may vary. Taught in English.
Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, Finucci, Hardt. One course.
335
Major Italian Authors.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Textual studies of the most important
authors of the Italian literary tradition. Authors may vary. At times the
course devoted to single author: Dante, Boccaccio, Pirandello; or, two or three
authors studies together in the context of the culture of their time or of
their influence on subsequent centuries or authors: Petrarch and Petrarchist
phenomenon of the sixteenth century, Morante and the historical novel,
Machiavelli and Vico. Not open to students who have taken this course as
Italian 165S. Instructor: Finucci and staff. One course.
427
Turmoil in Nineteenth-century French Society.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Fiction, film, history, essays on
political turmoil that shaped the modern French state: Revolutions, empires,
colonization, immigration. Instructor: Staff. One course.
304
French Composition and Translation.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Advanced Translation and Stylistics.
Cultural and social difference between French and English patterns in written
and oral expression. Extensive practice in translation of different types of
texts. Equivalencies between French and English. Prerequisite: French 301 or
equivalent or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 304
414
Comics and Culture: Images of Modern France in the Making.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: An investigation of the French comic
strip over the last century from a historical, sociological, and technical
perspective. Topics include political satire, Nazi propaganda, regional and
national stereotypes, the role of women, and the influence of cinema and
television. Readings include original works, interviews, critical articles, and
related historical cultural, and technical studies. Instructor: Tufts. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 311
390A
Topics in French Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Topics to be announced. (Offered only in
the Duke-in-France Program.) Instructor: Staff. One course.
481D
Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities.
Satisfies: ALP CCI D
Course Description: Consideration of `realist' fiction of
Gustave Flaubert from social and cognitive neuroscience perspective.
Investigation of implications of Flaubert's illustration of cognitive,
affective, and somatic experiences of his characters, and his own experience,
e.g. lapses of consciousness, convulsions, heightened emotions. Use of digital
resources to chart emerging discourses and patterns in documentation of
neuropathology, while attempting to define unique properties of fiction as
literary `technology\rquote , e.g. by consideration of realist mimesis as
analogous to mapping and other technologies documenting brain
function/dysfunction. Lecture in English, with discussion sections in English
or French. Instructor: Jenson. One course. C-L: Literature 246 Neuroscience
241D
360S
Geographies of the Erotic: Brazilian Literature in
Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI S
Course Description: Whether exoticized or debated as a
problematic portrayal of national identity within Brazilian culture, the
'Brazilian body' (not just female), becomes a focal point for discussing
questions of race, ethnicity, gender, class-poverty and regional identities.
Beginning with documents of 'discovery,' this course maps Brazilian literature
in context of these issues, questioning what is erotic and from what view
point. Ethical implications of the eroticized image are a central concern of seminar
readings and discussions. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno. One course.
C-L: Latin American Studies 360 Women's Studies
422
North of the Border: The Novel in French Canada.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The Quebec novel from the late
nineteenth century to the twenty-first: the Quiet Revolution (1960) and the
independence movement, transformation away from nationalism to a new
multicultural society. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies,
International Comparative Studies
360S
French Literature and/or Culture (in English).
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Taught in
English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490S-2
Special Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literatures and Cultural
Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Special topics in United States Latina/o
literatures and cultural studies. Topics to be announced. Open to juniors and
seniors.
343A
Advanced Expression.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Intensive practice in speaking and writing.
Offered only in the Duke in France Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
420S
French Films/American Masks.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Analyzes contemporary French films and
their American adaptations in English for American (International) audience.
Films may include True Lies, Point of No Return, The Toy, The Birdcage,
Father's Day, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Breathless, Sommersby. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 314S
340A
Sociology of Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Exploration of the imprecise notion of
popular and mass culture--globally as the interpretation of behavior, and
locally, regionally, or nationally as the collective expression and rituals of
a group: for example, hip hop, soccer, or business culture. Study of who
produces culture, how it is disseminated, what are cultural practices today,
and the relationship between political and cultural practices (Taught in Duke
in France). Instructor: Staff. One course.
412D
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI R D D D
Course Description: The basic philosophical architecture of
the three great civilizations of America; Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations.
Links the current indigenous revival in the Andes (Bolivia and Ecuador) and in
the South of Mexico and Guatemala with the survival of their historical
legacies. Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 460 Cultural Anthropology 367 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 412
History 412D
418S
Courtly Love and Hate.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Introduction to medieval culture and its
arts of love. Romances, heroic epic, autobiography, social satire, farce.
Juxtaposes first audio-visual texts with contemporary renditions. Love-writing
vs ethnic hatred, misogyny. Previously taught as French 149S. Instructor:
Solterer. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 452
225S
Acting French.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 330S
583S
Dante Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on a particular aspect of Dante's
work. Taught in English. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 615S
102
Elementary Portuguese II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Builds on the elements of language
acquired in Elementary Portuguese 101; enrollment in Portuguese 102 presupposes
acquisition of the contents covered in Portuguese 101. Speaking, reading, and
writing skills emphasized; exposure to some aspects of Portuguese-speaking
cultures an important component. Conducted entirely in Portuguese, using a
communicative approach. Five class meetings a week. Prerequisite: Portuguese
101 or consent of instructor. Instructors: Damasceno and staff. One course.
587SP
Cinema and Literature in Italy: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 587S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Finucci, or Hardt.
511S
Critical Methods in Spanish Studies.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Capstone seminar. Open to seniors
pursuing Graduation with Distinction. Instructor: Staff. One course.
332
Introduction to Italian Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Major writers of the Italian premodern
literary tradition of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.
Poetry, fiction, theater, and essay. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 312
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
430
Literature of Contemporary Spain.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: cultural critique of contemporary Spain
(1936 to present) through different literary genres (novel, theater, poetry)
with emphasis on gender, class, and historical nationalities. Includes Catalan,
Galician, and Basque authors in Spanish translation. Prerequisite: Spanish 332,
333, 334, or 335. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies, Marxism and Society
111
Intensive Elementary Spanish.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the basic elementary language
curriculum (Spanish 101 and 102) in one semester. Aural comprehension,
speaking, reading and writing skills. Exposure to Spanish-speaking cultures.
Taught in Spanish, using a task-based approach. Not open to students who have
had one year (or more) of Spanish in high school. Eight class meetings a week.
Instructor: staff. Two courses.
510
Citizen Godard.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: This course explores the complex
interactions of poetics and politics in the films of Jean-Luc Godard, from the
French New Wave, through the experimental phase of the Dziga Vertov group, to
the recent Histoire(s) du cin\'e9ma and Film socialisme. Drawing on a wide
range of literary and philosophical texts (Merleau-Ponty, Althusser, Deleuze,
Ranci\'e8re), this seminar situates Godard's work within its intellectual and
political contexts, investigating how developments in French culture and
thought since 1950 have been reflected in - and sometimes anticipated by -
Godard's films. In English with preceptorial available in French. Instructor:
Saliot. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 642, Visual and Media Studies
552
390-3
Special Topics in Latin American Studies.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: problem-oriented course integrating
approaches from different disciplines. Topics and disciplines vary from year to
year. For juniors and seniors. Required capstone course for students seeking
the certificate in Latin American Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
440A
Spain in the 21st Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Political, social, cultural, historical,
and literary aspects of contemporary Spain. Taught in Duke in Madrid.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
581S
Italian Linguistics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: An interdisciplinary study of selected
topics, such as history of linguistic theories and language ideologies.
Language state formation and citizenship in Italy. Language and power, language
and identity. Taught in English. Instructor: Fellin. One course.
322S
France, the "Universal" Nation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The concept of "nationhood"
and French national identity, with its "universal" sense of reason
and justice, and its specific and "exceptional" qualities, including
a commitment to a secular state, as compared to the American model. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
323
Les Autres Frances.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Exploration of linguistic and ethnic
minorities within France, with an emphasis on Corsica, Alsace, and Brittany.
The future of these minorities in the context of the European Community.
Includes novels, films, essays, paintings, audio-archives. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
345
Representing Haiti.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R STS
Course Description: Merges cultural study of representations
of Haiti with initiatives in multimodal expression of research. Themes
addressed: humanitarianism; NGOs; HIV; "boat people" and other tropes
of migration; the "restav\'e8k" or child domestic worker; hip hop;
Haiti and hemispheric partnerships; Haiti and the Left; Haiti and the Right;
the "failed state" in contemporary global politics; postcoloniality
before postcolonialism; Haiti and language; religious identities. Research
projects may include development of the Haiti Lab\rquote s Second Life
"Haiti Island;" development of a virtual Creole language learning
space; gps mapping; or collection of research data through cell phone
technology. Instructor: Jenson/Szabo. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies 215, Visual and Media Studies 251
588S
Antonio Gramsci and the Marxist Legacy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Gramsci's reinterpretation of Marxism in
the context of fascist Italy. The uses of Gramsci's key concepts--subaltern,
hegemony, dominance, popular culture, Americanism, Southern question--in other
cultural/historical contexts, such as Indian subaltern historiography, British
cultural studies or American literary studies. Taught in English. Instructor:
Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 572S
306S
Approaches to French Literature and Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: An initiation to French literature and
thought. Introduces a wide range of critical and theoretical tools to study
literature and its uses. This seminar explores how most urgent political and
philosophical issues of the ages can be read through and unravelled within
literary texts. Authors studied may include Montaigne, Montesquieu, Racine,
Diderot, Balzac, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Sartre, C\'e9saire, Duras, Fanon, Perec
and Glissant. Instructor: Saliot. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies
333S
345A
Aspects of Contemporary French Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Cultural questions that are associated
with contemporary France. French urbanism, mentalities, habits, and social
rituals as they appear to be different from American practices. Topics to be
announced. Offered only as part of the summer program in Paris. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
416
Contemporary Culture Wars.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Fiction, film, and essays that deal with
the problems in French and immigrant culture: integration, religion and
international relations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 313
381
Renaissance Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 152; also C-L: Art History 152, History 116
336
The Epistolary Genre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Theory and practice of the letter
through readings of referential and fictitious correspondences. Attention to
gender/genre considerations. Instructor: Longino. One course.
309S
The Making of Barcelona: Introduction to Catalan Language and
Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The historical making of Barcelona as
expressed in its architecture (the Gothic, the Modernista Movement, Gaudi, the
new architects), the visual arts (Miro, Picasso), and other cultural forms; an
introduction to the culture of Catalonia as well as to the Catalan language.
Taught in Spanish, with exposure to Catalan language. Prerequisite: Spanish 204
or equivalent required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
501S
Methods and Theories of Romance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R D
Course Description: Provides students in any Phtrack of the
department of Romance Studies with fundamental training in both general
literary theory and in the specific methods of romance criticism. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Literature 540S
301
Advanced French Language/Writing Workshop.
Satisfies: CCI FL W AP
Course Description: Development of competence in written
expression in French, with special emphasis on stylistic variations, lexical
nuances, and complex grammatical structures. Practice of different forms of
French rhetoric and different styles in creative, argumentative, and analytical
writings through literary, journalistic, historical, and philosophical texts.
Revision and rewriting, with focus on in-class analysis and critique and
individual conferences. Prerequisite: French 204, or Language Test score of 5,
or equivalent. Instructors: Tufts and staff. One course.
386
Art in Renaissance Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 255;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 225
308S
Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL W
Course Description: Formation of Latino/a identity(ies) and
community voices through the lens of cultural, political, and social issues at
local and national level. Topics: Minority voices, power and class, linguistic
and artistic expression. Required weekly service work with GANO and the
Mariposa Stories Project. Assessment on knowledge of content, oral and written
Spanish,
690
Topics in Romance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Instructor:
staff. One course.
583SP
Dante Studies: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 583S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Eisner.
519S
Topics in Sexuality and Gender Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 585S
340A
Conversational Brazilian Portuguese Abroad.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL W
Course Description: Grammar review based on weekly essays
and conversational units directly related to experiences and excursions of Duke
in Brazil. Prerequisites: Portuguese 111 or equivalent, or consent of director.
Instructor: Damasceno and staff. One course.
437S
Spanish Avant-Gardes/Kino-Texts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI FL
Course Description: Examines ways in which Spanish
avant-garde groups participated in trans-national experiments in film, writing,
and related creative expressions in 1920s and 1930s economic and political
crises across the world. Critical viewings and readings of works by select
number of authors from the period. Focuses specifically on visual and textual
culture, discussions and assignments emphasizing gender, class, and race
representations and appropriations in relation to international geopolitical
scenarios. Instructor: Adrian. One course. C-L: Literature 272S
390A-1
Advanced Spanish Language Abroad.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Topics may vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
305
Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL W US
Course Description: Designed for students who are heritage
speakers, educated almost exclusively in English, with little exposure to
Spanish in an academic setting. Linguistic work contextualized through three
major fields: arts (music, literature, cinema, painting, sculpting); society
(Latinos & language in the
traditions, immigration related topics); and mass media (television,
radio, newspapers, new technologies). Instructor: Munne and staff. One course.
C-L: Latino/a Studies in the Global South 305
411
Golden Age Literature: Cervantes.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Includes reading either selected works
by Cervantes (dramas, novellas, and part of Don Quixote) or the Quixote in its
entirety. Attention to the Roman and/or Arab conquests of Spain, Spanish
relations with Algeria, England, Italy, and the Americas, the obsession with
"limpieza de sangre" and the fate of Spain's "morisco"
population. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334 or 335. Instructor: Greer. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 459
340A
Communication Skills.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Develops communication skills through
oral expression. Exercises include role playing of every day situations,
discussing newspaper articles and literary texts, having debates on
controversial current issues, films etc. Grammatical correction emphasized as
well as appropriate cultural
441A
Spain: Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Intensive course. Selected linguistic,
literary, social, and political issues. Discussions on the role of the regional
autonomies and the place of Spain within the European Union. (Taught in the
Duke-in-Madrid and Duke-in-Spain Programs.) Instructor: Staff. One course.
302
Advanced Spanish Grammar.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Intended to foster students' reflection
about Spanish grammar and to consolidate students' knowledge of the system of
rules underlying the Spanish languages. Special attention given to grammar in
oral and written communication. Not open to students who have previously taken
both Spanish 301 and 303. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or appropriate placement
test score. Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course.
485SP
The Italian Theatre -- Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 485S. Further informaiton available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Finucci.
530S
Translation Studies and Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: Through reading texts about translation
and by doing an independent project translating part of a play, students
develop skills in translation theory and practice, culminating in a public
staged reading of their work. Each student chooses a different play, in source
language of his/her own choice, and translates into English. Readings are
seminal texts in translation studies covering topics such as globalization,
adaptation, the translator\rquote s role, gender in translation, and
postcolonialism to explore transmission of text/performance across cultures.
Course is for graduate students and undergraduates. Enrollment limited. No
previous translation experience required. Instructor: Conceison. One course.
C-L: Romance Studies 520 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 502S
433S
20th Century Latin American Photography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL S S S
Course Description: The photographic representation of major
events in Latin America throughout the twentieth century. Questions of the
construction of a shared Latin American identity, problems of photographic
representation, and how different kinds of photographs (journalistic, artistic,
touristic, ethnographic) work. The importance of photography for key literary
figures of the century. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334, or 335.
Instructor: Gabara. One course. C-L: Art History 433 International Comparative
Studies 459 Visual and Media Studies 433 Latin American Studies
306
Health, Culture, and the Latino Community.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Issues associated with access to the
health care industry for growing Latino/a population in the US. Topics: cultural
competency issues, medical practices, lexical knowledge related to the field.
Develop research proposal informed by required 20 hours of service work with
local community partners. Assessment on knowledge of content, oral and written
Spanish, and participation in service. Recommended students take 300-level
Spanish course prior to enrolling. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or equivalent.
Instructor: Paredes and Staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in the Global
South 306
435S
Mexicana Throught from North and South: Writing, Art, Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Fiction, art, and theory by Mexican
women from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border, 1950 to the present. Considers
affective and political relationships revealed in narratives of belonging and
exclusion, and new thinking about gender, race, and history. Poses questions
about nations and nationalism, perceptions and performances of the body,
490S
Advanced Topics in Italian Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Topics may include: the Enlightenment,
romanticism, modernism, avant-garde. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto,
Eisner, Finucci, or Hardt. One course.
204
Advanced Intermediate French Language and Culture.
Satisfies: CZ FL SAT II AP
Course Description: The second half of the two-semester
program of intermediate French. Focus on building higher proficiency levels in
all four skills. Intensive grammar review and daily reading and in-class
discussion of texts of varying lengths and styles which increase in difficulty
as the semester progresses. Guided essay writing on topics related to the
readings and discussion. Prerequisite: French 203 at Duke, or score of 590-630,
or an Language Test score of 4. Instructors: Tufts and staff. One course.
390-4
Topics in Hispanic Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL A
Course Description: humanistic, cross-cultural study of
Spain or Spanish America through history, culture, people, and institutions.
Topics may vary. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
581SP
Italian Linguistics: Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 581S. Further information available from
instructor: Instructor: Fellin.
304
Fundamentals of Spanish Linguistics.
Satisfies: FL SS A
Course Description: comprehensive overview of the field of
linguistics as it relates to Spanish. Starting from the question What does it
mean to know Spanish?, the course reviews the areas of phonology, morphology,
syntax, pragmatics, semantics, applied linguistics, and sociolinguistics. The
main goal is to develop students' skills in analyzing data, forming and testing
hypotheses, and arguing for the correctness of solutions. Individual topics investigated
by students. Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or 302 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 303
201
Europe in Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Exploration of the idea of Europe as a
political, moral, and cultural identity. Examines the construction of such
identity throughout history, ending with today's European Union, at a moment in
which integration of "Eastern" countries such as Turkey or Russia
remains a hotly debated issue. Consistent attention devoted to literary,
cinematic and artistic works which attempt to imagine a European Culture, as
well as the evolution of aesthetics, and literary and art history. Instructor:
Dainotto or staff. One course. C-L: Romance Studies 201, French 201, Literature
273
556
Modern Literature and History.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The interaction of history and
literature in a particular period, for example: the occupation of France, the
French Revolution. Problems of interpretation, historical memory, social
identity, and narrative. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 587
212
Intensive Intermediate French Language and Culture.
Satisfies: FL SAT II
Course Description: Covers the intermediate French language
curriculum (French 203, 204) in one semester. Increased attention to
grammatical variety and accuracy; guided writing practice; development of
second language reading skill with increasing emphasis on critical analysis of
cultural and literary texts. Resources include audiotapes, computer tutorials,
videotapes, and French language websites. Six class hours a week. Prerequisite:
French 101-102 or 111 at Duke, or score of
484S
Italians Abroad, Foreigners in Italy: Seeing and Being Seen.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Focus on issues of identity,
nationality, race, and origin, narratives of discovery, the Italian
"Orient," colonial and post-colonial experiences, ethnicity and
cultural assimilation in the early modern period. Taught in English.
Instructor: Finucci. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 470
International Comparative Studies
333A
Literature and the Arts in Modern Spain.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: (Taught in Spain.) Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
690-1
Topics in French Literature of the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Close study of a particular author,
genre, or interpretive category of Enlightenment literature. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
337
French Scientists Write.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Texts by pioneering French scientists in
various historical periods: Descartes, Diderot, Claude Bernard, Henri
Poincar\'e9, Fran\'e7ois Jacob. No science prerequisites; not a technical
course, but an exploration of the elegance and clarity of best scientific
writing in France. Instructor: Bell. One course.
335
Free Speech: France-USA.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Critical history of free speech in
France and the United States, from its beginnings to current controversies.
Censorship by political and religious authorities; response of writers and
readers. Readings of texts banned for heresy, obscenity, treason. "Causes
c\'e9l\'e8bres" such as Rabelais, Voltaire, Beaumarchais, Sade.
Instructor: Solterer. One course.
282
Italian Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 382; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 344
432S
Hispanic Literature and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Works of Spanish and Latin American
fiction that parody or rewrite popular culture genres such as serial novels,
detective stories, or Hollywood films. Authors include Cervantes, Galdos,
Borges, Marsi, and Puig. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333,
334, or 335. Instructor: Sieburth. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies, Latin American Studies
356
France's Cultural Legacy in the New World: Quebec.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Culture and literature of Quebec and
French Canada; best of poetry, novels, drama, essays, and films. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies
586S
Literary Guide to Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A S S
Course Description: journey of Italy through literary,
cinematic, and musical texts through Italy's sights and customs, as well as the
place of Italy, both the real and imagined, in the aesthetics of the Grand
Tour. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 542
German 586 Arts of the Moving Image 640S
356A
Topics in Italian Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Topics to be announced. Offered to
students enrolled in Duke approved courses in Italy. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
384
European Art 1900-1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 280;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies, Women's Studies
490A
Spain: Special Topics Abroad.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL A
Course Description: special topics course on various aspects
of Spanish art, cinema, painting, drama, and literature. Topics to be
announced. (Taught in Duke-in-Madrid program). Instructor: Staff. One course.
327S
What's Lost in Translation? Latin American Theater in
English.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Spanish 365S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 337S
240A
Duke in Mexico: Intensive Intermediate Institute.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Covers the intermediate Spanish language
curriculum (Spanish 203 and 204) in one summer session in Mexico. Builds on
elements of the language acquired in the elementary sequence in Spanish 101 and
102. Further development of the four language skills: listening, speaking,
reading, and writing. Expanding range and sophistication of grammar usage and
vocabulary. Exposure to Spanish-speaking cultures. Increasing ability to structure
ideas in speaking and writing. Work with comprehension and production of texts
of greater extension. Prepares students for 300-level Spanish courses. Six
hours a day of classroom instruction (M-F); required extracurricular
activities. Prerequisite: Spanish 102 or 111. Instructor: Parades and staff.
Two courses.
322S
Italian Popular Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: The formation of Italian popular culture
in different historical periods. Emphasis varies; attention paid to serial novels,
detective fiction, films, prints, paintings, and popular music. May include
older forms of popular culture such as the romances of chivalry, the 'commedia
dell'arte,' carnivals, and melodrama. Instructor: Dainotto or Finucci. One
course.
590SP
Topics in Italian Studies -- Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptoral, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 590S. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, Finucci, Hardt.
590
Topics in Early Modern Studies.
Satisfies: ALP FL R
Course Description: Pursuits of knowledge and the shaping of
the individual. Literature of travel, science, sexuality, meditation,
worldliness, theater, politics by well known and lesser known authors of
seventeenth-century France. Genres may include fables, letters, memoirs,
sermons, treatises, novels, plays. Instructor: Longino. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 590-1
323S
Italian Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: An introduction to major poets,
movements, and techniques of the Italian lyrical tradition. May include
different historical periods. Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, or Hardt. One
course.
496
Honors Thesis.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed research and writing of honors
thesis. Open only to qualified seniors pursuing the Graduation with Distinction
track by consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
425
France in the Making: Language, Nation, and Literary Culture
in Premodern Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Origins and transformations of French
imaginaries. Inquiry into earliest myths/images, including crusade and holy
war, which pitted France and Europe against Arab and Muslim world. Fictional,
historical chronicle, autobiography, and film exploring how first ideas of
France in the West were forged through conflict--war, foreign occupation,
American "new France" settlement. Instructor: Solterer. One course.
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 465, International Comparative Studies
335
Introduction to Spanish-American Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A S AP AP
Course Description: survey from Independence to the
Contemporary period. Prerequisite: Spanish 301, 331 or Spanish Language score
of 5 or Spanish Literature score of 4 or 5. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies
380P
Italian Cinema--Preceptorial.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: preceptorial, in Italian, requiring
concurrent enrollment in Italian 380. Further information available from
instructor. Instructor: Dainotto.
331
French Comedy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: The theatrical tradition of comedy and
its evolution, with emphasis on Moli\'e8re, Marivaux, and Beaumarchais, and
other readings from \i Pathelin \i0 to Ionesco. Introduction to theory of
comedy from Moliere to Freud. Instructor: Staff. One course.
POLISH
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
RELIGION (RELIGION)
Number Of Listed Courses: 143
372FS
Islamic Awakening: Revival and Reform.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 225FS
324
Zen Buddhism: Survey from Its Origins to the Present Day.
Satisfies: A CCI CZ EI
Course Description: An examination of Zen Buddhism from its
origins to its global spread in the nineteenth-twentieth centuries. Instructor:
Jaffe. One course.
662S
Muslim Networks Across Time and Space.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 629S; also C-L: Islamic Studies
145
The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Historical, literary, ethical, and
theological investigations of the ancient Near Eastern context of Israelite
religion and culture. Instructor: C. Meyers, E. Meyers, or Peters. One course.
C-L: Jewish Studies 145, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
140S
Judaism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: Seminar version of Religion 140. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 140 Women's Studies
326S
Zen Masters, Soldiers, and Artists.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Throughout Buddhist history, the
monastic community has had the responsibility of maintaining the Buddha\rquote
s teachings, values, and practices. Thus, in order to understand the Buddhist
tradition, it is crucial to having a good grasp of the place of Buddhist monasticism.
The course is divided into two parts. The first is dedicated to examining the
origin, structure, and development Buddhist monasticism, starting with the life
of its founder, and focusing on Buddhism\rquote s internal ethical debates on
the purpose of monasticism, monastic conduct, etc. We then compare the
normative view of monasticism with the lives of monks and nuns. We look at how
monastics have been artists, scholars, court advisors, shamans, and doctors,
among others, and how Buddhist monastic institutions have responded to acts of
state, war, challenges from other religions, and modernity. Instructor: Kim.
One course.
373
Islamic Mysticism: Perso-Indian (Eastern) Traditions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Teachings, texts, and institutions of
Sufism as it expanded from Iraq and Iran to India and Indonesia, from twelfth
to the twenty-first century. C-L: International Comparative Studies.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 380,
Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
230
Jerusalem: Past and Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 243; also C-L: Jewish Studies 230, Islamic Studies
631
Biblical Interpretation in Early Christianity.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: How early Christian writers of the
second\emdash mid-fifth centuries made meaning of the Scriptures in their own,
postbiblical environments. Focus on the new historical, religious, and
theological situations that required new readings of scriptural texts, the role
of heresy and the ascetic movement in the development of biblical
interpretation and canon development, and special problems that arose around
these issues. Instructor: Clark. One course.
237
Religion in American Life.
Satisfies: CZ EI A
Course Description: historical survey, with emphasis on the
ways that religious experiences, beliefs, and traditions have found expression
in religious communities and institutions, and in American public life.
Instructor: Goldman, Morgan, or staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 233, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
106
Biblical Hebrew II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second half of Religion 105. Study of
the weak verb; exegetical treatment of the Book of Jonah. Instructor: Lieber or
staff. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 106, Hebrew 172
356
Roman Catholic Tradition.
Satisfies: CZ II II
Course Description: History of the tradition from early days
through the reforms of Vatican with emphasis on the experiences of American
Catholics, concluding with a discussion of current concerns about economic
justice, gender equality, sexuality, and the post-Vatican crisis of authority.
One course. C-L: History 380
610
Readings in Hebrew Biblical Commentaries.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Selected Hebrew texts in Midrash Aggadah
and other Hebrew commentaries reflecting major trends of classical Jewish
exegesis. Consent of instructor required for undergraduates. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 610
277
Ethics in South Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Explores through anthropological and
literary approaches, how ethics is articulated in religious texts and epics, in
everyday contexts, and in the performative arts in South Asia. Examines ethical
thinking reflected in conceptualization and expressions of personhood, duty,
sexuality, family, and community. Explores issues such as the imagination and
negotiation of moral authority; the constitution, assessment, and transmission
of values; the role of colonialism; and the moral magnetism of epic traditions.
Uses wide range of interdisciplinary material to help explore the practice of
ethics in South Asia. Instructor: Prasad. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
634
Early Christian Asceticism.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The development of asceticism and
monasticism in the first six centuries of Christianity. Instructor: Clark. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 655, Study of Sexualities,
Women's Studies
108
Introductory Sanskrit Language and Literature.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see SANSKRIT 102
160
Islam.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Introduction to Islamic theology,
practice, social institutions, and ethics in the past and present. Instructor:
Moosa or staff. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
562S
Epics of India: Ethics, Politics, and Performance Traditions.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Wide variety of epics across linguistic,
geographical, and community orientations. Moral discourses, literary theory
relating to epic form, performance traditions and media representations of epic
narrative, and connections between political ideology and epic visions. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Prasad. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 552S
271
Women in the Biblical Tradition: Image and Role.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Women in ancient Israel, early
Christianity, and early Judaism in their contexts in the Near Eastern and
Greco-Roman worlds, with attention to the relation between textual depictions
and social reality and to the ethical issues raised by the continuing authority
of biblical texts for matters of gender. Sources include the Bible, images from
art, and archaeological remains. Instructor: C. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 271, Women's Studies
349S
Zionism: Jewish and Christian Aspects.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Examines various trends and ideologies
within Zionism, with emphasis on the movement's religious aspects. Study of
various forms of Zionism, both Christian and Jewish, in the context of the
constantly shifting Christian-Jewish relationship. Introduction to the origins
of political Zionism, with focus on the manner in which religious ideas
influenced both Zionism and the State of Israel. Instructor: Goldman. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 350 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 350S
353
Ethical Issues in Early Christianity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Investigation of two major transitions
in the early Christian movement and their impact on the formulation of
Christian ethics: Christianity's transition from a sect within Judaism to a
Greco-Roman religious movement whose constituency came largely from the
"pagan" world, and its transition from a sect in danger of
persecution to a religion favored and supported by Roman imperial authorities.
How these transitions are reflected in early Christian attitudes toward, and
practices concerning, poverty and wealth, war and military service, marriage
and sexuality, capital punishment, slavery, and other issues. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
245
Gender and Morality: Indian Perspectives.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Religion 272; also
C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
321S
Buddhist Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: Survey of various Buddhist
understandings of ethics, both classical and contemporary. How different
Buddhist communities have responded to such ethical problems as the existence
of evil, war, injustice, and suffering as well as contemporary Buddhist debates
over abortion, ethnic fratricide, human rights, environmental problems,
economic justice, and cloning. Instructor: Jaffe or staff. One course. C-L:
Marine Science and Conservation, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
236S
Religion in Black America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Seminar version of Religion 236.
Instructor: Peters. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 270S
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Religion.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
301
Religion and Ritual.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Religion 289
690S
Special Topics in Religion.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Subject varies from semester to
semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
357
Protestant Traditions.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Survey of history and thought of
Protestant Christianity. Emphasis on interaction of religion and society as
well as theological and ethical beliefs. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
History 258
310S
The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R S
Course Description: European colonial, North American, and
Indian accounts of Hindu practices and worldviews. The limits and possibilities
of "anthropological" approaches to understanding Hinduism. The
intersections between Hindu "traditions," ethnography, and diasporic
movements. Topics include everyday practice, pilgrimage and performance
traditions, devotional literatures, and contemporary politics of Hinduism. Instructor:
Prasad. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 240 Documentary Studies, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
374S
Muslim Philosophy and Theology, an introduction.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Philosophy and theology as the
foundation of Shari'a law; Islamic philosophy as a part of medieval philosophy
under the influence of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus. Impact on western
philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas; major concepts, issues of Islamic
philosophy and translation of two trends: from Greek to Arabic, from Arabic to
western languages.
415S
Capstone Seminar: Sex, Celibacy, and Purity in the Middle
Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 459S; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 426S
340
Jewish History, 1492 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 251; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 251, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
274S
Religion and Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 229S; also C-L: Political Science 379S
664
The Religion and History of Islam.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Investigation of the historical study of
Islam: historiography as a discipline, the historical study of Islam in the
Western world, Muslim views of Islamic history. Required critical essays and
major research paper. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
384S
Islam in the Americas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: Explores how Muslim communities live and
practice Islam in the American context. Examines diverse Muslim communities
emerging from transatlantic exploration, trade in slaves, and migration as well
as indigenous conversion. Discussion of religious and cultural identities of
American Muslim peoples and consideration of questions of communal
organization, religious authority, gender dynamics, youth culture, political
and civic engagement, as well as American Muslim comedy and entertainment.
Examination of impact of 9/11 upon American Muslims, their responses to the
tragedy, and Americans' shifting perceptions of Islam and Muslims Instructor:
Hassan. One course. C-L: History 351, African and African American Studies 274
Islamic Studies
368
The Theology and Fiction of C. S. Lewis.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI A
Course Description: study of texts of cultural criticism,
fantasy fiction, and theological and moral argument by C. S. Lewis, their
dependence on the cultural situation in which they were deployed, and the
reasons for their continuing force and wide appeal. Instructor: Kort. One
course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Religion.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
347S
Women in Judaism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: How women have understood, experienced,
and shaped Judaism from the Greco-Roman period to the present day. Discussion
topics include: women's traditional religious roles and status; the ways in
which women themselves have understood and expressed their Jewish self-identity
and religious experiences over the centuries; and the transformation of Jewish
women's roles, expectations, and opportunities in the modern world, especially
in the U.S. Instructor: Lieber. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 347S
150
Christianity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Introduction to Christian doctrine,
ritual, social organization and ethics in the past and present. Instructor: Van
Rompay or staff. One course.
260
Pilgrimage and Tourism.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 336
213S
Shamanism and Spirit Possession.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS S
Course Description: Anthropological, psychological, and
Religious Studies approaches to cross-cultural study of spirit possession and
shamanism. Examination of in-depth case-studies and comparative works, from
both literate civilizations and non-literate cultures. Engage with contemporary
concerns with nature and boundaries of personhood and embodiment and their
relation to leadership. Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 214 History 215S
275S
Poetry, Desire & Religion.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Studies the use of love poetry genres to
transform theological traditions in India, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
circa 600-1500 CE; studies ongoing exploration of intersections of the sacred,
desire, and expressive language in post-Enlightenment poetry; explores poetry
and, more generally, the arts as a performative mode by which a theological
relation is posed and enacted in one's life; introduces students to basic
problems, readings, and ideas related to language, hermeneutics and desire;
specific authors include: Mirabi, Kabir, Rumi, San Juan de la Cruz, Dickinson,
Rilke, H.D., and Celan. Instructor: Need. One course. C-L: Literature 244S
245
Music in East Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 214; also C-L: Music 234
607
Hebrew Prose Narrative.
Satisfies: FL I II
Course Description: Focus on the grammar, syntax, and prose
style of classical Hebrew composition; a comparative reading of modern and
precritical Jewish and Christian commentary. Readings spanning the spectrum
from the early Hebrew prose of Genesis and and Samuel to the late compositions
of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah. One year of classical Hebrew required. Consent
of instructor required for undergraduates. Also taught as Old Testament 860.
Instructor: Chapman, Davis, Peters, or Portier-Young. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 607
244
Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 367; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 222, International Comparative
Studies 214
233
Dance and Dance Theater of Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 356; also
C-L: Religion 241, International Comparative Studies 378
367
Women and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: historical survey of Christian attitudes
and practices from New Testament times to the present. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Study of Sexualities, Women's
Studies
250
Archaeology and Art of the Biblical World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The material culture of ancient
Palestine as it relates to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and early
Judaism. Instructor: E. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 253
261
Medieval Christianity in Film and Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Exploration of modern popular fictional
representations of Christianity in the Middle Ages, including novels and films.
Comparison with original medieval sources to understand relationship between
present-day interpretations and actual medieval practice, and what this reveals
about both cultures. Of particular concern: ethical issues concerning
Christianity and violence, wealth, power and notions of democracy and
modernity. Instructor: Dubois. One course. C-L: History 244, Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 354
209S
Muslim Women Across the Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 225S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 365 Islamic Studies
263
Mystical Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 322; also C-L: Islamic Studies
550
Archaeology of Palestine in Hellenistic-Roman Times.
Satisfies: CCI CZ STS
Course Description: The study of material and epigraphic
remains as they relate to Judaism in Hellenistic-Roman times, with special
emphasis on Jewish art. Instructor: E. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies
550
342
The Holocaust.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 297; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 342, Political Science 262
375
Islamic Civilization I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: First part of two-course sequence
providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern
origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Hassan, Moosa
or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 256, History 210, Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 268, Information Science and Information Studies, Islamic
Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
660
Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: History and schools of Islamic
jurisprudence; Islamic legal reasoning; approaches to ethics and procedural
justice, the ethical regulation of commerce, including a detailed study of
pertinent issues in Islamic law. Also taught as Law 568. Instructor: Moosa. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 575, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 659, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
609
Rabbinic Hebrew.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Interpretive study of late Hebrew, with
readings from the Mishnah and Jewish liturgy. Consent of instructor required
for undergraduates. Instructor: E. Meyers or staff. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 609
190FS
Focus Program Seminars: Special Topics.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics vary from semester to semester.
Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
663
Islam and Modernism.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Cultural, religious, and ideological
forces that shape Muslim responses to modernism. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
273
Gender in Religion in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Women's religious experience in America,
from the lives of early American 'good wives' to the work of Catholic nuns in
the nineteenth century and the spirituality
155
The New Testament.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Examination of the major books of the
New Testament, covering their contents, ethical implications, historical and
social setting, authorship, date, and theology. Instructor: Goodacre or staff.
One course.
325S
Modern Korean Buddhism in the Global Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 376S
286
Medicine and Religion in American Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS
Course Description: Religious, social, and cultural
understandings of pain and suffering, disease, mental illness, sexuality and
sexualities, abortion, and euthanasia. Close reading and interpretation of
historical, scientific, and philosophical texts as well as various media and
art forms. Instructor: Staff. One course.
178
World Religions in American Life.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Introduction to world religions through
exploration of their manifestations in the United States, with the goal of
understanding both religion and American life more accurately. Instructor:
Morgan or staff. One course.
246
Music in South Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 254; also C-L: Music 235
268
Religion and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: study of the relationship between motion
pictures and religion. Focus on the comparative portrayal of organized
religions; expressions of religious life; and religious topics, such as God,
evil and morality, in both Western and non-Western films in which contemporary
artists and intellectuals explore the challenges of modernity. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Documentary Studies, Arts of the Moving Image, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
151
Christian Theological Debates in their Historical and
Cultural Contexts.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Study of the major theological concepts
of Christianity, in an attempt to understand when and why these concepts became
part of the Christian legacy. We will study the theology of the Bible, the
proclamations of the councils, the authoritative decisions of the churches, and
the writings of the most influential Christian authors, up to our own day. For
each of the focal points we will consider the historical and cultural contexts,
and listen to the various participants in the debates, winners and losers. The
course aims to clarify the main topics that are shared by all Christians as
well as the topics that have led to division of Christianity in the past and to
ongoing debate in the present. Instructor: Van Rompay. One course.
323S
Buddhist Meditation: Cultivation Practices and Psychology.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Buddhist paths and techniques of
self-transformation in premodern and modern Buddhist cultures. Conceptions of
the psychophysical person and goals of Buddhist practice assumed by these
meditative techniques. Reinterpretation and modification of traditional
meditation practices in contemporary Buddhist societies. Instructor: Jaffe or
Kim. One course.
341
Jewish Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Survey of Jewish ethics from antiquity
to modern times, with focus on both general methods and specific case studies.
How different traditional Jewish sources and communities respond to ethical
challenges such as the death penalty, abortion, cloning, the environment, and
economic justice, especially in the U.S. Responses from a variety of Jewish
perspectives (Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative.) Instructor: Lieber. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 341, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
352
The Life and Letters of Paul.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Paul's biography and character, the
social and physical circumstances of his work, his thought, and its
relationship to ancient Jewish and Hellenistic ethics and beliefs. Instructor:
Goodacre or staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
490S
Junior-Senior Seminars.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics and instructors to be announced.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
267
Representing the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 343; also C-L: Jewish Studies 267
493
Honors Research.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Course credit contingent upon successful
completion of Religion 494. Consent of the director of undergraduate studies
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
327S
Tibetan Buddhism: Culture, Ethics, Philosophy and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: Introduces students to history,
practice, culture, and ethics of Tibetan Buddhism; contents include overview of
Indian Buddhist practice and ethics; historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism
with a focus on connections between the construction of Buddhist ideal types
(lama and yogin) and political power; Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy; Buddhist
transformation of ethical, social and cultural forms, including the shaman/king
and gift exchange patterns, and analysis of the function of lineage within the
construction of Tibetan polities and social order; readings include textbook
surveys, biography and philosophical texts and poetry. Instructor: Need. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 386S
630-6
Exegesis of the Greek New Testament: and Corinthians.
Satisfies: I II CZ FL
Course Description: Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
350S
Non-Canonical Gospels.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: Historical-critical study of early
non-canonical Christian Gospels, with special reference to the Gospel of
Thomas, the Gospel of Peter, the Protevangelium of James, the Infancy Gospel of
Thomas, Papyrus Egerton 2, Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Philip,
Dialogue of the Savior and Secret Mark; their relationship to other early
Christian texts, their view of Jesus, their place in early Christianity;
questions of authority, canon, canonical-bias, and concepts of heresy and orthodoxy.
Instructor: Goodacre. One course.
274FS
Religion & Politics: The Middle East Today.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Explore how religious beliefs and
practices shape identities and politics at the individual, local, national and
global levels; examine the complexities of the three Abrahamic religions,
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in their diversities as well as other
religious traditions such as Baha'i and Zoroastrianism; examine how theological
differences shape political conflicts and conversely, how entrenched political
conflicts shape religious beliefs of their respective communities. Open only to
students in FOCUS Program. Instructor: Goldman. One course. C-L: Islamic
Studies
335
Jewish Mysticism.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The main historical stages,
personalities, texts, ethical doctrines, social teachings, and metaphysical
doctrines from rabbinic to modern times. Instructor: Goldman or Lieber. One
386
Introduction to Islamic Communities in North Carolina.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 339; also C-L: Islamic Studies
276
Religion and Race.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Discussion of various ways in which
"race" has been defined and constructed in recent centuries using
categories from biology, sociology, philosophy, genetics, anthropology, etc.
Examines how religious traditions and practitioners have actively sought both
to eliminate race and have been complicit in maintaining and defending it. Special
focus on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the modern period. Instructor:
Peters. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 276
345
Contemporary Jewish Thought.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Modern Jewish thought from Mendelssohn
to the present, with particular reference to the dynamics of emancipation,
antisemitism, religious reform, Zionism, the rise of natural religion with its
emphasis on the supremacy of ethics, and feminism. Instructor: Goldman or E.
Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 345
308S
Fragmented Memories: Polish and Polish Jewish Culture
Through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI II S
Course Description: Analyzes, compares, and assesses
representations of Polish Christians and Polish Jews -- their life experiences,
interactions, shared and separate fates -- in documentaries and fiction films
made in Poland from the 1930s to the present day. Includes films by Wajda,
Polanski, Munk, Kieslowski; also a 2008 documentary about pre-World War
Christian-Jewish relations in Poland by Jolanta Dylewska. All films screened
with English subtitles. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Religion 269
Jewish Studies 269S
270S
Civic Engagement: Reflection and Transformation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Course provides an extended reflection
on students' civic engagement experience. Explores meaning of transformation
commonly seen as underlying civic engagement. Examines critical questions like
who or what is transformed, and when. Considers how transformation is related
to negotiation of goals and challenges, to gaining insight into politics and
histories of place and person, and to understanding and expressing ethical
co-citizenship. Course designed interactively with students over the first two
weeks, includes interdisciplinary readings that range from poetry and
autobiography to politics and policy. Draws on varied documentary media and
guest lectures. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Prasad. One course.
C-L: Public Policy Studies 255 Study of Ethics 360S
633
Augustine.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The religion of the Bishop of Hippo in
late antiquity. Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 664
232A
The Cognitive Science of Religion and Morality.
Satisfies: CZ EI R W A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 232A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 224 Religion 281A
552S
Live Images: Ancient and Medieval Representations of the
Divine.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 533S; also C-L: Classical Studies 558 Medieval and Renaissance Studies
507S
120
Buddhism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Introduction to Buddhist texts, beliefs,
rituals, and ethics in the past and present. Instructor: Jaffe or staff. One
course.
630-11
Exegesis of the Greek New Testament II: The Synoptic
Gospels.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Concentration on the ''classical''
methods of studying the first three gospels: source criticism, form criticism,
and redaction criticism. Some attention to textual criticism. Students expected
to become proficient in using the Greek synopsis. Prerequisite: two years of
Greek or the equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Goodacre.
One course.
176
Japanese Religions: Buddhas, Kanmi, and other Deities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The various strands of Japanese
religious life from prehistoric times until the present. Kami worship; primary
denominations of Japanese Buddhism; Japanese Christianity; Confucianism; and
the New Religious. The ethical, social, and political implications of these
strands. Instructor: Jaffe. One course.
376
Islamic Civilization II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Continuation of Religion 375.
Instructor: Hassan, Moosa, or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
257, History 211, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
232S
Prophecy and Prophets: Then and Now.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Seminar version of Religion 232.
Instructor: Peters. One course.
370S
Qur'an Over Time.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI S
Course Description: Qur'an as central text of Islamic ritual
and belief, national reflection, and transnational exchange for nearly all
Muslims. Will examine question of translatability as well as issues of
interpretation from non-Muslim, secular or non-theological perspectives.
Possible usefulness of analogies to literary critical study of Bible. The
Internet as a resource for exploring multiple interpretations by Muslims and
non-Muslims. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern
Studies 226 Islamic Studies
351
The Historical Jesus.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: An investigation of what can be known
about Jesus of Nazareth, his teaching about the kingdom of God and ethical
behavior, his symbolic acts, and his cures. Principal attention given to the
first three gospels, secondary attention to comparative material from the
Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds. Instructor: Goodacre or staff. One course. C-L:
Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
329S
Taoism and Mysticism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Explores the mystical tradition that
runs through the Taoist school of Chinese thought and practice from ancient
times to the present, concentrating on early Taoist texts and their
commentaries (from ca. 400 BCE-ca. 700 CE.) in English-language translation.
The discovery in tecent decades of previously unknown texts and new versions of
received texts now makes possible the delineation of a coherent history of
early Taoist practices of self-cultivation, mystical transcendence, and the
application of mystical insights to daily life and even to government, as well
as cosmological, ontological, epistemological and other facets of associated
modes of thought. Instructor: Staff. One course.
632
Origen.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The systematic and apologetic writings
of an important Alexandrian thinker and exegete of the third century.
Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 662
680S
Buddhist Thought and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI EI A
Course Description: historical introduction to Buddhist
thought and practice, with special attention to their interrelationship in the
living religion. Instructor: Jaffe. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
264S
Autobiography and Religious Identity.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A
Course Description: study of contemporary autobiographies by
Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant writers, of theories concerning autobiography
and religious identity, and of autobiography as a kind of writing. Instructor:
Kort. One course.
270
Black Gods and Kings: Priests and Practices of the
Afro-Atlantic Religions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Surveys the spiritual, political and
economic experience of those who worship African gods--West and Central
Africans, Cubans, Brazilians, Haitians, and North Americans. The gods as
sources of power, organization and healing amid local political dominance of
Muslims and Christians and seismic expansion of international capitalism. West
African Yoruba religion, West-Central African Kongo religion, Brazilian
Candombl\'e9 and Umbanda, Cuban Santer\'eda and Palo Mayombe, Haitian Vodou,
and African-American Pentecostalism are examined as belief systems, and
contextualized to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, long-distance commerce and
pilgrimage by free people. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 269, Cultural Anthropology 269
620
Exegesis of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Satisfies:
Course Description: A. Pentateuch B. Historical Books C.
Major Prophets D. Minor Prophets E. Writings F. Proverbs G. Genesis Consent of
instructor required for undergraduates. Instructor: Staff. One course.
370
Islam in Central Eurasia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: History of Central Eurasian Muslims.
Focus on diversity and cultural vivacity. Examines early appearance of Islam in
the region,the evolution of Muslim religious and cultural institutions under
governance of Chingissid, Timurid, Russian and Chinese empires, the encounter
of Central Eurasian Muslims with European modernity and their experience during
Soviet and Chinese socialist experiments. Instructor: Tuna. One course. C-L:
Slavic and Eurasian Studies 370, History 209, Religion 378, Islamic Studies
215
Greek and Roman Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
264
220
Religions of India.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Major religious traditions of the
subcontinent: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam. Instructor: Prasad or
staff. One course.
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
80S
Special Topics in Writing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Various topics with diverse readings and
intensive writing. Instructor: Staff. One course.
233SA
Community Media and Social Change in India.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: How civil society in India is
challenging hegemony of mainstream media, providing democratized alternatives
to the concentration of media power in a few global conglomerates. Inquiry into
ways civil society organizations negotiate religion
231
Classical Judaism, Sectarianism, and Early Christianity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The emergence of ancient Judaism from
late biblical times with the christianization of the Roman Empire by
Constantine the Great. The variety of Judaism explored through the literature
of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and paganism. The impact of
Greco-Roman (Hellenistic) culture on all these traditions. Instructor: E.
Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 331
242
Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 357L
281
American Apocalypse: Beat Generation Spirituality.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI W
Course Description: Places Beat Generation spirituality in
its contexts by study of sources and texts that influenced individual figures,
specifically, the reading, world view, and practice of Kerouac, Snyder,
Ginsberg, Burroughs, and di Prima; identifies the Asian and Native American
texts and translations available to Americans in the post-war era and outlines
Western influences (Thoreau, Spengler, Skinner, Reich, Neitzsche), reading
these in relation to key mythemes of American identity and destiny in the
post-War era. Instructor: Need. One course. C-L: Literature 280
130
Taoism and Chinese Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Introduction to Taoism, its texts,
practices, and ethical implications in history and modern times in mainland
China and Taiwan. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
251S
Documenting Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
338S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 233 Visual and Media Studies 210S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
247
T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The philosophy, cosmology, and other
aspects of traditional Chinese thought embodied in the martial art of \i T'ai
Chi\i0 . Course conducted through readings and lectures as well as actual
movement praxis. Comparisons between Western bio-medical notions of the body
and those implied by \i T'ai Chi \i0 and other facets of Chinese thought and
practice, such as Chinese medicine. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Dance
255
280
Religious Movements.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 211
385
Muslims in the West.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 252; also C-L: Islamic Studies
380
Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 250; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 170, Women's
Studies
227
Introduction to the Civilizations of Southern Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 255; also C-L: History 217, International Comparative Studies
351S
Sociology of Religion.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Classic social scientific answers to
questions such as: the nature and origin of religion; its fate in modern
societies. How social context shapes religious belief and practice, and how
religion influences people, institutions, and societies. Attention paid to
continuity and change in American religion. Instructor: Chaves. One course.
C-L: Religion 285S
322
Mahayana Buddhism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Special features of the doctrine and
practice of Buddhism in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan, with an account of
their origins in the Indian subcontinent. Instructor: Jaffe or staff. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 306
358
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: survey of the changes in
sixteenth-century European society, with particular reference to the continent,
which grew out of the movement for religious reform and socio-political
renewal. Focus on new developments in theology and religion and their
relationship to society in such issues as the definition of a "good
society," just war, and social justice. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: History 259, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 284, Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
105
Biblical Hebrew I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Elements of phonology, morphology, and
syntax. Exercises in reading and writing Hebrew. Course credit contingent upon
the successful completion of Religion 106. Instructor: Leiber or staff. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 105, Hebrew 171
650
Theological Anthropology: Critical Modernists.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: This seminar will look at theological
anthropology in the work of 20th century theologians who develop the tradition
of Schleiermacher, a group known as critical revisionists (or revisionist
modernists). After recognizing Schleiermacher's contribution, the course will
treat theological anthropology in selected contemporary figures such as Paul
Tillich, David Tracy, Gordon Kaufman, and Edward Farley. Prerequisite: XTIANTHE
32 or permission of instructor. Instructor: Mary M. Fulkerson. One course.
355
History of the Christian Church.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Crucial events, issues, structures, and
writings that have shaped the Christian community and influenced Western
civilization from the time of the early church to the present. Special
attention to ethical themes such as human destiny, the "good life,"
reform and renewal that have been permanent elements in Christian history.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 243, Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
282AS
Science, Ethics, and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see Philosophy 385AS;
also C-L: Public Policy Studies 258S
101
Introduction to Religious Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: Introduction to leading themes and
concepts in the study of religions from the ancient world to the present.
Course is divided into two parts: 1) what is religion? and 2) how is religion
studied? variety of religious traditions are examined as well as various
theories and definitions of religion. Includes exploration of key ways in which
different religions understand such social problems as violence and ideological
conflict. Instructor: Staff. One course.
165FS
Muslim Women across the Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W
Course Description: Explores diverse realities of Muslim
women's lives, from origins of Islam to present, through autobiographical and
biographical accounts situated in their social, economic, political, and
cultural contexts, representing multifarious facets of Muslim women\rquote s
lived experiences. Women encountered through textual and audiovisual materials
represent a wide range, including scholars, mystics, merchants,
philanthropists, poets, slavegirls, feminists, and Islamists. Topics course.
Instructor: Hassan. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
388S
Muslim Ethics and Islamic Law: Issues and Debates.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Premodern judicial arrangements and the
contestations surrounding their modern incarnations. Topics include bioethics,
gender and family law, war and peace, environmental issues, and political
ethics. Instructor: Moosa. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
630-2
Exegesis of the Greek New Testament Romans.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
190S
Special Topics Seminar.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics and instructors to be announced.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
608
Classical Hebrew Poetry: An Introduction.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: The problem of defining and
understanding what is "poetic" in classical Hebrew. Theories of
Hebrew poetry from Lowth to Kugel and O'Connor illustrated with readings from
Psalms, Isaiah, Job, and Jeremiah. One year of classical Hebrew required.
Consent of instructor required. Also taught as Religion 608. Prerequisites: Old
Testament 115, 116. Instructor: Chapman, Davis, Peters, or Portier-Young. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 608
608
The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union.
Satisfies: CCI R
Course Description: Reading and assessment of new
scholarship on Ottoman culture, society, politics, and state. Supplemented by
critical texts on historiography, identity, gender, religion, and orientalism.
Topics include "gazi thesis," secular and Islamic law, "Kadi
justice," everyday life, and role of women. Final research project with
interdisciplinary focus. Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
311
Hindu Arts of Devotion.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Studies Hindu devotional arts in
historical and cultural contexts from the 7th century. Looks at how these arts
from literature and visual arts to performance and material culture invented
new and also deployed old modes of artistic production and circulation to
express temporal and spatial sacredness, political dissent, and existential
predicaments. Scrutinizes the critical role of devotional arts in defining and
reflecting tides of Hindu ethical thought and values of daily living. Course
seeks to understand the connections evolved between contemporary lived ethical
practice, patronage, social communities, and artistic technologies. Instructor:
Prasad. One course.
320S
Transnational Buddhism in Asia and America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: An examination of Buddhism in Asia,
Europe, and the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Emphasis on global exchanges
225
Religion and Social Transformation in South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 405; also C-L: Islamic Studies
611
Studies in Apocrypha and Pseudipigrapha.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Selected documents of the Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha examined exegetically and theologically in their relation to
postexilic Judaism. Instructor: Staff. One course.
175
Religions of Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Problems and methods in the study of
religion, followed by a survey of the historical development, beliefs,
practices, ethics, and contemporary significance of the Islamic religion and
religions of south and east Asia. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 108
224
Sacred Space in South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Hindu, Jaina and Buddhist traditions,
about notions of "sacred space" in South Asia, particularly India,
and the South Asia diaspora: temple architecture, pilgrimage, festival and
daily ritual, tourism, oral and written literatures, popular media, and
performance. Topics include sacredness of the human body, domestic altars,
temple complexes, religious processions, festivals and historic monuments. The
contested social contexts and the politics of mapping and marking sacred sites.
Instructor: Prasad. One course.
211S
Religion and Culture in Korea.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 176S
659
Freedom and Law.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Lecture course will explore the
centrality of freedom and law to doctrine of God as well as to the
understanding of the human being and unfold their complex interrelationship in
the traditions of theology and philosophy. Also taught as Christian Theology
285. Instructor: Huetter. One course.
612
Language and Literature of Dead Sea Scrolls.
Satisfies: A A
Course Description: study in interpretation. Prerequisite:
knowledge of Hebrew. Instructor: E. Meyers. One course.
234
History and Practice of the Dance and Dance-theatre of
India.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 355; also
C-L: Religion 243, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 154
110
Hinduism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: An exploration of the beliefs, ethics,
everyday and ceremonial practices, philosophies, mythologies, and movements
that are part of the aggregately-named religion of Hinduism. Instructor: Prasad
or staff. One course.
240
West African Rootholds in Dance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 335L; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 220
MARINE BIOLOGY
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HISTORY (HISTORY)
Number Of Listed Courses: 235
539S
Roman History from Augustus through Late Antiquity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
536S
289
Rise of Modern Science: Early Science through Newton.
Satisfies: CZ STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 302
152S
Gateway Seminar: History at Sea.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W
Course Description: Maritime history through examination of
ships, shipping, and shipboard communities. Topics addressed include shipboard
language, labor, rituals, technology, aesthetics, and power, as well as free
and forced maritime migrations. Discussion of the ways ships and shipping
created the world in which we live. Instructor: Ewald. One course.
272
British Isles in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 247
582S
Narrative, History, and Historical Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R W
Course Description: Examines alternative approaches to the
reading and writing of history, particularly the use of narrative. Explores the
power of narrative on the human
289
Weimar and Nazi Germany.
Satisfies: CZ R I
Course Description: The impact of World War on German
morale, the emergence of an exciting avant garde culture in Berlin, the
establishment of a multiparty parliamentary government, women's emancipation,
and economic crisis in the hyperinflation of 1922 and the Great Depression.
Against this progressive background, Hitler's mobilization of masses of
followers, seizure of power, and establishment of the first racial society. The
killing fields and concentration camps on the Eastern Front. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 284, International Comparative
Studies
132
The Third World and the West II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Continuation of History 131. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 132, International
Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies, Marxism and Society
241
Medieval Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 151; also C-L: Art History 121, Classical Studies 121
350
African American Intellectual History, Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 321; also C-L: African and African American Studies 281
279
The Foundations of Modern Terrorism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ A
Course Description: comparative analysis of the origins and
development of modern terrorism in the West (Europe, Russia, and the United
States). Instructor: M. Miller. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
326
Latin America: Colonialism and Its Consequences.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The pre-Columbian cultures, European
conquest and its effects on the Amerindian peoples, and development of the
Spanish and Portuguese Empires to the wars of independence with special
emphasis upon colonial institutions and socioeconomic developments. Not open to
students who have taken History 174. Instructor: Sigal. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies, Latin American Studies
390AS-10
Duke in Istanbul: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Duke-Administered Study Abroad Program.
The undergraduate program in history is designed to introduce students to major
conceptual tools and research methods of historical study, while providing a
historical depth of field for the understanding of the contemporary world.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
382
Putin's Russia: The History of Economic and Political
Consolidation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 283; also
C-L: Political Science 220
221
China and the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 221; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 237, Marxism and Society
126S
Introduction to Oral History.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
110S
390AS
Study Abroad: Seminar on Historical Topics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Register for country by the section
designated in the Official Schedule of Courses. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390A-06
Duke in Russia: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
157S
Gateway Seminar: Empires in Historical Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Study of modern empires in historical
comparative-connective perspective. Approaches, methods, themes include social
history from below, maritime history, history of technology, debates about the
ethicality of war, occupation and regime change in sovereign territories. Final
research paper involving intensive primary-source research, extensive use of
secondary and on-line sources for the study of empires. Instructor: Kaiwar. One
course.
179S
Gateway Seminar: Capitalism & Its Critics.
Satisfies: CZ EI R W
Course Description: Surveys major advocates, critics, and
reformers of capitalism, from Adam Smith, Charles Dickens, and Karl Marx to
contemporary champions and opponents of "free market" reform.
Instructor: Huston. One course.
239
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 374
230
Greek History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
283
445S
Capstone Seminar: Russia -USSR-Russia: History of Communism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 467S; also
C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 420S
575S
Religion and Society in the Age of the Reformation.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 523S
324
Mexico Since Before Cortes.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Survey of Mexican history since before
the encounter between European and native peoples, the experience of conquest,
independence rebellions, liberal reforms, revolution, and modernization.
Instructor: Olcott. One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
347
African Americans Since the Civil War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Post-slavery black life and thought, as
well as race relations and social change, during Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the
Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, and contemporary times; ethical
concepts and issues on human justice in the course of struggles for democracy,
tolerance, and equality. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 207, International Comparative Studies, Documentary
Studies
373
American Sexualities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 373
122D
America from 1877 to the Present.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: American history from the end of
Reconstruction to the present. The impact of industrialization, immigration,
urbanization, and the rise of mass culture in the United States; the effect of
depressions and wars on American society and politics; and the roots and
results of reform movements ranging from populism and progressivism to the
civil rights, women's, and environmental movements. Ongoing debates about the
government's proper economic and social role; changing views of ethnicity, race,
and gender in America; and the determinants of United States foreign policy.
One course.
287
History of the World Wars.
Satisfies: CZ EI R STS
Course Description: An examination of the origins, course,
and consequences of the world wars of twentieth century. Close attention is
paid to impact of warfare on society and the ensuing moral and political
controversies. Instructor: Bonker, Krylova, or Lentz-Smith. One course.
230
Introduction to Contemporary Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 330; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 327
190FS
Topics in Focus Program.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Open only to students in the Focus
Program. Current list of courses available in the Focus program brochure.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
431S
The Spanish Civil War: History, Literature, and Popular
Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI FL R
Course Description: The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 through
literary and historical readings, art, music, and film. Special attention given
to values held by supporters of each side, and how they put them into practice
during and after the war. Consideration of international volunteers who fought
in Spain for their own deeply-held values. Research paper and presentation
required. Taught in Spanish. Not open to students who have previously taken
this course as Spanish 138S. Instructor: Sieburth. One course. C-L: History
273S
480D
Global France.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI D
Course Description: Explores connections between France's
imperial history in Africa, Asia and the Americas and contemporary cultural/
political debates about citizenship, integration and belonging in France from
17th century to present. Analyzes ethical dilemmas posed by colonialism.
Includes novels (e.g., works by Dumas, Camus, Cesaire, Fanon, Djebar,
Chamoiseau), films, music, historical documents, cultural/literary criticism,
social/political theory, legal documents and writings on government policy.
Weekly lecture in English and two discussion sections: one in English, one in
French. French section will do reading and written work in French.
Prerequisite: one 300-level French course to enroll in French section.
Instructor: DuBois. One course. C-L: History 274 Cultural Anthropology 274D
390A-08
Duke in Germany: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
390A-03
Duke in France: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
340
Jewish History, 1492 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 251; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 251, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
131
The Third World and the West I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: First part of a two-course sequence
examining economic, social, political, and cultural relationships, 1500 to the
present. Topics may vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
African and African American Studies 131, International Comparative Studies,
Latin American Studies, Marxism and Society
111D
Europe to the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: Development and world impact of European
civilization, critical evaluation of historical interpretations, and
investigation of history from primary sources. Instructor: Staff. One course.
298A
Themes in Chinese Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 343A; also C-L: History 224, International Comparative Studies
336
North America to 1760.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Early oceanic explorations, European
invasion of North America, the evolution of race slavery, and the responses of
the native American peoples. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
340
The Civil War and Reconstruction: The United States,
1850-1880.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: The social, economic, and cultural
aspects of the Civil War's origins and outcomes as well as the resulting
military, political, and legal conflicts. Focus on the contested and changing
meanings of "freedom" in all sections of the country. Instructor:
Glymph. One course.
384S
Islam in the Americas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: Explores how Muslim communities live and
practice Islam in the American context. Examines diverse Muslim communities
emerging from transatlantic exploration, trade in slaves, and migration as well
as indigenous conversion. Discussion of religious and cultural identities of
American Muslim peoples and consideration of questions of communal
organization, religious authority, gender dynamics, youth culture, political
and civic engagement, as well as American Muslim comedy and entertainment.
Examination of impact of 9/11 upon American Muslims, their responses to the
tragedy, and Americans' shifting perceptions of Islam and Muslims Instructor:
Hassan. One course. C-L: History 351, African and African American Studies 274
Islamic Studies
287
Magic, Religion, and Science since 1400.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 260
213S
Shamanism and Spirit Possession.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS S
Course Description: Anthropological, psychological, and
Religious Studies approaches to cross-cultural study of spirit possession and
shamanism. Examination of in-depth case-studies and comparative works, from
both literate civilizations and non-literate cultures. Engage with contemporary
concerns with nature and boundaries of personhood and embodiment and their
relation to leadership. Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 214 History 215S
296
The Military in Germany and the United States.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS STS
Course Description: Explores the history of the military in
Germany and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Examines German
and U.S. armed forces as distinct institutions and reconstructs their pursuits
in war and peace while paying considerable attention to soldiers\rquote languages and experiences. Situating the two
militaries within the larger fabrics of their respective states, societies, and
cultures, we will explore the relationships between military and civilian
realms, peoples, and discourses. In so doing, we will compare and contrast two
ever-shifting military experiences and explore the ways in which they were
entangled. Instructor: Bonker. One course.
390
Topics in History Lecture.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Individual courses in this series may be
taught more than once or on a one-time basis only. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
534S
Roman History from Romulus to Augustus.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
532S
215
American Constitutional Development I.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Development of the United States
Constitution through Supreme Court decisions: the foundations of national
power, including the separation of powers, the nature of the federal union and
the relationship of the Constitution to political and economic life since 1790.
Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L: History 366
515S
Post War Europe, 1945-1968: Politics, Society, and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 537S
496S
Senior Thesis Seminar.
Satisfies: CZ R W
Course Description: Continuation of History 495S.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
261
Medieval Christianity in Film and Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Exploration of modern popular fictional
representations of Christianity in the Middle Ages, including novels and films.
Comparison with original medieval sources to understand relationship between
present-day interpretations and actual medieval practice, and what this reveals
about both cultures. Of particular concern: ethical issues concerning
Christianity and violence, wealth, power and notions of democracy and
modernity. Instructor: Dubois. One course. C-L: History 244, Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 354
432S
Capstone Seminar: Medieval Communities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 463S
237
Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 286
275
Tudor/Stuart Britain.
Satisfies: CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 269
395S
Politics and Obligations of Memory.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 403S
285
Western Warfare since 1789.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: European and United States conduct of
war since 1789, ranging from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to
the current United States pursuit of war in the Middle East and beyond, Focus
on the nature and aims of Western warfare and the practices, languages, and
experiences of its participants. The shifting ways in which military force has
been used against soldiers and civilians. Instructor: Bonker. One course.
375
Islamic Civilization I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: First part of two-course sequence
providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle
Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Hassan,
Moosa or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 256, History 210,
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 268, Information Science and Information
Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
270
Britain and the British Empire in the Age of the American
Revolution.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: Britain and the wider British world in
the eighteenth century. Global warfare; empire in the Atlantic and India;
Pacific exploration; Enlightenment thought and science; art, literature, and
music; material culture; industrial, commercial, and financial revolutions;
politics and the rise of the modern state. Instructor: Stern. One course.
222
Religion in China.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Religion 210
382
Baseball in Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Examination of baseball from 18th-c.
origins in Britain's North American colonies to the contemporary "World
Baseball Classic." Topics addressed include transformation from amateur
participant sport to commercial spectator sports business based in North
America; globalization of the sport; commercialization and professionalization
in new environments; and trans-national baseball as a lens for examining
evolving class, race, gender, regional, and international relationships. Among
central themes is how baseball's international migration reshaped the game.
Instructor: Thompson. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 382, Canadian Studies
278
North American Environmental History.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 345
204
History and Modern Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Presents the long-term historical
dynamics behind three important situations in contemporary Africa. Recent
examples include ethnic warfare in Darfur; oil exploitation and environmental
degradation in the Niger Delta; misgovernment in Zimbabwe. Topics might change
from year to year. The courses aims at helping students become intelligent
commentators on contemporary Africa. Instructor: Ewald or Hall. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 210, International Comparative
Studies, Women's Studies
413
World War and French Film.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI FL
Course Description: Film scripts, memoirs, novels, political
and social history, and cinematic technique that inform the viewing of French
films on World War II. Possible films to be viewed: Cl\'e9ment's \i Jeux
interdits\i0 , Malle's \i Au revoir les enfants \i0 and \i Lacombe Lucien\i0 ,
Miller's \i L'accompagnatrice\i0 , Yanne's \i Boulevard des hirondelles\i0 ,
and Lanzmann's \i Shoah\i0 . Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 261, History 295, Visual and Media Studies 310
305S
History of International Financial and Monetary Crises.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 305S
108
Introduction to African Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 103; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 105, History 129
219
Medieval Bodies: Sex & Food.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 246; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 256, Study of Sexualities 210
390A-13
Duke in South Africa: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
281
Reformation Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 257; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
381
Russian Revolutionary Cinema.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 281; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 264, Marxism and Society
370
Twentieth-Century American Medicine.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS STS
Course Description: Health, disease, and medicine in the
twentieth-century United States. Topics include public health, race,
technology, gender, ethics, economics, and the relationship between doctor and
patient. Not open to students who have taken this course as History 390 or 104.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
552S
Twentieth Century Social Movements in America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Focus on the emergence of the women's
movement and the civil rights movement, both concerned with issues of equality
and justice, in the United States during the post-New Deal period. Instructor:
MacLean. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
457S
Capstone Seminar: Maroon Societies in America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Origins and development of fugitive
slave communities throughout the Americas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth
century. Major focus is on their role in the operation of slave society.
Instructor: Gaspar. One course.
502S
Japan Since 1945.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Issues relating to post-War Japan.
Topics include: the Occupation; democracy in postwar Japan; the rise of mass
consumption; security and the US-Japan alliance; the political system; popular
culture; arts and literature; the transformation of the countryside; the
creation of an economic superpower; the myth of the kaisha; moments of conflict
and crisis. Instructor: Partner. One course.
322
The Age of Revolution.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Global perspective on the Age of
Revolution, from late 17th - 19th century. Exploration of the inter-connected
events in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, focusing on the circulation of
ideas, debates over slavery and freedom, and the overthrow of colonial empires
through the creation of new nation-states, with special attention to the links
between politics, cultural and artistic developments during the period.
Explores the contested legacies of the Age of Revolution and the ways in which
the memory of this period is evoked in contemporary culture. May involve field
trips to local historical sights, museums & longer trips to other locations
in the U.S. Instructor: Dubois. One course.
490S
Capstone Seminars in Special Topics.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Practice of historical research
interpretation and writing with focus on a specific historical question. Topics
are numerous and vary each semester. Most seminars are offered for one semester
and carry one course credit. If students wish to enroll in only one semester of
a year-long seminar, they must obtain permission from the instructor. Both
history majors and nonmajors may enroll in the seminars during their junior or
senior years. Students are urged to enroll in their junior year if they expect
to apply for the Senior Honors Seminar (History 495S-496S) or to practice-teach
in their senior year. Instructor:Staff. One course.
661S
Courts, Wars, Legacies of Wars.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: The impact of international wars,
international policing, and domestic wars relating to national security on the
United States courts of the Fourth Circuit (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina), and the role played by these courts in the
Mid-Atlantic South from the American Founding into the Cold War Era. The
American Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States, and principles
of admiralty and international law which figure in assigned published and
unpublished judicial decisions of the region's United States district and old
circuit courts and of the post-1891 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Research
paper required. Also taught as Law 548S. Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L: History
562S
112D
Europe from the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Development and world impact of European
civilization, critical evaluation of historical interpretations, and
investigation of history from primary sources. Instructor: Staff. One course.
383
Cities and City Life in Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Aspects of social, literary, and
cultural history of the Italian cities Venice, Florence, Rome, or Milan, as
anchors of larger geographical areas, cities in a specific historical period,
or famed artistic centers. Taught in English. Not open to students who have
previously taken this course as Italian 128. Instructor: Finucci and staff. One
course. C-L: History 237
412S
Capstone Seminar: Regulating American Business: Historical
Perspectives.
Satisfies: CZ EI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 477S
117
Early Modern Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS STS A
Course Description: survey of Europe between approx.
1440-1750 that highlights changes in European society including the end of the
Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution and the European
encounter with other regions of the world. Instructor: Martin, Neuschel, or
Robisheaux. One course.
525
Tolstoy and the Russian Experience.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Historical approach to Tolstoy's depictions
of major societal and ethical issues (e.g., war, peace, marriage, death,
religion, relationships). Culture of salons, print culture, censorship, and
changing political climate. Central questions on the relationship of fiction
and history: uses of fiction for understanding history and dangers of such an
approach. Readings include selected fiction of Tolstoy, excerpts from journals
and letters, and critical and historical accounts of nineteenth-century Russia.
Similar to Russian 325 but requires additional assignments. Instructor: Gheith.
One course.
390A-02
Duke in China: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
361
United States Political History, 1789-1900.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: The development of American politics
between the end of the Revolution and 1900. The extension and limitations of
democracy; the emergence and extension of parties as the central institution of
politics; the relationship between popular political initiatives and party
353
Modern Africa through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 206; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 232
205
United States Foreign Policy I: From World War to Vietnam
War.
Satisfies: II CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Basic assumptions about international
interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the means by which
they have been pursued from the origins of the Cold War to the war in Vietnam.
Focus on crucial operational premises in the 'defining moments' of United
States diplomatic history. Policy-making models, politics of foreign policy,
global environment within which United States policy is made, and uses of
history. Special attention to the origins of the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
Instructor: Kuniholm. One course. C-L: History 375
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
590S
Topics in History Seminar.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Some semesters open to seniors and graduate
students; some semesters limited to graduate students only. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
227
The Emergence of Modern Japan.
Satisfies: CCI CZ A
Course Description: survey of modern Japanese history from
1850 to the present. Emphasis on social change as experienced by ordinary
people. Includes a comparative overview of Japan's experience of modernity.
This class is not open to students who have taken History 122A. Instructor:
Partner. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies
257
Medieval Christendom, Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 242; also
C-L: Religion 354
469S
Capstone Seminar: American Dreams/American Realities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Examines the role of such myths as
"rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the
frontier" and "foreign devil" throughout history in defining the
American character. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Wilson. One
course.
262
The Crusades to the Holy Land.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 249; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 249, Islamic Studies
216
Modern American Constitutional Development II.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Development of the United States
Constitution through Supreme Court decisions: national power and federalism in
the context of modern political and economic life, New Deal to the present.
Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L: History 367
351
Africa and Humanitarians.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 207; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 271, Islamic Studies
570S
The Society and Economy of Europe, 1400 - 1700.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 519S
293A
Research Independent Study on Contemporary China.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Research and field studies culminating
in a paper approved and supervised by the resident director of the Duke in
China program. Includes field trips
219S
Indian Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: Surveys the rise of civilization and
kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent from the first urban centers of the Indus
Valley through the establishment of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. Uses
literary, archeological, linguistic, ethnological, and inscriptional evidence
on the diversity of Indic peoples and their complex social, religious, and
caste integration into the major states and empires of premodern India;
considers wider civilizational networks and extensions of the Indian cultural
sphere into other parts of Asia; integrates a historical and anthropological
perspective on various primary materials. Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 215S
356
Imperial Russia 1700-1917.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Russian imperial history from Peter the
Great to Bolshevik Revolution: 1700-1917. Focus on formation and governance of
multiethnic and multiconfessional Russian empire. Traces expansion of
land-locked city state (Muscovy) into world power ruling from Eastern Europe to
Alaska. Questions implications of Russia\rquote s world-power status. Examines institutions
of governance that created this empire and held its various ethnic, religious
and ideological groups together for centuries. Readings of English translations
of works of Russian literature and historiographic analyses aimed at developing
a sound grounding in Russian imperial history and culture. Instructor: Tuna.
One course. C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 356, History 275
155S
Gateway Seminar: The United States and the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS I II
Course Description: Historical appraisal of cultural,
political, military and economic encounters between Americans and people of the
Middle East. Examination of variability and complexity of these encounters,
with discussion of fantasies and realities, interests and commitments, influences
and fears, wishes and disappointments. Begins with World War but concentrates
on the post World War period. Instructor: Miller. One course. C-L: Islamic
Studies
232
The Insurgent South: Movements for Social Change Since the
Civil War.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: Social movements in the South from
Reconstruction to the present. Includes Populism, Women's Suffrage, the
Interracial Movement, labor, civil rights, and post-1960s conservatism.
Attention to public policy positions espoused by social movement organizations
and activists. Lecture/discussion. Weekly writing assignments. Instructor:
Korstad. One course. C-L: History 357
368D
History of Evolution and Society.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS STS W
Course Description: This course explores the power of
origins stories in explaining and empowering societies. It contrasts religious
creation stories with the scientific narratives that emerged in the past two
centuries. Often seen as opposing narratives, these two styles of origin
stories share much in common, and certainly the passion that surrounds them and
their teaching owes much to the roles that origins stories have long played in
societies. The course will review the history of evolutionary thought, as well
as twentieth century developments in genetics, eugenics, and scientific
analyses of human diversity. Instructor: Humphreys. One course.
417S
Francophone Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S S S S
Course Description: Modern literature in French from
French-speaking Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include tradition and
modernity; colonization, cultural assimilation, and the search for identity;
and women in changing contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 410 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 202
International Comparative Studies 430 History 387 Latin American Studies,
Canadian Studies
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
371
Chubby History: Obesity and Public Health.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: The obesity epidemic among children and
adults in the United States, with focus on changes in food supply and
consumption, agricultural policy, body image, exercise, federal food programs
such as school lunch, food stamps, and food technology. Gender, racial, and
socio-economic patterns of the epidemic. Not open to students who have taken
this course as History 390 or 104. Instructor: Staff. One course.
533S
Greek History from the Bronze Age to the fifth century BCE.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
524S
346
Africans in America to the Civil War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: African, European, and Indian
interactions; the black experience of slavery and racism; the evolution of
Afro-American culture, resistance, and the general emancipation; ethical
concepts and issues on human justice in the course of racial oppression and
freedom struggle. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 206, International Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies
358
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: survey of the changes in
sixteenth-century European society, with particular reference to the continent,
which grew out of the movement for religious reform and socio-political
renewal. Focus on new developments in theology and religion and their
relationship to society in such issues as the definition of a "good
society," just war, and social justice. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: History 259, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 284, Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
355
History of the Christian Church.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Crucial events, issues, structures, and
writings that have shaped the Christian community and influenced Western
civilization from the time of the early church to the present. Special
attention to ethical themes such as human destiny, the "good life,"
reform and renewal that have been permanent elements in Christian history.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 243, Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
258
The Modern Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 214; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 227, International Comparative Studies,
Islamic Studies
461S
Capstone Seminar: Clothing and U.S. History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W
Course Description: Examines U.S. history through the lens
of clothing, providing insight into style, individual identity, and cultural
change. Also addresses a broad range of other issues, including property,
international relations, economic change, trade, technology, and labor.
Instructor: Edwards. One course.
360
Imagining the North American West: History and Myth,
1850-Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Major themes in the history of North
American West (western Canada, United States, and northern Mexico) from the
mid-nineteenth century to present, from the frontier to industrialization,
Native Americans to Hollywood, Calamity Jane to Shane. Organized around
thematic and chronological questions: The relationship between mythic and real
Wests; the continent's most radical region in 1900 became its most conservative
by 1980. Instructor: Deutsch or Peck. One course.
572S
Anthropology and History.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 501S
608
The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union.
Satisfies: CCI R
Course Description: Reading and assessment of new
scholarship on Ottoman culture, society, politics, and state. Supplemented by
critical texts on historiography, identity, gender, religion, and orientalism.
Topics include "gazi thesis," secular and Islamic law, "Kadi
justice," everyday life, and role of women. Final research project with
interdisciplinary focus. Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
348
The Civil Rights Movement.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS II
Course Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the
civil rights movement from World War through the late 1960s. Instructor: Gavins
or Lentz-Smith. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 243,
Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
254
The Expansion of Medieval Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Lecture course follows the
transformation of medieval politics, society and culture from the First Crusade
to the Reformation. The evolution of secular monarchies and the flourishing of
vernacular literature and devotion. The growth of commerce and an urban middle
class. New forms of feminine religiosity and fascination with Christ's
humanity. Intensified alienation and persecution of marginal groups such as the
Jews. Field trip to the local museum. Instructor: Malegam. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 254
260
Afro-Brazilian Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 327; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 209, Latin American Studies
453S
Capstone Seminar: Imperialism and Islamism.
Satisfies: CZ R SS US US S
Course Description: Inquiry into Islam's transnational past
and relations of European empires to that past. Development of perspectives on
the current conflict between the and its Islamist opponents to enable critical
engagement with debates on the nature of global Islamist politics and on the as
an imperial power. Close reading of case studies and original source material.
Instructor: Ho. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 416 Islamic Studies
263
The Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 319; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 219, Latin American Studies
401S
The Inca Empire and Colonial Legacies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 420S
226
Ancient and Early Modern Japan.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Japan from earliest settlement to 1868;
the Heian Court, rise of the samurai, feudal society and culture, the Tokugawa
age, and the Meiji Restoration. Instructor: Partner. One course. C-L: Asian
& Middle Eastern Studies 267, International Comparative Studies
364D
American Business History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W D
Course Description: The historical development of business
in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instructor:
Balleisen. One course. C-L: Economics 222 Markets and Management Studies
482S
Capstone Seminar: Post-Civil Rights America: The Search for
Social Justice, 1968-Present.
Satisfies: CZ EI R
Course Description: Central outcomes of the Civil Rights
Movement, 1968 to the present; critical reading and discussion, research and
writing on racial and social equality and inequality in major areas of American
life, notably electoral politics; education; religion and ethics; and public
culture. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 408S
203
The 1960S: History and Public Policy.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 378
509S
Race, Class, and Gender: Social History of Modern
(1750-present) Britain.
Satisfies: A CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 505S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 515S
153S
Gateway Seminar: Cultural Exchange in Continental Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: Continental Asian history since early
13th century through examination of cultural exchange among Mongol, Russian,
Chinese, Indian, Muslim, and European colonial spheres of influence. Engages
eyewitness accounts to provide hands-on experience of historians' craft.
Exploration of issues of empire, colonialism, nationalism, globalization,
modernity, liberalism, socialism, revolution, war, and religion. Introduction
to historical thinking and writing through activities and assignments,
including an article-length research project. Not open to students who have
taken History 184S/Slavic and Eurasian Studies 184S. Instructor: Tuna. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 107 Slavic and Eurasian Studies
106S
543S
Maritime Predation and European Imperial Expansion in the
Atlantic Basin, 1492-1730.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: Exploration of the origins, development,
and decline of privateering and piracy as systems of maritime predation in the
Atlantic basin during the period 1492-1730, building on related processes in
the Mediterranean. Includes extensive study of Atlantic maritime history
broadly defined. Instructor: Gaspar. One course.
331S
Exploring Latino Identity in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: Interdisciplinary exploration of the
formation of Latino identities over the course of the twentieth century,
focusing largely on Mexican-American identities but also considering the
experiences of South America, Central American, and Caribbean
372
Abortion in American Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: The American experience with
abortion--before and after Roe v. Wade--considering issues of religion,
politics, law, medicine, gender, and ethics. Fertility and family planning, the
experiences of women both as abortionists and undergoing abortions, unwed
mothers, teenage pregnancy and young parenthood, and the rise of advocacy
groups in favor of and opposed to abortion. Comparison practices of Britain,
Europe, and Japan. Instructor: Staff. One course.
509S
United States Policy in the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies
503 International Comparative Studies
121D
American History to 1876.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: History of what is now the United States
from pre-Columbian times to 1876. Covers exploration, colonization, Native
American responses, the rise of race slavery, the American Revolution,
Anglo-American expansion, slave life and culture, industrialization, reform,
disunion, the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction. Emphasis on social
developments, conflicting political and economic visions, and tensions between
ideals and reality. Instructor: Staff. One course.
353S
Behind the Veil: Methods.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
323S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 238S
450S
Capstone Seminar: 20th-Century South Africa Through
Biography and Autobiography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Explores twentieth-century South African
history through the lens of biography and autobiography. Protagonists range
from little known South Africans like Kas Maine, a sharecropper documented only
in a 1931 record of a fine paid for failing to produce a dog license, to world
renowned figures like Nelson Mandela. Readings cover virtually the entire
twentieth century but have been carefully selected to provide a chronological
presentation of South African history. Utilizes of a mix of scholarly and
non-scholarly writings, as well as discussions exposing South Africa's
countryside and cities, its underworld and its place on the world stage.
Instructor: Shapiro. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 406S
164S
Gateway Seminar - Antisemitism: Ethnicity, Race, Religion,
Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Focuses on selected anti-Judaic and
antisemitic episodes from ancient antiquity through modern times, paying
attention to both antisemitic texts and events. It evaluates competing
theoretical frameworks for understanding antisemitism as ethnic, racial,
religious and cultural phenomenon. Can antisemitism be understood as part of
218
Modern & Global India.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: Examines the historical foundations for
the emergence of India as a modern and global society with a focus on the
Mughal empire, British colonialism, and Indian nationalism. Uses textual and
visual sources for charting how local political, social-economic and cultural
factors intersect with the global movements of peoples, goods, technologies,
and ideas in the creation of the modern nation-state of India. Time frame from
1500 to 1947. Instructor: Kaiwar or Ramaswamy. One course.
312
Europe's Colonial Encounter, 1492-1992.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The impact of colonial expansion on
European economic development, political culture, and popular identity from the
"age of discovery" through the present. Particular attention to the
ethical implications of colonialism's influence on Western
"civilization." Instructor: Thorne. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 212, Canadian Studies 312, Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
170S
Gateway Seminar: Male and Female Soldiers in the World Wars.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R UK US
Course Description: The history of women's exclusion and
inclusion into armed forces in relation to popular and competing notions of
citizenship, national identity, and military service in twentieth century Russia, Germany. The female combatant as
subject of public debate, private fantasy, state regulations, and military
experimentation. Close examination of male and female near-trench and
trench-level experiences of combat in the two World Wars. Course materials include
firsthand accounts such as memoirs and autobiographical novels and sketches,
political treatises, popular literary works, academic articles, excerpts from
popular U.S., European, and Russian films. Instructor: Krylova. One course.
238A
Rome: History of the City.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
340A; also C-L: Art History 209A
481S
Capstone Seminar: The Age of Jim Crow: Racial Segregation
from Plessy (1896) to Brown (1954).
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: The emergence, nature, and consequences
of racial segregation (also known as Jim Crow) in the South and nation; how Jim
Crow compares to the system of apartheid in South Africa; perspectives on black
life and race relations in southern communities; and major challenges to Jim
Crow by African American religious, social, and civil rights organizations and
their allies. Instructor: Gavins. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 409S
465S
Capstone Seminar: History of the U.S./Mexico Border, 18th to
20th centuries.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W
Course Description: Explores the creation and perpetual
remaking of the border between the U.S. and Mexico from the 1780s to
459S
Capstone Seminar: History of Zionism and the State of
Israel.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 451S
183S
Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights and Asian Americans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS X S
Course Description: Study of crucial legal and political
moments in the struggle for equal civil rights of minorities, beginning with
the laws of Chinese Exclusion, the struggle to define who was
"White," the Asian Immigration Exclusion Acts, the relationships of
Asians and African Americans and the struggle for equal schooling in the
American South, the Japanese Concentration camps, the Redress and Reparations
Civil Rights struggle, and the involvement of Asians Americans in the African
American-led Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, including working with Martin
Luther King and Malcolm and Asian
Americans in the anti-sweatshop unionization movement. Instructor: Mazumdar.
One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 187 African and African
American Studies 133S
383
Warfare in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: Key conflicts of this century evaluated
in terms of causes and consequences (political, social, and economic) and
strategy and technology (war plans, weapons systems, and doctrine). Comparison
across regions of the world while addressing moral, legal and ethical questions
regarding international conflict. Instructor: Bonker or Krylova. One course.
306
Introduction to Economic History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 302
278S
Nationalism and Exile.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: The dilemmas confronting Russian and
European exiles in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of
nation-state identities. Focuses on political and literary exiles forced from
their native countries. Central to the study is the role of the modern
nation-state, from whose boundaries the exiles were expelled. Instructor: M.
Miller. One course.
357
Protestant Traditions.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Survey of history and thought of
Protestant Christianity. Emphasis on interaction of religion and society as
well as theological and ethical beliefs. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
History 258
101
Introduction to World History: To 1700.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: The beginning and evolution of
civilization; major traditions of Eurasia (Greek, Christian European, Indian,
Chinese, Islamic); Africans and Native Americans; the European invasion of
America; foundations of the European world economy; Europe's preparation for
world hegemony. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
429S
Capstone Seminar: The Black Death and Medieval Society.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 460S
515S
The Russian Intelligentsia and the Origins of the
Revolution.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 535S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
415S
Capstone Seminar: Sex, Celibacy, and Purity in the Middle
Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 459S; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 426S
288
German Way of War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: This course explores German conducts of
war in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our explorations begin with
Prussian military pursuits in the 1860s and end with the war efforts of Nazi
Germany and their defeat in 1945. Paying special attention to languages and
experiences of war, we will situate the German imagination and practice of war
within the larger fabric of German state and society and relate military
strategy to the pursuit of global power and empire. Instructor: Bonker. One
course. C-L: German 288
220
China from Antiquity to 1400.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Beginning with the early neolithic
cultures, focus on the evolution of Han civilization, the formation of the
imperial state system in China, ecological adaptations and foundations of the
agrarian economy, the coming of Buddhism to China, and China's contacts with
other peoples and regions of Asia up to A.D. 1400. Instructor: Mazumdar. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 337
390A-09
Duke in Oxford: Special Topics on History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
355S
Documentary Research Methods.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
295S
335
United States Legal History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: Law and society in the United States
from the American Revolution to the present. Changing institutional structures
of the American legal system, popular understandings of legal authority, and
the social uses of law. Includes such topics as property, crime, and legal
personhood; the law's impact on social identity and access to power; the
consequences of economic and social transformations for America's legal order.
Instructors: Balleisen or Edwards. One course.
390A-05
Duke in Italy: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
History of Economic Thought.
Satisfies: CCI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 311; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
102
Introduction to World History: Since 1700.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Establishment of European political,
economic, and cultural hegemony; non-Western responses; the decline of Western
hegemony. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
209S
Muslim Women Across the Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 225S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 365 Islamic Studies
536S
The Russian Revolution.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: An analysis of the Bolshevik seizure of
power in 1917 and the establishment of a revolutionary society and state during
the 1920s. Instructor: M. Miller. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
528
History of Poverty in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: C-L: see Study of Ethics 561; also C-L:
History 546
237
African American Women and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 310; also C-L: History 349
236
Ancient Science and Technology.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
364
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
271
Modern Britain.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: Introduction to British history in the
modern period, eighteenth century through the present. Impact of
industrialization and imperial expansion on political culture, social relations
of class and gender, and national identity. Imperial comparisons and
connections to the British experience. Instructor: Thorne. One course.
356S
Freedom Stories: Documenting Southern Lives and Writing.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
320S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 231S
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
259
Europe Before The Crusades.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 245
276
From Tsars to Commissars: Russian Cultural History.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Medieval origins of the Imperial Russian
state, concentrating on the period between the reign of Catherine the Great
(1762-1796) and the death of Lenin in 1924. Emphasis on state authority, ruling
elites, and the formation of the opposition revolutionary movement leading to
the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. Instructor: M. Miller. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
190S
Gateway Seminar: Topics in History.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Introduction to historical analysis and
research in a seminar setting. Students learn how to formulate research
questions, evaluate existing scholarship, interpret historical evidence, craft
historical argument orally and in writing. Several sections on different topics
are offered each semester. One course.
338
The New Nation: The United States, 1800 to 1860.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: Examines the transformation of the new
republic into a nation, focusing on the development of political institutions,
the market economy, western expansion, and conflicts over slavery and the
meaning of "freedom" for a wide range of people in the new nation.
Instructor: Hart or Huston. One course. C-L: Marxism and Society
320S
Slave Society in Colonial Anglo-America: The West Indies,
South Carolina, and Virginia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: The development of slave-based societies
and the production of staple crops for export. Instructor: Gaspar. One course.
C-L: African and African American Studies 215 International Comparative Studies
369
History of Public Health in America.
Satisfies: CZ R STS
Course Description: The role of epidemic diseases such as
smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, tuberculosis, and polio in shaping public
health policy in the United States from the colonial era to World War II.
Instructor: Humphreys. One course.
209S
The Atlantic Slave Trade.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 316S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 217 Latin American Studies
313
Crime and the City from Dickens to The Wire.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS HBO
Course Description: Compares representation of crime and the
city in two key "texts": Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist"
and the television series, "The Wire." Juxtaposes the social and
political contexts to which each text refers, paying particular attention to
the nature and causes of criminal activity therein. Explanations emphasizing
individual or personal responsibility will be contrasted to those that take
structural factors into account, including urban housing, public health, child
labor, public education, poverty and its relief, urban governance, as well as
the criminal justice system. Instructor: Thorne. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 226
379
The Meaning of Vietnam.
Satisfies: CZ SS A
Course Description: study of the Vietnam War and its impact
on the United States and world history in the last quarter of the twentieth
century. Instructor: Lentz-Smith. One course.
390A-12
Duke in Venice: Special Topics on History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
267D
The Enlightenment: Social, Cultural, and Intellectual
Survey.
Satisfies: A CCI CZ W
Course Description: The period's intellectual trends (the
rise of modern science, modern social and political theory, philosophy, and
individualism) studied in their original context. Subjects examined include
modes of production; political authority; empire; literature, art, and music;
fashion and leisure; news, gossip, and scandal; outbreak of revolution.
Instructor: Reddy. One course.
174S
Gateway Seminar: Regime Change/U.S. Foreign Policy: Latin
America and Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Examines episodes of U.S. intervention
abroad that resulted in the overthrow of democratically elected regimes. Focus
on Latin America as the primary region of study, but comparative cases are also
examined. Consideration of cultural, social, and economic tools of intervention
as well as military and diplomatic methods. Students divide into research teams
and write histories of four U.S. interventions abroad. Instructor: Olcott. One
course.
343
Modern America: The United States from 1930 to present.
Satisfies: CZ SS II
Course Description: The upheavals of recent United States
history, including the New Deal, World War
the Civil Rights Movement, and other movements for social change, the
Vietnam War, the development of a global economy, the political realignments of
the 1980s, and the nation's new role on the world stage. Instructor:
Lentz-Smith or MacLean. One course.
263D
The History of Romantic Love.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: Examines how romantic love has been
understood and practiced in the European and North American traditions, from
ancient times to the present. Comparison with the Hindu and Japanese traditions
to reveal what is unique about Western romantic love. Comparison of art and
literature to the practices of real people. Transformations of norms and ideals
since ancient times with focus on ethical questions about the permissibility of
desire in all its forms, the proper relationship between love and marriage, and
the moral status of adultery and jealousy. Instructor: Reddy. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 231D
279
The History of the Renaissance in Europe 1250-1550.
Satisfies: CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 256; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
108
Introduction to Canada.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Canadian Studies
101; also C-L: History 128
375
Classics of Western Civilization: The German Tradition,
1750-1930.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 375; also
C-L: History 268, Literature 247
411S
Human Trafficking: Past and Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Examines social and cultural history of
human trafficking to North America from the Seventeenth century to the present,
beginning with the organization of both the servant trade from Great Britain
and the slave trade from Africa in the 1600s to the creation of sex trafficking
in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instructor: Peck. One course.
C-L: History 411S
413S
Capstone Seminar: Immigration Policy History.
Satisfies: CZ EI R SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 487S
381
Renaissance Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 152; also C-L: Art History 152, History 116
541S
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Science.
Satisfies: CZ STS S S
Course Description: An integrated introduction to the nature
of science and scientific change, and its impact on society. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Literature 521 Women's Studies 541 History 577S
315
The Emergence of the Atlantic Basin to 1713.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: The forces unleashed by the expansion of
European influence into the Atlantic Islands along the west and southwest coast
of Africa, and across the Atlantic Ocean into the Americas. Instructor: Gaspar.
One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
277
History of Medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 252
413S
Capstone Seminar: Modern Sex: Sexuality and Modernity in the
Americas.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 452S
303
Rise of Modern Science: Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CZ STS W
Course Description: See History 302. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
321
The Modern Caribbean after Emancipation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on the Caribbean region as it
transitioned from a collection of slave and colonial societies into a region of
postcolonial and independent nations. Topics may include: postemancipation
political and cultural struggles, pan-Africanism and Rastafarianism,
nationalist and anticolonial movements, American economic and political
influence in the region, Caribbean emigration to Europe and the United States,
and global spread of Caribbean culture. Instructors: Dubois or Gaspar. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 240
664
Research Methods in Japanese (B).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Japanese 650; also
C-L: History 503
516
The Roman Republic.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
532
221
South African History, 1870 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 214
376
Islamic Civilization II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Continuation of Religion 375.
Instructor: Hassan, Moosa, or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
257, History 211, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
390A-04
Duke in Andes: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
573S
Ethnohistory of Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology
570S; also C-L: History 540S
329
Modern Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ A
Course Description: survey of nineteenth- and
twentieth-century economic, social, and cultural change. Instructor: French or
Olcott. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Latin American
Studies
181S
Gateway Seminar: Native American History Through
Autobiography.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W
Course Description: This course begins to explore history
from the point of view of Native Americans. Instructor: Deutsch. One course.
158S
Gateway Seminar: Islam and Nationalism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS W
Course Description: This course offers students an
introduction to the history of the 19th- and 20th-century Muslim world, using
the lens of the development of different forms of nationalism. We will
investigate both the intellectual roots and expressions of various
nationalisms, as well as the social and political factors behind popular
mobilization. The class will be focused on several case studies, including
Egypt, Algeria, India-Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, and Nigeria. Students work will be
focused on weekly readings, and on a semester-long research project.
Instructor: Hall. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
370
Islam in Central Eurasia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: History of Central Eurasian Muslims.
Focus on diversity and cultural vivacity. Examines early appearance of Islam in
the region,the evolution of Muslim religious and cultural institutions under
governance of Chingissid, Timurid, Russian and Chinese empires, the encounter
of Central Eurasian Muslims with European modernity and their experience during
Soviet and Chinese socialist experiments. Instructor: Tuna. One course. C-L:
Slavic and Eurasian Studies 370, History 209, Religion 378, Islamic Studies
390A-14
Duke in Turkey: Special Topics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course.
218
Constitutional Rights in U.S. History.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 339
390A-01
Duke in Madrid: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
177S
Gateway Seminar: The Meaning of Freedom in American History.
Satisfies: CZ R W
Course Description: Focus on American conflicts over the
meaning of "freedom" or "liberty." Examination of changing
definitions over time, and appraisal of the role that conflicts over
"freedom" play in defining American identity and politics in the
present. Course readings (mostly primary sources) introduce students to central
disputes over meanings of "freedom" in American history, and student
papers will also investigate conflicts or ideas about liberty. Instructor:
Huston. One course.
464S
Capstone Seminar: Geopolitics of War and Empire in the
Modern World.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: This course examines the pursuit of
military force, war, and empire and the making of global politics in the past
two centuries. Our explorations range from the wars of nation, industry, and
empire in the mid-nineteenth century to the world wars of the twentieth century
and their legacy. We will pay special attention to the strategies of global
ordering that were pursued by the political, military, and corporate elites of
the major powers in an age of empire and globalization. Instructor: Bonker. One
course.
308S
Adam Smith and the System of Natural Liberty.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 312S
229
Modern East Asia, 1600-2000.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS A
Course Description: broad survey of the modern history of
the East Asian region: China, Korea Japan, and their ethnic/political/cultural
sub-groups. Explores political, economic, and social interactions within the
region and with the world. Critically appraises concepts of ethnic and national
identity, nationalism and imperialism, development and modernization. Uses
primary historical documents as well as secondary sources. Instructor:
Mazumdar, Partner. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 207
556
Modern Literature and History.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: The interaction of history and
literature in a particular period, for example: the occupation of France, the
French Revolution. Problems of interpretation, historical memory, social
identity, and narrative. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 587
362
United States Political History, 1900 to the Present.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: U.S. political history from 1900 to the
present. Topics include the emergence, evolution, and decline of a
"liberal" coalition; the creation of a "conservative"
coalition; the development of a powerful federal state and its social and
political results; the role of money in politics; the transformation of voting
rights and voter participation; reform and radical movements and their relationship
to party politics and the federal government. Instructor: Huston. One course.
390A-07
Duke in Australia: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
105
Old Worlds/New Histories, 500-1500 CE.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: New approaches to history of the world
from ca. 500 to 1500 CE. Examines the world before European hegemony. Topics
may include nature of autonomous centers of production around the globe;
characteristics of trade, empire, science, technology, and high culture across
Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas; diffusion of inventions, ideas,
cultures and religions through travel, trade, state and empire building.
Readings and films explore diverse cosmopolitan worlds before the coming of
modernity. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 134, Marxism and Society
430S
Capstone Seminar: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 462S
304
Rise of Modern Science: Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CZ STS W
Course Description: See History 302. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
470S
Capstone Seminar: Leadership in American History.
Satisfies: CZ EI R
Course Description: Focuses on political, social, business
and artistic leaders in American history and problems which have called for
leadership. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Wilson. One course.
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
227
Introduction to the Civilizations of Southern Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 255; also C-L: History 217, International Comparative Studies
359S
Canada from the French Settlement.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: An exploration of Canada's "limited
identities" of ethnicity, race, and language. Instructor: Thompson. One
course. C-L: Canadian Studies 359 Canadian Studies, International Comparative
Studies
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Register for course by designated suffix
indicating the specific country. Courses numbered 390A-01 thru 390A-14 are
lecture courses taught in Duke-administered study-abroad programs, for example,
in Germany, Italy, France, China. These courses provide the same credit and
fulfill the same curriculum requirements as any 200-300 level lecture course in
the history department. One course.
264D
The History of Emotions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W C
Course Description: Codes of conduct aimed at the
management, expression, and concealment of emotion over the last thousand years
of European history, with a focus on the self, manners, dress, romance, and
aggression; comparison of developed Western notion of emotions with
configurations of emotional expression and emotional practices in selected
other parts of the world: within Islam, the Hindu tradition, Japan, certain
postcolonial settings. Not open to students who have taken History 154or
Cultural Anthropology 154. Instructor: Reddy. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 230D
538
The Roman Empire.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
536
466S
Capstone Seminar: The Militarization of the Western World.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: The course explores the process of
militarization as it engulfed Europe and the United States in the
"long" twentieth century. We will situate this process within the
changing geopolitics of war and empire in a new global age. We will also pay
close attention to the ways in which militarization affected the relationship
between state, military, and society across the western world and (re)arranged
relations of class, race, and gender, and of production, destruction, and
reproduction. Instructor: Bonker. One course.
341
The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: The United States
from 1870 to 1913.
Satisfies: CZ SS
Course Description: Industrialization, immigration, westward
migration, and increased United States involvement in world political and
economic affairs. The resulting political upheavals and the efforts of various
groups to promote, control, or alter change. Instructor: Deutsch. One course.
344
History of U.S. Social Movements, 1776 to Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Examines the social movements that have
shaped U.S. history, starting with the American Revolution itself and covering
others including the anti-slavery movement, women's rights, Populism,
Socialism, the Ku Klux Klan, the labor movement, the Black Freedom Movement and
broader New Left, lesbian and gay liberation, and the recent conservative
movement, focusing on the ethical issues arguments they raised, and how new
civil, political, and social rights were created through social movement
organizing. Lectures and readings explore why these movements arose, what they
achieved, why many opposed them, and what we can learn about American history
writ large from their experiences. Instructor: MacLean. One course.
235S
Special Studies in Roman History.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
328S
337
The Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1815.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Origins, evolution, and consequences.
Attention to economic, social, and geographical questions, as well as military,
political, and moral issues. Instructor: Hart. One course.
390A-11
Duke in Vienna: Special Topics in History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
528S
Greek History: Fifth Through First Centuries BC.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Three courses. C-L: see Classical
Studies 528S
298
Genocide in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CZ EI R
Course Description: Focus on four cases in which soldiers
have launched murderous attacks against civilians: Turks against Armenians,
Nazis against Jews and other racial enemies, Khmer Rouge against their
Cambodian enemies, and "ethnic cleansing" in Yugoslavia. Examines
responsibility of both perpetrators and bystanders. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
501S
American Grand Strategy.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 562S; also
C-L: History 567S
233
Roman History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
284
342
The Origins of Modern America: United States, 1914-1941.
Satisfies: CCI CZ I
Course Description: Post World War transformations in
foreign relations, technology, literature, the arts, political and economic
thought and practice; the rise of a consumer society, the growth of the state,
the increase in Mexican immigration, the "New Negro," and the
"Modern Woman" during the "roaring twenties" and the Great
Depression. Instructor: Deutsch or Lentz-Smith. One course.
310
The International Economy, 1850-Present: From Globalization
to Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 304
377D
American Dreams and American Realities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Examines the role of such myths as
"rags to riches," "beacon to the world," "the
frontier" and "foreign devil" in defining the American character
and determining hopes, fears, dreams, and actions throughout American History.
Attention given to the surface consistency of these myths as accepted by each
immigrant group versus the shifting content of the myths as they change to
reflect the hopes and values of each of these groups. Instructor: Wilson. One
course.
412S
Capstone Seminar: Globalization, Women, and Development.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 454S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 407 International Comparative Studies
412S
206
United States Foreign Policy II: From Vietnam War to the
Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Examination of basic assumptions about
international interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the
means by which they have been pursued from the end of the Vietnam War to the
Clinton administration. Focus on crucial operational premises in the ''defining
moments'' of United States diplomatic history. Various policy-making models, politics
of foreign policy, global environment within which United States policy is
made, and uses of history. Special attention to the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli
wars, and the Gulf War. Continuation of Public Policy Studies 205 (recommended
but not required). Instructor: Kuniholm. One course. C-L: History 376
ENGLISH (ENGLISH)
Number Of Listed Courses: 147
252S
Popular Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 345S;
also C-L: English 375S
372S
Modern American Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP R III
Course Description: Focus on twentieth-century American
poets; developments in style, subject, voice, diversity of representation, and
impact of critical methodologies on shaping American poetic literature.
Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
390-1
Single American Author.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Area requirements for the English major
(Area or III) to be determined by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
482S
Studies in Contemporary Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics included: psychoanalysis,
Marxism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, theory of film and the image;
theory of race, gender, sexuality, with a concentration on materials since
1950. Satisfies the criticism, theory, methodology (CTM) for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S-4
Special Topics in Creative Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
590-4
Special Topics in Criticism.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Satisfies the Criticism, Methodology,
Theory (CTM) requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
English.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
203S
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 203S
290FS
Special Focus Topics in Writing.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered. Open
only to students in the Focus program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
690S-1
Special Topics is Middle English Literature: 1100 to 1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 530S
481D
Women Writers of the Renaissance: Spain and England.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings in the work of major women
writers of the Spanish and English Renaissance: Zayas, Wroth, Navarre, and
their literary contexts, Cervantes, Boccaccio, Sidney. Course includes in-depth
examination of ideals and conflicts of English and Spanish culture, as well as
consideration of the intersection in their writing between Christian
(Protestant and Catholic) and Muslim civilizations. Instructor: Greer. One
course. C-L: English 433, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 475D
347D
Types of Recent Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Includes types such as faux memoir,
dystopian novel, satire, realism in its high, middle, and low mimetic modes,
the international political novel, faux essay, and experimental fictions for
which literary criticism has yet to invent an adequately descriptive
terminology. Focus on the works of George Orwell, Norman Mailer, Graham Greene,
Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Thomas Bernhard, Saul Bellow, John Barth, and
Donald Barthelme, with emphasis on ways in which a writer's artistic power
recreates and reveals freshly subjects taken for granted. The novel as a
special and disturbing way of knowing. Instructor: Lentricchia. One course.
C-L: English 376
348
Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings
1750-1914.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 285; also
C-L: Political Science 374, German 376, Romance Studies 360, Literature 243
374
Contemporary American Writers.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Novelists and poets prominent since
1984. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
316AS
Arts Management, Media, Publishing, and Cultural Policy in
Durham and Research Triangle.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Arts, media, publication, and other
cultural venues in Durham and their interaction with the Research Triangle Park
area more widely. Comparisons to New York and to European models. Readings such
as Cultural Master Plan for Durham, Downtown Development Plan, Cultural Policy
(Core Cultural Theorists series), and
590S-3
Special Topics Seminar III.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut
across historical eras, several national literatures, or genres, 1860 to the
present. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
345
Nineteenth-Century British Novel.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Novels by such authors as Scott, Austen,
Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, the Bronte's, George Eliot, Meredith, Collins,
Hardy, and others. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
303
Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CCI FL US
Course Description: Introduction to ideologies and political
debates that shape the cultural configuration of Hispanic communities both
within and outside the Borders. The main goal is to explore and examine
critically how particular discourses (within different genres and media) relate
to politics, art, culture, and society. Articles, literary texts, films, web
sites, etc. will serve as resources. As students engage with cultural studies,
it is expected that they achieve discursive complexity and linguistic accuracy
through vocabulary development, group and individual presentations, video
recordings, writing projects and debates. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent.Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in
the Global South
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
290-3
Special Topics in English Literature, 1945 to the present.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Majors authors, topics, or themes in
Literature written in English since 1945. Satisfies the Area requirement for
English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
196FSA
Literature of the Sea.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Travel narratives, poetry, novels,
drama, epics, and film that take place at sea, or on island shores, as well as
secondary literature that theorizes on physical, political, and philosophical
possibilities in supra- and transnational spaces. Emphasis on the social,
cultural, and political structures that function at sea, focusing on exile,
imperial travel, the Middle Passage, cosmopolitan journeys,
580S
Music in Literature and Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: Readings in the philosophy of
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century "classical" music and in
literature as a source for and response to musical composition, performance,
and listening experience. Taught in English. Instructor: Pfau. One course. C-L:
English 580 International Comparative Studies 527S
420S
The Writing of Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: See English 320S. Recommended for, but
not limited to, students who have taken English 100C. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
590S-1
Special Topics Seminar I.
Satisfies: ALP I
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut
across historical eras, several national literatures, or genres, medieval and
early modern period. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
480S
Advanced Dramatic Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Advanced projects in writing for
production. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 326 Arts of the Moving
Image
290AS-2
Topics in Nineteenth-Century British Literature.
Satisfies: ALP II III
Course Description: Taught in the Oxford Summer Program.
Satisfies the Area or requirement for English major. To be determined by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies in English. Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
590-2
Special Topics II.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut
across historical eras, several national literatures, or genres, eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
218S
Creative Non-Fiction: Spiritual Autobiography.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI W X
Course Description: An exploration of narratives from
diverse traditions and periods. Writers may include Augustine, Gandhi, Simone
Weil, Thomas Merton, Malcolm and others. Students maintain a daily journal,
write weekly responses to readings, and embark on their own narratives.
Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
214S
Creative Non-Fiction: Stylistic Imitation.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Prerequisite: Writing 101. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
390-3
Special Topic in an Individual African American Author.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R III
Course Description: Studies in an individual African
American author. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 290-3
546S
Special Topics in Victorian Literature.
Satisfies: ALP R W II
Course Description: Satisfies the Area requirement for
English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
270
Classics of American Literature, 1860 to 1915.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W III
Course Description: Prose and poetry by such authors as
Cather, Chesnutt, Chopin, Crane, Dickinson, DuBois, Freeman, Gilman, James,
Jewett, Twain, Washington, Wharton. Satisfies Area requirement for English
majors. Instructor: C. Davidson, Jones, Wald, or Wallace. One course. C-L:
Marxism and Society
273S
Screenwriting.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Advanced writing projects for feature
film. Study of existing scripts and videos, application of techniques.
Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L: English 317 Arts of the Moving Image 305S
184S
Readings in Genre.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: An introduction to the skills of
critical reading and the vocabulary of critical analysis by close examination
of poetry, fiction, and drama (or other media such as film) from a range of
historical periods. Instructor: Staff. One course.
320S
Advanced Writing of Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Meter, image, tone, and dramatic
organization in traditional and modern poems as a basis for original
composition. Recommended for, but not limited to, students who have taken
English 100C. Instructor: Staff. One course.
195FS
Focus Program Seminar on Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 195FS
520S
Writing Poetry: Formal and Dramatic Approaches.
Satisfies: ALP W A
Course Description: workshop comparing meter, stanza, and
rhyme with free verse, to illuminate the freedom and form of all poetry.
Narrative and conceptual content considered within the poem's emotive, musical
dynamic. Group discussion of technique, personal aesthetic and creative
process; revisions of poems. Instructor: Pope. One course.
490T
Tutorial (Area or as
determined by instructor).
Satisfies: I II III
Course Description: Tutorials under the supervision of a
faculty member for two or more students working on related independent
projects. Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
540A
Theater in London: Performance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Understanding the growth of a play from
the script to final production, with focus on shows playing in London. Includes
backstage theater tours, scene work, observations, audition workshops with
theater practitioners, and supervised projects. Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 584
385
Language and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 395; also
C-L: Linguistics 451, Cultural Anthropology 212
210S
Creative Non-Fiction: Writing for Publication.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Prerequisite: Writing 101. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
590-1
Special Topics I.
Satisfies: ALP I
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut across
historical eras, several national literatures, or genres, medieval to early
modern periods. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
89S
First-Year Seminar on Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered. Prior
to the drop/add period, this course is restricted to first-year students who
have not fulfilled their seminar requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
377
The Melancholy of Art: Passages of Time in European
Literature and Cinema, 1819-2000.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 286
310A
Making Media.
Satisfies: ALP STS TV III
Course Description: Duke in New York. The changes
experienced by print and visual media (book publishing, magazines,
newspapers, films, theatre, advertising)
in the twenty-first century in how art and business can, and often must, be
done and in how they interact with society. Examinations through readings
(including selected case histories) and guest speakers of how technology and
technological change affect art and society today. Satisfies Area requirement
for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and
Media
480S
Studies in the History of Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Studies in the history of theory of
aesthetics, literary criticism, philosophy of language, Marxist Criticism, and
others with a primary focus on materials prior to 1950. Satisfies the
criticism, theory, methodology (CTM) requirement for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
396S
Language in Immigrant America.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 396S; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 397 Linguistics 396S
590S-2
Special Topics Seminar II.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut
across historical eras, several national literatures, or genres. Satisfies Area
requirement for English majors. Topics course. Instructor: Staff. One course.
206
Variety in Language: English in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 206
282S
Transforming Fiction for Stage and Screen.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Theory and practice of the process of
adaptation of serious literary works of fiction to screenplay or play form.
Reading and analysis of literary works adapted as screenplays and plays.
Project in writing an adaptation. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Malone. One course. C-L: English 227 Arts of the Moving Image 302S
386
Science Fiction Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI STS
Course Description: Science fiction film from the 1950s to
the present. From talking apes to mind control, forbidden planets to genetic
dystopias, alien invasions to travel in tim e and space, an exploration of
classic films in the genre with attention to how the films imagine the
relationships among science, politics, and society over time. Attention to
visual as well as literary story telling. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Art History 238
321
Chaucer II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 333
260
American Literature to 1820.
Satisfies: ALP CCI II
Course Description: Works by authors of the colonial period
and the early Republic. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors.
Instructors: Staff. One course.
218
Postcolonial Novel.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 358
424S
Advanced Writing: Short Stories.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: See English 224S. Recommended for, but
not limited to, students who have taken English 100A. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
625S
Chaucer and His Contexts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 532S
219A
Science and Nature Writing: Naturalist Narratives, Classic
to Contemporary.
Satisfies: ALP STS W A
Course Description: Introspective and expository prose is
effective in transferring concepts and information from scientists to other
segments of society. Students will explore nonfiction writing about marine
ecosystems as the basis for discussion and analysis. They will experiment with
essays that convey information about the natural world and that target specific
audiences (e.g., children, general public, business executives, the
blogosphere, etc.) and specific goals. Exercises will stress practice in
crafting essays that convey scientific information with a nature writer\rquote
s eloquence. Particular emphasis will be placed on editing and revision toward
publication-quality manuscripts. (Given at Beaufort.). Instructor: Van Dover.
One course. C-L: English 219 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
390-4
Special Topics in African American Literary Genres.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R II III
Course Description: Autobiography, Drama, Poetry, The Novel,
and The Essay. Satisfies Area or for English majors -- to be determined by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African
and African American Studies 290-4
490-7
Special Topics in Literature and the Other Arts.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Selected topics in the study of the
interrelation of literature and other art forms. Area requirements (Area III) for English majors will be determined
by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
221S
Writing the Movie. Introduction to the theory and practice
of writing for the screen.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 306S
465S
Feminist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 465S;
also C-L: Philosophy 274 English 488S
371
American Literature, World War to World War II.
Satisfies: I ALP III
Course Description: Major authors, topics and themes of the
middle 20th century. Satisfies Area for the English major. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
290S-3
Special Topics in English Literature: 1900 to present.
Satisfies: ALP A III
Course Description: major author, topic, or theme of
twentieth-century to present English Literature. Satisfies Area for English
majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
539S
Special Topics in Seventeenth-Century Literature.
Satisfies: ALP R I
Course Description: Topics vary by semester. Satisfies the
Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490-1
Current Topics in Linguistics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
520A
Theater in London: Text.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: survey of drama from the Elizabethan
period to the present based on performances offered by the Royal Shakespeare
Company, Royal National Theatre, and other theaters in London and
Stratford-Upon-Avon. Twenty plays will be seen and studied. Instructor consent
required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 583
278S
Studies in Women's Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R W I II
Course Description: Readings cover a range of British and
American writers from Bronte to Morrison. Focus is on dominant narratives and
counter-narratives reflecting differing cultural constructions of gender,
class, race, and sexuality in the novels, as well as evolving ideas of female
authorship and their relation to the traditional western canon. Area
requirements (Area III) for English
majors will be determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
681S
Wittgensteinian Perspectives on Literary Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Key questions in literary theory
reconsidered from the point of view of ordinary language philosophy
(Wittgenstein, J. L. Austin, Cavell). Topics will vary, but may include:
meaning, language, interpretation, intentions, fiction, realism and
representation, voice, writing, the subject, the body, the other, difference
and identity, the politics of theory. New perspectives on canonical texts on
these subjects. Instructor: Moi. One course. C-L: English 582S
371S
Studies in American Literature, WWI-WWII.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: seminar version of English 371.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
276
African American Literature.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Continuation of English 164A. The late
nineteenth century to contemporary writers. Not open to students who have taken
the former English 168. Satisfies the Area requirement for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 224
211S
Digital Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Theory and practice of emergent forms of
writing in digital media; includes advanced instruction in writing for blogs,
wikis, and other digital environments. Instructor: Harris or staff. One course.
336
Shakespeare Before 1600.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 336; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 331
337
Milton.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 338
495
Distinction Creative Writing Independent Study.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Open to those whose thesis will be in
the field of crerative writing. Application and consent of the Director of
Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in English.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
213AS
The Arts in New York: Thematic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 312AS; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 259S
550S
British Literature since 1900.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Selected topics. Satisfies the Area
requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
545S
Romantic Literature: 1790 to 1830.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Selected topics. Satisfies the Area
requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
219S
Scientific Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Prerequisite: Writing 101. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
212S
Creative Non-Fiction: Art of the Essay.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Prerequisite: Writing 101. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
320S
Chaucer I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 332S
360S
Studies in American Literature Before the Civil War.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Seminar version of English 360. Topics
may vary by semester; may be repeated with permission of DUS. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
486S
Ordinary Language Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 486S;
also C-L: English 485S
390S-2
Special Topics in a Single British Author.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Studies in a single British author. Area
requirements for English majors (Areas
or III) determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
280S
Dramatic Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Fundamentals of writing for stage.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 226 Arts of the Moving Image
326
Sixteenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 233
328
Seventeenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 238
245
English Literature of the Romantic Period.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley,
Keats. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
290S-6
Special Topics in Film.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics Vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
171
Representative American Writers.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Continuation of English 161. Selections
and complete works. James, Frost or Robinson, Crane or Dreiser, O'Neill,
Faulkner, Hemingway, and others. Instructor: Staff. One course.
204
English Historical Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 204
590S-4
Special Topics Seminar in Criticism, Theory, or Methodology.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Seminar Version of 288. Satisfies the
Criticism, Theory, or Methodology (CTM) for English majors. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
590S
Special Topics in Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Same as Linguistics 590 except
instruction is provided in a seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190FS-2
Focus Program Seminar on Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
275S
Asian American Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ III
Course Description: Asian/ American Cultural production from
the late nineteenth century read in the context of United States colonialism
and Asia/ Pacific wars and resultant migrations. Film and hypertext, lyrics
(from poetry to rap), drama, fiction and non-fiction. Not open to students who
have taken this course as English 179ES. Satisfies Area requirement for English
majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
317
Medieval English Literature to 1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 231
540S
Special Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century
Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Seminar version of English 540.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
224S
Introduction to Writing Short Stories.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Intensive writing of the short story,
with students completing a minimal of thirty pages of finished and presumably
publishable fiction. Discussion of students' manuscripts and individual
conferences with the instructor, taking into consideration questions of the
aesthetics, ethics, and morality of fiction, as well as procedures for its
publication. Instructor: Staff. One course.
344
Eighteenth-Century British Novel.
Satisfies: ALP W II
Course Description: Novels by such authors as Defoe,
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne, Walpole, and Austen. Satisfies Area
requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
215A
The Business of City Life.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see English 314A
369
American Literature, Civil War to First World War.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Authors, topics, and themes from
Reconstruction to American Modernism. Satisfies Area requirement for English
majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
590-3
Special Topics III.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Subjects, areas or themes that cut
across historical eras, several national literatures, or genres,1860-Present.
Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490S-10
Special Topics in Criticism, Theory, or Methodology.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Satisfies the Criticism, Theory, or
Methodology (CTM) for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390S-1
Special Topics in a Single American Author.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Seminar version of 390-1. Area
requirements (Area or III) for English
majors will be determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
247
Victorian Literature.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Major works and genres of Victorian
literature by such authors as the Brontes, Dickens, Hardy, Tennyson, Carlyle,
Browning, Arnold, and Ruskin. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
337
Shakespeare After 1600.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 337; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 332
290S-2
Special Topics in Eighteenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP A II
Course Description: major author, topic, or theme of
eighteenth-century literature. Satisfies the Area requirement for English
majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
214A
Internship in New York.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 313A
590S
Selected Topics in Feminist Studies.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: seminar in contemporary issues,
methodology, and/or selected theoretical questions pertaining to feminist
scholarship. Instructor: Staff. One course.
373
American Literature, Cold War and After.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: American authors, topics and themes of
the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Satisfies Area requirement
for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
110S
Introduction to Creative Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
284S
Poetry, Medicine, and Healing Arts.
Satisfies: ALP EI R III
Course Description: The multiple historical and contemporary
relationships between the expressive and the healing arts, from representations
of the body, to the power of poetry to console, its role in mediating personal
and cultural trauma, the neuroscience of emotions, and the growing use of
poetry in medical curricula for diagnosis, empathy and ethics training, and
developing coping skills for healers and healed alike. Satisfies Area for the
English major. Instructor: Staff. One course.
221
American Film Comedy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 211; also C-L: English 382, Visual and Media Studies 268
186S
Reading Thematically.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: An introduction to the skills of
critical reading through the close examination of representative literary works
that deal with a common theme, problem, or concept. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
498
Distinction Critical Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Open to those whose thesis will be a
critical paper or piece of other research (for example, in linguistics).
Application and consent of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
490S-2
Special topics in African American Literary Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI II III
Course Description: Topics may change each semester.
Satisfies Area or requirement for English majors. To be determined by the
Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
111S
Documentary Writing: Creative Nonfiction Through Fieldwork.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
111S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
536S
Shakespeare: Special Topics.
Satisfies: ALP R I
Course Description: Satisfies the Area requirement for
English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 630S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390-5
Special Topics in Genre.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Area 1, 2, 3, or elective, to be determined
by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
222
Introduction to Shakespeare.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 235; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 330
522S
Narrative Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: The writing of short stories, memoirs,
tales, and other narrations. Readings from ancient and modern narrative. Close
discussion of frequent submissions by class members. Instructor: Porter or
Price. One course.
334
Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 334; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 333
370S
Studies in American Literature 1860-1945.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Various topics, authors, themes in
American literature from 1860 - 1945. Satisfies Area requirement for English
majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
20
Literature and Composition.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in literature and composition. One
course.
351
Contemporary Novel.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 377
391A
Duke in New York Arts and Media Independent Stud.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
on a previously approved topic, under the supervision of a Duke faculty member,
resulting in a substantive paper containing significant analysis and
interpretation. Open only to students in the Duke in New York Arts and Media
Program. Consent of Instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Policy Journalism and Media
318
Middle English 1100-1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 207
269
Classics of American Lit, 1820-1860.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Prose and poetry by such authors as
Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, and Whitman. Satisfies the Area
requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
216S
Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Humor.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Includes analysis of works of humorous
writers from several centuries; study of various comic forms and techniques.
Creation of original essays. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
190FS-1
Focus Program Seminar on Writing or Language.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
360
American Literature before the Civil War.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Authors, topics, themes of
nineteenth-century America. Satisfies Area for English majors. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
632S
Special Topics in Renaissance Prose and Poetry: 1500 to
1660.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 538S
690S
Special Topics in Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
22
Composition and Language.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in composition and language. One course.
182S
Reading Historically.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: An introduction to the skills of
critical reading through the study of representative writings selected from
various historical periods, contextualized with the cultural and historical
background of their times. Instructor: Staff. One course.
290AS-1
Topics in Renaissance British Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see English 290AS-1
346
Victorian Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Works by such poets as Tennyson,
Browning, Barrett, Browning, Arnold, the Rossettis, Swinburn, Morris, and
others. Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
220S
Writing: Poetry.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Instruction in the writing and study of
poetry. Recommended for students before they take English 320or 420S.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
243
Eighteenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP II
Course Description: Major genres and authors such as Dryden,
Congreve, Addison, Swift, Pope, Gray, Johnson, Blake, and Defoe or Fielding.
Satisfies Area requirement for the English majors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
605
Introduction to Old English.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 505
251
British Literature: 1900 to 1945.
Satisfies: ALP III
Course Description: Major genres and works by such authors
as Yeats, Conrad, Shaw, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Eliot, Auden, among others.
Satisfies Area requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
232
Asian American Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 387
277S
Studies in American Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Major American women writers. Includes
such areas as methods of interpretation, shaping of critical reputation, and
impact of cultural movements on development of voice and literary approaches.
Area requirements (Area and III) for
English majors will be determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
490
Special Topics in Language and Literature.
Satisfies: ALP I II
Course Description: Area requirements (Area III) to be determined by the Director of
Undergraduate Studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
373S
Studies in American Literature, Cold War and After.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: This is a seminar version of English
373. Instructor: Staff. One course.
BIOLOGY (BIOLOGY)
Number Of Listed Courses: 137
223
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 223
179S
Biology and Human Disease.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Exploration of important concepts in
molecular biology and genetics designed for members of the Cardea Fellows
Program. The course will cultivate curiosity and promote deep understanding of
important biological principles by examining them in the context of human
health and disease. Students will utilize case studies and group problem
solving to apply biological knowledge to biomedical and societal challenges.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Perz-Edwards. One course.
571LA
Sojourn in Singapore: Urban Tropical Ecology.
Satisfies: CCI NS SS STS
Course Description: The mix of human ecology, tropical
diversity, disturbed habitats and invasive species in Singapore. How Singapore
maintains and enhances the quality of life of its citizens while radically
modifying its environment. Research on politics, management or biology. Travel
to Singapore required. Taught in Beaufort. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Orbach and Rittschof. One course. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science
and Conservation
547L
Entomology.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: The biology of insects: diversity,
development, physiology, and ecology. Field trips. Prerequisite: Biology 20 or
202or equivalent. Instructor: H. Nijhout. One course.
270A
Conservation Biology and Policy.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 270A; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
431S
Human Embryology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 431S
417S
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
Satisfies: NS STS DNA DNA
Course Description: Applications of recombinant in medicine
and in agriculture. Topics include diagnosis of genetic diseases, gene therapy,
drugs for and cancer, DNA fingerprinting, cloning of mammals, phytoremediation,
crop improvement, and pharmaceutical protein production in transgenic plants
and animals. Social and environmental impacts of biotechnology. Prerequisites:
Biology 201L. Recommended: Biology 220 or lab experience or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Sun. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
219
Modern Genetics and Genomics: from Microbes to Mammals.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Explores the flow of information from
gene to phenotype, and the social implications of modern genetic analysis and
the genomic revolution. Topics include: organization and stability of genomes
from bacteria to humans, conversion of the genetic code into a functioning
organism, classical transmission (Mendelian) genetics and its relevance to
human hereditary
567S
Genetic Basis of Behavior.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: The relationship between genotype and
behavioral phenotype. Readings from the primary literature, including papers on
humans, lab mice, and wild animal populations. Exploration of two philosophical
topics: the question of causality in the natural world and the question of
determinism in biology. Short research paper required. Instructor: Alberts. One
course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
652S
The Life and Work of Darwin.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Readings by and about Darwin and his
contemporaries, especially Wallace. Darwin's "Autobiography" and
Janet Browne's biography as context for readings of some of his major works and
works of his contemporaries. Consent of instructor required. Instructors:
Alberts and McShea. One course.
267-1
Evolution of Animal Behavior.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Non-writing intensive version of Biology
267. Instructor: Alberts. One course.
372LA
Biochemistry of Marine Animals.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 372LA;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
570LA-3
Harmony in Brittany: French Use of Marine Environments.
Satisfies: NS STS AP
Course Description: Intensive field experience on the coast
of Brittany, including French maritime cultural heritage, regional and national
coastal reserves (Le Parc naturel r\'e9gional d'Armorique; Presqu'\'eele de
Crozon), shellfish aquaculture (La Tremblade), seaweed harvest (Lanildut), and
tidal energy (La Rance). Offered only in Beaufort, with preparation for
fieldwork before and analysis and presentation of projects after required one
week intensive field experience on the coast of France over Fall Break.
Prerequisites: Biology or introductory biology and consent of instructor.
Instructor: Van Dover. Half course. C-L: Marine Sciences
309S
Current Research in Biology.
Satisfies: EI NS STS W
Course Description: Biology Research Forum Fellows write and
review research proposals, discuss ethical issues in the conduct of biological
and biomedical research, and present and discuss their research projects.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Sun. One course.
453S
Gene-Environment Interaction: Genes in an Ecological
Context.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Seminar on genotype-environment
interaction. Topics include the evolution and adaptive value of
environment-dependent phenotypes (phenotypic plasticity), ecological
consequences of genotype-environment interaction, molecular mechanisms of
phenotypic plasticity, and how genotype-environment interaction pertains to
outstanding debates in evolutionary biology and genetics. Pre-requisites: Bio
102L. Instructor: Donohue. One course.
514
Genomic Perspectives on Human Evolution.
Satisfies: NS R STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 554; also
C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
20
General Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board Examination in biology. One course.
521S
Visual Processing.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 521S
280LA
Fundamentals of Tropical Biology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Laboratory version of Biology 280A.
Field activities and independent field research projects. (Taught in Costa
Rica, summer). Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
341
Dinosaurs with Feathers and Whales with Legs: Major
Evolutionary Transitions in the Fossil Record.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Focus on the fossil record of the
differentiation of the major vertebrate groups. Study and critical evaluation
of the paleontological and neontological evidence for four major
macroevolutionary transitions in the history of life: fish to tetrapods, the
reptile/mammal differentiation, the evolution of birds from dinosaurs, and the
origin of whales. Stresses the importance of the fossil record in the
reconstruction of transitions but also covers genetic, physiological, and
developmental evidence gathered from living representatives. Required fieldtrip
to the Museum of Natural History in Raleigh. Prerequisite: Prior course work in
Earth and Ocean Sciences or Biology or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Glass. One course. C-L: Biology 345
215
Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Biology.
Satisfies: NS QS R A
Course Description: first course applying mathematics to
biological problems. Topics drawn from cell and molecular biology, molecular
evolution, enzyme catalysis, biochemical pathways, ecology, systems biology,
and developmental biology. Prerequisite: Mathematics 212 or equivalent.
Instructor: Mercer. One course. C-L: Modeling Biological Systems 205
378LA
Marine Ichthyology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 378LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
414LS
Experiments in Developmental and Molecular Genetics.
Satisfies: NS R L
Course Description: Experimental approaches in development
and genetics using animal and plant models. Laboratory training in molecular
genetics, immunochemistry, microscopy, protein chemistry, and genetic
screening. Experiments include immunochemical localization, in situ
hybridization, polymerase chain reaction, genetic screening, embryo
micromanipulation, microscopic imaging, and mutant analysis. Prerequisite:
Biology 201or 202L; recommended, prior or concurrent registration in Biology
220. Instructor: Spana. One course.
590
Topics in Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Lecture course on selected topic. Offerings
vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
272A
Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 272A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 272 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
288A
Biogeography in an Australian Context.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 288A; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 288A
343L
Bryophyte Biology and Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Identification, classification,
evolution, and ecology of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). An
ecological survey of bryophytes in their natural habitats focusing on the
skills required to identify bryophytes and use them as indicators of
environmental features. Natural plant communities of the southeastern United
States. Uses of bryophytes for ecological assessment. Instructor: Shaw. One
course.
344S
Plant Diversity: a Field Approach.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 344S
517S
From Neurons to Development: The Role of Epigenetics in
Plasticity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 517S
151
The Role of Trees in Urban Environments.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Discussion in first part of course of
various environmental properties of city living; in second part, examination of
how trees, as a proxy for vegetation, affect those properties. Also discussed
are socioeconomic aspects of trees in the city. Instructor: Wilson. One course.
557L
Microbial Ecology and Evolution.
Satisfies: NS R L L
Course Description: Survey of new advances in the field of
environmental and evolutionary microbiology, based on current literature,
discussion, and laboratory exercises. Topics to include bacterial phylogeny,
molecular ecology, emerging infectious diseases, bacterial symbiosis,
experimental evolution, evolution of drug resistance, and microbial genomics.
Prerequisite: Biology 20 or 212or 201or 202L. Instructor: Vilgalys. One course.
213LS
Aquatic Field Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 362LS
605S
Modeling biological systems using Matlab.
Satisfies: NS QS L L
Course Description: Introduction to Matlab programming and
numerical methods for biological systems. Implementation of models for
ecological and evolutionary dynamics and cellular and molecular dynamics.
Topics covered include basic programming fundamentals (for/while/if
statements), data input/output, data structures, numerical simulations of
deterministic and stochastic systems. Includes a final project, decided upon by
the student. Prerequisites: Bio 201and 202 or the equivalent, or consent of the
instructor. Instructor: Koelle. One course.
546S
Biology of Mammals.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: The biology of mammals: diversity,
evolutionary history, morphology, and aspects of physiology and ecology. Local
field trips. Prerequisite: Biology 20 or 202or equivalent. Instructor: Roth.
One course.
274
People, Plants and Pollution: Introduction to Urban
Environments.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 262
650
Molecular Population Genetics.
Satisfies: NS DNA
Course Description: Genetic mechanisms of evolutionary
change at the sequence level. Models of nucleotide and amino acid substitution;
linkage disequilibrium and joint evolution of multiple loci; analysis of
evolutionary processes, including neutrality, adaptive selection, and
hitchhiking; hypothesis testing in molecular evolution; estimation of evolutionary
parameters; case histories of molecular evolution. For graduate students and
undergraduates with interests in genetics, evolution, or mathematics.
Instructor: Uyenoyama. One course.
215L
Introduction to Modeling in Mathematical Biology.
Satisfies: NS QS R A
Course Description: first course in biological modeling.
Emphasizes methods common to model building in general. Mathematica based lab
develops and applies a high level programming language to simplify model
building. Topics drawn from cell and molecular biology, molecular evolution,
enzyme catalysis, biochemical pathways, population genetics, ecology, systems
biology, and developmental biology. Prerequisite: Mathematics 103 or
equivalent. Instructor: Mercer. One course.
416S
Systems Biology Colloquium.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Lectures, seminars, and discussion of
current topics in systems biology. Introduction to both experimental and
quantitative approaches to understanding the function of biological networks.
Weekly lectures by experts in the field. Instructor: Haase. One course. C-L:
Modeling Biological Systems
415S
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium.
Satisfies: NS L L
Course Description: Lectures, seminars, and discussion of
current topics in developmental biology. Prerequisites: Biology 201or 202and/or
220 or equivalent. Instructor: Sherwood. One course.
651S
Speciation.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Experimental and phylogenetic approaches
to the origin of plant and animal species. Emphasis on current literature and
modern approaches to evolutionary patterns and processes. Prerequisites: basic
courses in systematics and genetics. Instructors: Noor and Willis. One course.
523
Development of Neural Circuits.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 523
516
Developmental Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Principles of development, from
gametogenesis to adulthood. Gene regulatory network control, genetic analysis
of early specification, dynamics of morphogenesis, evolution of developmental
mechanisms. Current topics from a wide range of model animals and plants.
Prerequisite: Biology 220 or equivalent. Instructor: McClay. One course.
376LA
Marine Mammals.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 376LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
285LA
Field Research in Savana Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 285LA
201LA
Gateway to Biology: Molecular Biology.
Satisfies: NS STS DNA DNA
Course Description: Introduces major concepts in biology
through the lens of molecular biology. Molecular mechanisms that comprise the
Central Dogma and variants. structure and function, replication, transcription,
and translation. Protein synthesis, folding, structure and function. Supporting
topics related to the structure of cells, metabolism and energetics.
Integration of physical and quantitative principles to molecular biology.
Relevance to human diseases and the biotechnology industry. Laboratory includes
an introduction to recombinant technology. Prerequisite: Chemistry 101DL.
Taught only in the Beaufort Marine Lab program. Instructor: Schultz. One
course. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
590S
Seminar (Topics).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Seminar on a selected Topic. Offerings
vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
210FS
Genomes, Biology, and Medicine.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Implications of Human Genome Project for
understanding biology of molecules, cells, organs, organisms and populations.
Topics include: genome and evolution, infectious disease, sex, Implications of
Human Genome Project for understanding biology of molecules, cells, organs,
organisms and populations. Topics include: genome and evolution, infectious
disease, sex, aging, behavior, impact on the practice of medicine and society's
perception of health and disease. Examination of case studies based on primary
scientific literature. Open only to students in the Focus Program.
Prerequisite: Biology 20 or the equivalent. Instructor: Willard. One course.
C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
311
Systems Biology: An Introduction for the Quantitative
Sciences.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to concepts and applications
of Systems Biology. Identification of molecular interactions that underlie
cellular function using high dimension data acquired through high-throughput
approaches. Intended for students with prior training in quantitative fields
(computer science, math, physics, statistics, engineering). Instructor: Benfey,
Haase, or Schmid. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
570LA-1
Experimental Tropical Marine Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Distribution and density of marine and
semi-terrestrial tropical invertebrate populations; behavioral and mechanical
adaptations to physical stress, competition, and predation using rapid
empirical approaches and hypothesis testing. Offered only at Beaufort, with
preparation for fieldwork before and analysis and presentation of projects
after required one week intensive field experience on the coast of Panama.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Diaz. Half course. C-L: Marine Sciences
342L
Plant Systematics and Evolution.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Plants as providers of food, shelter,
and medicine and as one of evolution's great success stories. Phylogenetic
principles and methods of analysis used to recognize major families of vascular
plants. Flowering plants and the evolution of floral form and function,
pollination, and breeding systems. Sources of taxonomic evidence including
morphology, anatomy, and DNA. Both traditional and modern identification tools.
The interdisciplinary nature of plant systematics and its importance in modern
society. Prerequisite: Biology 20 or 202L. Field trips. Instructor: Pryer. One
course.
517D
Tropical Ecology.
Satisfies: NS STS D
Course Description: Ecosystem, community, and population ecology
of tropical plants and animals with application to conservation and sustainable
development. Prerequisite: a course in general ecology. Instructor: Terborgh.
C-L: Biology 561 Latin American Studies
375LA
Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 375LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
212L
General Microbiology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Classical and modern principles of the
structure, physiology, and genetics of microorganisms and their roles in human
affairs. Prerequisite: one course in a biological science or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Dong, Lutzoni, Schmid, or Vilgalys. One course. C-L:
Global Health
420
Cancer Genetics.
Satisfies: NS R L
Course Description: Overview of the genetic changes
associated with cancer and the molecular events that transform normal cellular
processes into tumor-promoting conditions. Topics include: tumor viruses,
oncogenes, growth factors, signal transduction pathways, tumor suppressors,
cell cycle control, apoptosis, stem cells, and metastasis. Prerequisites:
Biology 201and 202L. Recommended: Biology 220. Instructor: Bejsovec. One
course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
329L
Principles of Animal Physiology.
Satisfies: NS R W D BME L L
Course Description: Animals as physical and chemical
machines; respiration, circulation, neural and hormonal coordination, movement,
water balance/excretion, metabolism, thermoregulation, digestion, and responses
to special environments. Comparative study of all animals, with an emphasis on
vertebrates. Laboratories and independent investigations. Research proposal and
class presentation required. Not open to students who have taken Biology 329or
244L. Prerequisites: Biology 20 or 201and Physics 141and Chemistry 101DL.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
490TA-1
Tutorial (Topics).
Satisfies:
Course Description: For junior and seniors with consent of
director of undergraduate studies and supervising instructor. Taught only in
the Beaufort Marine Lab program. Half course. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
248
Evolution of Animal Form.
Satisfies: NS R W A
Course Description: survey of the history of animal life
focusing on major revolutions in design such as the Cambrian explosion, the
Mesozoic radiation of dinosaurs, and the Cenozoic radiation of mammals.
Exploration of three views of form: the Darwinian view which stresses function;
the historicist view which emphasizes historical accident; and the
structuralist view that form is mainly the result of fixed mathematical
relationships. The different ways in which each view applies the comparative
method. Prerequisite: Biology 20 or 202L. Instructor: McShea. One course.
281LA
Research Methods in Tropical Biology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Field-based course. Student design and
implementation of ecological projects in different tropical ecological zones.
Introduces basic concepts in statistical populations, sampling techniques, and
experimental design and hypothesis testing. Topics include: measuring abiotic
micro- and macroclimatic variables; estimating population abundance and
distribution; performing demographic and life history analyses; investigating
mutualistic, competitive, and predator-prey coevolutionary processes; and
measuring patterns of species diversity. (Taught in Costa Rica.) Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Latin American Studies
412S
Sensory Signal Transduction.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Recent progress in sensory signal
transduction mediated by calcium channels and receptors. Topics include history
and techniques in the study of ion channels, such as electrophysiology, calcium
imaging, and cell and molecular biology; cell surface perception for external
232S
Comparative Biomechanics.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: How living organisms interact with the
physical world, their design, and operation. Covers solid and fluid mechanics
using examples from plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Emphasizes
biological principles. Prerequisite: Physics 141or equivalent. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
207
Organismal Evolution.
Satisfies: NS AL
Course Description: Exploration of the diversity of life by
emphasizing evolutionary, structural, and functional aspects of the major
lineages of bacteria, plants, protists, animals and fungi. Not open to students
who have taken Biology 26 26B(L), or 206L. Instructor: Manos and Cunningham.
One course.
155
The Biology of Dinosaurs.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to the history of ideas
about the anatomy, diversity, behavior, reproduction, and ecology of dinosaurs
and their relatives. The historical and social contexts of important scientific
discoveries and controversies. Controversies and current research used to
illustrate the scientific method as a way of learning about the natural world.
Topics such as plate tectonics, the age of the earth, natural selection, and
parental care in dinosaurs illustrating how scientists draw upon observation
and experiment to frame, test, and refine hypotheses. Intended for nonmajors.
Instructor: Wray. One course.
278LA
Physiology of Marine Animals.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 278LA;
also C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
414
Biophysics in Cellular and Developmental Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Application of the experimental and
theoretical methods of physical sciences to the investigation of biological
systems. Topics include the physical techniques for investigating biological
organization and function as well as examples of key applications.
Prerequisites: Calculus-based introductory physics, Biology 201 or equivalent
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Buchler. One course. C-L: Biology 418,
Modeling Biological Systems
382LA
Marine Molecular Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R STS AP LA
Course Description: Marine ecology from a molecular view
focusing on microbes as the dominant organisms in ocean ecosystems. Lecture and
laboratory integrate the theory and application of modern molecular techniques
to quantify abundance, to assess diversity and to determine the interaction of
microbes with each other and the marine environment. Prerequisite: Biology,
introductory biology, or permission of instructor. (Given at Beaufort.)
Instructor: Johnson. One course. C-L: Biology 374 Marine Sciences, Marine
Science and Conservation
540L
Mycology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Survey of the major groups of fungi with
emphasis on life history and systematics. Field and laboratory exercises.
Instructor: Vilgalys. One course.
559S
Foundations of Behavioral Ecology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Readings on behavioral ecology, both
historical papers and papers from the current literature that represent the
most vital areas of research in the discipline. Instructors: Alberts. One
course.
261S
Ecosystem Ecology for a Crowded Planet.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 261S
202L
Gateway to Biology: Genetics and Evolution.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to principles transmission
genetics and evolution. Includes Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance,
quantitative genetics, genetic mapping, evidence for evolution, natural
selection, genetic drift, kin selection, speciation, molecular evolution,
phylogenetic analysis. Relevance to human family and social structure,
evolution of infectious disease, human hereditary disorders, social
implications of genetic knowledge. Instructor: Donohue, Noor, Rausher, Willis
or staff. One course.
152
Life's Beginnings.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Cells, molecules, and evolution from the
start. The origin and evolution of life on earth as a case study in science, as
a human enterprise, and as a way of knowing. Intended for non-biology majors.
Instructor: Mercer. One course.
154
and Other Emerging Diseases.
STS
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Explores the interaction of biology and
culture in creating and defining diseases through an investigation of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other emerging diseases: molecular
biology; biology of transmission and infection; the role of people and culture
413L
Genomics Laboratory.
Satisfies: NS R STS L
Course Description: Introduction to the field of genomics.
Genomic techniques including genome sequencing, microarray analysis,
proteomics, and bioinformatics; applications of genomics to understanding
biological problems including biological networks, human origins, evolution;
applications to medicine and agriculture. Computer-based research lab with
participation in colloborative bioinformatics projects. Prerequisites: Biology
201or consent of instructor. Instructor: Spana. One course. C-L: Genome
Sciences and Policy
544
Principles of Immunology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: An introduction to the molecular and
cellular basis of the immune response. Topics include anatomy of the lymphoid
system, lymphocyte biology, antigen-antibody interactions, humoral and cellular
effector mechanisms, and control of immune responses. Prerequisites: Biology
220 or Biology 201L. Instructors: Zhang and Immunology Faculty. One course.
C-L: Biology 515
161
Plants of Duke Campus.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Ecology, morphology, and identification
of trees and shrubs; topics include plant anatomy and wood structure,
reproduction, classification, evolution; outdoor class meetings focus on
identification of native and cultivated species; intended for nonmajors.
Instructor: Shaw. One course.
284A
South African Ecosystems and Diversity.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 284A
564
Biogeochemistry.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 564
250
Population Genetics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Use of genetic sequence analysis to
examine aspects of natural populations of humans and other organisms in the
past and present. Topics include molecular phylogenetics; the origin,
maintenance, and loss of major features of evolution; the evolutionary process
at the molecular level; reconstruction of human origins and paleohistory; and
genetic information in forensic studies. Instructor: Uyenoyama. One course.
C-L: Modeling Biological Systems
383LA
Marine Molecular Microbiology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to microbiology from a
marine perspective. Topics include microbial phylogeny, evolution, symbiosis,
biotechnology, genomics, and ecology. Laboratory
410S
Advanced Approaches to Genome Science Research.
Satisfies: NS QS STS W L FS L
Course Description: Exploration of current experimental and
computational approaches in genomics and genetics and their applications to
contemporary research questions. Formulation and design of interdisciplinary
research plans with discussion of implications for biology, medicine and
society. Utilizing primary scientific literature, students write critical
reviews and research proposals. Prerequisite: Biology 201or 210 220 or 413 or
consent of instructor. Recommended co- or prerequisite: independent study in
genomics or computational biology. Instructor: Willard. One course. C-L: Genome
Sciences and Policy
206L
Organismal Diversity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Broadly integrated survey of biological
diversity, including the major lineages of prokaryotes, plants, protists,
animals and fungi, with an emphasis on evolutionary relationships, ecological
and functional anatomical features of major groups. Lectures closely
coordinated with twice-weekly intensive laboratory exercises emphasizing live
material to present. Required weekend field trips to distinctive habitats in
North Carolina. Intended for Biology or prospective Biology majors.
Prerequisite:
204
Biological Data Analysis.
Satisfies: NS QS
Course Description: Principles and applications of
statistics in biology, with emphasis on genetics, molecular biology, ecology
and environmental science. Topics include: the presentation of biological data,
summary statistics, probabilities and commonly-applied probability
distributions, the central limit theorem, statistical hypothesis tests, errors
and power, tests using the z- and t-distributions, correlation and regression,
analyses of variance and covariance, non-parametric tests, and sampling design.
Not open to students who have credit for another 100-level statistics course.
Instructor: Rodrigo. One course.
282LA
Introduction to Field Ethnobiology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Four-week summer course in Costa Rica on
the scientific study of subsistence, medicinal, ceremonial, and esthetic use of
plants and animals by human societies. Lectures and demonstrations in San
Jos\'e9. Travel to southern Costa Rica to learn the use of resources in
contrasting communities including Zancudo coastal community, Abrojos Guaymi
Indian Reservation, and Guatil, a Chorotega Indian village. Offered by the
Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica from mid-July to mid-August.
Prerequisites: one semester of biology and Spanish. Taught at G\'f3mez, Las
Cruces Biological Station/Wilson Botanical Garden. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
350
Complex Traits and Evolutionary Genetics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to the principles of
evolutionary genetics and variation of complex phenotypic traits. Genetic
variation, neutral theory, natural selection, quantitative genetics, human
population genetics, phylogenetic reconstruction, evolutionary genomics, and
evolutionary bioinformatics. Prerequisites: Biology 20 or 202L. Instructor:
Mitchell-Olds. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
579LA
Biological Oceanography.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Physical, chemical, and biological
processes of the oceans, emphasizing special adaptations for life in the sea
and factors controlling distribution and abundance of organisms. Four units
(spring); six units (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory
biology. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
548L
Herpetology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Biology of recent amphibians and
non-avian reptiles, evolutionary history, morphology, life history, physiology,
behavior, and ecology. Local field trips. Prerequisites: Biology 20 or
equivalent. Instructor: Leal. One course.
492T
Tutorial.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Tutorial under the supervision of a
faculty member for two or more students working on related independent projects.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
314
Philosophy of Biology.
Satisfies: CZ NS R STS
Course Description: An introduction to conceptual and
methodological issues raised in contemporary biology, including teleology,
reductions, the units of selection, and the structure of evolutionary theory.
Prerequisites: Biology 25. Instructor: Brandon or Rosenberg. One course. C-L:
Biology 255, Genome Sciences and Policy, Marine Science and Conservation
275A
Biology for Engineers: Informing Engineering Decisions.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Biology from an engineering perspective.
Emphasis on biological processes that inform engineering decisions. Topics
include:
665L
Models for Environmental Data.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 665L; also C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies, Modeling Biological Systems
273LA
Marine Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W LA
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 273LA; also
C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 374 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
340L
Plant Diversity.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Major groups of living plants, their
evolutionary origins and phylogenetic relationships. Instructor: Shaw. One
course.
341D
Primate Sexuality.
Satisfies: NS STS A D
Course Description: comparative and integrative study of
primate sex and reproduction. The material is presented in three sections: the
first focuses on primate social organization, mating systems, and reproductive
strategies; the second focuses on the endocrine system and behavioral
endocrinology, and; the third focuses on sexual differentiation of morphology,
brain and behavior. In each section, this course places human sexuality within
the broader context of the primate order. Note: course is the same as
Evolutionary Anthropology 341 but with an additional required 50 minute
discussion. Prerequisites: Evolutionary Anthropology 101or Biology 102L.
Instructor: Drea. One course. C-L: Biology 321D
227
Molecular Plant Physiology.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Principal physiological processes of
plants, including respiration, photosynthesis, water relations, and factors
associated with plant morphogenesis. Prerequisites: Biology 20 or 201and
Chemistry 101DL; organic chemistry is desirable. Instructors: Pei, Siedow, and
Sun. One course.
634S
Problems in the Philosophy of Biology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Selected topics, with emphasis on
evolutionary biology: the structure of evolutionary theory, adaptation,
teleological or teleonomic explanations in biology, reductionism and
organicism, the units of selection, and sociobiology. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Brandon, Neander, or Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Biology
555S
153
Ecosystem Health and Human Well-Being.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 153; also
C-L: Global Health
361LS
Terrestrial Field Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 361LS
214L
Experimental Cell and Molecular Biology.
Satisfies: NS R W DNA PCR PCR DNA L
Course Description: Application of contemporary molecular
techniques to biological problems. Questions addressed on protein-binding,
protein domain structure and function, differential gene expression, protein
localization. Techniques include genetic transformation, gel mobility shift
assay, Western blot, Northern blot, RT-
microarrays, immunolocalization, sequencing. Students learn to write three
scientific-style papers on their experiments. Prerequisite: Biology 201or 202L.
Instructor: Armaleo. One course.
213
Cell Signaling and Diseases.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: During the past several decades,
exploration in basic research has yielded extensive knowledge about the
numerous and intricate signaling processes involved in the development and
maintenance of a functional organism. In order to demonstrate the importance
and processes of cellular communication, this course will focus on cell
signaling mechanisms and diseases resulting from their malfunction, such as
cancer, stroke, and neuron degeneration (including Parkinson's disease,
Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Students will be exposed to current literature and cutting edge knowledge.
Prerequisite: Biology 201L. Instructor: Chen and Pei. One course.
668
Population Ecology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Key questions in population ecology from
a theoretical perspective. Topics include demography and dynamics of structured
populations, population regulation, stochastic and spatial population dynamics,
life history characteristics, species interactions, and conservation of
threatened populations. Computer labs will emphasize fitting models to data.
Prerequisites: One course in Ecology. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190S
Topics in Modern Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Occasional seminars in various topics in
biology. Intended for nonmajors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Biology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
411S
Molecular Genetic Analysis.
Satisfies: NS CMB L L
Course Description: Seminar course designed to help students
understand research talks by working scientists, such as those presented in the
Developmental Biology Colloquium and the and seminar series at Duke. Read and
discuss research papers that use the yeast, C. elegans, and Drosophila genetic
model systems to study cellular processes at the molecular level. Topics will
include forward and reverse genetic screen strategies, gene manipulation and
expression analysis, somatic mosaics and transgenics. Prerequisites:Biology
201and 202L, or equivalent molecular genetics course. Instructor: Bejsovec. One
course.
150
Biology of Aging: The Quest for a Fountain of Youth.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: Current research in the cellular and
molecular mechanisms of aging, specifically focusing on model organisms (e.g.
yeast, worms, and flies) and how this is being applied to extending longevity
in humans. Topics including the forces of natural selection and aging, stress
and telomere length, free radicals and oxidative damage, calorie restriction,
the obesity epidemic, degenerative diseases and stem cells. Social and
political impact of increasing life expectancies and the consequences of
shifting global demographics. Ethical questions such as the value of doubling
human life span. Intended for nonmajors. Instructor: Hill. One course.
379LA
Research Methods in Marine Science.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 379LA; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
158
Plants and Human Use.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Historical and present interactions
between humans and plants like coffee, tea, sugar, opium, pepper, potato and
hemp, illustrating major changes in human civilization and cultures as a
result. Social economic, trade, exploration, spiritual, medicinal, and plant
structural and chemical reasons underlying the pivotal roles certain plant
species have played in the development of human culture and technology. Case
studies of different plant commodities (products) revealing these biological
and historical interactions. For nonmajors. Instructor: Pryer. One course.
377LA
Marine Invertebrate Zoology.
Satisfies: NS R LA
Course Description: Variable credit. C-L: see Biology 377LA;
also C-L: Earth and Ocean Sciences 377 Marine Sciences, Marine Science and
Conservation
462S
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Lectures, seminars, and discussion of
current research in ecology and evolution. Guest lectures will focus on
research at Duke. Intended for advanced undergraduates. Prerequisites: Biology
202and one course in ecology. Instructor: J. Noor. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
669
Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems.
Satisfies: NS C
Course Description: Computer programming using within a UNIX
environment applied to ecological and evolutionary problems. The relationship
between simulation and analytic modeling. Knowledge of programming or work
within the UNIX computer environment not expected. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Wilson. One course.
575L
Biodiversity Science and Application.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: C-L: see Biology 565L
157
The Dynamic Oceans.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Earth and Ocean
Sciences 102; also C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
588S
Macroevolution.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 558S
175LA
Marine Biology.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: Physical and chemical aspects of
estuarine and marine ecosystems and environments. Functional adaptations of
marine organisms and the role of man and society on the ecosystems. Includes
field trips to local environments with an emphasis on impacted environments and
their relation to societal activity and policy. For students not majoring in
natural sciences. (Given at Beaufort.) Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
190FS
Focus Program Topics in Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Open only to students in the Focus
Program; for first-year students with consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
156
Genetics, Genomics, and Society: Implications for the 21st
Century.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 156; also
C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
560
Ecology and Global Change.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Feedbacks between ecological processes
and global environmental change; physiological and ecosystem ecology using a
variety of sources, including the primary scientific literature. Topics include
global warming, biodiversity, land-use change, ozone depletion, and the
application of ecological research to policy. Prerequisite: Recommended: One
course in ecology. Instructor: Jackson. One course.
495
Writing in Biology.
Satisfies: W
Course Description: Conventions of scientific writing,
focusing on the process of writing a thesis or other major research paper in
the biological sciences. Course intended for all candidates for Graduation with
Distinction in Biology. Instructor: Reynolds, JA. One course.
251
Learning and Adaptive Behavior ( C).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: Principles of instrumental learning in
animals and humans. Topics include elicitation, classical conditioning,
reinforcement, punishment, problem solving, behavioral economics, and verbal
behavior. Focus on empirical data, quantitative analysis, research methodology,
and technologies generated from learning research. Prerequisite: none, but some
knowledge of quantitative science desirable. Instructor: Schmajuk. One course.
C-L: Biology 268
190S
Special Topics Seminar.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics and instructors to be announced.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
275
Fundamentals of Neuroscience (B).
Satisfies: NS STS DL L
Course Description: Introduction to neuroscience: basic
physiology; microstructure and anatomy of neural tissues; mechanisms of
neuronal development and integration; sensory-motor control; auditory, visual,
and olfactory systems; neural foundations of animal behavior; evolution of
nervous systems. Emphasis on development and critical evaluation of neuronal
theories of brain function using biochemical, mathematical, and/or
deductive/inductive models of reasoning and experimentation. Pre-requisites:
Chemistry 101or equivalent; Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 is required for
Neuroscience majors; must have completed or be currently enrolled in Biology
201or 202L; not recommended for first year students. Instructor: Bilbo or Meck.
One course. C-L: Biology 224, Neuroscience 201
159
The Past and Future of the Human Genome.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 159
452S
Genes & Development.
Satisfies: NS II BIO BIO
Course Description: Literature-based seminar covering
transcriptional regulation of development. Regulatory mechanisms and
genome-wide approaches will be covered. Topics: embryogenesis, stem cells,
transcription factors, regulatory networks, chromatin, nuclear organization,
small RNAs, imprinting and Pol pausing. Prerequisites: 118 or 101L. Instructor:
Baugh. One course.
228
Food and Fuel for a Growing Population: Nuts and Bolts of
Plant Growth and Production.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 228
209
Ecology for a Crowded Planet.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Human activities are fundamentally
altering our landscapes and our atmosphere. The science of ecology is central
to our ability to sustain populations of organisms, regional and global
biodiversity, and the provision of critical ecosystem services. Course
emphasizes critical analysis of ecological data and the design and
interpretation of ecological experiments and models. Students will become well
equipped to evaluate environmental science as it is reported in the popular
press. Instructor: Bernhardt, Reid, or Wright. One course.
430S
Advanced Anatomy.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: For students with prior course work in
vertebrate (incl. human or primate) anatomy who wish to pursue study of
selected topics in greater detail. Focus on integrating anatomy with
physiology, biomechanics, development, evolution and/or clinical aspects.
Potential topics include cardiac structure, function, and disease;
developmental basis of craniofacial form; muscle function at cell, tissue and whole
animal levels; use of animal models in the design of robotics; reproductive
anatomy and physiology; functional morphology of feeding or locomotion;
integrated studies of bone and skeletal tissue function. Pre-reqs: previous
course work in anatomy or related field, instructor consent required.
Instructor: Smith. One course.
205
Marine Megafauna.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 205; also
C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
477S
Biology of Nervous System Diseases.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 421S; also
C-L: Neuroscience 421S
251
Molecular Evolution.
Satisfies: NS L L
Course Description: Evolutionary dynamics of genes in
populations, molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary pattern and process at the
molecular level and some of their consequences for organism-level evolution.
Evolution of genomes, gene families, gene function, regulatory genes, and of
developmental control genes. Prerequisite: Biology 201 and 202or Biology 20, or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Mercer. One course.
341L
Plant Communities of North Carolina.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Overview of plant communities in the
mountains, piedmont, and costal plain of North Carolina, primarily through
field trips. The dominant native plants of each community; the biology and
identification of important invasive species. Required weekend field trip to
the mountains, and several weekend day trips. Instructor: Manos. One course.
220
Cellular and Developmental Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: The role of genes and proteins in
mediating basic cellular and development processes. Topics include: structure and
function of cellular membranes and organelles; protein targeting and transport;
signal transduction; role of the cytoskeleton in cell shape and motility;
function of the immune system; genetic regulation of cell growth/division and
the relationship to cancer; genetic control of development processes.
Prerequisite: Biology 201L. Instructor: Baugh, Chen, Kiehart, McClay, Pei, D.
Sherwood, or staff. One course.
290S
Seminar in Biology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
422
Neural Circuits and Behavior.
Satisfies: NS A L L
Course Description: Perception and behavior at the level of
single neurons and neural circuits. Operation of neural circuits, and
experimental and theoretical approaches used to unravel them. Progress from sensory
systems (how sensory stimuli are represented) to motor systems (how behavioral
output is controlled) to "decision-making circuits" in the brain.
range of model systems including electric fish, songbirds, squids, fruitfly, c.
elegans, mice, primates etc. Design principles and constraints that have shaped
the nervous system during evolution will be discussed. Prereq: Bio 101or Bio
102and one course in Neurosciences. Instructor: Bhandawat. One course. C-L:
Biology 422
373LA
Sensory Physiology and Behavior of Marine Animals.
Satisfies: NS R W AP
Course Description: Sensory physiological principles with
emphasis on visual and chemical cues. Laboratories will use behavior to measure
physiological processes. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisites: Biology or introductory
biology or consent of instructor and Chemistry 101DL. Instructor: Rittschof.
One course. C-L: Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation
556L
Systematic Biology.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Laboratory version of Biology 556.
Theory and practice of identification, species discovery, phylogeny
reconstruction, classification, and nomenclature. Prerequisite: Biology 202or
equivalent. Instructors: Lutzoni and Swofford. One course.
333L
Principles of Animal Morphology.
Satisfies: NS R LA
Course Description: Principles of animal structure, from
three different perspectives: (1) function; (2) development and; (3) evolution.
Prerequisites: Biology 107 or Biology 377or equivalent course in animal
diversity. Instructor: Roth. One course.
LITERATURE PROGRAM IN GLOBAL CULTURAL STUDIES (LIT)
Number Of Listed Courses: 130
252S
Popular Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 345S;
also C-L: English 375S
613S
Third Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS STS S S S
Course Description: Exploration of the geopolitics of
situatedness and distance as they refer to the film industry, investigating
processes of production, distribution, and reception of Hollywood, Third World,
and diasporic films, and studying classical and artisanal modes of production
in film. Addresses questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and
interventionist filmmaking as they refer themselves to human states of
liminality, global movements of populations and capital. Traces the experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 530 International Comparative
Studies 613 Latin American Studies 613 Arts of the Moving Image 644S
224S
Digital Storytelling.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 351S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 357S
481
Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: voyage through the three otherworldly
places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose
transformation of human actions into an ordered ethical system continues to
captivate readers. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 450, Religion 262, History 253, Literature 245,
International Comparative Studies
683
Studies in Legal Theory.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: consideration of those points at which
literary and legal theory intersect (e.g., matters of intention, the sources of
authority, the emergence of professional obligation). Instructor: Staff. One
course.
390S-7
Special Topics in the Study of Literature in Relation to
Other Disciplines.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: comparative approach to the study of
literature that draws on the methods and materials of other disciplines, such
as sociology, history, anthropology, or philosophy. Focus on the methods of
interdisciplinary study. Contents vary with instructors. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
314S
States of Exile and Accented Cinemas.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS S
Course Description: Geopolitics of situatedness and distance
as they refer to the film industry. Production, distribution, and reception of
exilic and diasporic films. Classical and artisanal modes of production in
film. Questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and interventionist
filmmaking. States of liminality, global movements and capital. The experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 249 Islamic Studies, Latin American
Studies
276
Italian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 380; also
C-L: Literature 215, Arts of the Moving Image 254, Visual and Media Studies 308
621S
Critical Studies in New Media.
Satisfies: ALP R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 561S; also C-L: Art History 537 Arts of the Moving Image, Policy
Journalism and Media Studies
160S
Introduction to Latino/a Studies in the Global South.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latino/a Studies in
the Global South 101S; also C-L: Literature 143 African and African American
Studies 104S
347D
Types of Recent Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Includes types such as faux memoir,
dystopian novel, satire, realism in its high, middle, and low mimetic modes,
the international political novel, faux essay, and experimental fictions for
which literary criticism has yet to invent an adequately descriptive
terminology. Focus on the works of George Orwell, Norman Mailer, Graham Greene,
Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Thomas Bernhard, Saul Bellow, John Barth, and
Donald Barthelme, with emphasis on ways in which a writer's artistic power
recreates and reveals freshly subjects taken for granted. The novel as a
special and disturbing way of knowing. Instructor: Lentricchia. One course.
C-L: English 376
348
Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings
1750-1914.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 285; also
C-L: Political Science 374, German 376, Romance Studies 360, Literature 243
303
Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CCI FL US
Course Description: Introduction to ideologies and political
debates that shape the cultural configuration of Hispanic communities both
within and outside the Borders. The main goal is to explore and examine
critically how particular discourses (within different genres and media) relate
to politics, art, culture, and society. Articles, literary texts, films, web
sites, etc. will serve as resources. As students engage with cultural studies,
it is expected that they achieve discursive complexity and linguistic accuracy
through vocabulary development, group and individual presentations, video
recordings, writing projects and debates. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent.Instructors: Paredes and staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in
the Global South
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
286S
Borderland and Battleground: journey Through Twentieth-Century
Eastern Europe.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ I II SES
Course Description: Explores through history, film, fiction,
and memoirs the "extreme" political experience, hybrid ethnic
identities, and stunning art and testimony of twentieth-century Central and Eastern
European cultures, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and
Yugoslavia. Traces the emergence of new nation states in the region at the end
of World War the rise of Nazism and
Stalinism, the devastating experience of World War and the absurdist mix of politics and daily
life in Eastern Europe from 1945 until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Graduate
level version of 186; undergraduates may enroll only with permission of
instructor. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Literature 296S
690-7
Special Topics in Literature and History.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Relationship of literary texts to
varieties of historical experience such as wars, periods of revolutionary
upheaval, periods of intense economic growth, ''times of troubles,'' or
stagnation. Literary texts and historical content posed in such formal ways as
the theoretical problem of the relationship between literary expression and
form and a range of historical forces and phenomena. Instructor: Jameson or
Kaplan. One course.
290AS-1
Studies in the United States Culture Industries.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 280AS
346S
Utopian Writing.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The various historical and theoretical
expressions of Utopia will be examined across a range of texts drawn from art,
architecture, film, and literature. Ethical issues and problems attached to
traditional utopias will be considered against the radical politics of utopia
as negation or transformation of existing society. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
317
Media Theory.
Satisfies: STS S S
Course Description: Introduction to the material and
technical infrastructure that informs and constrains the production and
dissemination of knowledge. Exploration of cultural impact of technical media
from writing to the internet. Combines historical and theoretical discussion
with hands-on experimentation with various media, including the codex book,
phonography and sound registration technology, photography, cinematography,
video, virtual reality, digital computation, and the internet. Instructor:
Hansen. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 204 Information Science and
Information Studies 214 Visual and Media Studies 328S
213
Japanese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 261; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 255, Visual and Media
Studies 232
390A-13
Special Topics in World Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Studies in literature and culture in a
national or comparatist mode; offered only in a Duke study abroad program.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
280S
Anthropology of Space.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 426S; also C-L: Literature 235 Islamic Studies
361
Latin-American Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Fictional and poetic works of the last
thirty years that have made an impact on world literature. Critical reflection
on political and ethical issues. Taught in English. Instructor: Dorfman. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 335, Literature 376, Latin
American Studies
252
Romantic Fairy Tales: Literary and Folk Fairy Tales from
Grimms to Disney.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 262
495
Honors Thesis I.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: First semester of a two-semester
sequence, in which Literature majors begin the year-long honors program. No
credit given for Literature 495 without completion of Literature 496. Does not
count towards the ten Literature courses required for the major. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
690-1
Special Topics in Literature of the Modern Era.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Study of a particular author, genre, or
theory of modern literature. Topics include changing understandings of
authorship, questions of reception, translation, and the history of criticism.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
101S
Gateway to Global Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Gateway course for the Literature Major
in Global Cultural Studies. Examines how the work of the humanities provides
conceptual and analytic skills for processing the complex textual, cultural,
scientific, mediatic, and ethical information in circulation in the
contemporary world.. One course.
368
German Jewish Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 368; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 368
530
Medieval Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: Premodern Times: User's Manual.
Introduction to the earliest languages, literatures, and cultures in France and
across Europe. Topics include orality and literacy, the experience of allegory,
fictionality, the modern uses of the past. Major writers include the inventor
of romance, Chr\'e9tien de Troyes, Provencal troubadours and trouv\'e8res,
Guillaume de Machaut, the first professional writer, Christine de Pizan and
Alain Chartier. Instructor: Solterer. 3 units. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 642, Literature 541
372S
Freud and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI R SS S S
Course Description: Introduction to central concepts in
Sigmund Freud's writings, focusing mainly on his understanding of sexuality,
stages of child's development through sexuality including development of the
ego or sense of self, operations of the unconscious and genesis of sexual
drives in the constitution of male and female subjects. Basic Freudian concepts
explained through central feminist questions of sexuality and sexual
difference. Instructor: Grosz. One course. C-L: Literature 260 Literature 310
Psychology 322S
261S
Freud and Feminism: The Unconscious.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Women's Studies
373S
390S-9
Special Topics in Science and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Approaches to the question of science
and technology in a cultural context. Readings by scientists and scholars of
science and society. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Information Science
and Information Studies
481D
Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities.
Satisfies: ALP CCI D
Course Description: Consideration of `realist' fiction of
Gustave Flaubert from social and cognitive neuroscience perspective. Investigation
of implications of Flaubert's illustration of cognitive, affective, and somatic
experiences of his characters, and his own experience, e.g. lapses of
consciousness, convulsions, heightened emotions. Use of digital resources to
chart emerging discourses and patterns in documentation of neuropathology,
while attempting to define unique properties of fiction as literary
`technology\rquote , e.g. by consideration of realist mimesis as analogous to
mapping and other technologies documenting brain function/dysfunction. Lecture
in English, with discussion sections in English or French. Instructor: Jenson.
One course. C-L: Literature 246 Neuroscience 241D
275S
Poetry, Desire & Religion.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W
Course Description: Studies the use of love poetry genres to
transform theological traditions in India, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
circa 600-1500 CE; studies ongoing exploration of intersections of the sacred,
desire, and expressive language in post-Enlightenment poetry; explores poetry
and, more generally, the arts as a performative mode by which a theological
relation is posed and enacted in one's life; introduces students to basic
problems, readings, and ideas related to language, hermeneutics and desire;
specific authors include: Mirabi, Kabir, Rumi, San Juan de la Cruz, Dickinson,
Rilke, H.D., and Celan. Instructor: Need. One course. C-L: Literature 244S
644
Modernism.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Aspects of the ''modern,'' sometimes
with emphasis on the formal analysis of specific literary and nonliterary texts
(Joyce, Kafka, Mahler, Eisenstein); sometimes with a focus on theories of
modernism (Adorno), or on the modernism/postmodernism debate, or on the
sociological and technological dimensions of the modern in its relations to
modernization, etc. Instructor: Jameson or Lentricchia. One course.
344
Poetics of Murder.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 288
290S-2
Special Topics in National Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Understanding nationhood through film
culture. Industrial base, reception history, and critical context for
development of national cinemas. Exemplary films from a range of periods.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
624S
Post-Digital Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Impact of advanced technology on
conceptions of architectural design, new urban environments, & the body
since the mid-1990s. Postmodernism & role of time-based new media, game
environments & virtual worlds technologies in the rise of digital
architecture from the late 1990s-2000s. Theoretical readings from Deleuze,
Pask, Grosz, Massumi, Denari, Eisneman, Koolhaas, Lynn, Diller + Scofidio.
Explores programs for post-digital architecture that integrate nano &
biomimetic technologies, smart materials & protocells into self-organizing
designs for living architecture & reflexive environments. Discuss how post-digital
architecture will engage the work of Simondon, Spillers, Armstrong,others.
Topics course. Instructor: Lenoir. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies 624S
695S
Literature Seminar.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Contents and methods vary with
instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: staff. Variable credit.
541S
The Symbolist Movement in the Arts & European Thought.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 541S
390S-11
Special Topics in Third World or Postcolonial Literature and
Cultures.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 390-11.
Instructor: Ferraro, Moses, or Willis. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
465S
Feminist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 465S;
also C-L: Philosophy 274 English 488S
369
Germany Confronts Nazism and the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 387; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 369
622
Science Studies.
Satisfies: ALP STS ALP CCI STS
Course Description: Key texts and crucial issues in
contemporary history, sociology, and philosophy of science\emdash or, as the
assemblage is sometimes called, 'science studies.' Focus on theoretical and Key
texts and crucial issues in contemporary history, sociology, and philosophy of
science - or, as the assemblage is sometimes called, 'science studies.' Focus
on theoretical and methodological problems leading to a critiques of classical
conceptions of knowledge and scientific truth, method, objectivity, and
progress, and b the development of alternative conceptions of the construction
and stabilization of knowledge and the relations between scientific and
cultural practices. Readings include L. Fleck, K. Popper, P. Feyerabend, T.
Kuhn, S. Shapin and S. Schaffer, and B. Latour. One course. C-L: Information
Science and Information Studies Body Works: Medicine, Technology, and the Body
in Early Twenty-First Century America.
One course. C-L: see Information Science and Information Studies 670;
also C-L: Philosophy 570, Genome Sciences and Policy
239S
Korean Literature in Translation: Local and Global
Connections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 272S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 272S
190S
Special Topics: Introduction to Interpretation and Writing.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: This course introduces students to the
basic skills of interpretation of texts and critical writing and argumentation.
May be taken twice. Instructor: Staff. One course.
301S
Theory Today: Introduction to the Study of Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to major areas of research
in Literature with focus on specific theoretical issues of contemporary concern
in various subfields of literary study. Led by a primary Literature faculty
member, and featuring lectures by seven Literature faculty on their areas of
expertise, including film; media; science and technology; cultural studies; literary
studies and aesthetics; feminism and gender studies; marxism and transcultural
studies; philosophy and theory. Required for all Literature majors and minors;
to be taken as early as possible in major/minor sequence. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
681S
Wittgensteinian Perspectives on Literary Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Key questions in literary theory
reconsidered from the point of view of ordinary language philosophy
(Wittgenstein, J. L. Austin, Cavell). Topics will vary, but may include:
meaning, language, interpretation, intentions, fiction, realism and
representation, voice, writing, the subject, the body, the other, difference
and identity, the politics of theory. New perspectives on canonical texts on
these subjects. Instructor: Moi. One course. C-L: English 582S
390S-6
Special Topics in Gender and Sexuality.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 390-6.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
312
Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Anime Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Topics may vary. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 290-1
80S
Special Topics: Introduction to Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to the study of literature
and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Different introductory
approaches will be used in each section (for example, a systematic account of
literary genres, a historical survey of ideas and forms of fiction, concepts of
authorship and subjectivity, or of literary meaning and interpretation). More
than one national literature or culture represented. May be taken twice for
credit. Instructor: Staff. One course.
378D
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 380D; also
C-L: Philosophy 286 Literature 280D
214
Contemporary Israeli Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 241; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 257, Literature 217,
Jewish Studies 241, Islamic Studies
496
Honors Thesis II.
Satisfies: ALP R W
Course Description: Continuation of Literature 495 in which
Literature majors finish the year-long honors program. Does not count towards
the ten Literature courses required for the major. Prerequisite: Literature
495. Instructor: Staff. One course.
682
The Intellectual as Writer.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: History and theory of the literary role
of the intellectual in society (e.g., in Augustan Rome, the late middle ages,
the Renaissance, America, Latin America). Instructor: Jameson, Lentricchia,
Moi, Mudimbe, or Surin. One course.
588S
Antonio Gramsci and the Marxist Legacy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Gramsci's reinterpretation of Marxism in
the context of fascist Italy. The uses of Gramsci's key concepts--subaltern,
hegemony, dominance, popular culture, Americanism, Southern question--in other
cultural/historical contexts, such as Indian subaltern historiography, British
cultural studies or American literary studies. Taught in English. Instructor:
Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 572S
612S
Theories of the Image.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Different methodological approaches to
theories of the image (film, photography, painting, etc.), readings on a
current issue or concept within the field of the image. Examples of approaches
and topics are feminism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, technology,
spectatorship, national identity, authorship, genre, economics, and the
ontology of sound. Instructor: Jameson, Mottahedeh, or staff. One course.
571
East Asian Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 605; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 605, International
Comparative Studies
375
Classics of Western Civilization: The German Tradition,
1750-1930.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 375; also
C-L: History 268, Literature 247
380
Marxism and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to Marx's core concepts,
such as alienation, commodity, and revolution. Includes examination of Marx's
own major historical & political analyses, his economic texts, and his
philosophical writings. Students also gain familiarity with the role of Marxist
thought in different fields and disciplines, including feminist theory,
anthropology, history, political science, and literary studies. Instructor:
Hardt. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 203, Education 239, Sociology
339, International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
370
International Popular Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Basic concepts in critical theory; folk
vs. mass culture, appropriation, resistance, hegemony, as studied through
Japanese, Chinese, Australian, British, East Indian, and Latin American popular
forms. American imperialism and the exportation of mass forms juxtaposed with
international reception of popular fiction, characters, music, and television
programs. Instructor: C. Davidson or Willis. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 297, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image, Latin
American Studies
490-1
Special Topics in Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: An advanced investigation of major
concepts and principles in literary and/or cultural theory. Contents and
methods vary with instructors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
341D
Science Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP EI STS
Course Description: Exploration in science fiction of
transhumanism, called by Francis Fukuyama "the world\rquote s most
dangerous idea." Critical inquiry into the transhumanist imperative that
Homo sapiens can and should evolve further through advanced technology,
including the claim that death is not inevitable. Texts include Greg Bear,
Blood Music; Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and film
adaptation Blade Runner; Shirow Masamune Ghost in the Shell, graphic novel and
film; Vernon Vinge Rainbows End;Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad; Bruce Sterling,
Holy Fire; Octavia Butler Dawn; Greg Egan,Permutation City; Orson Scott Card,
Ender's Game; and selected short stories. Discussion version of Lit 341. Instructor:
Hayles. One course.
490S-1
Special Topics Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An advanced investigation of major
concepts and principles in literary and/or cultural theory. Contents and
methods vary with instructors. Instructor: Staff. One course.
214
Modern Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 431; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 250, Visual and Media
Studies 235
541S
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Science.
Satisfies: CZ STS S S
Course Description: An integrated introduction to the nature
of science and scientific change, and its impact on society. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Literature 521 Women's Studies 541 History 577S
390S-1
Special Topics in Literary Genres.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Studies in one or more literary genres
or subgenres, such as the novel, drama, poetry, or the documentary novel, epic
poetry, love lyrics, modernist drama, and so on. Focus on questions of genre
and form, but other themes discussed may vary widely. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
690S-8
Special Topics in Literature: Paradigms of Modern Thought.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Specialized study of the work of
individual thinkers who have modified our conceptions of human reality and
social and cultural history, with special emphasis on the form and linguistic
structures of their texts considered as 'language experiments.' Topics vary
from year to year, including: Marx and Freud, J.P. Sartre, and Walter Benjamin.
Seminar version of Literature 690-8. Instructor: Jameson or staff. One course.
486S
Ordinary Language Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 486S;
also C-L: English 485S
248S
Chinese Literature and Culture in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 232S
220
Film Genres.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 210; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 267
290S-6
Special Topics in Film.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics Vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
501S
Methods and Theories of Romance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R D
Course Description: Provides students in any Phtrack of the
department of Romance Studies with fundamental training in both general
literary theory and in the specific methods of romance criticism. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Literature 540S
690-3
Topics in Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Instructors: Surin or staff. One course.
250
Korean Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 272
390A-12
Special Topics in World Media.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Studies in the media and society in a
national or international setting; offered only in a Duke study abroad program.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
672
Representation in a Global Perspective.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Problems of representation approached in
ways that cross and question the conventional boundaries between First and
Third World. Interdisciplinary format, open to exploration of historical,
philosophical, archeological, and anthropological texts as well as literary and
visual forms of representation. Instructor: Dorfman, Jameson, or Mignolo. One
course.
210
Colonial Cinema and Post-Colonial Reflections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 301; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 301, Arts of
the Moving Image 259
363D
The Idea of Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ D
Course Description: The idea of Latin America, as invented
and created by European imperial powers and maintained by United States
emerging imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century, in complicity with
local Creole and Mestizo elites. Perspective on the geo- and body- politics of
knowledge being enacted by radical intellectuals, indigenous and Afro-social movements,
and the Social Forum of the Americas, to open up a new understanding of the
global order and global power relations today. Taught in English. Instructor:
Mignolo. One course. C-L: Literature 372 Latin American Studies
573S
Ethnohistory of Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 570S; also C-L: History 540S
151
Studies in Interpretation.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Examples from short fiction and poetry
will provide a basis for the development of close reading skills as a basis for
literary interpretation. Instructor: staff. One course.
437S
Spanish Avant-Gardes/Kino-Texts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI FL
Course Description: Examines ways in which Spanish
avant-garde groups participated in trans-national experiments in film, writing,
and related creative expressions in 1920s and 1930s economic and political
crises across the world. Critical viewings and readings of works by select
number of authors from the period. Focuses specifically on visual and textual
culture, discussions and assignments emphasizing gender, class, and race
representations and appropriations in relation to international geopolitical
scenarios. Instructor: Adrian. One course. C-L: Literature 272S
530S
Seminar in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 505S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 540S
249S
Political Economies of the Global Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 335S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 247 Cultural Anthropology 217 Visual and
Media Studies 248S
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
690S-3
Topics In Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Contents and methods vary with
instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
230A
Introduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary
Survey.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 359, Arts of the Moving Image 283
190FS
Special Topics in the Focus Program.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary. Open only to students in
the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
330S
Social Facts and Narrative Representations.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Story telling as it establishes, relies
on, and transforms socially recognized categories\emdash gender, class, race,
sexual orientation, and region. Narrative theory; examples from written
fiction, film, and television. Instructor: Lubiano. One course. C-L: African
and African American Studies 324S
512S
Film Feminisms.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 611S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
288S
Trauma and Nostalgia: East European Film in the 21st
Century.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI S S
Course Description: Examines the major thematic focus of
East European filmmakers in the 21st century: their efforts to reconstruct and
reassess the experience of the Cold War (1945-1989) and the Yugoslav wars
(1991-1995). These films from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Croatia, and Serbia include ironic/sentimental tales of Cold War childhood,
thrillers about sleeping with the enemy (political informers), and
psychological dramas centering on political trauma, resistance, and compromise.
All films shown with English subtitles. No prerequisites. Instructor: Holmgren.
One course. C-L: Literature 216 Arts of the Moving Image 268 Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 288S
610S
Basic Concepts in Cinema Studies.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Review of theory, methodology, and
debates in study of film under three rubrics: mode of production or industry;
apparatus or technologies of cinematic experience; text or the network of
filmic systems (narrative, image, sound). Key concepts and their genealogies with
the field: gaze theory, apparatus theory, suture, indexicality, color,
continuity. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
610 Arts of the Moving Image
590S
Selected Topics in Feminist Studies.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: seminar in contemporary issues,
methodology, and/or selected theoretical questions pertaining to feminist
scholarship. Instructor: Staff. One course.
281
American Apocalypse: Beat Generation Spirituality.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI W
Course Description: Places Beat Generation spirituality in
its contexts by study of sources and texts that influenced individual figures,
specifically, the reading, world view, and practice of Kerouac, Snyder,
Ginsberg, Burroughs, and di Prima; identifies the Asian and Native American
texts and translations available to Americans in the post-war era and outlines
Western influences (Thoreau, Spengler, Skinner, Reich, Neitzsche), reading
these in relation to key mythemes of American identity and destiny in the
post-War era. Instructor: Need. One course. C-L: Literature 280
201
Europe in Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Exploration of the idea of Europe as a
political, moral, and cultural identity. Examines the construction of such
identity throughout history, ending with today's European Union, at a moment in
which integration of "Eastern" countries such as Turkey or Russia
remains a hotly debated issue. Consistent attention devoted to literary,
cinematic and artistic works which attempt to imagine a European Culture, as
well as the evolution of aesthetics, and literary and art history. Instructor:
Dainotto or staff. One course. C-L: Romance Studies 201, French 201, Literature
273
490S-2
TOPICS IN LITERATURE.
Satisfies: IN
Course Description: Special Topics in Literature.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
221
American Film Comedy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 211; also C-L: English 382, Visual and Media Studies 268
390S-2
Special Topics in Literary Movements.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Historical, theoretical, and/or formal
approaches to literary movements in different periods and cultures. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
471S
Marxism and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: critical assessment of Marxist theory in
relation to culture conceived broadly. Political and ethical questions may be
considered in addition to artistic and social movements in various national
contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Marxism and Society
690-6
Topics in Psychoanalytic Criticism.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Moi or Viego. One course.
361D
Latin American Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 375D;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 339D
412S
Cultures of New Media.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 434S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 412S
343S
Special Topics in North American Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 343.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
224
Modernist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 350
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
390S-3
Special Topics in Individual Authors.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 154.
Biographic, historical, and/or stylistic approaches to one or two individual
authors, as well as critical debates concerning their work. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
390S-10
Special Topics in Literature and National Cultures,
Ethnicity, Race.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Seminar Version of Literature 390-10.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Marxism
and Society
367A
Jewish Berlin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 367A; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 367 International Comparative Studies
212
World of Korean Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 471; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 256, Visual and Media
Studies 234
345
The Devil's Pact: Faust and the Faust Tradition.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 370; also
C-L: Literature 240
586S
Literary Guide to Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A S S
Course Description: journey of Italy through literary,
cinematic, and musical texts through Italy's sights and customs, as well as the
place of Italy, both the real and imagined, in the aesthetics of the Grand
Tour. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 542
German 586 Arts of the Moving Image 640S
371S
Problems in Global Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 371.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
625S
Comparative Media Studies.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: Explores the impact of media forms on
content, style, form, dissemination, & reception of literary &
theoretical texts. Assumes media forms are materially instantiated &
investigates their specificities as important factors in their cultural work.
Puts different media forms into dialogue, including print, digital, sonic,
kinematic & visual texts, & analyzes them within a theoretically
informed comparative context. Focuses on twentieth & twenty-first century
theories, literatures, & texts, esp. those participating in media upheavals
subject to rapid transformations. Purview incl. transmedia narratives, where
different versions of connected narratives appear in multiple media forms.
Instructor: Hayles. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information
Studies 615 Visual and Media Studies 625S
351
Contemporary Novel.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 377
227
Women in Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 216, Literature 219, Study of Sexualities 225
384
Movies of the World/The World of Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 313;
also C-L: German 363, Arts of the Moving Image 248, Islamic Studies
401
Gender and Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examination of issues at the
intersection of gender and law through a number of different theoretical
lenses. Analyzes policy problems with gender implications from the perspective
of formal equality, substantive equality, nonsubordination theory, different
voice theory, autonomy, and various poststructural critiques. Engages theory at
the level of concrete, easily accessible ethical and policy issues, including
such topics as employment equality, pregnancy, domestic violence, rape,
reproductive rights, sexual orientation and sexual identity discrimination,
family equality, sexual harassment, pornography, education equality,
affirmative action, and the justice system. Instructor: Bartlett. One course.
C-L: Literature 430, Public Policy Studies 315
360
Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Issues of gender and representation in
works by women from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Concentration on
specific periods, areas, or themes. Relationship of women's literature to the
other arts, political practices, and social developments. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Women's Studies
315S
Sexualities in Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP S S
Course Description: The variety of ways sexualities are
represented in current mainstream and avant-garde film and video art. Topics
include voyeuristic, narcissistic, and other perverse pleasures; modes of
representing bodies, genders, and desires (especially gay and lesbian ones) in
relation to national and subcultural identities. Readings in film theory and
the history and theory of film technology, as well as related literary and
critical texts. Instructor: Clum or Metzger. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 220 Visual and Media Studies 295 Study of Sexualities
533S
Performance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to theatrical
transformations of traditional notions of drama into the broader category of
performance, and to the performative field that seeks to understand them.
Topics include the crossing of formal boundaries, the development of new
technical possibilities, the role of uncertainty in the process of making a
performance, and the purposes of performance, which range from the social to
the spiritual and from the political to the personal. Theoretical readings and
performances including works by Wagner, Artaud, Brecht, Benjamin, Chaplin,
O'Neill, Stanislavski, Barthes, and Anderson. Instructor: Foster. One course.
C-L: Literature 520S
290S-1
Special Topics in International Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Seminar version of Literature 290. One
course.
149
Introduction to Asian and African Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 105; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
690S
Special Topics in Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
283D
The Existentialist Imagination.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 385D; also
C-L: Literature 242D
320S
Social Movements and Social Media.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS S S
Course Description: Political and ethical uses of
technologies in social uprisings for civil liberties and human rights
particularly: Algeria, Palestine, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain,
Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, and the global Occupy mobilization. . Comparative
analyses of movements. Impact of technologies on social movements. Social
transformations of technologies in history. Student driven case studies
highlight engagement with technologies as tools of resistance. Instructor:
Mottahedeh. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 246 African and African
American Studies 247 International Comparative Studies 320S
370S
Queer Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS A S S
Course Description: seminar designed specifically for
advanced study in sexuality and gender. Contextualizes queer theory as a
distinct analytic tradition by paying attention to poststructuralist approaches
to subjectivity, sociality, power, and knowledge. This course also serves as
the capstone required for the Certificate in the program in the study of
sexualities. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 470
Literature 475 Marxism and Society
372
Existentialist Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 386; also
C-L: Literature 218, Visual and Media Studies 283, Arts of the Moving Image
267, Arts of the Moving Image
211
Indian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 251; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 253, Visual and Media
Studies 231
STUDY OF ETHICS (ETHICS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 18
340
Taboo Markets.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of the social organization
of taboo, stigmatized, or otherwise morally controversial markets. Examples
include markets for alcohol and other drugs, sex work, gambling, adoption,
domestic labor, blood, organs, eggs, sperm, genetic material, viaticals, and
pollution rights. Examination of both empirical and normative studies of such
exchanges, together with debates surrounding the creation, expansion, and
regulation of these markets. Includes consideration of broader arguments about
the scope and
367S
Feminist Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Do women experience the world
differently than men? An examination of women's experience, women's ways of
knowing, ethical systems and feminist critique, patriarchy, dualistic thinking,
gender oppression, care ethics, ethical dilemmas. Instructor: Rudy. One course.
C-L: Study of Ethics 204S
102S-2
Discussions in Ethics II: Engaging Ethics Outside the
Classroom.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: One of two half credit courses required
for the Certificate in the Study of Ethics. Students meet with faculty and
non-academic professionals to discuss the ways they address ethical issues in
their work. Recommended that students complete at least one other course in the
Ethics Certificate Program, ideally the Gateway, before enrolling in 103S. Open
only to students in the Ethics Certificate Program. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
528
History of Poverty in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: C-L: see Study of Ethics 561; also C-L: History
546
178FS
The Limits of Obligation? World Refugee Policy and
International Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS A
Course Description: 35 million refugees and internally
displaced persons in the world. comparative historical overview of
international refugee policy and law dealing with this growing population.
Students will grapple with the ethical challenges posed by humanitarian
intervention on behalf of refugees and the often unintended consequences of
such policies. Students examine case studies to determine how different models
for dealing with refugee resettlement affect the life chances of refugees.
Service learning course. Students will work with refugees from Bhutan, Burma
and Iraq recently resettled in Durham. Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Shanahan. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 199FS
252
The Arts and Human Rights.
Satisfies: ALP EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 248; also C-L: Study of Ethics 261, Music 238
542S
Understanding Ethical Crisis in Organizations.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of Ethics
562S; also C-L: Political Science 502 Public Policy Studies 558S
102S-1
Discussions in Ethics: Engaging ethics outside the classroom.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: This course is one of two 1/2 credit
courses required for the Certificate in the Study of Ethics. Students from the
certificate program will meet with faculty and with non-academic professionals
to discuss the ways they address ethical issues in their work. It is
recommended that students complete the Gateway course before enrolling in
Ethics 102. Open only to students in the Ethics Certificate Program.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
190FS
Special Topics in Ethics (Focus Program).
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Topics vary. Open only to students in
the Focus program. Topics course. Department consent required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
215
Applied and Environmental Ethics.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS A
Course Description: critical examination of ethical
dimensions of several contemporary individual and political normative problems,
including abortion, affirmative action, national and international economic
redistribution, and the environmental impact of economic changes and political
decisions. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 265, Marine
Science and Conservation
278
Neuroethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 267;
also C-L: Philosophy 353, Study of Ethics 269
216S
Partnering and Parenting: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
the Study of Human Relationships.
Satisfies: CCI EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Evolutionary
Anthropology 240S; also C-L: Study of Ethics 272S
490S
Capstone Research Seminar in Ethics.
Satisfies: EI R SS W
Course Description: This intensive senior seminar is the
capstone for the Ethics Certificate Program. Here they return to the central
theme of the Gateway course, Challenges of Living an Ethical Life, through
research. Students bring together interdisciplinary insights from previous work
in the certificate program to shed light on major contemporary debates in the
study of ethics and the world's most pressing social problems. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
270
Business Ethics: The Debate Over Corporate Social
Responsibility.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Debates about obligations of firms and
business leaders over and above legal obligations. Examination of foundations
and implications of corporate governance, corporate law, and the theory of the
firm. Evaluation of challenges by supporters of stakeholder theory and
corporate social responsibility. Instructor: Norman. One course. C-L: Study of
Ethics 270, Markets and Management Studies
590S
Special Topics in Ethics.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Topics vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
374S
Muslim Philosophy and Theology, an introduction.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Philosophy and theology as the
foundation of Shari'a law; Islamic philosophy as a part of medieval philosophy
under the influence of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus. Impact on western
philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas; major concepts, issues of Islamic
philosophy and translation of two trends: from Greek to Arabic, from Arabic to
western languages.
129FS
Acting Globally, Thinking Normatively.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Examines how normative ethical &
political theories might help us think more clearly about rights, obligations,
and justice in a global context. Also looks into the limitations of some of
these theories (originally developed for more local contexts). Particular focus
on ethical challenges raised by international commerce. Do multinational
corporations have obligations to maintain standards over and above those
required by local regulations? How do we determine what these obligations and
standards are? What duties do citizens and consumers in a corporation\rquote s
home country have to compel more responsible corporate behavior abroad?
Instructor: Norman. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 129FS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (HUMANDEV)
Number Of Listed Courses: 5
260
Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
260; also C-L: Psychology 236, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
224
Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
224; also C-L: Psychology 235
401
Research Apprenticeship in Human Development.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Supervised research in a laboratory, on
a specified research project, or in an organizational setting. Consent of the
Director of the Undergraduate Program in Human Development required. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Gold. One course.
391
Independent Study in Human Development.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Independent Study of selected
theoretical, methodological, and applied topics with emphasis on social change,
psychological development, and policy issues in aging societies. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
MILITARY SCIENCE - ARMY ROTC (MILITSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 13
150
Introduction To Tactical Leadership.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Develop your ability to be an effective
leader and manager through exposure to leadership and developmental theories,
principles and practices by building on concepts learned in Military Science
101S. Students will practice leadership fundamentals such as problem-solving
and presention skills, and develop an appreciation of the historical and
cultural complexity of the environment in which military officers apply
leadership techniques. Laboratory required for ROTC cadets. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
92
Advanced Army Physical Fitness.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Establish a personal exercise program to
meet Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) requirements and to demonstrate physical
fitness leadership. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Staff:
Instructor. Half course.
401S
Developing Adaptive Military Leaders.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of cadet proficiency in
planning, executing and assessing complex operations, functioning as a member
of a staff, and providing performance feedback to subordinates. Assessing risk,
making ethical decisions, and leading fellow ROTC cadets; identifying
responsibilities of key staff, coordinating staff roles and using situational
opportunities to teach, train and develop subordinates. Study of military
justice and personnel processes in preparation for transition to the Army.
Laboratory required for Army ROTC cadets. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite:
Military Science 301 and 350. Instructor: Staff. One course.
101S
Leadership and Personal Development.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course is designed to inspire an
interest in the principles and practices of leadership and to explore how these
high-impact principles and practices might be applied at Duke, in the military,
and to the civilian world of work. The course will explore topics such as
values-based behavior [courage, trust, ethics], leadership and management,
power and authority, individual motivation, cohesion, team and group
effectiveness, and crisis leadership. Laboratory required for ROTC cadets. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
92L
Leadership Laboratory - Spring Semester Only.
Satisfies:
Course Description: (Spring semester only) Introduces
students to basic Army operations; includes team building, map reading, first
aid, confidence training, rifle marksmanship, drill and ceremonies, Army
doctrine and small unit tactics. Must be repeated with each spring semester
course. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff.
350
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Military Leaders.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Use of increasingly intense situational
leadership challenges to build cadet awareness and skills in leading tactical
operations up to platoon level. Aspects of combat, stability and support
operations. Conduct military briefings and develop proficiency in
91
Army Physical Fitness.
Satisfies: US
Course Description: Fitness program based on the Army
Physical Fitness Academy model to improve ability in cardiorespiratory
endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and overall physical condition. Group
stretching techniques, exercise regimens, and running programs; individual
workout programs. Emphasis on ability group running. Counts as a physical
education activity course; i.e., counts
201
Innovative Team Leadership (Lecture).
Satisfies: S S
Course Description: Explore the theory and practical
application of group dynamics, team building, and innovative leadership in
Explore the theory and practical application of group dynamics, team building,
and innovative leadership in both civilian and military contexts. Students will
participate in practical application of personal motivation and team building
through planning, executing and assessing team exercises. Builds on concepts
taught in Military Science 101and 150S. Laboratory required for cadets. Prerequisites:
completion of Military Science 150S or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
250
Foundations of Tactical Leadership.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Apply adaptive leadership concepts and
team building theory to the practical challenges of leading tactical teams in a
complex contemporary environment. This course is designed to prepare students
for more detailed study of small unit tactics; specific skill development
includes terrain analysis, patrolling and operations orders. Laboratory
required for ROTC cadets. Prerequisites: completion of Military Science 201.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
91L
Leadership Laboratory - Fall Semester Only.
Satisfies:
Course Description: (Fall semester only.) Introduces
students to basic Army operations; includes team building, map reading, first
aid, confidence training, rifle marksmanship, drill and ceremonies, Army
doctrine and small unit tactics. Must be repeated with each fall semester
course. Instructor: Staff.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
301
Small Unit Military Leadership (Lecture).
Satisfies:
Course Description: The study, practice and evaluation of
adaptive leadership skills in the context of squad tactical operations. Focus
on developing cadets' tactical leadership abilities in preparation for ROTC's
summer Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). Laboratory required
for Army ROTC cadets. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: Completion
of first two years of ROTC or prior military experience. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
450S
Military Leadership in a Complex World.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The dynamics of leading in the complex
situations of current military operations. Differences in customs and
courtesies, military law, principles of war and rules of engagement in the face
of international terrorism. Aspects of interacting with non-government
organizations, civilians on the battlefield and host nation support. Laboratory
required for ROTC cadets. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite:
Military Science 401S. Instructor: Staff. One course.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (BME)
Number Of Listed Courses: 51
518
Biomedical Materials and Artificial Organs ( BB).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 525
502
Neural Signal Acquisition (
EL).
Satisfies: GE IM D EEG A
Course Description: This course will be an exploration of
analog and digital signal processing techniques for measuring and
characterizing neural signals. the analog portion will cover electrodes,
amplifiers, filters and A/converters for recording neural electrograms and EEGs.
The digital portion will cover methods of processing including spike detection
and spike sorting. course pack of relevant literature will be used in lieu of a
textbook. Students will be required to write signal-processing algorithms.
Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineering 354L. Instructor: Wolf. One course. C-L:
Neuroscience 502
464L
Medical Instrument Design (or IM).
Satisfies: DR GE L
Course Description: General principles of signal
acquisition, amplification processing, recording, and display in medical
instruments. System design, construction, and evaluation techniques will be
emphasized. Methods of real-time signal processing will be reviewed and
implemented in the laboratory. Each student will design, construct, and
demonstrate a functional medical instrument and collect and analyze data with
that instrument. Formal write-ups and presentations of each project will be
required. Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineering 354and Statistical Science 130,
or equivalent or senior standing. Instructor: Malkin, S. Smith, Trahey, or
Wolf. One course.
461L
Electronic Designs for the Developing World (or IM).
Satisfies: DR GE L
Course Description: Design of custom devices to help the
specific and unique needs of developing world hospitals. Formal engineering
design principles will be emphasized; overview of developing world conditions,
patent issues, engineering ethics. Designs must be based on microcontroller or
equivalent electronic circuitry. Oral and written reports will be required.
Students may elect to personally deliver their projects to a developing world
hospital, if selected, in the summer following the course. Prerequisites:
Biomedical Engineering 354and Statistics 130. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Malkin. One course.
578
Tissue Engineering ( MC).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: This course will serve as an overview of
selected topics and problems in the emerging field of tissue engineering.
General topics include cell sourcing and maintenance of differentiated state,
culture scaffolds, cell-biomaterials interactions, bioreactor design, and
surgical implantation considerations. Specific tissue types to be reviewed
include cartilage, skin equivalents, blood vessels, myocardium and heart
valves, and bioartificial livers. Prerequisites: Mathematics 353 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Bursac. One course.
255
Safety of Medical Devices ( IM).
Satisfies: GE US FDA FDA L
Course Description: Engineering analysis of the safety of
medical devices such as prosthetic heart valves, silicon breast implants,
medical imaging, and cardiac pacemakers. Engineering performance standards and
requirements for clinical trials for selected medical devices such as medical
diagnostic ultrasound, surgical lasers, and prosthetic heart valves. Students
will prepare a mock application for premarket approval to demonstrate safety of
a selected medical device. Prerequisite: sophomore standing; corequisite:
Physics 152or equivalent. Instructor: S. Smith. One course.
354L
Biomedical Electronic Measurements II.
Satisfies: PC L L
Course Description: Further study of the basic principles of
biomedical electronics with emphasis on transducers, instruments,
micro-controller and based systems for data acquisition and processing.
Laboratories focus on measurements and circuit design emphasizing design
criteria appropriate for biomedical instrumentation. Prerequisite: Electrical
and Computer Engineering 230or Biomedical Engineering 253and Biomedical
Engineering 271 or Electrical and Computer Engineering 280L; or the consent of
the instructor. Instructor: Malkin, Trahey, Wax, or Wolf. One course.
244L
Quantitative Physiology.
Satisfies: BIO L
Course Description: An examination of the importance of
transport processes, mechanics, energetics, and electrical activity in
physiological systems. Topics will cover cellular physiology, the
cardiovascular system, nervous system, muscle physiology, and renal physiology.
Selected labs to complement lectures and class discussion. Prerequisite: 101
Corequisite: Math 103. Instructor: Truskey. One course.
590
Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced subjects related to programs
within biomedical engineering tailored to fit the requirements of a small
group. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
514
Theoretical and Applied Polymer Science ( BB).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: An intermediate course in soft condensed
matter physics dealing with the structure and properties of polymers and
biopolymers. Introduction to polymer syntheses based on chemical reaction
kinetics, polymer characterization. Emphasizes (bio)polymers on surfaces and
interfaces in aqueous environments, interactions of (bio)polymer surfaces,
including wetting and adhension phenomena. Instructor: Zauscher. One course.
C-L: Biomedical Engineering 529
531
Intermediate Biomechanics ( BB).
Satisfies: GE L
Course Description: Introduction to solid and orthopaedic
biomechanical analyses of complex tissues and structures. Topics to be covered
include: spine biomechanics, elastic modeling of bone, linear and quasi-linear
viscoelastic properties of soft tissue (for example, tendon and ligament), and
active tissue responses (for example, muscle). Emphasis will be placed on
experimental techniques used to evaluate these tissues. Student seminars on
topics in applied biomechanics will be included. Prerequisites: Biomedical
Engineering 110or Engineering 201L; Mathematics 353. Instructor: Myers or
Setton. One course.
427L
Design in Biotechnology (or
BB).
Satisfies: DR GE MC FDA
Course Description: Design of custom strategies to address
real-life issues in the development of biocompatible and biomimetic devices for
biotechnology or biomedical applications. Student teams will work with a client
in the development of projects that incorporate materials science, biological
transport and biomechanics. Formal engineering design principles will be
emphasized; overview of intellectual properties, engineering ethics, risk
analysis, safety in design and regulations will be reviewed. Oral and written
reports, and prototype development will be required. This course is intended as
a capstone design course for the upper-level undergraduate biomedical
engineering students with a focused interest in bimolecular science, biotechnology,
transport, drug delivery, biomechanics and related disciplines. Prerequisites:
Biomedical Engineering 307, Statistical Science 130, or equivalent.
Instructors: Gimm. One course.
460L
Devices for People with Disabilities (or BB).
Satisfies: DR GE IM L
Course Description: Design of custom devices to aid disabled
individuals. Students will be paired with health care professionals at local
hospitals who will supervise the development of projects for specific clients.
Formal engineering design principles will be emphasized; overview of assistive
technologies, patent issues, engineering ethics. Oral and written reports will
be required. Selected projects may be continued as independent study.
Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineering 354and Statistical Science 130.
Instructor: Bohs or Goldberg. One course.
550
Modern Microscopy ( IM).
Satisfies: GE A L
Course Description: Overview of novel microscopy techniques
that are under development in research laboratories. New techniques are placed
in context with basic understanding of image formation in conventional
microscopy and laboratory work which applies this knowledge. group project
offers opportunity to examine special topics of interest. Prerequisite:
Biomedical Engineering 354or graduate standing. Instructor: Wax. One course.
503
Computational Neuroengineering ( EL).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: This course introduces students to the
fundamentals of computational modeling of neurons and neuronal circuits and the
decoding of information from populations of spike trains. Topics include:
integrate and fire neurons, Spike Response Models, Homogeneous and
Inhomogeneous Poisson processes, neural circuits, Weiner (optimal), Adaptive
Filters, neural networks for classification, population vector coding and decoding.
Programming assignments and projects will be carried
527
Cell Mechanics and Mechanotransduction.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course examines the mechanical
properties of cells and forces exerted by cells in biological processes of
clinical and technological importance and the processes by which mechanical
forces are converted into biochemical signals and activate gene expression.
Topics covered include measurement of mechanical properties of cells,
cytoskeleton mechanics, models of cell mechanical properties, cell adhesion,
effects of physical forces on cell function, and mechanotransduction. Students
will critically evaluate current literature and analyze models of cell
mechanics and mechanotransduction. Prerequisites: Engineering 201and Biomedical
Engineering 307 or equivalent, knowledge of cell biology and instructoor
consent. Instructror: Truskey. One course.
542
Principles of Ultrasound Imaging ( IM).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: Propagation, reflection, refraction, and
diffraction of acoustic waves in biologic media. Topics include geometric
optics, physical optics, attenuation, and image quality parameters such as
signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, and resolution. Emphasis is placed on the
design and analysis of medical ultrasound imaging systems. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 216 and Physics 152L. Instructor: von Ramm. One course.
568
Laboratory in Cellular and Biosurface Engineering ( MC).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: Introduction to common experimental and
theoretical methodologies in cellular and biosurface engineering. Experiments
may include determination of protein and peptide diffusion coefficients in
alginate beads, hybridoma cell culture and antibody production, determination
of the strength of cell adhesion, characterization of cell adhesion or protein
adsorption by total internal reflection fluorescence, and Newtonian and
non-Newtonian rheology. Laboratory exercises are supplemented by lectures on
experiment design, data analysis, and interpretation. Prerequisites: Biomedical
Engineering 307 or equivalent. Instructor: Truskey. One course.
584
Acoustics and Hearing ( IM).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 545
506
Measurement and Control of Cardiac Electrical Events ( EL).
Satisfies: GE IM L L
Course Description: Design of biomedical devices for cardiac
application based on a review of theoretical and experimental results from
cardiac electrophysiology. Evaluation of the underlying cardiac events using
computer simulations. Examination of electrodes, amplifiers, pacemakers, and
related computer apparatus. Construction of selected examples. Prerequisites:
Biomedical Engineering 101and 253or equivalents. Instructor: Wolf. One course.
302L
Fundamentals of Biomaterials and Biomechanics (or GE).
Satisfies: AC L L
Course Description: This course will cover principles of
physiology, materials science and mechanics with particular attention to topics
most relevant to biomedical engineering. Areas of focus include the
structure-functional relationships of biocomposites including biological
tissues and biopolymers; extensive treatment of the properties unique to
biomaterials surfaces; behavior of materials in the physiological environment,
and biomechanical failure criterion. The course includes selected experimental
measurements in biomechanical and biomaterial systems. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 353; Engineering 201or Biomedical Engineering 110L; Mechanical
Engineering 221or Biomedical Engineering 83L. Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems (or BB).
Satisfies: AC GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 307; also C-L: Civil and Environmental Engineering 307, Modeling
Biological Systems
561L
Genome Science and Technology Lab ( MC).
Satisfies: GE DNA SNP L
Course Description: Hands-on experience on using and
developing advanced technology platforms for genomics and proteomics research.
Experiments may include nucleic acid amplification and quantification,
lab-on-chip, bimolecular separation and detection, sequencing, genotyping,
microarrays, and synthetic biology techniques. Laboratory exercises and
designing projects are combined with lectures and literature reviews. Prior
knowledge in molecular biology and biochemistry is required. Instructor consent
required. Instructor: Tian. Variable credit. C-L: Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics 561 Genome Sciences and Policy
590L
Advanced Topics with Lab.
Satisfies:
Course Description: To be used as a "generic"
course number for any advanced topics course with lab sections. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
385
Introduction to Business in Technology-Based Companies.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: This course covers fundamental business
concepts and how they affect technology and engineering functions in a company.
Students will learn to look at business problems from multiple dimensions,
integrating technical issues with marketing, finance, management and
intellectual property. Teams consisting of students from the Pratt School of
Engineering and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences (Markets and Management
Studies program) will work together to develop and present a business plan for
a technical product concept. Students will learn the elements of a business
plan and how to pitch a technology-based product concept. Topics covered
include marketing of technical products, competitive strategy, market research,
financial statements and projections, capital budgeting, venture capital,
intellectual property, patent searching, regulatory affairs, and reimbursement.
Requirements: Junior or Senior standing and permission of instructor. One
course. Instructor: Boyd. One course.
528
Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Methods and applications of fluid
mechanics in biological and biomedical systems including: Governing equations
and methods of solutions,(e.g. conservation of mass flow and momentum), the
nature of biological fluids, (e.g.non Newtonian rheological behavior),basic
problems with broad relevance, (e.g. flow in pipes, lubrication theory),
applications to cells and organs in different physiological systems, (e.g.
cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, reproductive and musculoskeletal
systems), applications to diagnosis and therapy, (e.g.drug delivery and
devices). Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineeering 307. Instructor: Katz. One
course.
522L
Introduction to Bionanotechnology Engineering.
Satisfies: A A L L
Course Description: general overview of nanoscale
science/physical concepts will be presented as those concepts tie in with
current nanoscience and nanomedicine research. Students will be introduced to
the principle that physical scale impacts innate material properties and
modulates how a material interacts with its environment. Important concepts
such as surface-to-volume ratio, friction, electronic/optical properties,
self-assembly (biological and chemical) will be contextually revisited. number
of laboratory modules ("NanoLabs") will guide students through
specific aspects of nanomedicine, nanomaterials, and engineering design.
Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 83and Biomedical Engineering 260or
consent of instructor. One course.
271
Signals and Systems.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Convolution, deconvolution, Fourier
series, Fourier transform, sampling, and the Laplace transform. Continuous and
discrete formulations with emphasis on computational and simulation aspects and
selected biomedical examples. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 253or
Electrical and Computer Engineering 230and Mathematics 216; or consent of the
instructor. Instructor: Barr, Izatt, or Neu. One course.
290
Intermediate Topics (GE).
Satisfies:
Course Description: Intermediate subjects or selective topics
related to programs within biomedical engineering. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
504
Fundamentals of Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System
( EL).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: This course presents a quantitative
approach to the fundamental principles, mechanisms, and techniques of
electrical stimulation required for non-damaging and effective application of
electrical stimulation. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Grill. One
course.
560
Molecular Basis of Membrane Transport ( EL).
Satisfies: GE MC L
Course Description: Transport of substances through cell
membranes examined on a molecular level, with applications of physiology, drug
delivery, artificial organs and tissue engineering. Topics include organization
of the cell membrane, membrane permeability and transport, active transport and
control of transport processes. Assignments based on computer simulations, with
emphasis on quantitative behavior and design. Prerequisites: Biology 25or
equivalent, Mathematics 216 or equivalent. Instructors: Friedman or Neu. One
course. C-L: Neuroscience 560
569
Cell Transport Mechanisms ( MC).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: Analysis of the migration of cells
through aqueous media. Focus on hydrodynamic analysis of the directed
self-propulsion of individual cells, use of random walk concepts to model the
nondirected propulsion of individual cells, and development of kinetic theories
of the migrations of populations of cells. Physical and chemical characteristics
of the cells' environments that influence their motion, including rheologic
properties and the presence of chemotactic, stimulatory, or inhibitory factors.
Cell systems include mammalian sperm migration through the female reproductive
tract, protozoa, and bacteria. Emphasis on mathematical theory. Experimental
designs and results. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 307 and consent of
instructor. Instructor: Katz. One course.
512L
Theoretical Electrocardiography ( EL).
Satisfies: GE L L
Course Description: Electrophysiological behavior of cardiac
muscle. Emphasis on quantitative study of cardiac tissue with respect to
propagation and the evaluation of sources. Effect of junctions,
inhomogeneities, anisotropy, and presence of unbounded extracellular space.
Bidomain models. Study of models of arrhythmia, fibrillation, and
defibrillation. Electrocardiographic models and forward simulations. Laboratory
exercises based on computer simulation, with emphasis on quantitative behavior
and design. Readings from original literature. Prerequisite: Biomedical
Engineering 101or 301or equivalent. Instructor: Barr. One course.
513
Nonlinear Dynamics in Electrophysiology.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: Electrophysiological behavior of
excitable membranes and nerve fibers examined with methods of nonlinear
dynamics. Phase-plane analysis of excitable membranes. Limit cycles and the
oscillatory behavior of membranes. Phase resetting by external stimuli.
Critical point theory and its applications to the induction of rotors in the
heart. Theory of control of chaotic systems and stabilizing irregular cardiac
rhythms. Initiation of propagation of waves and theory of traveling waves in a
nerve fiber. Laboratory exercises based on computer simulations, with emphasis
on quantitative behavior and design. Readings from original literature.
Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineering 101or 301or equivalent. Instructor:
Krassowska. One course.
515
Neural Prosthetic Systems.
Satisfies: L L
Course Description: This course will cover several systems
that use electrical stimulation or recording of the nervous system to restore
function following disease or injury. For each system the course will cover the
underlying biophysical basis for the treatment,the technology underlying the
treatment,and the associated clinical applications and challenges. Systems to
be covered include cochlear implants, spinal cord stimulation of pain, vagus
nerve stim. for epilepsy, deep brain stim. for movement disorders, sacral root
stim. for bladder dysfunction, and neuromuscular electrical stim.for
restoration of movement. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 101 Biomedical
Engineering 253 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Grill. One course.
436L
Biophotonic Instrumentation (or IM).
Satisfies: DR GE I II III
Course Description: Theory and laboratory practice in
optics, and in the design of optical instruments for biomedical applications.
Section focuses on basic optics theory and laboratory practice. Section focuses
on deeper understanding of selected biophotonic instruments, including
laboratory work. Section comprises the design component of the course. In this
part, student teams are
301L
Electrophysiology (or GE).
Satisfies: AC L
Course Description: The electrophysiology of excitable cells
from a quantitative perspective. Topics include the ionic basis of action
potentials, the Hodgkin-Huxley model, impulse propagation, source-field
relationships, and an introduction to functional electrical stimulation.
Students choose a relevant topic area for detailed study and report. Not open
to students who have taken Biomedical Engineering 101or equivalent. Instructor:
Barr, Bursac, Grill, Henriquez, or Neu. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 301L
98
Biomedical Device Design (GE).
Satisfies:
Course Description: An introduction to the origin and
characteristics of biologic signals and the features of biomedical systems and
devices, from sensor to display/output. Concepts of analog vs. discrete signals,
simple detection schemes, sampling, data reduction, filtering, visualization,
and imaging techniques
516
Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering (GE).
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Introduction to practical computational
methods for data analysis and simulation with a major emphasis on
implementation. Methods include numerical integration and differentiation,
extrapolation, interpolation, splining FFTs, convolution, ODEs, and simple one-
and two-dimensional PDEs using finite differencing. Introduction to concepts
for optimizing codes on a CRAY-YMP. Examples from biomechanics,
electrophysiology, and imaging. Project work included and students must have
good working knowledge of Unix, Fortran, or C. Intended for graduate students
and seniors who plan on attending graduate school. Prerequisite: Engineering
110or equivalent,
462L
Design for the Developing World (or GR).
Satisfies: DR L
Course Description: Design of custom devices to help the
specific and unique needs of developing world hospitals. Formal engineering
design principles will be emphasized; overview of developing world conditions,
patent issues, engineering ethics. Oral and written reports will be required.
Students may elect to personally deliver their projects to a developing world
hospital, if selected, in the summer following the course. Prerequisite:
Biomedical Engineering 354and Statistical Science 130. Instructor: Malkin. One
course.
570L
Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering ( MC).
Satisfies: GE BB DNA
Course Description: Structure of biological macromolecules,
recombinant techniques, principles of and techniques to study protein
structure-function. Discussion of biomolecular design and engineering from the
research literature. Linked laboratory assignments to alter protein structure
at the genetic level. Expression, purification, and ligand-binding studies of
protein function. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Chilkoti. One
course.
517
Neuronal Control of Movement.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course will discuss the neural
control of movement in detail, including motor control theory, planning of
movement in the cortex, relay of motor commands to the brainstem and spinal
cord, coordination of movement by the cerebellum, adjustment of movement via
brainstem and spinal cord reflexes, and execution of movement through
contraction of muscle fibers. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
C-Neuroscience 507. Instructor: Sommer. C-L: Neuroscience 507
521
Elasticity ( BB).
Satisfies: GE
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biomedical
Engineering 526
253L
Biomedical Electronic Measurements I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic principles of electronic
instrumentation with biomedical examples. Concepts of analog signal processing,
filters, input and output impedances are emphasized. Students are exposed to
system design concepts such as amplifier design and various transducers.
Laboratories reinforce basic concepts and offer the student design
opportunities in groups. Prerequisite: Physics 152L; or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Grill, Izatt, Malkin, K. Nightingale, or von Ramm. One course.
661L
Environmental Molecular Biotechnology ( MC).
Satisfies: GE DNA DNA L L
Course Description: Principles of genetics and recombinant
for environmental systems. Applications to include genetic engineering for
bioremediation, micro-arrays and
biosensors. Laboratory exercises to include isolation, amplification,
manipulation and analysis. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering
462L, Biology 20, Biology 201L, or graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Gunsch. One course. C-L: Biomedical Engineering 565L
567
Biosensors ( MC).
Satisfies: GE IM L L
Course Description: Biosensors are defined as the use of
biospecific recognition mechanisms in the detection of analyte concentration.
The basic principles of protein binding with specific reference to
enzyme-substrate, lectin-sugar, antibody-antigen, and receptor-transmitting
binding. Simple surface diffusion and absorption physics at surfaces with
particular attention paid to surface binding phenomena. Optical,
electrochemical, gravimetric, and thermal transduction mechanisms which form
the basis of the sensor design. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 83and
260or their equivalent and consent of instructor. Instructor: Reichert or
Vo-Dinh. One course.
574
Modeling and Engineering Gene Circuits.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: This course discusses modeling and
engineering gene circuits, such as prokaryotic gene expression, cell signaling
dynamics, cell-cell communication, pattern formation, stochastic dynamics in
cellular networks and its control by feedback or feedforward regulation, and
cellular information processing. The theme is the application of modeling to
explore "design principles" of cellular networks, and strategies to
engineer such networks. Students need to define an appropriate modeling
project. At the end of the course, they're required to write up their results
and interpretation in a research-paper style report and give an oral
presentation. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 260or consent of
instructor. Instructor: You. One course.
260L
Modeling Cellular and Molecular Systems.
Satisfies: DNA L
Course Description: An introduction to the application of
engineering models to study cellular and molecular processes and develop
biotechnological applications. Topics covered include chemical equilibrium and
kinetics, solution of differential equations, enzyme kinetics, denaturation and
rebinding, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), repressor binding, gene
expression, receptor-mediated endocytosis, and gene delivery to tissues and
cells. Selected laboratory experiments apply concepts learned in class. Prerequisites:
Mathematics 212 and Biology 25or equivalent; or consent of the instructor.
Instructor: Gimm, Tian, Truskey, You, or Yuan. One course.
511
Theoretical Electrophysiology ( EL).
Satisfies: GE EMG L L
Course Description: Advanced topics on the electrophysiological
behavior of nerve and striated muscle. Source-field models for single-fiber and
fiber bundles lying in a volume conductor. Forward and inverse models for and
ENG. Bidomain model. Model and simulation for stimulation of single-fiber and fiber
bundle. Laboratory exercises based on computer simulation, with emphasis on
quantitative behavior and design. Readings from original literature.
Prerequisite: Biomedical Engineering 101or 301or equivalent. Instructor: Barr
or Neu. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 511
494
Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE).
Satisfies:
Course Description: For juniors or seniors who express a
desire for such work and who have shown aptitude for research in one area of
biomedical engineering. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
571L
Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering ( MC).
Satisfies: GE BB DNA A L
Course Description: Introduction to the engineering
principles of bioprocess engineering. Topics include: introduction to cellular
and protein structure and function; modeling of enzyme kinetics, transcription,
metabolic pathways, cell and microbial growth and product formation; bioprocess
operation, scale-up, and design. Class includes a design project. modern
biotechnology process or product is identified, the specific application and
market are described (for example, medical, environmental, agricultural) along
with the engineering elements of the technology. Prerequisite: Biomedical
Engineering 83or Mechanical Engineering 221L. Instructor: Chilkoti or Reichert.
One course.
CHEMISTRY (CHEM)
Number Of Listed Courses: 51
180
Chemistry Outreach: Sharing Chemistry with the Community.
Satisfies: NS DL DL
Course Description: Principles of chemistry outreach with
emphasis on chemical demonstrations. Activities include readings, discussion,
and practice related to staging effective demonstrations, as well as structured
service learning experiences in local schools and other venues. Societal issues
relevant to chemistry outreach will be examined, along with assessment and
pedagogical strategies. Participation in service learning is required.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 101 or 110 or 20, or 21. Instructor: Lyle. One course.
601
Biosensors.
Satisfies: GE IM
Course Description: Biosensors ( MC). Biosensors are defined as the use of
biospecific recognition mechanisms in the detection of analyte concentration.
The basic principles of protein binding with specific
545
Kinetics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The phenomenology and theory of chemical
dynamics and reaction rates. Instructors: Beratan, Liu, MacPhail, and Warren.
Half course.
528
Synthesis and Synthetic Methods in Inorganic/Organometallic
Chemistry.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: discussion of inorganic synthetic
methods including supramolecular chemistry and organometallic reactions.
Instructor: Widenhoefer. Half course.
543
Statistical Thermodynamics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to statistical thermodynamics,
with an emphasis on ideal systems and selected model approaches to more complex
systems, for example, lattice models. Instructors: Beratan, Charbonneau,
MacPhail, and Yang. Half course.
496
Graduation with Distinction in Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Course for majors who are candidates for
graduation with distinction in chemistry. Includes preparation of the research
thesis, preparation and presentation of a poster describing student's research,
and oral defense of the research thesis. Pre- or co-requisite: two semesters of
research independent study. Lecture/discussion. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
grading only. Staff: Instructor. Half course.
81S
Introduction to Research in Chemistry.
Satisfies: EI NS R DL DL
Course Description: Active participation in chemistry (or
chemistry related) research group, accompanied by seminar classes covering
research methodologies, case studies of ethical issues in chemistry, and
communication of results of research. Prerequisite: Chemistry 101 or 110 or 20,
or 21. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190S
Special Topics in Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar on special topics in chemistry
and chemistry related areas. Content varies by semester. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
301
Elements of Physical Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS L L L L
Course Description: Survey of physical chemistry including quantum
chemistry, molecular structure, molecular spectroscopy, thermodynamics, and
kinetics. Prerequisites: Chemistry 210DL; or Chemistry 20 plus 101DL; or
Chemistry 20 plus 110DL; or Chemistry 21; Mathematics 112 and Physics 142or
152or 162or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
420L
Advanced Laboratory Techniques.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Synthesis of less common substances by
techniques such as high or low pressure, high or low temperature, and/or inert
atmospheres. Characterization of products from measurements such as electrical
conductance, optical rotation, ultraviolet-visible spectra, infrared spectra,
and/or mass spectra. Prerequisite: (or corequisite) Chemistry 410. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
536
Bioorganic Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Basic enzymology, mechanisms of
enzymatic reactions, cofactors, oxidoreductases, C1 chemistry, carbon-carbon
bond formation, carboxylation/decarboxylation, heme, pyridoxal enzymes,
thiamine enzymes. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331 or equivalent. Instructor: Toone.
One course. C-L: Biochemistry 536
548
Solid-State and Materials Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to the structure, physical,
and electronic properties of solid-state materials. Instructor: Beratan and
Liu. Variable credit.
521
Inorganic Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Bonding and spectroscopy, reactions,
transition metal chemistry, main group chemistry, organometallics/catalysis,
and solid state. Instructors: Franz. One course.
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS STS NUS DL
Course Description: Four week course on Chemical Biology and
Drug Discovery at Duke-Graduate and Medical School in Singapore. Special topics
include the identification of druggable targets, sources of small molecules,
including natural product isolation and library screening, animal models of
human disease, preclinical medicinal chemistry, including lead optimization and
synthetic organic chemistry, toxicology, adsorption distribution metabolism and
excretion (ADME), and the regulatory approval process. Excursions to local
research facilities, pharmaceutical research centers, and the animal research
station at Bintan, Indonesia. Prerequisites: Chemistry 201and Chemistry 202L.
Recommended Course: Biochemistry 301. Instructor: Toone. One course.
511
Biological Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Chemistry of the major classes of
biological molecules, including nucleic acids, amino acids and proteins,
carbohydrates and lipids. Topics include structure, reactivity and synthesis,
and the interaction of biological molecules. Instructors: Hong, McCafferty, and
Toone. One course.
518S
Chemical Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: The application of chemical concepts and
methods to solving problems in molecular and cell biology, with emphasis on the
use of small molecules to elucidate and control information transfer in
biological systems. Provides relevant background on both useful chemical tools
and new biological targets. Instructors: Hong, Toone, McCafferty. One course.
310
Physical Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS L L L L
Course Description: Fundamentals of physical chemistry.
Emphasizes quantum chemistry, molecular structure, and molecular spectroscopy.
Chemistry 310should be taken concurrently with Chemistry 310. Prerequisites:
Chemistry 210DL; or Chemistry 20 plus 101DL; or Chemistry 20 plus 110DL; or
Chemistry 21; Mathematics 212, Physics 142 152 or 162or consent of the
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
99D
Introduction to Chemistry and Chemical Problem Solving.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introductory course for students with
limited background in chemistry emphasizing chemical problem solving. Topics
include atoms, molecules, ions, compounds, and the periodic table,
stoichiometry and chemical reactions, reactions in solution, and an
introduction to chemical bonding, thermochemistry, and gas laws. To be followed
by Chemistry 101DL. Not open to students who have credit for Chemistry 20, 21
or 101DL. Instructor: Staff. One course.
538
Organometallic Chemistry.
Satisfies: CO
Course Description: Bonding electron counting and structure.
Ligand substitution, oxidative addition/reductive elimination,
transmetallation, and olefin insertion, beta-hydride elimination, methathesis
and attack on coordinated ligands. Cross-coupling, Heck coupling, catalytic
hydrogenation, olefin polymerization, carbocyclization hydroformylation and
related carbonylation chemistry, Wacker oxidation. Transition metal carbene
complexes; transition metal oxo complexes. Instructors: Widenhoefer. Half
course.
101DL
Core Concepts in Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Emphasizes core concepts required for
organic chemistry, including atomic and molecular structure, chemical
equilibrium with applications to acids and bases, thermodynamics, chemical
kinetics, and reaction mechanisms. Relevance and integrated nature of these
concepts illustrated through applications to a modern theme in chemistry, e.g.
in biological, materials, or environmental chemistry. Laboratory illustrates
experimental applications of these core concepts. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
290S
Special Topics In Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar on special topics in chemistry
and chemistry-related areas. Content varies by semester. Consent of department
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
110DL
Honors Chemistry: Core Concepts in Context.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Emphasizes core concepts required for
organic chemistry, including atomic and molecular structure, chemical
equilibrium with applications to acids and
521
Quantum Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Discussion of wave mechanics including
elementary applications, free particle dynamics, Schr\'f6dinger equation
including treatment of systems with exact solutions, and approximate methods
for time-dependent quantum mechanical systems with emphasis on quantum
phenomena underlying solid-state electronics and physics. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 216 or equivalent. Instructor: Brady, Brown, or Stiff-Roberts. One
course.
202L
Organic Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Continuation of Chemistry 201DL.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 201DL. Instructor: Staff. One course.
533
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Structural elucidation of organic and
inorganic compounds by NMR. Fundamentals of data acquisition (pulse sequences,
detection), multidimensional techniques, study of dynamic processes and their
application to the determination of structure. Instructors: Baldwin and
Widenhoefer. Variable credit.
520
Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry.
Satisfies: NMR EPR NQR
Course Description: Physical methods covered include
paramagnetic magnetism, Mossbauer spectroscopy, photoelectron
spectroscopy, and x-ray analysis. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
295
Introduction to Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: NS W
Course Description: Includes research methodology, retrieval
techniques for, and use of, the chemical literature, safety in the research
laboratory, the ethical conduct of research, and writing a research proposal.
Co-requisite: registration for a first course in research independent study in
chemistry (393) or a related area. Lecture/discussion. Instructor: Bonk. Half
course.
512
Chemistry and Biology of Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and
Nucleic Acids.
Satisfies: DNA RNA
Course Description: Synthesis, biosynthesis, and reactivity
of nucleic acids and their polymers. Mechanisms of and coding, decoding,
transmission, and in vitro evolution. Covalent and reversible interactions of
nucleic acids with small molecules and macromolecules. Instructors: Hong,
McCafferty, and Toone. One course.
504
Separation Science.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamental separation chemistry,
practical aspects of chromatographic methods, larger scale processes.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 501 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
506
Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry.
Satisfies: DNA
Course Description: Advanced topics in the mass spectral
characterization of biopolymers with an emphasis on protein and analysis.
Fundamental and practical aspects of the ionization processes and the
instrumentation associated with MALDI- and ESI-Mass spectrometry discussed
along with applications of these techniques to structural problems in chemistry
and biochemistry. Prerequisite: Chemistry 501 or consent of instructor.
Instructor Fitzgerald. Half course.
544
Statistical Mechanics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamentals of quantum and classical
statistical mechanics using the ensemble approach. Introduction of modern
techniques and applications including the renormalization group treatment of
phase transitions and linear response theory of time-dependent statistical
mechanics. Prerequisite: Chemistry 543 or consent of instructor. Instructors:
Beratan, Charbonneau, MacPhail, and Yang. One course.
311L
Physical Chemistry Laboratory.
Satisfies: II NS W
Course Description: Laboratory experiments designed to
accompany Chemistry 311. Prerequisite: (or corequisite). Chemistry 311 or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
514
Chemical Genomics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Information transfer, restructuring, and
decoding in biological systems. Gene expression and evolution of function.
Functional consequences of gene expression. Instructors: Toone. Variable
credit.
401L
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Laboratory experiments designed to
accompany Chemistry 401. Corequisite: Chemistry 401. Instructor: Staff. Half
course.
401
Analytical Chemistry.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Fundamentals of qualitative and
quantitative measurement with emphasis on chemometrics, quantitative
spectrometry, electrochemical methods, and common separation techniques.
Corequisite: Chemistry 401L. Prerequisite: Chemistry 301or 310L. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
541
Quantum Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Foundations and approximate methods in
quantum chemistry, with an emphasis on their applications to molecular
structure and modeling. Instructors: Beratan, Liu, MacPhail, Warren, and Yang.
One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
524
Bioinorganic Chemistry.
Satisfies: DNA
Course Description: Topics covered include metal activated
enzymes in hydrolysis, oxygencarriers, nitrogen fixation, iron storage and
transport, photosynthesis, protein electron transfer, and mediated electron
transfer. Instructors: Crumbliss, Therien, and Franz. Variable credit.
532
Organic Synthesis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Synthetic design, retrosynthetic
analysis, synthetic methods, total syntheses. Instructors: Baldwin, Hong, and
Widenhoefer. One course.
526
Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: discussion of the mechanism of coordination
reactions in solution. Examples include redox reactions and linear free energy
relationships. Instructor: Crumbliss. Half course.
210DL
Modern Applications of Chemical Principles.
Satisfies: NS DL DL DL
Course Description: Modern applications of chemistry in
context of larger scientific theme, e.g. in biology, materials science, or
environmental chemistry. Revisits core concepts from Chemistry 101or 110
incorporating additional topics including intermolecular interactions, phases
of matter, solutions, quantitative treatment of aqueous equilibria, electron
transfer reactions, and inorganic and coordination chemistry. Laboratory
illustrates experimental approaches to modern problems in biological,
materials, and environmental chemistry, as well as analytical and synthetic
techniques. Prerequisite: Chemistry 101or 110DL. Instructor: Staff. One course.
516
Techniques in Biochemistry.
Satisfies: IR
Course Description: Purification and study of biological
molecules including macromolecules. Chromatography, spectroscopy ( UV/vis,
fluorescence, CD), electrophoretic methods, immunological methods, analytical
ultracentrifugation, and their application to the study of biomolecules.
Instructors: Fitzgerald, Hong, McCafferty, and Toone. Half course.
546
Biophysical Chemistry.
Satisfies: NMR CD
Course Description: The interrelationships between
structure, function, and mechanisms of biological macromolecules. Principles of
dynamics, including kinetics, reactivity and transport, and structure,
including thermodynamics, fluorescence,
and spectroscopy. Instructors: Beratan, Oas, and Warren. One course.
534
Physical Organic Chemistry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Reactive intermediates: carbocations,
carbanions, carbenes radicals, photochemistry. Prerequisite: Chemistry 531.
Instructors: Craig and Toone. One course.
91
Chemistry, Technology, and Society.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Science, the scientific method, and
background topics from chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental chemistry
that enable citizens to utilize the inductive-deductive methodology of science
to better evaluate the potential benefits and risks associated with selected
existing and proposed technologies. Intended primarily for nonmajors.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Energy and the Environment
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
502
Spectrochemical Analysis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced topics in spectroscopic
analysis, emphasizing absorption, emission, and luminescence techniques and
applications to biomolecules. Prerequisite: Chemistry 501 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
311
Physical Chemistry II.
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: Continuation of Chemistry 310.
Fundamentals of physical chemistry. Emphasizes thermodynamics and kinetics.
Chemistry 311should be taken concurrently with Chemistry 311. Prerequisite:
Chemistry 310 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
522
Chemical Applications of Group Theory Including
Spectroscopy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics covered include symmetry, point
groups, group theory, character tables, electronic absorption spectroscopy,
infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and microwave spectroscopy.
Instructors: Warren. Half course.
21
General Chemistry Credit.
Satisfies: AP DL DL DL DL DL DL
Course Description: Pre-matriculation credit awarded for a
score of 5 on the College Board chemistry examination (or the equivalent).
Recommended placement is Chemistry 201 but a student may choose to take
Chemistry 110without loss of credit. Students completing both Chemistry 101and
210 or both Chemistry 110and 210forfeit entrance credit for Chemistry 21. One
course.
KOREAN
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ISLAMIC STUDIES (ISLAMST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
RUSSIAN
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES (AMES)
Number Of Listed Courses: 151
372FS
Islamic Awakening: Revival and Reform.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 225FS
503
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Graduate credit for undergraduate course
in AMES. Consent of the instructor and the director of undergraduate studies
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
662S
Muslim Networks Across Time and Space.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 629S; also C-L: Islamic Studies
308S
Bilingualism.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 308S
131
Conversational Egyptian and Contemporary Culture.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Designed to develop proficiency in
conversational Egyptian Arabic within a cultural context: manners, social
interaction, customs, and holiday traditions. Consent required if student has
not taken any Arabic previously. Instructor: Staff. One course.
423
Arabic Culture and 9/11.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The impact of 9/11 on Arab culture.
Considers post-1990 films and fiction by Iraqis, Palestinians, Syrians,
Lebanese, Saudi Arabians, Tunisians, and Egyptians. The collapse of socialism
in 1989 and the Gulf War as a turning point in the Arab world. Intensified
awareness of the role of the United States in the region as a result of 9/11,
of religion as a politically effective force, and of the Muslim difference in
the homogenized consumerist global system. Response to these challenges in
novels, films, and popular culture that draw on folktales, Sufism, magical
realism and the poetry of T.S. Eliot. Instructor: Cooke. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
131
Literacy in Chinese I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Designed for students who were raised in
a Chinese-speaking environment and who can converse about personal information
or daily topics but have little or no reading and writing skills in Mandarin
Chinese. Gain knowledge of the etymologies of Chinese characters and writing
system. Substantial work on the development of reading and writing competencies
in Chinese while continuing to improve aural understanding and speaking
competency. Topics focus on issues concerning the aspects of
390SA
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
321
Critical Inter-Asia: Rethinking Local and Global
Connections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 209
305
Advanced Chinese.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Proficiency in speaking, aural comprehension,
reading, and writing. Content drawn from newspaper articles, essays, and other
readings concerning history, culture, and current political, social, and simple
economic issues in China and Taiwan. Prerequisite: Chinese 204 or equivalent.
Instructor: Yao. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
355
Contemporary Culture in South Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Integrates literature, film,
anthropology, and history to explore themes and questions about modern South
Asia and the realities of its peoples. Focus on contemporary academic and
socio-cultural debates. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies
204
Intermediate Korean.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Korean 203. Listening
and speaking about cultural practices and historical events, reading and
writing informative and expository texts, and honing grammatical usage and
vocabulary choice. Prerequisite: Korean 203 or equivalent (ability to speak on
daily topics fluently and to read simple stories). Instructor: E. Kim. One
course.
535S
Chinese Media and Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 535S; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
455S
Korean Politics and Society: Academic Reading and Writing.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI FL SS
Course Description: An advanced class for students having
completed a fourth year course in Korean, or for international students
schooled in Korea. Explores controversial issues in contemporary South Korea
such as economic aid to North Korea, restrictions on online anonymity, legal
status of immigrants, the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, revision of National
Security Laws, with focus on their ethical dimensions, diverging perspectives,
underlying ideologies, and historical contexts . Course materials drawn from
media and academic publications in Korean. Instructor: Staff. One course.
106
Biblical Hebrew II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second half of Religion 105. Study of
the weak verb; exegetical treatment of the Book of Jonah. Instructor: Lieber or
staff. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 106, Hebrew 172
404S
Discourse of Disease and Infection.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 238 Arts of the Moving
Image 215S
222S
Syrian and Iraqi Cultures and Revolutions.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A
Course Description: cultural examination of Syrian and Iraqi
revolutions in the post-independence period. Through fiction and films and an
international conference, students will be exposed to the dynamics of the 2011
Arab Spring. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
428A
Intensive Advanced Chinese.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 427A. Equivalent
of fourth-year Chinese. Offered in the Duke Study in China Program at Capital
Normal University. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
221
China and the United States.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 221; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 237, Marxism and Society
233
Global Chinese Cities through Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Modern Chinese cities in and beyond
China, particularly as represented in literature and film. Considers city as
object of cultural representation, as well as an engine of cultural production.
Examines themes of modernization, alienation, nostalgia, migration, labor, and
commoditization, and rethinks the very notion of "Chineseness" within
an increasingly globalized world. Featured cities include Beijing, Shanghai,
Hong Kong, Taipei, and New York. Instructor: Rojas. One course. C-L: Visual and
Media Studies 237, International Comparative Studies 302, Arts of the Moving
Image 269, International Comparative Studies
108
Introductory Sanskrit Language and Literature.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see SANSKRIT 102
102
Elementary Chinese.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 101.
Prerequisite: Chinese 101 or equivalent. Instructor: Lee. One course.
607S
The City of Two Continents: Istanbul in Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Presents Istanbul, a city located in
both Europe and Asia, as a site of political identities in conflict. Overview
of contemporary literature and film set in Istanbul. Studies ethical
implications of textual and visual representations of various people and groups
interacting in urban spaces. Addresses the reasons for Turkey's love-hate
relationship with the Ottoman past and Europe. Historical background,
modernity, identity, Islam, and cosmopolitanism. Open to graduate students who
must follow a comprehensive reading program and complete graduate-level
assignments. Knowledge of Turkish not required. Instructor: G\'f6knar. One
course. C-L: Islamic Studies
232
Literacy in Chinese II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 131. Further
development of reading and writing fluency and competencies through studying a
range of topics consisting of more complex vocabulary and grammatical
structures. Content covering necessary understanding of language and cultural
heritage concerning Chinese customs, civilization, and history. Prerequisite:
Chinese 131 or equivalent. Instructor: Yao. One course.
204
Intermediate Hindi.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Hindi 203. Prerequisite:
Hindi 203. Instructor: Vaishnava. One course.
213
Japanese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 261; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 255, Visual and Media
Studies 232
185
Introduction to Israeli Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 145; also C-L: Religion 185
349S
Zionism: Jewish and Christian Aspects.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Examines various trends and ideologies
within Zionism, with emphasis on the movement's religious aspects. Study of
various forms of Zionism, both Christian and Jewish, in the context of the
constantly shifting Christian-Jewish relationship. Introduction to the origins
of political Zionism, with focus on the manner in which religious ideas
influenced both Zionism and the State of Israel. Instructor: Goldman. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 350 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 350S
306
Advanced Japanese.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Japanese 305.
Prerequisite: Japanese 305 or equivalent. Instructor: Kurokawa. One course.
C-L: International Comparative Studies
183S
Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights and Asian Americans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS X S
Course Description: Study of crucial legal and political
moments in the struggle for equal civil rights of minorities, beginning with
the laws of Chinese Exclusion, the struggle to define who was
"White," the Asian Immigration Exclusion Acts, the relationships of
Asians and African Americans and the struggle for equal schooling in the
American South, the Japanese Concentration camps, the Redress and Reparations
Civil Rights struggle, and the involvement of Asians Americans in the African
American-led Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, including working with Martin
Luther King and Malcolm and Asian
Americans in the anti-sweatshop unionization movement. Instructor: Mazumdar.
One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 187 African and African
American Studies 133S
632S
Literati/Literature Culture: Pre Modern Chinese Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: Survey of works in Chinese from
Confucius to the Qing Dynasty including short stories, novels, autobiographical
writings, and poetry. Topics include the role of the educated elite in relation
to literature and culture and how the literati portray themselves in their
works. Relations between orthodoxy and marginalization of the literati and its
impact on their writing.(Same as Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 432but
requires extra assignments.) Instructor: Staff. One course.
283
Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 253; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 319, Islamic
Studies
306S
Advanced Korean.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Korean 305. Introduction
to Chinese characters; focus on reading and discussing authentic texts on
modern Korean history and its social and cultural legacies. Prerequisite:
Korean 305 or equivalent (fluency in speaking, familiarity with culture, and
experience in reading at grade 4 or 5 level). Instructor: Kim. One course.
306
Advanced Chinese II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 305. Designed
for Chinese as a foreign/second language. Builds knowledge of more
sophisticated linguistic forms and learning to differentiate between different
types of written and spoken discourse. Development of writing skills in
selected formats and genres while continuing to develop correct use of speech
patterns and vocabulary and cross-cultural understanding. Content drawn from
newspaper articles, essays, and other readings concerning social and cultural
issues in contemporary Chinese society. Prerequisite: Chinese 305 or
equivalent. Instructor: Yao. One course.
631S
Seminar on Modern Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: CZ R S S
Course Description: Films, documentaries, television series,
and soap operas produced in mainland China in the post-Mao era. Topics include
the history and aesthetics of the cinema, soap operas as the new forum for
public debates on popular culture, the emerging film criticism in China, the
relationship of politics and form in postrevolutionary aesthetics. (Same as
Chinese 188but requires extra assignments.) Research paper required.
Prerequisite: Chinese 436or advanced oral and written proficiency in Mandarin
Chinese. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
311S
Poetic Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S S
Course Description: Inquiry into sources of
"resonance" in international cinema with emphasis on films from Asia
and the Middle East. The object of the course is to attempt a description of
aspects of film construction which conduce to intense experience for viewers.
Readings in indigenous aesthetics. Instructor: Khanna. One course. C-L: Visual
and Media Studies 354 Arts of the Moving Image 266 Arts of the Moving Image
631
Seminar on Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: CZ R S
Course Description: Films, documentaries, television series,
and soap operas produced in mainland China in the post-Mao era. Topics include
the history and aesthetics of the cinema, soap operas as the new forum for
public debates on popular culture, the emerging film criticism in China, the
relationship of politics and form in postrevolutionary aesthetics. (Same as
Chinese 188but requires extra assignments.)
242
Intensive Literacy in Chinese.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Intensive Literacy in Chinese. Covers
the curriculum of Chinese for advanced-beginners (Chinese 131 and 232) in one
semester. Equal attention to listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Introduction to various aspects of Chinese culture. Not open to students
without previous exposure to Mandarin Chinese, or to students who can read and
write more than 300 Chinese characters. Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
179
Korea in the World: Global Perspectives.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Variable topics on Korean culture from
global perspectives. Colonialism, occupation, national division, wars,
hyper-development, gendered/ethnic conflicts, global displacements,
(post)modernity. Literature, film, pop-culture, history, testimonies, and other
forms of representations. Topics framed in local, regional, and global
contexts. Instructor: Kwon. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
673
Trauma and Passion in Korean Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Representations of passion and trauma in
Korean society and history through various cultural media including literature,
historical texts, autobiographies, film, and other visual media. In dealing
with historical traumas such as the Korean War, Japanese colonization, Western
imperialism and political upheavals, sub-topics to include war, love,
melodrama, nationalism, ideological strife and longing and loss. (Same as Asian
and Middle Eastern Studies 473 but requires extra assignments.) Instructor:
Kwon. One course.
407S
Issues in Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 407S
435S
Themes in Modern Chinese I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings and other material, including
web sites, films, television, and radio broadcasts. Exercises in composition.
Prerequisite: Chinese 305, 306, 127, 129, or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
205
Understanding the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to central political,
geopolitical, cultural, and socio-economic issues in the Middle East, offering
a better understanding of new ideological, political, and cultural phenomena.
Includes movies and guest speakers. Students will conduct interviews to broaden
their worldview. Introduction to different variables that affect our
understanding of the socio-political life of this volatile region. Instructor:
Jawad Al Mamouri. One course.
431S
Global Tibet.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of Tibet in regional,
national, and global perspective, from the nineteenth century to the present;
critical appraisal of the Tibet Question, the global image of Tibet as a
mystical and utopian Shangri-la; and the geopolitical and socioeconomic
dimensions of social movements to know, develop, free, save, and defend Tibet.
Course materials draw from anthropology, history, international politics, film
and popular culture, novels, web sites and blogs. Previous knowledge of Tibet
and China, and theories colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and post-colonialism.
Permission of instructor required. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L:
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 485S
407S
Issues in Japanese Language and Society I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings and other materials, including
television and radio broadcasts. Exercises in composition. Instructor: Saito.
One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
430S
Travel, Gender, and Power.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 430S; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 305 Islamic
Studies
408S
Issues in Japanese Language and Society II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Japanese 407S.
Instructor: Saito. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
220
China from Antiquity to 1400.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Beginning with the early neolithic
cultures, focus on the evolution of Han civilization, the formation of the
imperial state system in China, ecological adaptations and foundations of the
agrarian economy, the coming of Buddhism to China, and China's contacts with
other peoples and regions of Asia up to A.D. 1400. Instructor: Mazumdar. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 337
481
Media Arabic.
Satisfies: CZ FL TV
Course Description: Expose students to a wide variety of
media Arabic taken from written news sources and and Internet programs. help
develop skills in speaking, writing, reading, and listening comprehension
beyond the intermediate high level. Expose students to media materials and
programs from al-Jazeera. Teach students to hold informed discussions and write
simple analyses and reports of current events and debates. Help students read
articles from a selection of newspapers, magazines and websites from around the
Arab world with focus on specialized vocabulary of media Arabic. Instructor:
Habib. One course.
408S
Issues in Hindi Language and Society II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Hindi 407S.
Prerequisite: Hindi 306 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Khanna. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
326A
Advanced Progress in Chinese.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 325A. Third-year
Chinese. Offered in the Duke Study in China Program at Capital Normal
University. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
245
Music in East Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 214; also C-L: Music 234
102
Elementary Korean.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Korean 101. Developing
speaking and listening skills for everyday personal communication; reading
simple narratives and descriptions; learning core grammatical patterns.
Prerequisite: Korean 101 or equivalent (knowledge of Hangul and rudimentary
speaking ability). Instructor: E. Kim. One course.
225
Egypt: Mother of the World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Modern history of Egypt: Napoleon's
conquest in 1798, the "Description of Egypt", Orientalist knowledge,
the Ottoman Empire, Muhammad Ali, Islamic Reform, the Arab Renaissance, Women's
Awakening, the Islamic Revival, Muslim Brotherhood, Arab Nationalism, Gamal Abd
al-Nasser, war and peace with Israel, the culture of the petroleum industry,
Egyptian cosmopolitanism, Egyptian letters (novel, drama, poetry), Egyptian
cinema, mass media, television, and popular culture. Includes an optional
voyage to Egypt during the spring vacation. Instructor: McLarney. One course.
C-L: International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
682
Arabian Nights in the West.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Graduate version of Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies 482. Examines one of the most popular works of world
literature, The Thousand and One Nights. Considers elements of fairy tales,
romances, fables, legends, parables, and adventures. Comparison of narrative
techniques used in Boccaccio's The Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Comparative analysis of the structure of the story. Students in this graduate
section will have a supplementary reading list, additional assignments, and
meet regularly with the professor outside regular class time. Instructor
consent required. Instructor: Jawad Al Mamouri. One course.
408S
Issues in Korean Language and Society II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S
Course Description: Continue developing interpretive and
expressive abilities through reading and discussions of essays, short stories,
and newspaper articles. Prerequisite: Korean 407or equivalent. Instructor: Kim.
One course.
306
Advanced Hindi.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Hindi 305. Prerequisite:
Hindi 305 or equivalent. Instructor: Khanna. One course.
263
Mystical Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 322; also C-L: Islamic Studies
233
Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in
Modern China.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 333; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 334, Study of Sexualities
233, Arts of the Moving Image 270
245
Culture and Politics of South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Explores the politics, history,
cultures, art, and literature of societies and nation-states across the South
Asian continent. Focus on issues such as urbanization; internal/external
migration; linguistic, religious, and ethnic identities and conflicts; the
impact of colonialism, development, and globalization. Instructor: Ewing. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 259
366
Trauma and Space in Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 410
204
Intermediate Persian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Persian 203. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
109
War, Gender, and Postcoloniality.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI I II
Course Description: Covers selected wars in the twentieth
century by examining the intersections between the experience of war and the
ways in which men and women represent themselves. Focus on World Wars and Vietnam, the Algerian Revolution, the
Lebanese Civil War, and the Gulf War. Instructor: Cooke. One course. C-L:
Islamic Studies
239S
Korean Literature in Translation: Local and Global
Connections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 272S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 272S
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
455
Contemporary Chinese Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Elements of Contemporary Chinese Culture
including media, popular culture, literature and the arts. Prerequisite:
Chinese language proficiency at the fourth year level or the equivalent.
Instructor: Liu. One course.
325S
Modern Korean Buddhism in the Global Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 376S
246
Music in South Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 254; also C-L: Music 235
214
Contemporary Israeli Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 241; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 257, Literature 217,
Jewish Studies 241, Islamic Studies
690S
Special Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Seminar version of Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies 590. Topics vary each semester. One course.
266
Screening the Holocaust: Jews, and World Cinema. EI
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 341; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 263
143FS
Modern Jewish Identity between Death and Mourning.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Representations of Death and Dying in
modern Jewish literature, cinema, philosophy, anthropology and sociology.
Traces the place of religious rites of mourning in secular Jewish culture.
Explores the role played by religion in shaping the modern, so-called
"secular" Jewish experience. Instructor: Ginsburg. One course.
571
East Asian Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 605; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 605, International
Comparative Studies
267
Representing the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 343; also C-L: Jewish Studies 267
306S
Advanced Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 306S
408
Issues in Arabic Language and Society II.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Continuation of Arabic 407.
Prerequisite: Arabic 306 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Cooke. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
342A
Between Europe and Asia: The Geopolitics of Istanbul From
Occupation To Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI WWI A
Course Description: Istanbul as a site of historical,
political and cultural interaction between Europe and Turkey. Approach framed
by two important geopolitical events separated by nearly a century: first, the
Allied occupation of Istanbul after
which gave rise to the modern Middle East, and second, Turkey\rquote s
accession to the European Union, a contested transnational process that
officially began in 2005. Examination of issues arising from Turkey\rquote s
separation from Europe as a Muslim country and its potential reintegration as a
functioning democracy. Offered only in the Duke-in-Turkey study abroad program.
Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 389
Slavic and Eurasian Studies 342A
327S
Tibetan Buddhism: Culture, Ethics, Philosophy and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: Introduces students to history,
practice, culture, and ethics of Tibetan Buddhism; contents include overview of
Indian Buddhist practice and ethics; historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism
with a focus on connections between the construction of Buddhist ideal types
(lama and yogin) and political power; Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy; Buddhist
transformation of ethical, social and cultural forms, including the shaman/king
and gift exchange patterns, and analysis of the function of lineage within the
construction of Tibetan polities and social order; readings include textbook
surveys, biography and philosophical texts and poetry. Instructor: Need. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 386S
529S
Gender Jihad: Muslim Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: Roles and representations of women in
Muslim societies of Asia (including Indonesia, South Asia, and the Middle East)
and Africa, as well as in Muslim minority societies (including Europe and the
United States). Examination of ways writers and filmmakers project images of
women in today's Muslim societies. Focus on women as producers of culture and
as social critics. Same as 173S but requires extra assignments. Staff: Cooke.
One course.
422S
Arab Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The emergence of women writers in the
Arab world from nineteenth century poets to 21st century bloggers. Novels,
short stories, autobiographies and poetry dealing with Arab women's rights in
the home and in politics, war, colonialism, religion and sexuality. Writers
include Syrian Idilbi and Samman, Egyptian El Saadawi and Bakr, Lebanese
al-Shaykh, Palestinian Khalifa, Iraqi Riverbend, Algerian Djebar. Instructor:
Cooke. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
214
Modern Chinese Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 431; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 250, Visual and Media
Studies 235
386
Introduction to Islamic Communities in North Carolina.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 339; also C-L: Islamic Studies
645
Orhan Pamuk and World Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Studies the novels and non-fiction of
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk as an introduction into ethics and politics of World
Literature. Addresses social consequences of Pamuk's role as an
intellectual-author who mediates between the national tradition and an
248S
Chinese Literature and Culture in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 232S
306
Advanced Arabic.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Continuation of Arabic 305.
Prerequisite: Arabic 305 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
511
Documentary and East Asian Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 511; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 641
565
The World of Japanese Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 565; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
102
Elementary Japanese.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Japanese 101.
Prerequisite: Japanese 101 or equivalent. Instructor: Endo. One course.
407S
Issues in Korean Language and Society I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S
Course Description: Focus on developing interpretive and
expressive abilities through reading and discussions of essays, short stories,
and newspaper articles. Prerequisite: Korean 306or equivalent. Instructor: Kim.
One course.
250
Korean Literature in Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 272
664
Research Methods in Japanese (B).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Japanese 650; also
C-L: History 503
371S
Classical Chinese in the Modern Context I.
Satisfies: ALP FL A
Course Description: Introduction to Classical Chinese for
the basic reader. Historical background of essential texts in the ancient
period, covering classical literature, philosophy, and history. Focus on
grammar, systematic sentence analysis, and distinctive functions of grammatical
particles. gateway to advanced literary reading and writing (shu-mian-yu).
Enhancement of knowledge of classical literature, philosophy, and history.
Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: Chinese 333 or Chinese 407S.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
123A
Intensive Elementary Hindi.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Covers the basic elementary Hindi
language curriculum (Hindi 1 and 2) in one semester. Conversation, basic
grammar, and vocabulary; introduction to the Devangagari script, the reading of
texts, and culture. Open only to students in the Duke INtense Global program in
Hyderabad. Two courses. Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
210
Colonial Cinema and Post-Colonial Reflections.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 301; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 301, Arts of
the Moving Image 259
102
Elementary Hindi.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Hindi 101. Prerequisite:
Hindi 101. Instructor: Vaishnava. One course.
456
Aspects of Chinese Culture and Society.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Topics in Chinese culture and society
including media, popular culture, literature, and the arts of China.
Prerequisite: Chinese language proficiency at the fourth-year level or the
equivalent. Instructor: Liu. One course.
530S
Seminar in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 505S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 540S
620S
Critical Genealogies of the Middle East: An examination of
the canon of Middle East scholarship.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: This course provides an in-depth
investigation into the various theoretical and textual traditions that inform
interdisciplinary Middle East studies with a focus on History, Cultural
Studies, Religion and Social Sciences. Interdisciplinary in scope, the course
will maintain a disciplinary rigor so that students learn how knowledge is
produced within the framework of specific disciplines. Foci include social
history, literary theory, critical visual studies, and postcolonial theory.
Staff: Cooke. One course.
224A
Intensive Progress in Chinese.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 223A. Offered in
the Duke Study in China Program at Capital Normal University. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
231S
Vampire Chronicles: Fantasies of Vampirism in a
Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 413S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 406 Study of
Sexualities 231 Arts of the Moving Image 217S
326A
Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Examine how the Arab world is embodied
in the global or world system of the 21st century. Learn the specific accents
that inform its citizens and shape its prospects locally, regionally and
internationally. Examine how the major Abrahamic traditions - Judaism,
Christianity and Islam - had their historical origins in the eastern Mediterranean
world, and how they continue to have adherents that populate the region and
challenge the modern notion of citizenship. Explore how the current uprising
reflects the challenges of reconciling local aspirations with global forces.
STUDY ABROAD: Duke in the Arab World Summer 2012. One course. C-L: Religion
371A
530S
Translation Studies and Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: Through reading texts about translation
and by doing an independent project translating part of a play, students
develop skills in translation theory and practice, culminating in a public
staged reading of their work. Each student chooses a different play, in source
language of his/her own choice, and translates into English. Readings are
seminal texts in translation studies covering topics such as globalization,
adaptation, the translator\rquote s role, gender in translation, and
postcolonialism to explore transmission of text/performance across cultures.
Course is for graduate students and undergraduates. Enrollment limited. No
previous translation experience required. Instructor: Conceison. One course.
C-L: Romance Studies 520 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 502S
227
The Emergence of Modern Japan.
Satisfies: CCI CZ A
Course Description: survey of modern Japanese history from
1850 to the present. Emphasis on social change as experienced by ordinary
people. Includes a comparative overview of Japan's experience of modernity.
This class is not open to students who have taken History 122A. Instructor:
Partner. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies
204
Intermediate Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 204
372S
Classical Chinese in the Modern Context II.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL A
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 371S.
Acquaintance with historical background of essential texts in the ancient
period. Focus on grammar, systematic sentence analysis, and distinctive
functions of grammatical particles. gateway to advanced literary reading and
writing (shu-mian-yu). Enhancement of knowledge of classical literature,
philosophy, and history. One course.
203
Intermediate Arabic.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Reading, composition, and conversation
in modern standard Arabic. Readings include selections from the Qur'an,
contemporary literature, and the Arabic press. Prerequisite: Arabic 102 or
equivalent. Instructor: Habib. One course.
203
Intermediate Sanskrit.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Selected readings in the literature and
scriptures, with introduction to the conventions of traditional literary forms,
grammar, and interpretation. Prerequisite: Sanskrit 102/Religion 108.
Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L: Religion 209
333
Advanced Literacy in Chinese.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL TV
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 232, Literacy in
Chinese. Designed for Chinese as a second language. Practice in formal and
informal speech and discourse in speaking and writing. Content drawn from
newspaper articles, essays, and radio broadcasts concerning social and cultural
issues in contemporary China. Develops fluency and skills in writing expository
essays and short stories (narrative) while continuing to advance understanding
of heritage culture and aural/oral proficiency. Prerequisite: Chinese 232 or
equivalent proficiency. Instructor: Staff. One course.
417S
The Middle East in Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Popular culture in the Middle East and
images of the Middle East in United States' popular culture, covering a variety
of cultural forms, including film, music, and comic books. How cultural forms
relate to political and historical processes. Wars and political conflicts;
490AS
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Persian.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
361
Anime: Origins, Forms, Mutations.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Historical origins of Japanese anime, as
well as its status as art, narrative, genre. Ways in which anime mutates:
formally (literature, manga, live action), culturally (fashion, otaku, fan
communities), geographically. No prior knowledge of subject matter or Japanese
language required. Instructor: Yoda. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
260
293A
Research Independent Study on Contemporary China.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Research and field studies culminating
in a paper approved and supervised by the resident director of the Duke in
China program. Includes field trips
204
Intermediate Japanese.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Japanese 203.
Prerequisite: Japanese 203 or equivalent. Instructor: Endo. One course.
102
Elementary Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 102
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
471S
Classical Japanese.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Prerequisite:
Japanese 184 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
407S
Issues in Chinese Language and Society I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Materials from public media used to
analyze diverse social phenomena and cultural issues in contemporary China.
Major focus on developing literary reading and writing skills along with
learning methods of writing academic Chinese essays on a wide range of complex
topics. Topics include popular culture, food, marriage outlooks, Cultural
Revolution, Confucianism, and social issues after the economic reform in China.
Analysis of cultural and literary texts from variety of media and genres providing
a basis for practice in discussion and writing. Instructors: Lee and staff. One
course.
407
Issues in Arabic Language and Society I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Readings and other material, including
films, television, and radio broadcasts. Exercises in composition.
Prerequisite: Arabic 306 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Cooke. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
229
Modern East Asia, 1600-2000.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS A
Course Description: broad survey of the modern history of
the East Asian region: China, Korea Japan, and their ethnic/political/cultural
sub-groups. Explores political, economic, and social interactions within the
region and with the world. Critically appraises concepts of ethnic and national
identity, nationalism and imperialism, development and modernization. Uses
primary historical documents as well as secondary sources. Instructor:
Mazumdar, Partner. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 207
306S
Korean Sociolinguistics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 378S
408S
Issues in Chinese Language and Society II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL A A A A
Course Description: See Chinese 407S. Prerequisite: Chinese
305, 306, 427 428 473 474 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
417S
Francophone Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S S S S
Course Description: Modern literature in French from
French-speaking Africa and the French Caribbean. Topics include tradition and
modernity; colonization, cultural assimilation, and the search for identity;
and women in changing contexts. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 410 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 202
International Comparative Studies 430 History 387 Latin American Studies,
Canadian Studies
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
227
Introduction to the Civilizations of Southern Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 255; also C-L: History 217, International Comparative Studies
212
World of Korean Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 471; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 256, Visual and Media
Studies 234
204
Intermediate Chinese.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Chinese 203.
Prerequisite: Chinese 203. Not open to students who have completed Chinese 232
or 242. Instructor: Cai. One course.
322
Mahayana Buddhism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Special features of the doctrine and
practice of Buddhism in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan, with an account of
their origins in the Indian subcontinent. Instructor: Jaffe or staff. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 306
343A
Gender, Politics and Space in the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A A
Course Description: Examination of relationships of gender,
space, and politics in the modern Middle East. Considers how representations of
the Middle East are gendered, analyzing such icons as the "veiled
women" and "terrorist men" and the political implications of
such representations. Topics include the emergence of new femininities,
masculinities, and sexual identifications, social movements, and the paradoxes
of Islamism, globalization, and neoliberalism in various settings. Offered only
in the Duke-in-Turkey study abroad program. Instructor: Gokariksel. One course.
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 303 Slavic and Eurasian Studies 343
Political Science 213A
105
Biblical Hebrew I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Elements of phonology, morphology, and
syntax. Exercises in reading and writing Hebrew. Course credit contingent upon
the successful completion of Religion 106. Instructor: Leiber or staff. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 105, Hebrew 171
334
Issues in Modern Chinese.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Further development of the elements
practiced in Chinese 131-333. Designed for Chinese as a second language.
Theme-based approach focusing on aspects of social/cultural phenomena and
historical/political background of topics in contemporary China and Taiwan.
258
The Modern Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 214; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 227, International Comparative Studies,
Islamic Studies
502S
Classical Arabic Texts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings of Classical Arabic texts to
include pre-Islamic poetry, philosophy, historiography, tafsirs, adaption.
Instructor: Habib. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
205A
Dardasha Masriyyah: Egyptian Dialect.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Intermediate level foundation in the
structure, pronunciation, vocabulary, culture of Egyptian Arabic. Focus on
communicative skills of listening and speaking of Egyptian dialect of Arabic.
Develop the automated production skills necessary to function in an Arabic
speaking environment of Egyptian culture. Understand Egyptian culture as
reflected in popular imagery & films. Visit cultural sites & icons for
historical awareness. Offered only in the Duke in the Arab World Study Abroad
Program. Pre-req: Arabic 2 or equivalent. Instructor: Habib. One course.
307
Melodrama East and West.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 211; also C-L: Women's Studies 279, Visual and Media Studies
223
474A
Current Issues in Modern Chinese II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Equivalent to fifth year. Readings and
discussion of selections from modern Chinese literature, expository prose, and
the Chinese press. Offered in the Duke Study in China Program at Capital Normal
University. Instructor: Staff. One course.
495S
Senior Honors Thesis Seminar.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Required for AMES seniors completing an
honors thesis. Course will guide students through the writing of the thesis,
the preliminary research for which will have been completed in the Fall.
Students will share and critically evaluate portions of each other's projects.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
149
Introduction to Asian and African Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 105; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
436S
Selected Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Selected Readings in
Contemporary Chinese Literature I. Designed for advanced learners of Chinese as
a second language. Further development of literary reading and writing skills
on a range of formal topics. Advancing analytical competency in the language
and cultural literacy. Content drawn from authentic materials and literary work
by prominent writers in contemporary China. Instructor: Staff. One course.
683
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in Literature and Film.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 603
102
Elementary Arabic.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Arabic 101.
Prerequisite: Arabic 101 or equivalent. Instructor: Lo. One course.
211S
Religion and Culture in Korea.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 176S
226
Ancient and Early Modern Japan.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Japan from earliest settlement to 1868;
the Heian Court, rise of the samurai, feudal society and culture, the Tokugawa
age, and the Meiji Restoration. Instructor: Partner. One course. C-L: Asian
& Middle Eastern Studies 267, International Comparative Studies
234
History and Practice of the Dance and Dance-theatre of
India.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 355; also
C-L: Religion 243, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 154
220S
Al-Qaeda's Terrorism: Roots, Responses, and Ramifications.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: Focus on Al-Qaeda, its roots, ideology,
and its terrorism. Examination of Al-Qaeda's ideology, political culture, and
development by exploring the origins and the narrative discourse of modern
Islamic organizations dating back to the Salfi Movement of the nineteenth century.
Presentation of the patterns and ramifications of Al-Qaeda's terrorist
activities. Use critical thinking in order to differentiate Muslim proper
narrative discourse from that of Al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups.
Instructor: Lo. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
501S
Translation as a Research Tool in Arabic and Islamic
Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Introduces advanced students of Arabic
to the science of translation as a major tool to pursue research in Arabic and
Islamic studies. Learn techniques of translating Arabic text, editing,
accessing biographical translation. Teach students how to translate literary
text, religious text etc. (Qur\rquote an, Hadith, poetry, etc.) Instructor:
Jaward. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
335
Chinatowns: Cultural History.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Explores the intersection of space and
ethnicity through the myriad ways Chinatown has circulated as memory, fantasy,
narrative, myth, in the dominant cultural imagination, and how lived realities
of overseas Chinese communities, Asian American history, and changing
conceptions of "Chineseness" have productively engaged with real and
phantom Chinatowns. Research will emphasize multi-disciplinary approaches, such
as urban history, architecture, ethnography, economics; or engagement in a
creative project. Instructor: Chow. One course. C-L: History 228
153S
Gateway Seminar: Cultural Exchange in Continental Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: Continental Asian history since early
13th century through examination of cultural exchange among Mongol, Russian,
Chinese, Indian, Muslim, and European colonial spheres of influence. Engages
eyewitness accounts to provide hands-on experience of historians' craft.
Exploration of issues of empire, colonialism, nationalism, globalization,
modernity, liberalism, socialism, revolution, war, and religion. Introduction
to historical thinking and writing through activities and assignments,
including an article-length research project. Not open to students who have
taken History 184S/Slavic and Eurasian Studies 184S. Instructor: Tuna. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 107 Slavic and Eurasian Studies
106S
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
434
Chinese Im/migration: Chinese Migrant Labor and Immigration
to the US.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 409; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 268
211
Indian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 251; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 253, Visual and Media
Studies 231
HOUSE COURSES (HOUSECS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 1
59
House Course.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Special topics course. Information about
specific offerings each term available prior to the start of classes at the
following website: \cf2 http://trinity.duke.edu/house-courses\cf1 .
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
LATINO/A STUDIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH (LSGS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 10
290
Special Topics in Latino/a Studies in the Global South\par
Satisfies:
Course Description: Intro to the interdisciplinary field of
Latino/a Studies, and how it reconfigures the study of the United States and
the Americas. Considers literature, history, sociology, economics, politics,
culture and language in examining terms such as: Latino, latinidad, Global
South, transnational, globalization, and multiculturalism. Exploration of
alignments and divergences of Latino/a Studies with African and African
American Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Critical Studies.
Classroom learning will connect with the community outside of Duke. Required
intro course for students in the Latino/a Studies in the Global South
certificate program. Instructor: Viego. One course. C-L: Literature 143 Spanish
160 African and African American Studies 104S
160S
Introduction to Latino/a Studies in the Global South.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latino/a Studies in
the Global South 101S; also C-L: Literature 143 African and African American
Studies 104S
490S-2
Special Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literatures and Cultural
Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Special topics in United States Latina/o
literatures and cultural studies. Topics to be announced. Open to juniors and
seniors.
307S
Issues of Education and Immigration.
Satisfies: CCI FL S
Course Description: Community-based interaction with Durham
Public Schools. Topics: Latino/a identity, access to education for immigrants,
academic performance, assimilation, general pressures of family and peers, bilingualism,
configurations of ethno-racial consciousness. Required 20 hours outside of
class with assigned community partners. Assessment on knowledge of content,
oral and written Spanish, and participation in service. Recommended students
take 300-level Spanish course prior to enrolling. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent. Instructor: Paredes and Staff. One course. C-L: Education 307
Latino/a Studies in the Global South 307S
306
Health, Culture, and the Latino Community.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Issues associated with access to the
health care industry for growing Latino/a population in the US. Topics:
cultural competency issues, medical practices, lexical knowledge related to the
field. Develop research proposal informed by required 20 hours of service work
with local community partners. Assessment on knowledge of content, oral and
written Spanish, and participation in service. Recommended students take
300-level Spanish course prior to enrolling. Pre-requisite: Spanish 204 or
equivalent. Instructor: Paredes and Staff. One course. C-L: Latino/a Studies in
the Global South 306
690
Special Topics in Latino Studies in the Global South.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: comparative approach to Latino Studies
in the Global South that draws on the methods and materials of other
disciplines. Focus on interdisciplinary study. Contents vary with instructors.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
412S
Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI FL R S S
Course Description: Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 367 International Comparative Studies 460 Latino/a
Studies in the Global South 412S
305
Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL W US
Course Description: Designed for students who are heritage
speakers, educated almost exclusively in English, with little exposure to
Spanish in an academic setting. Linguistic work contextualized through three
major fields: arts (music, literature, cinema, painting, sculpting); society
(Latinos & language in the
traditions, immigration related topics); and mass media (television,
radio, newspapers, new technologies). Instructor: Munne and staff. One course.
C-L: Latino/a Studies in the Global South 305
412D
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI R D D D
Course Description: The basic philosophical architecture of
the three great civilizations of America; Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations.
Links the current indigenous revival in the Andes (Bolivia and Ecuador) and in
the South of Mexico and Guatemala with the survival of their historical
legacies. Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 460 Cultural Anthropology 367 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 412
History 412D
308S
Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL W
Course Description: Formation of Latino/a identity(ies) and
community voices through the lens of cultural, political, and social issues at
local and national level. Topics: Minority voices, power and class, linguistic
and artistic expression. Required weekly service work with GANO and the
Mariposa Stories Project. Assessment on knowledge of content, oral and written
Spanish,
PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE (PSY)
Number Of Listed Courses: 134
260
Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
260; also C-L: Psychology 236, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
240
Educational Psychology ( D).
Satisfies: C CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Education 240; also
C-L: Children in Contemporary Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
308
Perception and the Brain.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Explores capacities and limitations of
human sensory systems. How the sense organs detect objects and events and what
brains then do with that information. Concentrates primarily on the visual
system, with some forays into other sensory modalities. Prerequisites:
Psychology 102 or 106. Prior course in statistics is strongly recommended.
Instructor: Groh. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 378
669S
Affective Neuroscience ( C).
Satisfies: B NS A
Course Description: critical examination of current theory
and experimental research related to neurobiology of emotional information
processing and emotion-cognition interactions. Topics range from animal studies
to clinical disorders, including neurogenomics, social cognition, functional
brain imaging, emotional learning and memory, neuroethics, and individual
differences. Basic background in neuroanatomy and cognitive neuroscience
expected. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisites: Psychology 257 or
Psychology 275. Instructor: LaBar. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 669S
352S
Seeing and Knowing: Introduction to Visual Cognition (C).
Satisfies: NS W
Course Description: Current research and debates in visual
cognition. Topics include: visual attention and memory, role of awareness,
effects of neurological disorders, and infant cognition. Prerequisite:
Psychology 102. Instructor: Mitroff. One course.
351S
Cognitive Psychology of Oral Traditions (C).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Oral traditions and collective memory
studied in social contact. Impact of writing on oral literature and culture, on
society and cognitive activities. Basic knowledge of cognitive mechanisms;
examples of various oral traditions. Instructor: Rubin. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 351S
681S
Genetics and Environment in Abnormal Behavior.
Satisfies: EI NS SS
Course Description: Introduces students to an emerging topic
in behavioral science: the interaction between genes and environments.
Evaluates research showing that
105
Abnormal Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: A CCI SS
Course Description: This course provides a broad overview of
abnormal psychology. Areas of focus include: Reviewing different theoretical
perspectives for conceptualizing abnormal behavior; Approaches to the diagnosis
and assessment of psychopathology; Major classes of psychopathology including
how they are defined and treated; Current research in the field of abnormal
psychology. There is a research participation requirement for this course.
Instructor: Rabiner, Rosenthal, or staff. One course.
461S
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ( C).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: The literature on neurobiological
mechanisms of learning and memory. Readings on important historical
discoveries; studies on the processes whereby the brain encodes and stores
information. Readings selected to integrate information from neuroanatomical,
behavioral, neurochemical, and neurophysiological experiments related to
memory. Prerequisite: Psychology 257, 275, 276 or Biology 223/Neuroscience 223
or permission of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Neuroscience
461S
426
Social Psychology of Business (P).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Application of social psychological
principles to the understanding of how businesses respond to significant
environmental change. Focus on multinational firms to allow for consideration
of cross-cultural influences. Prerequisites: Psychology 104/Sociology 104 or a
Markets and Management course. Instructor: Gerend and Bleak. One course. C-L:
Markets and Management Studies
410S
Community Based Prevention Intervention Research.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Theories, methods and evaluation of
health promotion and disease prevention interventions. Emphasis on prevention
intervention research and community based research methodology. Areas of focus:
establish community partnerships, use of formative research in development of
community interventions, prevention interventions, practical procedures for
implementation, dissemination of findings, opportunities for translational
research. Topics include HIV/AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular disease, reproductive
health, psychiatric/mental health with domestic and international
372S
Neuroscience and Cognitive Aging ( C).
Satisfies: B NS R W
Course Description: Theories of cognitive aging (emphasis on
the psychobiological/neurobiological perspectives) focusing on processes of
perception, attention, decision making, memory and movement through both text
and journal readings. Neurological diseases of aging (i.e., Parkinson's
disease, Alzheimer's disease). Focus on developing skills for scientific grant
writing. Instructor: Jurkowski. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 472S
101
Introductory Psychology.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Broad survey of the field of modern
psychology. The class includes a broad study of behavior with emphasis on
biological, evolutionary, cognitive, and developmental perspectives while
placing this work in its historical, social and philosophical context.
Conceptual issues unifying the subfields of psychology are highlighted along
with consideration of techniques and methods by which knowledge about the
brain, mind, thought and behavior is acquired and refined. There is also
discussion about the impacts on life and society of contemporary scientific
approaches and technologies. Students are required to participate in
psychological research. Instructor: Grimes/Murphy/Vieth/Staff. One course.
497
Graduation with Distinction Thesis Preparation Workshop II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Psychology 496. Focus on
completion and submission of Graduation with Distinction thesis.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. For undergraduates only. Consent of
department required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
225
Political Psychology.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
301
376S
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Satisfies: NS W
Course Description: The adaptive functions and physiological
mechanisms of hormone-brain-behavior interaction through an examination of
research and models in the field.Empirical and theoretical papers on the
hormonal modulation of reproduction, rhythms, sexual differentiation, mood,
learning and memory; perspectives on topics ranging from clinical basic science,
with consideration of ethical issues. Research paper required. Prerequisite
Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101 and at least 2 other courses in Psychology,
Neuroscience or Evolutionary Anthropology to provide background. Instructor:
Williams. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 366S
279
Behavioral Neuroimmunology: Brain and Behavior in Health and
Disease (B).
Satisfies: NS L
Course Description: An exploration of the interactions among
the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems, and their consequences for neural
function and behavior, using examples from both the human and animal
literatures. Topics include the role of the immune system in cognition and
emotions, neuroendocrine-immune interactions during stress, and the effects of
stress on health and disease. The potential role of infections in the etiology
of psychopathology (autism, schizophrenia) and neurodegenerative conditions
(Parkinson's, Alzheimer's) will also be discussed. Prerequisite: one of the
following: Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101, Psychology 275/Biology
224/Neuroscience 201, Biology 101 or equivalent. Instructor: Bilbo. One course.
C-L: Neuroscience 373
211
Media and Health Communication.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Major topics include the impact of media
on health and behavior, use of mass, new, and social media strategies for
health promotion, patient-provider communication, and the role of of culture in
health communication campaign design. Students should have basic understanding
of social science research methods. Instructor: Bennett. One course. C-L:
Global Health Certificate 261
290
Special Topics in Psychology - Lecture.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics vary by semester and section from
the areas of Psychology: Abnormal/Health, Biological, Cognitive, Developmental
or Social. Consent of instructor and/or specific prerequisites may be required
for specific offerings. Instructor: Staff. One course.
237
Social Development (S).
Satisfies: D CCI SS
Course Description: Examines children's social development
from birth to age twelve. Attention to influences of family, peers, schools,
television on aspects of social development including emotional attachments,
self-concept, achievement motivation, sex-role development, social competence,
aggression, and moral development. Throughout, attention is also given to major
theoretical perspectives (psychoanalytic, ethological, behavior-genetic, cognitive,
social learning, ecological/cultural), research methodology, and applied and
policy implications of research. Readings focus on children and families from
diverse cultural backgrounds. Prerequisites: Psychology 103, Psychology 104, or
Psychology 221. Instructor: Asher. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary
Society
205
Health Psychology and Behavior Change (S).
Satisfies: A SS
Course Description: The interplay of psychological, social,
cultural and biological factors in health and disease prevention. Major topics
include psychosocial and contextual influences on health and behavior; the
design and evaluation of individual treatments and population interventions;
stress and coping; psychosocial impacts of disease on patients and families.
Emphasis on theory, research design, and causal inference. Students should have
basic understanding of social science research methods. Instructor: Bennett,
Sikkema. One course.
656S
Pediatric Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: D SS
Course Description: The conceptual and methodological bases
for the field. Emphasis on the reasoning, research designs, and methods
implemented at the interface of behavioral and biomedical issues concerning
health care for children. Case material illustrating how developmental,
biological, and psychosocial processes act together in child health and
illness. Focus on adjustment and coping with illness and treatments related to
cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, cancer, diabetes, and seizure disorders.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Bonner. One course. C-L: Children
in Contemporary Society
407S
History of Modern Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: B C D SS STS
Course Description: Major developments in psychology from
the late nineteenth century to the present. Includes consideration of early
experiments, William James, Freud and clinical psychology, behaviorism, Gestalt
psychology, evolutionary thinking, psychological testing, Piaget, humanistic
psychology, cognitive psychology, and questions about psychology's future.
Instructor: Wallach. One course.
372S
Freud and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI R SS S S
Course Description: Introduction to central concepts in
Sigmund Freud's writings, focusing mainly on his understanding of sexuality,
stages of child's development through sexuality including development of the
ego or sense of self, operations of the unconscious and genesis of sexual
drives in the constitution of male and female subjects. Basic Freudian concepts
explained through central feminist questions of sexuality and sexual
difference. Instructor: Grosz. One course. C-L: Literature 260 Literature 310
Psychology 322S
608S
Gender, Pain, and Coping (P).
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Examination of recent research on gender
differences manifested in severity of pain, in healthcare seeking behaviors for
painful conditions, and in responses to pain management interventions such as
medications or self-help efforts. Exploration of gender-related factors,
psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, and biological, which influence
responses to persistent pain. Writing intensive seminar requiring student
critiques of recent journal articles focused on sex and gender differences in
the pain experience, as well as a review paper analyzing recent research in
this area. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
102
Cognitive Psychology: Introduction and Survey (C).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Overview of cognitive processes
including pattern recognition, concept formation, attention, memory, imagery,
mental representation, language, problem
405S
Great Ideas in Psychology (C).
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Ideas in psychology drawn from many
content areas (including perception, personality, motivation, biological,
social, cognitive, developmental, learning) and various methodological approaches
(including experimental, introspection, observation, interview, longitudinal,
computer simulation). Inductive/deductive approaches to psychology. Research
paper required. Prerequisite: junior or senior psychology-major status and
consent of instructor. Instructor: Day. One course.
189FS
Psychosocial Development of the Mind Through the Life
Course.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 189FS
190FS
Focus - Special Topics Seminars.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Content varies by semester. Different courses (and areas of psychology)
indicated by section number. Instructor: Staff. One course.
659S
Nonverbal Cognition.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Exploration of Nonverbal cognition in
animals and human infants. Focus on nonverbal counting and the relationship
between the representation of number, time, and space. Topics include animal
cognition, developmental psychology, neuropsychology, and brain imaging to
sketch a complete picture of how the mind represents number in the absence of
linguistic counting. Upper level undergraduates may enroll with consent of the
instructor. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Brannon. One course.
655S
Children's Peer Relations (D).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examination of the empirical literature
with emphasis on the functions that peers serve for children, the developmental
course of these relationships, the clinical ramifications and possible
explanations for inadequate peer relations (including an examination of the
family's role), and interventions used to improve children's relationships with
their peers. Regular opportunities to analyze, critique, and synthesize primary
research literature. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Asher or
Putallaz. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
339S
Life Span Analysis of Social Relationships ( P).
Satisfies: D CCI R SS W
Course Description: The developmental changes that occur in
social relationships (for example, parent, sibling, peer) across the life span;
the differing roles these relationships play in the development of the
individual. Particular attention given to understanding gender and ethnicity
differences in the forms and functions of relationships. Prerequisite:
Psychology 221 or 103. Instructor: Costanzo or Putallaz. One course.
278
Neuroethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 267;
also C-L: Philosophy 353, Study of Ethics 269
625S
Motives, Goals, and Social Behavior (P).
Satisfies: S SS
Course Description: Covers a variety of topics involving the
motivations underlying a variety of social behaviors (such as interpersonal
relationships, stereotyping, and achievement) and the social and psychological
processes involved when people try to regulate their own motives, thoughts,
emotions, and behavior. Reading and discussion of literature on current theory
and research on motivation, goal-directed behavior, and self-regulation.
Instructor: Shah. One course.
496
Graduation with Distinction Thesis Preparation Workshop I.
Satisfies: APA
Course Description: Designed to help prepare students for
writing of Graduation with Distinction thesis. (Restricted to distinction
candidates.) Topics include: variation in experimental approach, design, and
data analysis; thesis preparation using format; presentation of results for
scientific conferences. Practical, science-writing workshops intermixed with
research presentations by departmental faculty to provide different
perspectives on methodology within the field. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
grading only. Consent of director of undergraduate studies required.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
250
Myths and Mysteries of Memory (C).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Understanding the feats and failures of
memory in everyday situations. Exploration of the use and misuse of memory of
interest across professions (e.g., medicine, law, advertising, education), via
demonstrations, lecture, and readings. Topics include repression, how to study
exams, remembering names, early childhood memories, amnesia, photographic
memory, eyewitness testimony, and pharmacological effects. Instructor: Marsh.
One course.
685S
Biological Pathways to Psychopathology (A(P),C).
Satisfies: B NS MRI PET
Course Description: Introduces students to emerging
methodologies for understanding the biological pathways of psychopathology.
Evaluates research showing that the integration of psychology, neuroimaging,
pharmacology and genetics can illuminate specific biological pathways that help
shape risk for and emergence of psychopathology. Readings are primary journal
articles. Topics include the design and analysis of multimodal research (f pharmacology, molecular genetics) examining
the biological underpinnings of behavioral traits relevant to psychopathology.
Prerequisite: Psychology 277/Neuroscience 277 or Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Hariri. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 685S
103
Developmental Psychology: Introduction and Survey (D).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Overview of the cognitive, social, and
emotional changes that occur throughout the lifespan, with emphasis on the
period from infancy to adolescence. Examines both the empirical evidence (data
collection and analysis) and the theoretical models (constructs using
inductive-deductive reasoning) used in understanding human psychological
development. Required participation in psychological research. Prerequisite:
Psychology 101 strongly recommended. Instructor: Joh, Wilbourn. One course.
224
Human Development (D).
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Human Development
224; also C-L: Psychology 235
303
Functional Neuroimaging (C).
Satisfies: B NS R
Course Description: Overview of use of functional magnetic
resonance imaging (FMRI) in the investigation of human sensory, motor, and
cognitive function. Topics will include FMRI to study human brain systems
involved with movement, sensation, perception, and memory. Students will design
and execute a neuroimaging experiment. Prior course in Statistics is strongly
recommended. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Huettel, Diaz. One
course. C-L: Neuroscience 382
673S
Computer Models and the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.
Satisfies: NS QS S S
Course Description: Introduce students to the use
computational neuroscience modeling for understanding the mechanisms involved
in different psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, substance abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder). In the context of computational models, we
will then analyze behavioral interventions (e.g.,exposure-based therapies) and
pharmacological therapies (e.g., administration of haloperidol in the treatment
of schizophrenia). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Schmajuk/Rosenthal.
One course. C-L: Computer Science 673 Information Science and Information
Studies 673 Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 673S
311S
Coping with Catastrophic Events (P).
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Impact, recovery process, and treatment
techniques including psychological interventions focused on individuals,
groups, and community. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
203
Practicum.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to the research of a
faculty member, often preparing the student for independent study. Format
varies, including readings, data collection and analysis, discussions, or other
activities. Term paper required in the form of an independent Study proposal
using the department form for this purpose; does not oblige the student to take
the independent study. Department consent required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
grading only. Does not count toward the major. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
210
Behavior, Biases, and Interventions in Global Health.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 361
241
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Development: View From
Modern Day Japan and Asia (D).
Satisfies: A C CCI SS
Course Description: Cross-cultural examination of issues in
human development from an Asian perspective, especially from modern day Japan.
Issues such as parenting, cognitive and social development, education, family,
and aging will be evaluated from the perspectives of Japan and other cultures
in Asia including China
281
Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Behavior (P).
Satisfies: B C S NS R
Course Description: Incorporates social psychological
questions and cognitive neuroscience methodologies to answer questions of
social behavior and neural function. Covers a variety of scientific methods
commonly used in social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive
psychology, philosophy, computer science, developmental psychology, evolutionary
anthropology, behavioral economics, and behavioral neuroscience, among others.
Surveys the more common of these methodologies, focuses on fundamental
questions in the field, prepares the student for research that address social
questions relative to the brain, and neuroscience questions influenced by
social behavior. Prerequisite: Psychology 101 and 106 or 104. Instructor:
Harris. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 281
670S
Language, Brain, and Human Behavior.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 502S
657S
Developmental Behavior Genetics (D).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Review estimates of the contribution of
genetic and environmental variance to developmental concepts across the life
span. Basic understanding of the statistical approach to behavioral genetics.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Genome
Sciences and Policy
611S
Global Mental Health.
Satisfies: CCI NS R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 560S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 611S
355S
The Psychology of Trauma and Memory (P).
Satisfies: C A R SS
Course Description: Critical examination of the empirical
research on and theoretical assumptions and logic about memory for trauma in
normal and clinical populations. Topics include claims and data concerning
ongoing debates about accuracy, narrative coherence, involuntary versus
voluntary memory, the effect of extremes of emotion on memory and the
posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis. Levels of analysis range from neural
substrates, through behavior and thought processes to the social construction
of memory and trauma. Prior course work in either cognitive or personality or
clinical psychology is desirable. Instructor: Rubin. One course.
104
Social Psychology (S).
Satisfies: P SS
Course Description: Effects of social interaction and social
processes on a wide range of individual attitudes and behaviors (for example,
conformity, leadership, prejudice, aggression, altruism). Emphasis on the
logic, reasoning, research designs, and methods by which knowledge is
generated. Equal attention to experimental and non-experimental research.
Prerequisite: Psychology 101 strongly recommended. Instructor: Leary, Shah or
Staff. One course.
256
Psychology of Language (C).
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Examination of linguistic structures and
their psychological "reality," language and cognition, biological
bases, animal communication, language pathologies, nonverbal communication,
linguistic universals, and bilingualism. Everyday language phenomena (for
example, slips of the tongue) as well as experimental and theoretical research.
Emphasis on the research designs, methods and reasoning by which the features
of language are assessed. Research proposal required. Instructor: Day. One
course. C-L: Linguistics 207
280
Social and Affective Neuroscience (C).
Satisfies: B CCI NS SS
Course Description: Understanding how individual,
interpersonal, and intergroup behaviors are processed in the brain. Topics
include neuroscience of self- and group identity,
305
Research Methods in Social Psychology (P).
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Study of empirical research methods used
to study contemporary issues in social psychology, including both experimental
and non-experimental strategies. Prerequisite: Psychology 104. Prior course in
statistics is strongly recommended. Instructor: Richman. One course.
435S
The Role of Race and Culture on Development ( P).
Satisfies: D CCI SS S
Course Description: Critical examination of racial,
cultural, and social influences on development of African American children in
the U.S. Traditional and nontraditional theoretical and empirical approaches;
issues surrounding children's cognitive, language, and psychosocial
development, plus educational attainment explored from a socio-cultural
perspective. Includes discussion of racial stereotypes, familial interactions,
social policy, the media, and peer groups. Prerequisites: Introductory Psych,
Developmental, Human Development, Research Methods courses. Juniors and Seniors
only. Instructor: Wilbourn. One course. C-L: African and African American
Studies 420 Human Development
337S
Infancy ( S).
Satisfies: C D R SS
Course Description: Critical analysis of research on
perceptual, cognitive, social, emotional, and motor development in human
infants. Existing models of development in these areas evaluated in light of
recent experimental findings. Final projects integrating research findings
across different domains, creating novel hypotheses and designing experiments
to test these hypotheses. Prerequisite: Psychology 103, and one other
psychology course. Instructor: Grimes or Joh. One course. C-L: Children in
Contemporary Society
580
The Biological Basis of Music.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 559;
also C-L: Philosophy 559
260
Psychological Anthropology (
P).
Satisfies: C D CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 237
510S
Developmental Psychopathology.
Satisfies: EI R SS STS
Course Description: Examines emotional and behavioral
disorders in childhood and adolescence from a developmental perspective. Issues
addressed include biological, cognitive, familial, and social aspects of the
disorders and relevant risk and protective factors. Open only to graduate
students and advanced undergraduate students. Instructor: Curry.
270
Biopsychology of Affective and Mood Disorders.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: An exploration of the biological
underpinnings of anxiety and affective disorders, including depression, bipolar
disorder, and others. Current and historical treatments also discussed in terms
of biological mechanisms and cultural influences driving treatment approaches.
Prerequisite: Psychology 106 or Psychology 275. Instructor: Murphy. One course.
628S
Anthropology and Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: C CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 520S
224
Self and Society (P).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 204; also C-L: Women's Studies
627S
Stereotypes and Stigma (P).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Experimental research in stereotyping
and stigma; readings from psychology, public health, and sociological
perspectives on issues related to ethnicity, gender, and social class. Consent
of instructor required. Prerequisites: Psychology 104. Instructor: Richman. One
course.
321S
Personality and Individual Differences.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Study of assessment of personality and
cognitive-ability traits, and their influence on the life course. Topics
include: assessment of personality traits; behavioral genetics; personality
continuity and change across the life course; influence of personality traits
and intelligence on health and status attainment. Prerequisite: introductory
course work in psychological methods and statistics in the behavioral sciences.
Instructor: Caspi. One course.
375L
Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 380L
605S
Obesity and Eating Disorders ( P).
Satisfies: B CCI NS R SS A
Course Description: review of obesity and of the major
clinical eating disorders (including binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa and
anorexia nervosa) and their pathophysiology, and their treatments.
Prerequisite: Introductory Biology. Instructor: Surwit. One course.
220
The Psychology of Gender (P).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The psychology of gender in this
country, including sex differences, separation and individuation, and
achievement; sexuality; sex-roles; mental health problems particularly salient
to genders: cultural influences on gender development and views within the
field of psychology of gender. Instructor: Vieth. One course. C-L: Women's
Studies
451S
Emotions and the Brain ( C).
Satisfies: B NS A
Course Description: broad perspective of the expanding field
of affective neuroscience. How emotions are mediated in the brain. Overview of
neural theories of emotion along with the relevant neuroanatomy and
psychopharmacology, animal models of emotion, insights from human cognitive and
clinical neuroscience. Emphasis on understanding the mechanisms by which
emotion influences cognitive processes, including perception, attention,
learning, and memory. Prerequisites: Psychology 102 or Psychology
106/Neuroscience 101, required and Psychology 273 or 275 preferred. Instructor:
LaBar. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 451S
209
Stress and Coping (P).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Psychological theory and empirical work
on stress and coping, with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress. Focus on the
research designs, methods and reasoning by which stress is inferred and its
effects assessed. Prerequisite: Psychology 99. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
336S
Issues in Language Development ( D).
Satisfies: C CCI SS W S
Course Description: "Critical Period" in language
development, the role of 'motherese,' infant speech perception, innovative word
creation, telegraphic speech, bilingualism and second language learning,
learning to read, language, cognition and culture, and language pathology.
Focus on learning to critically evaluate empirical research papers from various
areas of language development. Appropriateness of hypotheses, methodology and
analyses, and whether or not the data the researchers gather warrants the
conclusions they draw. Instructor: Mazuka. One course. C-L: Linguistics 336
Children in Contemporary Society
350S
Thought in Action: The Origins of Human Tool Use ( C).
Satisfies: B NS R SS STS
Course Description: Current theory and empirical research on
the cognitive bases of tool use in humans, non-human primates, and other
animals. Animal cognition and behavior, evolutionary psychology, cognitive
development, cognitive neuroscience, object-user interfaces from engineering,
and impact on society from the early industrial age to the present.
Prerequisites: Psychology 102, 103, 106 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Evolutionary Anthropology 350S
207
Child Clinical Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: D SS
Course Description: The etiology and developmental course of
major childhood psychological disorders. Practices of assessment, diagnosis,
and treatment of childhood psychological disorders and the research that
supports these practices. Emphasis on understanding interactions among
individual child, family, and social factors in the etiology, diagnosis, and
treatment of childhood psychological disorders. Prerequisite: Psychology 103 or
105. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
201
Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychology (G).
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to statistical methods used
in psychological research. Topics in applied statistical methods: measures of
central tendency and variability; probability and distributions; confidence
intervals and hypothesis testing; t-test and analysis of variance; correlation
and regression; chi-square tests. Calculate and interpret statistics
referencing data and research questions typical in psychological research.
Includes a lab section with instruction in management and analysis of data
using statistical software designed for use in social science research.
Required for the major. Pre-requisites: two Psychology or two Neuroscience
courses or one Psychology and one Neuroscience course. Instructor: Covington,
Harris, or Hoyle. One course.
235S
Clinical Issues for the Community. SS
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of
Sexualities 235S; also C-L: Psychology 310S
304
Child Observation (D).
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Introduction of research methods used to
study children, with particular emphasis on observational techniques. Focus on
developing proficiency in research methodology, becoming skilled at
communicating research findings to other psychologists, and increasing
knowledge and expertise with young children. Prior course in Statistics is
strongly recommended. Junior and Senior only and consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Grimes. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
276
Brain and Behavior (B).
Satisfies: NS FS
Course Description: 'Introduces students to behavioral
neuroscience--the study of how the brain generates behavior. Focus on detailed
biological mechanisms underlying specific behaviors in many organisms,
especially mammals. Topics covered include control of movement, sleep, learning
and memory, motivation, emotion, and decision making. Prerequisite (one of the
following): Psychology 106/Neuroscience 101, Psychology 275/Neuroscience 201,
Psychology 195FS/Neurobiology 193FS/Neuroscience 193 Neurobiology 195FS.
Instructor: Yin. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 211
354S
Emotion and Cognition ( P).
Satisfies: C SS
Course Description: How emotion, whether generated from
everyday experiences or clinical disorders (such as depression, posttraumatic
stress disorder, schizophrenia)impact critical memory and cognitive processes;
emphasis on both psychological and physiological models. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
272
Memory and the Brain (B).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Brain function in relation to the
phenomenon of memory. Historical and current perspectives. Instructor:
Swartzwelder or staff. One course.
222
Motivation and Cognitive Influences in Social Psychology
(P).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Course details the important
intersection of cognitive and motivational approaches within social psychology
with emphasis on basic social psychological principles and theories that have
emerged from this synergy. Explores how a "motivated cognition"
approach to social psychology has influenced research on self-concept,
self-regulation, achievement behavior, group and interpersonal processes,
stereotyping and prejudice, among other fundamental topics and issues in the
field. In addition to required midterm and final, students will be expected to
actively participate in discussions and to present a more in depth analysis of
weekly readings to class at least once during semester. Instructor: Shah. One
course.
334S
Medical Decision Making (C).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Psychology 353S
672S
Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory (C).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Research on the neural correlates of
memory in humans. Neuropsychological studies with brain-damaged patients and
functional neuroimaging studies with healthy individuals. Cognitive neuroscience
models of memory, including episodic memory, working memory, semantic memory,
priming, and procedural memory. Prerequisite: Psychology 102 or Psychology
106/Neuroscience 101, and consent of instructor. Instructor: Cabeza. One
course. C-L: Neuroscience 672S
239
Adolescence (D).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Adolescent development, including
identity formation, intelligence, sexuality, peer and parent relationships,
vocational choices, drugs, and psychopathology. Theory and empirical findings.
Emphasis on the methods and research designs that have led to an understanding
of adolescent development. Required participation in service learning.
Instructor: Grimes. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
427S
Motivational Approaches in Social Psychology (P).
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Social psychology on motivation and its
role in determining nature and consequences of self and social-regulation.
Focus on research and theorizing on differing motivations underlying social
behavior (such as the motivations characterizing stereotyping and prejudice as
well as achievement behavior and interpersonal relationships). Prerequisite:
Psychology 104 and either statistics or a psychological research/methods
course. Instructor: Shah. One course.
436S
Clinical Interventions with Children and Families ( P).
Satisfies: D SS
Course Description: Study of techniques used by clinical
psychologists to treat and prevent psychological disorders of childhood. Focus
on a) understanding major types of clinical interventions, b) how clinical psychologists
develop, implement, and evaluate interventions, c) ethical issues in treating
children and families, d) integration of research and practice in the treatment
and prevention of childhood psychological disorders. Enrollment limited to
juniors and seniors. Prerequisites: Psychology 105 or 207, and a research
methods course or statistics course. Instructor: Staff. One course.
658S
Seminar in Emotion ( P).
Satisfies: D SS
Course Description: Theories of emotion, covering
biological, developmental, social, ethological, and cultural perspectives.
Topics include facial and vocal expression of emotion, individual differences
in emotion development, the role of emotion in social relationships, emotion
and psychopathology, and emotion and physical health. Prerequisite: Psychology
104 or 114 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Women's Studies
473S
The Neurobiology of the Pain System: Its Function and
Dysfunctions.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: The physiological basis of the pain
system and its role in everyday life. Pain system disorders and dysfunctions,
such as phantom limb pain, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia are discussed in
terms of biological mechanisms and the perceptions and experiences of patients.
Practice reading and writing scientific papers. Prerequisites: Psychology
106/Neuroscience 101 or Psychology 275/Biology 224/Neuroscience 201.
Instructor: Murphy. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 473S
253
Human Memory (C).
Satisfies: SS A
Course Description: review of the theoretical and empirical
study of human memory. Emphasis on research designs, methods, and reasoning by
which understanding is gained of memory across the life span. Topics include
transient and short-term memories, models of memory, unconscious memories, and
memory processes and tasks. Covers both data and theory, historical and
contemporary research, behavioral and brain research. Prerequisite: Either
Psychology 102 or 250. Instructors: Marsh, Rubin, or Serra. One course.
257
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience ( C).
Satisfies: B NS FS FS
Course Description: The biological bases of higher brain
function, including perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, executive
functions and consciousness. Emphasis on human brain function at the
macroscopic network-level, and the current theories and controversies in this
rapidly growing field. Course is not recommended for Freshmen. Prerequisites
(one of the following): Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 or Psychology 102 or
Neuroscience 201/Psychology 275, or Neurobiology 195or Psychology
195FS/Neurobiology 193FS/Neuroscience 193or permission of instructor.
Instructor: Egner, LaBar. One course. C-L: Philosophy 249, Neuroscience 212
682S
Exploring the Prefrontal Cortex (B).
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Review and critical analysis of current
and historical perspectives on functional neuroanatomy of the prefrontal
cortex. Discussion is informed by anatomical, neuropsychological, neurological,
neuroimaging, animal models, and computational approaches. Open to juniors and
seniors majoring in Psychology or Neuroscience, and to graduate students.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Egner. One course. C-L: Neuroscience
682S
690S
Special Topics in Psychology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary by semester and section from
the different areas of Psychology: Biological, Cognitive, Developmental or
Personality/Social. Consent of instructor and/or specific prerequisites may be
required for specific offerings. Open to Undergraduate as well as
Graduate/Professional students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490A
Duke Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Psychology.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics differ by session. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
208
Behavioral Medicine (P).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Overview of the interdisciplinary field
of behavioral medicine, emphasizing the integration of the social and
behavioral sciences in the service of understanding physical health and
illness. Psychosocial risk factors for medical illness; biobehavioral
mechanisms whereby psychosocial risk factors affect pathophysiology; and
biobehavioral intervention to treat and rehabilitate patients with major
medical disorders in interdisciplinary settings. Psychology 205 encouraged as a
prerequisite, but not required. Instructor: R. B. Williams. One course.
301
Research Methods in Psychological Science (G).
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Hands-on experience in designing and
conducting research in psychology. Theoretical topics include experimental and
non-experimental methods, including observational, archival, and case-study
methods. Problems of validity and control. Using these theoretical tools,
students review literature, design experiments, collect data, analyze data, and
write papers on areas such as learning, cognitive science, sensation and
perception, and social and psychology. Instructor: Cooper, Schwartz, or Staff.
One course.
106
Biological Bases of Behavior: Introduction and Survey (B).
Satisfies: NS STS AP
Course Description: An introduction to the methods, models,
and reasoning that have led to discoveries about brain-behavior relations, and
a critical evaluation of the current theories that guide our thinking about the
neurobiology, development and evolution of sensory and cognitive processes,
sleep, pain, emotion, hunger, and thirst as well as maternal and sexual
behavior patterns. Recommended background: Biology or strong Biology
background. Psychology 101 recommended for Psychology majors. Instructor:
Williams, Murphy or Staff. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 101
607S
Personality, Stress, and Disease (P).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: The interaction between person and
social environment as a contributor to development of physical disease. Both
epidemiological and laboratory-based research considered. Prerequisite:
Psychology 205 for undergraduates and consent of instructor. Instructor: R. B.
Williams. One course.
258
Decision Neuroscience.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: How new research in neuroscience,
cognitive psychology, and behavioral economics shapes our understanding of
decision making. Topics include functional organization of key brain systems,
approaches to measuring and interpreting neuroscience data, methods for measuring
decision-making behavior, economic and cognitive modeling, and impact of
neuroscience on real-world decision-making. Emerging topics will include
applications in policy, marketing, and finance. Prior coursework in
neuroscience or decision sciences is strongly recommended. Instructor: Huettel.
One course. C-L: Neuroscience 258
290A
Special Topics: Duke-Administered Study Abroad.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
238
Psychology of Ethnicity and Context (D).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Focuses on children and families as they
are shaped and impacted by race, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
community/neighborhood context. Aspects considered include: parental beliefs,
expectations, disciplinary strategies, children's mental health and academic
and career goals. Prerequisite: Psychology 103, recommended. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 248, Children in Contemporary
Society, Global Health
665S
Autobiographical Memory (C).
Satisfies: SS A
Course Description: review and critical analysis of the
literature, theory, and empirical study of autobiographical memory within
cognitive psychology. Emphasis on the reasoning, research designs, and methods
used in examining autobiographical memory. Consent of the instructor required.
Instructor: Rubin. One course.
671S
Disturbances in Eating and Body Experience Across the
Lifespan.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Study of atypical and typical
development of conscious somatic sensation, i.e. how individuals sense and
understand body signals and how extremes of sensitivity may form part of the
core phenomenology of disorders such as anorexia nervosa, pediatric obesity,
and autism spectrum disorders Study of detailed narratives of patients have
served as a springboard for novel hypotheses about human function. Readings
alternate between primary journal articles to patient memoirs and narratives.
Students interview patients struggling with eating disorders, children who
binge eat, and children with high functioning autism, among other clinical
conditions. Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students. Instructor: Zucker. One
course.
307
Advanced Abnormal Psychology (P).
Satisfies: A NS R SS
Course Description: An advanced course in the study of adult
psychopathology. Lecture and readings emphasize psychological and neuroscience
perspectives on disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Readings are
both textbook chapters and journal articles. Topics also include the logic of
diagnostic systems, methodological and ethical issues in psychopathology
research, integration across levels of analysis, and translating research
findings into effective interventions. *This class satisfies the methods
requirement for the Psychology major. Instructor: Strauman. One course.
610S
The Psychology of Mindfulness Meditation: Theory, Research,
and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI NS SS
Course Description: Mindfulness meditation in relation to
psychological and physical health. Traditional Buddhist teachings and
contemporary Western perspectives on mindfulness. Survey of empirical research,
including controlled trials and studies of basic mechanisms and processes
through self-report, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging methods. Use of
mindfulness practices in behavioral and other psychotherapies. Includes
experiential learning through meditation practices in class and for homework
assignments, as well as lecture and discussion. Readings mostly original
journal articles and book chapters. Prerequisites: Psychology 102, 105, or 106
desirable. Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Instructor:
Robins. One course.
425
The Psychology of Consumers (P).
Satisfies: C EI SS
Course Description: The psychology of consumers and ways of
influencing consumer behavior. How knowledge of consumer psychology and
behavior is used to develop marketing techniques. How to use consumer
psychology in making business decisions; the ethical issues associated with
consumer influence. Prerequisites: Prior course in Psychology. Instructor:
Chartrand. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies
274
Drugs, Brain, and Behavior (B).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 360; also C-L: Neuroscience 360
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
193FS
Neurobiology of Mind.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 193FS;
also C-L: Neuroscience 193FS
313
Contemporary Neuroscience Methods.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 376
252
Psychology of Thinking (C).
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Overview of high level cognitive
processes in both theoretical and applied areas. Emphasis on the research
designs, methods, and reasoning for understanding how people engage in
categorization, problem solving and decision making. The social implications of
cognitive testing and an appreciation of the role of human factors in a
technological age. Prerequisite: one previous psychology course. Instructor:
Marsh or Serra. One course.
684S
Hormones, Brain, and Cognition ( C).
Satisfies: B NS R
Course Description: Current research on how hormones modify
and modulate cognitive processes across the lifespan. Consent of instructor
required. One course. Instructor: C. Williams. One course. C-L: Neuroscience
584S
273
Behavior and Neurochemistry ( P).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: The role of brain chemicals
(neurotransmitters, peptides, and hormones) in behavior. Hypotheses addressing
the neurobiology of mental disorders and how they can be treated by
pharmacological intervention. Emphasis on the development and critical
evaluation of pharmacological models of brain function using mathematical
and/or deductive/inductive models of reasoning and experimentation.
Prerequisite: Psychology 101(RE), formerly 91. Instructor: Meck or staff. One
course. C-L: Neuroscience 363
609S
Psychosocial Determinants of Health.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Provides an in-depth understanding of
psychosocial determinants of health. Emphasis on the ways psychological factors
interact with social, cultural, economic, and environmental contexts of health.
Topics include impact of social integration, socioeconomic position,
discrimination, health behaviors, and affective states on health outcomes. Students
will gain competency through lectures, discussions, written work, and oral
presentations. Prerequisite: Psychology 104 or 105, Research Methods. Open to
Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students. Instructor: Richman. One course.
206
Alcohol: Brain, Individual, and Society ( P).
Satisfies: B NS R SS STS W
Course Description: Multidisciplinary course exploring the
impact of alcohol use on individuals and society. Integrated segments focus on:
biomedical effects; addiction and treatment; historical context of drinking;
and college drinking issues. Instructors: Rezvani or Swartzwelder. One course.
680S
Behavioral Physiology: Basic Systems (P).
Satisfies: SS S
Course Description: Organ systems review of physiology,
emphasizing the role of the central nervous system and behavior in
physiological function. Emphasis on the research designs, methods, and
reasoning by which the physiology of behavior is understood. Prerequisite:
Psychology 106 or 474for undergraduates and consent of instructor. Instructor:
Surwit. One course.
660S
Achievement Motivation.
Satisfies: R SS I I PSY
Course Description: Course provides an in-depth look at the
development of achievement motivation in educational settings (primarily
elementary through college) from a psychological perspective. Addresses how
students' responses to questions such as "Can do this task?" and
"Why do want to do this task?" shape engagement and learning. Focus
will be on how achievement motivation develops and what can be done to promote
the development of adaptive forms of motivation. Course readings include an
advanced text accompanied by theoretical and empirical journal articles.
Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior status and
completion of 103 or 104. Instructor: Linnenbrink-Garcia. One course. C-L:
Children in Contemporary Society
251
Learning and Adaptive Behavior ( C).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: Principles of instrumental learning in
animals and humans. Topics include elicitation, classical conditioning,
reinforcement, punishment, problem solving, behavioral economics, and verbal
behavior. Focus on empirical data, quantitative analysis, research methodology,
and technologies generated from learning research. Prerequisite: none, but some
knowledge of quantitative science desirable. Instructor: Schmajuk. One course.
C-L: Biology 268
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Psychology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
606S
Minority Mental Health: Issues in Theory, Treatment, and
Research (P).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Survey and discussion of theoretical,
research, and clinical issues in minority mental health with special emphasis
on African-Americans. Prerequisite: Psychology 105 for undergraduates and
consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 547S
275
Fundamentals of Neuroscience (B).
Satisfies: NS STS DL L
Course Description: Introduction to neuroscience: basic
physiology; microstructure and anatomy of neural tissues; mechanisms of
neuronal development and integration; sensory-motor control; auditory, visual,
and olfactory systems; neural foundations of animal behavior; evolution of
nervous systems. Emphasis on development and critical evaluation of neuronal
theories of brain function using biochemical, mathematical, and/or
deductive/inductive models of reasoning and experimentation. Pre-requisites:
Chemistry 101or equivalent; Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 is required for
Neuroscience majors; must have completed or be currently enrolled in Biology 201or
202L; not recommended for first year students. Instructor: Bilbo or Meck. One
course. C-L: Biology 224, Neuroscience 201
499S
Current Research in Neuroscience.
Satisfies: EI NS R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 499S
254
The Creative Mind (C).
Satisfies: ALP SS
Course Description: The nature of the creative thinking; the
conscious and unconscious processes involved. Creativity in problem solving,
sciences and math, the visual arts, literature, music, movies, theater, business,
and destruction. Instructor: Schmajuk. One course. C-L: Information Science and
Information Studies
406S
Theoretical Issues in General Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: C D SS
Course Description: Examination of theoretical and
philosophical issues, such as relativism, the relation between mind and brain,
and whether psychology is or can become a science, that cut across different
areas of psychology. Emphasis on different views of the mind and what can be
known about it. Instructor: Wallach. One course.
302
Brain Waves and Cognition ( C).
Satisfies: B NS R
Course Description: Combined lecture/lab course on the
event-related potential (ERP) method and its use in cognitive neuroscience.
ERPs--electrical brain waves triggered by sensory and cognitive events--provide
a powerful means to noninvasively study the timing and sequence of the neural
activity underlying cognitive processes. How ERPs are generated, recorded, and
analyzed, how they are used to study cognitive processes, and their
relationship to other measures of brain activity. Students gain direct
experience with the method in the lab. Prerequisites: two of the following:
Psychology 106, 102, 257 or 275). Prior course in statistics and proficiency
with computers strongly recommended. Instructor: Woldorff. One course. C-L:
Neuroscience 383
371S
Cognition in the Classroom: Applying the Science of Learning
to Education.
Satisfies: NS R SS
Course Description: An overview of the science of learning
and memory, emphasizing applications to education. Cognitive psychology as
related to topics such as study strategies, discovery learning, long-term
maintenance of knowledge, metacognition, concept learning, individual
differences across learners, and the skill of teaching. Prerequisite: prior
course in cognitive psychology. Instructor: Marsh. One course.
475S
The Neuroscience of Stress (A).
Satisfies: B C NS
Course Description: Explores the impact of stressors,
including environmental and social stressors, on brain function and behavior.
Encompasses original experimental observations of adaptive responses to stress
that range from molecular assessments to systems-level analyses. Research
articles and text readings. Good Neuroscience background needed: Psychology
275/Neurobiology 201/Biology 224 or Psychology 276/Neuroscience 211 (Brain and
Behavior), or prior approval from the professor. Instructor: Covington. One
course. C-L: Neuroscience 465S
474S
Biological Psychology of Human Development ( P).
Satisfies: B D R SS W
Course Description: Multidisciplinary perspectives bearing
on key processes in human development from infancy through old age; the way
that biological and psychological processes act together in normal and
pathological behavior and development. Clinical case material and videotapes.
Open to juniors and seniors only, preferably Psychology majors and students in
the Program in Human Development. Instructor: Thompson. One course. C-L: Human
Development
277
Looking Inside the Disordered Brain ( A).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 277
338S
Thought Without Language (
D).
Satisfies: B C NS
Course Description: The nature of thought without language
and the representational strategies employed by infants and animals when
thinking about number and other seemingly complex subjects. Comparison of how
infants and non-human animals solve similar problems in an effort to understand
more broadly the type of cognition that is possible without language. Topics
include infantile amnesia, serial memory, symbolic models, object permanence,
imitation, theory of mind, causality, and tool-
477S
Biology of Nervous System Diseases.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 421S; also
C-L: Neuroscience 421S
255
Human Cognitive Evolution.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Evolutionary
Anthropology 260
668S
Everyday Cognition (C).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Selected cognitive processes (e.g.,
encoding, retrieval, representation, information load) and how they work in
everyday settings. Cognition in classrooms, courtrooms, hospitals, grocery
stores, jobs, athletics, and dance. Special focus on medical cognition,
courtroom cognition, and memory for movement. For each setting, successful vs.
mediocre performance, task analysis, errors, experiments, applications.
Presentations by the instructor, students, and specialists from the everyday
world (e.g., pharmacists, judges, choreographers). Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Day. One course.
575
Brain and Language ( C).
Satisfies: B NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 510;
also C-L: Neuroscience 510
309
Research Methods in Global Health.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 371
471S
Reward and Addiction (B).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Biological and psychological mechanisms
of reward and addiction from a "molecules to mind" perspective.
Topics include: neural mechanisms of reward, vulnerability to addiction,
self-medication, addiction as a learning process, animal models of addiction,
gateway drugs, roles
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SLAVIC AND EURASIAN STUDIES
Number Of Listed Courses: 141
619S
The Empire's Western Front: Russian and Polish Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Exploration through literature and film
of the relationship between Russian and Polish cultures in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries when imperial Russia/Soviet Union figured as Poland's
problematic "east," and subject state of Poland figured as Russia's
problematic "west." Nineteenth century anti-tsarist uprisings, 1920 Soviet-Polish
campaign, Poland's postwar sovietization, rise of Solidarity, construction of
their respective national identity vis-a-vis an other imagined as foe or friend
in fiction, drama, film, memoirs. Includes works by Pushkin and Dostoevsky;
films by Andrzej Wajda. One course.
101
Elementary Russian I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Introduction to understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing. Study of contemporary Russian language and important
elements of Russian culture. Instructor: Van Tuyl. One course.
302S
Contemporary Russian Composition and Readings.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 301S.
Prerequisite: Russian 301S. Instructor: Staff. One course.
210FS
Islam and Orthodoxy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Same as Russian 210S; open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Islamic
Studies
303
Third-Year Russian Conversation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Conversation course for students
enrolled in Russian 301S. Not open to students currently taking Russian 203 or
Russian 402. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
223A
Contemporary Russian Media.
Satisfies: CCI EI FL SS A
Course Description: Same as Russian 135 but taught only in
St. Petersburg. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 204 or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 320 International
Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image
204
Intermediate Pashto II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Pashto 203.
Prerequisite: Pashto 101, 102, 203, or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
314
The Devil in Russian Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The symbolic and metaphorical system
that surrounds the image of the Fiend; the figure of the Devil in his various
manifestations through Russian folklore, culture, and literature. Taught in
English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
322S
Women in Contemporary Russian Society.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R S
Course Description: Explores the political, social,
economic, and domestic challenges facing women in post-soviet Russia and
analyzes Russian women's collective and individual responses through activism,
organization, journalism, and the arts. Specific topics include women in
official/oppositional politics, women and the market, women's health and
physical welfare. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies
215 International Comparative Studies, Women's Studies
563
Theory and Practice of Translation.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Detailed study of the American,
European, and Slavic scholarly literature on translation combined with close
analysis of existing literary and journalistic translations and a program of
practical translation exercises and projects from English to Russian and
Russian to English. Prerequisite: three years of Russian language study or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Flath. One course.
401
Advanced Russian.
Satisfies: CCI FL S
Course Description: Intensive exposure to Russian word
formation with an emphasis on the students' refinement of oral and written
language skills. Development of discourse strategies and writing style through
textual analysis, compositions and essays. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite:
Russian 302or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
373S
Journey to Eurasia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS S
Course Description: Exercise in reconstructing Eurasian
history from the 13th century Mongol invasions to post-Soviet era through
critical reading of eyewitness accounts--travel notes and memoirs. Reflects on
political, religious, and cultural evolution, expansion, and rivalry as well as
cross-cultural and trans-regional exchange. Instructor: Tuna. One course. C-L:
History 216 International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
320S
& U.S. SS
Satisfies: END OF IN CCI EI SS US
Course Description: Brief history of hospice movement in US
and Russia. Examine key moments in end of life issues in each country; focus on
social attitudes to death and dying and their effects on end of life care.
Sources include memoirs, fiction, theoretical works, and policy documents.
Service learning course; includes work at sites such as the Unicorn Bereavement
Center, a skilled nursing facility, or the state\rquote s attorney\rquote s
office. Instructor: Gheith. One course.
380S
Russian Culture in the Era of Terror: Reexamination.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Readings from various sources, such as
recently published diaries and literary works; film and other critical and
historical material. The 'era of the great terror' (1934-39) seen through
cultural production, its reception through everyday life narratives and
contemporary ideology critique. Taught in English. Instructor: Gheith. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
208AS
Intermediate Russian Language and Culture.
Satisfies: CZ FL AS
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 207AS. (Taught
in St. Petersburg in Russian and English depending on placement.) Prerequisite:
Russian 207or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
286S
Borderland and Battleground: journey Through
Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ I II SES
Course Description: Explores through history, film, fiction,
and memoirs the "extreme" political experience, hybrid ethnic
identities, and stunning art and testimony of twentieth-century Central and
Eastern European cultures, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania,
and Yugoslavia. Traces the emergence of new nation states in the region at the
end of World War the rise of Nazism and
Stalinism, the devastating experience of World War and the absurdist mix of politics and daily
life in Eastern Europe from 1945 until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Graduate
level version of 186; undergraduates may enroll only with permission of
instructor. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Literature 296S
382
Putin's Russia: The History of Economic and Political
Consolidation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 283; also
C-L: Political Science 220
607S
The City of Two Continents: Istanbul in Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Presents Istanbul, a city located in
both Europe and Asia, as a site of political identities in conflict. Overview
of contemporary literature and film set in Istanbul. Studies ethical
implications of textual and visual representations of various people and groups
interacting in urban spaces. Addresses the reasons for Turkey's love-hate
relationship with the Ottoman past and Europe. Historical background,
modernity, identity, Islam, and cosmopolitanism. Open to graduate students who
must follow a comprehensive reading program and complete graduate-level
assignments. Knowledge of Turkish not required. Instructor: G\'f6knar. One
course. C-L: Islamic Studies
551
Russian Stylistics and Conversation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL W
Course Description: Refinement of stylistic control and
range in spoken and written Russian through intensive textual analysis,
including literary (prose and poetry) texts, popular and scholarly journals,
and film. Emphasis on fluent discursive skills, as well as development of expository
prose style and rhetorical strategies. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian
401 and 402, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. One course.
423S
City Stops Between Europe and Asia: From Prague to Kabul.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS SES
Course Description: Explores the multi-layered histories and
identities of cities positioned on imperial routes extending from Europe's
eastern borders into Central Asia--Prague, Warsaw, Kazan, Istanbul,
Bukhara/Tashkent, Kabul. Examines how these urban spaces bear the political,
religious, cultural, and linguistic imprints of overlapping empires--Mongol,
Ottoman, Hapsburg, Russian, and Soviet. No prerequisites. All readings in
English translation and films screened with English subtitles. Open to all
students; also serves as capstone for majors. One course.
490S
Special Topics in Russian and American Culture.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Russian 490.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
321
The New Russia: Reflections of Post-Soviet Reality in
Literature and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: Examination of fiction and film in the
post-Soviet period. Topics include: crime and social breakdown in the 1990s and
2000s; transformations of classic character types (anti-hero, virgin-whore,
swindler-rogue); religious and ethical quests; taboo-breaking themes. Works by
authors Sorokin, Grishkovets, Pelevin, Petrushevskaya, Sadur, Shishkin, Minaev,
Tolstaya, Akunin, Ulitskaya and filmmakers Bodrov, Rogozhkin, Bekmambetov,
Khlebnikov/Popogrebsky, Balabanov, and Sokurov. Readings and class discussions
in English. Instructor: Apollonio. One course.
517
Russian Poetry.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Focus on nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, including the Golden Age and the Silver Age. Authors include
Pushkin, Lermontov, Bely, Blok, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelshtam, Pasternak,
and Mayakovsky. Taught in English or Russian, according to students' Russian
language proficiency. Russian texts. Instructor: Van Tuyl. One course.
362
Languages of the World.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 202;
also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 202, International Comparative Studies 210
221A
Russian Language Studies in St. Petersburg.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Russian grammar, composition and textual
analysis taught only in St. Petersburg for students participating in the
semester program. Explicit analysis of historical and contemporary cultural
representations and texts in language, literature and the verbal arts.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
111
Intensive Russian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive study of contemporary Russian
language and important elements of Russian culture. Instructor: Andrews or
Maksimova. Two courses.
515S
The Russian Intelligentsia and the Origins of the
Revolution.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 535S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
564
Russian and Slavic Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Emphasis on synchronic linguistic theory
focusing on East Slavic and Russian, but including diachronic approaches, and
West and South Slavic languages. Focus on phonological, morphological, semantic
and syntactic structures of Contemporary Standard Russian and modern Slavic
languages. Instructor: Andrews. One course. C-L: Linguistics 564, Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 564
205FS
Language and the Law.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: Ways in which law regulates language and
speech, with particular emphasis on offensive speech. Theory and practice of
freedom of speech and its limitations; how the legal system treats obscenity,
profanity and "indecent" speech, defamation, and hate speech.
Emphasis on why these
385
Language and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 395; also
C-L: Linguistics 451, Cultural Anthropology 212
203
Intermediate Russian I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive classroom and laboratory
practice in spoken and written patterns. Reading in contemporary literature.
Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102, or two years of high school Russian.
Instructor: Flath. One course.
102
Elementary Turkish.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Introduction to understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing Turkish. Second half of Turkish 101, 102. Prerequisite:
Turkish 101. Instructor: Staff. One course.
396S
Language in Immigrant America.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 396S; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 397 Linguistics 396S
326
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: Selected representative short works and
most of the major novels of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky. The great issues
and their vivid dramatization will be considered in the light of the author's
irreconcilable approaches to the human condition, culture, artistic goals, and
narrative technique. Not open to students who have taken this course as 89or
have taken Russian 175 or 323. Instructor: Staff. One course.
308AS
Studies in the Russian Language and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL AS
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 307AS.
Prerequisite: Russian 307or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
279FS
Turkey: Muslim and Modern.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS FS
Course Description: Turkish history from the 18th century to
the present. Turkey as strategic ally of the US; candidate for membership in
European Union; first Muslim country to adopt democracy, secularism, and
Westernization, and as political, cultural, and economic model for other Muslim
countries. Focus on Turkish people\rquote s encounter with modernity as
Muslims; questions about contradictions and promises of Muslim and modern
experience; informed consideration of Islam\rquote s encounter with the West.
No prerequisites. No knowledge of Turkish required. Instructor: Tuna. One
course. C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 279 Islamic Studies
505
Semiotics of Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: The theory of literature, arts,
ethnicity, modernity, and culture from a cross-cultural perspective. Texts
includThe theory of literature, arts, ethnicity, modernity, and culture from a
cross-cultural perspective. Texts include the critical works of Lotman and the
Tartu School, Bakhtin, Eco, Kristeva, Voloshinov, Medvedev, Barthes, Todorov,
Jakobson, Ivanov, and Sebeok, as well as authentic culture texts from Slavic
and European traditions. Research project required. Instructor: Andrews. One
course. C-L: Linguistics 505
526
Tolstoy.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: Introduction to life, works, and
criticism, including Tolstoy's philosophical and ethical discourse. Readings
include: \i War and Peace\i0 , \i Anna Karenina\i0 , the shorter fiction,
dramatic works and essays. Taught in English. Readings in Russian. Instructor:
Van Tuyl. One course.
372
Studies in Contemporary Russian Culture and Cognition.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: In-depth exposure to theories of culture
and cognition with special attention to the study of Russian culture and
Russian contributions to cognitive science and linguistics. Instructor:
Andrews. One course.
224S
Russian Phonetics.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Analysis of contemporary standard
Russian literary pronunciation, phonology, and intonational structures.
Prerequisite: Russian 204 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
212
Intensive Intermediate Hungarian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive study of Hungarian at the
intermediate level. Equivalent of two semesters. Prerequisites: Hungarian 1 and
2 or equivalent. Instructor: Viktorov. Two courses.
213
Accelerated Russian Language and Culture II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 112.
Prerequisite: Russian 101, 112 or 111. Instructor: Andrews, Van Tuyl, and
staff. One course.
316
Russian Short Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The history, development, and shifts of
Russian short fiction in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Authors
include Dostoevsky, Vovchok, Leskov, Chekhov, Gippius, and
373S
Russian Language and Culture through Film.
Satisfies: CCI FL SS STS S
Course Description: Study of Russian cultural paradigms and
constructs of self and other as demonstrated in Russia and Soviet films,
primarily from 1960s to the present. Special attention given to the analysis of
linguistic constructs and their cultural semantic content as well as
comparative analyses of Soviet and Russian culture and Russian and
European/American culture. Film and computer technology, as well as access to
these technologies and their implementation, are a central part of the cultural
context. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Maksimova. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 317S
510
Cognitive and Neurolinguistics.
Satisfies: NS R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 501;
also C-L: Neuroscience 501S
302S
Contemporary Polish Composition and Readings.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Polish 301S.
Prerequisite: Polish 301S. Instructor: Staff. One course.
374S
Russian Language and Culture through Film II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL SS STS S
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 373S. Analysis
of Russian cultural paradigms and linguistic issues through contemporary
Russian and Soviet film. Film and computer technology, as well as access to
these technologies and their implementation, are a central part of the cultural
context. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Instructors: Maksimova. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 319S
215FS
The Politics of Language.
Satisfies: SS UK FS
Course Description: Examines the political role of language
in societies as diverse as China, India, the former Soviet Union, the and the
US. Looks at how state and non-state actors influence citizens' language
practices, and their beliefs about language. Drawing on political theory,
sociology and sociolinguistics, we look at how language policies reflect and
produce sociopolitical realities. Topics covered include migration,
citizenship, nationalism and decolonization. Open to students in the Focus
Program only. Instructor: Price. One course. C-L: Political Science 185
Linguistics 213FS
351
Law and Constitutional Reform in Russia and the Former
Soviet Union.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Russia's efforts to create a
constitutional government from a variety of perspectives, with particular
emphasis on the political, historical, and legal aspects. Legal and
constitutional changes in Russia compare or contrast with reforms in other
transitional states. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L: Political Science
309
204
Intermediate Russian II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive classroom and laboratory
practice in spoken and written patterns. Reading in contemporary literature.
Prerequisite: Russian 101, 102 and 203 or equivalent. Instructor: Flath. One
course.
203
Intermediate Romanian Language and Culture.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Focus on the study of Romanian
phonetics, grammar, discourse, textual analysis, and writing. Prerequisite:
Romanian 111 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490AS
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Hungarian.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
490AS
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Ukrainian.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
206
Intermediate Russian Conversation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 205.
Prerequisite: Russian 205 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
302S
Contemporary Turkish Composition and Readings.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of Turkish 301S.
Prerequisite: Turkish 301S. Instructor: Staff. One course.
528S
Bunin: Mystery of the Russian Soul and Metaphysical Memory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL R S
Course Description: Same as Russian 328 but includes
additional assignments. Taught in Russian. Readings in Russian. Intensive
critical component. Instructor: Maksimova. One course.
472S
Cold War Texts: Politics, Propaganda and Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 472S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 434 Public Policy Studies 213S
210S
Dervishes, Saints and Other Holy Fools.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Introduction to the history, distinctive
doctrines, institutions, controversies, and influences of Orthodox Christianity
and Islam in Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, including issues related to
identity formation, ideology and difference in religious discourse. Particular
attention will be paid to the relationship of religious identity to other
identity terms (tribal, clan, nation, state), to the different subjectivities
made possible by differing ideologies and world views, and to the instrumental
and ethical dimensions of identity claims, religious functions of monasticism
and Sufi brotherhood, and explorations of the influence of both Orthodoxy and
Islam on arts and literature. Instructor: Need. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
361
Language Technologies and Culture Acquisition.
Satisfies: R SS STS PDF XML
Course Description: Acquisition and application of
sophisticated information technologies for developing models of language
systems and culture. (Computer technologies include Unicode, Linux operating systems
digitizing, HTML, metatagging.)
Examination of the controversies concerning the use of technologies in the
study and acquisition of languages and culture. Focus on the impact of such
technologies on the educational systems of the United States and Europe. Team
taught (Linguistics and Computer Sciences specialist.). One course. C-L:
Linguistics 361, Information Science and Information Studies
530S
Apocalyptic Visions and Diabolic Drama: The Works of Mixail
Bulgakov.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Critical analysis of Bulgakov's short
stories, novellas, plays and novels. In-depth exposure to major critical works
on Bulgakov and influential figures. Taught in Russian. Readings in Russian.
Instructor: Andrews. One course.
511
The Struggle for Justice and Faith: Russian Literature and
Culture, 1855-1900.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Considers how Russian writers, artists,
and activists addressed 19th-century Russia's cursed questions of "who is
to blame" and "what is to be done": specifically, how to reform
an increasingly reactionary autocracy; how to bear witness for an impoverished
underclass; what roles women should play in culture and politics; how to resist
or improve on a soulless West; how to justify the existence of God in an unjust
world. Course texts may include fiction and memoirs by Turgenev, Tolstoy,
Dostoevsky, Kovalevskaia, Figner; works of fine art, drama, and opera.
Instructor: staff. One course.
507
Stylistic and Compositional Elements of Scholarly Russian.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Intensive study of Russian scholarly and
scientific texts from a variety of disciplines, including biology, business,
anthropology, economics, law, history, mathematics, physics, political
sciences, sociology, psychology, linguistics, and literary criticism. Mastery
of stylistic and discourse strategies. Analysis of cultural patterning in
textual construction in the humanities, social and natural sciences. Taught in
Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 204 or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Maksimova. One course.
352
End of Russian Socialism: History of Perestroika.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 282
508
Legal and Business Russian.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI FL S
Course Description: Analysis of Russian language and culture
in the area of legal studies and conducting business in or with Russia and
other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. Primary materials include
legal codes, law journals, contracts, advertising, financial documents,
redactions of the Soviet and Russian constitutions (1905-present). Specific
attention given to the analysis of evolution of property and ownership
legislation, the workings of the legislative, executive and judicial branches
of the Russian Federation government and contrastive analysis of Soviet,
Russian (and where relevant Western) systems of jurisprudence. Taught in
Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 302or equivalent. Instructor: Andrews or
Maksimova. One course.
523
Dostoevsky.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Introduction to life, works, and
criticism. Readings include: \i Crime and Punishment\i0 , \i The Idiot\i0 , and
\i The Brothers Karamazov\i0 . Taught in English. Readings in Russian.
Instructor: Flath or Gheith. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
342A
Between Europe and Asia: The Geopolitics of Istanbul From
Occupation To Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI WWI A
Course Description: Istanbul as a site of historical,
political and cultural interaction between Europe and Turkey. Approach framed
by two important geopolitical events separated by nearly a century: first, the
Allied occupation of Istanbul after
which gave rise to the modern Middle East, and second, Turkey\rquote s
accession to the European Union, a contested transnational process that
officially began in 2005. Examination of issues arising from Turkey\rquote s
separation from Europe as a Muslim country and its potential reintegration as a
functioning democracy. Offered only in the Duke-in-Turkey study abroad program.
Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 389
Slavic and Eurasian Studies 342A
305S
The Middle East through Historical Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The Middle East as seen through
historical fiction, travelogues, and memoir (and some film). Relationships
between history and literature and identity. Secondary readings in imperialism,
nationalism, violence, gender, and colonialism. One course. C-L: Asian &
Middle Eastern Studies 387, Islamic Studies
381
Russian Revolutionary Cinema.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 281; also
C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 264, Marxism and Society
350
Eastern Europe in Transition: Markets, Media, and the Mafia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: The progress of political, economic, and
social transformations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Topics
include: The Historical Context for Reform in Eastern Europe, Economic Reform
and its Effects, Market Evolution, Eastern European Societies in Transition:
Education and Culture, Eastern European Societies in Transition: Corruption and
the Mafia in Everyday Life, Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe, Establishing
Law-Based States in Eastern Europe. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
Sociology 221, International Comparative Studies 270, Visual and Media Studies
318, Policy Journalism and Media
203
Intermediate Pashto I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive classroom and laboratory
practice in spoken and written patterns. Prerequisite: Pashto 101 and 102.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
402
Advanced Russian: Readings, Translation, and Syntax.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Intensive reading and conversation with
emphasis on the analysis of twentieth century Russian literary and culture
texts. Russian media, including television and films. Prerequisite: Russian 401
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. One course.
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Turkish.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Consent of
department required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
102
Elementary Polish.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Introduction to understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing Polish. No preliminary knowledge of Polish necessary.
Second half of Polish 101,102. Prerequisite: Polish 101. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
645
Orhan Pamuk and World Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Studies the novels and non-fiction of
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk as an introduction into ethics and politics of World
Literature. Addresses social consequences of Pamuk's role as an
intellectual-author who mediates between the national tradition and an
308S
Fragmented Memories: Polish and Polish Jewish Culture
Through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI II S
Course Description: Analyzes, compares, and assesses
representations of Polish Christians and Polish Jews -- their life experiences,
interactions, shared and separate fates -- in documentaries and fiction films
made in Poland from the 1930s to the present day. Includes films by Wajda,
Polanski, Munk, Kieslowski; also a 2008 documentary about pre-World War Christian-Jewish
relations in Poland by Jolanta Dylewska. All films screened with English
subtitles. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Religion 269 Jewish Studies
269S
490S
Special Topics in Slavic and Eurasian Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Subject varies every semester.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
471S
Language and Politics: Eurasian Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 471S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 484 Public Policy Studies 208S
232A
The Cognitive Science of Religion and Morality.
Satisfies: CZ EI R W A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 232A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 224 Religion 281A
310S
The Russian Fairy Tale and Its Cultural Legacy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Introduction to Russia's extraordinary
fairy tales and their rich legacy in modern Russian literature, music, visual
and performing arts, and handicrafts. Reflects on the genesis of the the
Russian fairy tale; samples thematic groups of tales (e.g., the
"foolish" third son, stepmother-stepdaughter tales); reads tales as
expressions of folk belief, works of oral art, explorations of the human psyche
and human relations, and stylized reflections of their sociopolitical context.
Also traces how certain tales have been reworked into other art forms. All
texts in English translation. Instructor: Holmgren. One course.
203
Intermediate Hungarian Language and Culture.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Focus on the study of Hungarian
phonetics, grammar, discourse, textual analysis, and writing. Prerequisites:
Hungarian 1 and 2 or Hungarian 111 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Russian.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Intensive in-country study of Russian
language and culture. Analysis of literary and journalistic texts, film,
television and popular culture. Specific body of texts differs by section.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
324S
Chekhov for Writers.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: Anton Chekhov as teacher and guide for
students of the English and North American short story. Critical analysis
combined with writing practicum in a workshop-format seminar. Topics addressed
include the role of imitation and parody in the writing process; problems of
translation; plagiarism and its limits; critical and scholarly approaches to
the short story in the English and Russian traditions; literature across
cultural and linguistic boundaries; dramatic versus narrative modes. Writing
practicum in: literary criticism; creative imitation; close reading;
comparative analysis; translation practice or analysis. Readings of works by
Chekhov, Oates, Chandler, Mansfield, Malcolm and others. Instructors:
Apollonio. One course.
212
Intensive Intermediate Romanian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive study of Romanian at the
intermediate level. Equivalent of two semesters. Prerequisite: Romanian 111 Instructor:
Staff. Two courses.
113
Accelerated Uzbek Language and Culture II.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Uzbek 10. Intermediate
level of proficiency in five areas: grammar, speaking, listening comprehension,
reading and writing. Language taught embedded in cultural constructs.
Prerequisite: Uzbek 10 or equivalent. Instructor: staff. One course.
222A
Language, Culture, and Myth: The Slavic Proverb.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The sources of the Slavic proverb, the
proverb as microtext of national stereotypes, and its function in modern
literature and culture. West, South and East Slavic proverbs contrasted with
other Indo-European language families. Theoretical aspects include explications
of the relationship of language and culture and problems of translation. Taught
in English or Russian. Readings in Russian with excerpts from other Slavic
languages. Taught in St. Petersburg, Russia. Instructor: Staff. One course.
525
Tolstoy and the Russian Experience.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Historical approach to Tolstoy's
depictions of major societal and ethical issues (e.g., war, peace, marriage,
death, religion, relationships). Culture of salons, print culture, censorship,
and changing political climate. Central questions on the relationship of
fiction and history: uses of fiction for understanding history and dangers of
such an approach. Readings include selected fiction of Tolstoy, excerpts from
journals and letters, and critical and historical accounts of nineteenth-century
Russia. Similar to Russian 325 but requires additional assignments. Instructor:
Gheith. One course.
371S
Tracing Muslim Identities in Eurasia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Historical representations of Muslim
people and communities in Eurasia through travelogues, fiction, memoir, and
film in ethnically and religiously contested regions of Central Asia, the
Ottoman Empire/Turkey, and the Balkans. Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L:
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 289 Islamic Studies
355S
Soviet Art after Stalin: 1956-1991.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Dissident art, graphic design, fine arts
and architecture in context of Cold War and decline of totalitarianism. Themes
include Soviet artists and the west, and representation of women in times of
flux. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art History 289S
218S
The Diaghilev Ballet:1909-1929.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 326S; also
C-L: Music 341S
203
Intermediate Turkish.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Classroom and laboratory practice in
spoken and written patterns. Readings in contemporary literature.
Prerequisites: Turkish 101 and 102, 14, or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
516
Media and Social Change.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 676; also C-L: Political Science 619, International Comparative
Studies, Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies, International Comparative Studies
370
Islam in Central Eurasia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: History of Central Eurasian Muslims.
Focus on diversity and cultural vivacity. Examines early appearance of Islam in
the region,the evolution of Muslim religious and cultural institutions under
governance of Chingissid, Timurid, Russian and Chinese empires, the encounter
of Central Eurasian Muslims with European modernity and their experience during
Soviet and Chinese socialist experiments. Instructor: Tuna. One course. C-L:
Slavic and Eurasian Studies 370, History 209, Religion 378, Islamic Studies
112
Accelerated Turkish Language and Culture I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Accelerated study of contemporary
Turkish language and culture. Intended for students with no previous knowledge
of Turkish: speaking, reading, writing, grammar and listening comprehension,
and appropriate use of cultural constructs. Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L:
Islamic Studies
305S
Studies in Polish Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Selected Polish writers and works in
their literary and historical contexts. Taught in English. Instructor:
Holmgren. One course.
217FS
Russian Art and Politics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Same as Russian 217, but open only to
students in the FOCUS program. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art
History 287FS
375S
Painting Russia Red: Early Soviet Culture, 1917-1934.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Through film, drama, fiction, memoir,
and eyewitness accounts examines how citizens lived and artists responded to
the bold, often traumatic experimentation of the early Soviet state. Topics
include the impact of the Bolshevik and Stalinist revolutions on the public and
private spheres, individual identity, and cultural production; the fashioning
and
120FS
Grief Work: End of Life Care in Russia and America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Examines policy issues in end of life
care by considering personal and societal ethical issues. Cross-cultural
analysis of end of life care addressing ethical issues in comparative
perspective of diverse populations: how do different cultural attitudes to
dying, death, and health affect end of life care? Ethical issues about access
to health care, whether/how long to keep people alive on machines, and how
these decisions are made. Open only to students in FOCUS Program. Instructor:
Gheith. One course.
350S
Tennessee Williams and Anton Chekhov.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: Cross-cultural exploration through
performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" and Tennessee
Williams's "Streetcar Named Desire." Focus on text analysis,
research, theatrical modernism, technique, examination and development of
performance/critical choices. For actors and directors. Instructor: McAuliffe.
One course. C-L: Russian 378S
399S
Global Russia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Globalization of Russian culture as
manifested in popular and academic cultural forms, including political
ideologies, media and artistic texts, film, theater and television, markets,
educational and legal institutions, historical and contemporary social
movements. Examination of ethical issues in context of such topics as the
relationship between church and state; the evolution of a totalitarian
government into a democratic state; reproductive rights; the struggle against
corruption in education, finance, police force; the role of censorship; views
of citizenship, patriotism, valor, and treason; historical perspectives on
prison camps, abuses of psychiatry. Instructor: Andrews. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 399 Public Policy Studies 201S
288S
Trauma and Nostalgia: East European Film in the 21st
Century.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI S S
Course Description: Examines the major thematic focus of
East European filmmakers in the 21st century: their efforts to reconstruct and
reassess the experience of the Cold War (1945-1989) and the Yugoslav wars
(1991-1995). These films from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Croatia, and Serbia include ironic/sentimental tales of Cold War childhood,
thrillers about sleeping with the enemy (political informers), and
psychological dramas centering on political trauma, resistance, and compromise.
All films shown with English subtitles. No prerequisites. Instructor: Holmgren.
One course. C-L: Literature 216 Arts of the Moving Image 268 Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 288S
386S
Borderland and Battleground: Journey Through
Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe.
Satisfies: A ALP CCI CZ I II
Course Description: Explores through history, film, fiction,
and memoirs the "extreme" political experience, hybrid ethnic
identities, and stunning art and testimony of twentieth-century Central and
Eastern European cultures, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania,
and Yugoslavia. Traces the emergence of new nation states in the region at the
end of World War the rise of Nazism and
Stalinism, the devastating experience of World War and the absurdist mix of politics and daily
life in Eastern Europe from 1945 until the fall of the Berlin Wall. All course
texts in translation. Instructor: Holmgren. One course.
371
Russian Fiction and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Russia's turbulent history recounted
through its literature and film. Short works by Russia's most famous authors
(Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov) as well as the writings of lesser-known, but
equally important writers (Teffi, Vladimov); comparison of these written works
with films made of the stories. Exploration of the main trends of Russian
culture through its literature and film; focus on the differences between film
and written narratives. Instructor: Gheith. One course.
561S
Soviet Art after Stalin 1956-1991.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Dissident art, graphic design, fine arts
and architecture in context of Cold War and decline of totalitarianism. Themes
include Soviet artists and the west, and representation of women in times of
flux. Open to juniors and seniors and graduate students who must follow a more comprehensive
reading program and complete upper level assignments. Instructor: Kachurin. One
course. C-L: Art History 544S
375
Russian Language and Culture through Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL SS S
Course Description: Study of Russian cultural paradigms and
constructs of self and other as demonstrated in Russian and Soviet theatre
(texts and performance), primarily from the 1920s to the present. Special
attention given to the analysis of cultural, linguistic, and semantic
constructs as well as comparative analyses of Soviet and Russian culture and
Russian and European/American culture. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent
or consent of instructor. Instructors: Maksimova, McAuliffe, and Viktorov. One
course.
577
Contemporary Russian Culture: Detective Novels and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Popular novelists and film/television
from 1900s-early twenty first century Russia. Theories of genre,
anthropological approaches to defining cultural trends, mass cultural
phenomena, and impact of globalization. Authors include Marinina, Dashkova,
Dontsova, Kunin, Ustinova, and Serova. Readings and films in Russian. Research
paper of publishable quality required. Instructor: Andrews.
112
Accelerated Russian Language and Culture I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Accelerated study of contemporary
Russian language and important elements of Russian culture. Intended for
students with no previous knowledge of Russian interested in achieving
significant proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension based
on cultural constructs in one semester of study. Includes significant use of
technology to enhance learning. Instructor: Staff. One course.
216S
Neuroscience and Human Language.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 216S;
also C-L: Neuroscience 116S
356
Imperial Russia 1700-1917.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Russian imperial history from Peter the
Great to Bolshevik Revolution: 1700-1917. Focus on formation and governance of
multiethnic and multiconfessional Russian empire. Traces expansion of
land-locked city state (Muscovy) into world power ruling from Eastern Europe to
Alaska. Questions implications of Russia\rquote s world-power status. Examines
institutions of governance that created this empire and held its various
ethnic, religious and ideological groups together for centuries. Readings of
English translations of works of Russian literature and historiographic
analyses aimed at developing a sound grounding in Russian imperial history and
culture. Instructor: Tuna. One course. C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 356,
History 275
388S
Back in the U.S.S.R.: Everyday Soviet Culture, 1956-1989.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Draws on film, fiction, songs, oral
histories, and anthropological studies to explore the cultural expressions,
lifestyles, ethical values, and sociopolitical concerns of postwar/Cold War
generations of Soviet citizens. Highlighted topics: youth culture, the new
consumerism, coping with the Stalinist legacy, politically dissident art and
actions, the retreat
379
Imagining the Slumbering Lands: Siberia and Central Asia
Through Native and Russian Eyes.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Comparative survey of Siberian and
Central Asian culture through Russian and native literatures (fiction, travel
writing, oral literature, biography, religious texts). The region's history and
religions - Shamanism, Buddhism, and Islam - and Russian encounters with region
circa 1850-1990. Issues of identity and culture. Instructor: Need. One course.
C-L: Religion 266
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
353
Law, Culture, and the Russian Legal Tradition.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: The development of the Russian legal
tradition, with particular emphasis on the historical, ethical and cultural
factors that have contributed to its emergence, comparing the Russian tradition
with the Western legal tradition. How law, lawyers, and legal institutions have
been portrayed and perceived in Russian popular culture, especially Russian
literature, including the relationship between secular legal institutions and
the Russian Orthodox Church. Taught in English. Instructor: Newcity. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 202, International Comparative Studies
439S
Neuroscience and Multilingualism.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 473S
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
306
Polish Culture from 1795 to the present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Polish culture and history explored
largely through works of literature, especially poetry, historical readings,
and several post-1945 films with based on seminal works of Polish literature or
dealing with important historical events. Readings and films in Polish. Focus
on Polish struggles for independence and full autonomy (the latter in the
communist period 1945-1989), the growth of the modern Polish nation, the role
of the Catholic Church, ethnic issues (in particular the Jews in Polish
culture), gender issues, the changing self-image of Poles, dissident and
Solidarity movement, and current events in post-communist Poland as a member of
the European Union. Instructor: Hueckel. One course. National Dramas and
Cabaret Nights: Theater in Modern Polish Culture. Explores the vital functions of the theater
established during Poland's foreign occupation (1795-1918) and continuing
throughout the 20th century -- as a showcase for the nation, expression of
political protest, a temple of spiritually transformative art, and a refuge of
topical, satirical entertainment. Highlighted topics include the important
national dramas of Mickiewicz and Wyspianski; absurdist satires by Witkacy,
Gombrowicz, and Mrozek; pre-war cabarets and postwar alternative experimental
theater; and Grotowski's revolutionary
213
Accelerated Turkish Language and Culture II.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Continuation of Turkish 112.
Intermediate level of proficiency in five areas, grammar, speaking, listening
comprehension, reading and writing. Language taught embedded in cultural
constructs. Prerequisite: Turkish 112 or equivalent. Instructor: Goknar. One
course. C-L: Islamic Studies
343A
Gender, Politics and Space in the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A A
Course Description: Examination of relationships of gender,
space, and politics in the modern Middle East. Considers how representations of
the Middle East are gendered, analyzing such icons as the "veiled
women" and "terrorist men" and the political implications of
such representations. Topics include the emergence of new femininities,
masculinities, and sexual identifications, social movements, and the paradoxes
of Islamism, globalization, and neoliberalism in various settings. Offered only
in the Duke-in-Turkey study abroad program. Instructor: Gokariksel. One course.
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 303 Slavic and Eurasian Studies 343
Political Science 213A
212
Intensive Intermediate Russian.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Russian 203 and 204 combined. Two
meetings daily, as well as daily computer and language laboratory work.
Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
384
Movies of the World/The World of Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 313;
also C-L: German 363, Arts of the Moving Image 248, Islamic Studies
496S
Senior Honors Seminar.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 495S. Consent of
the director of undergraduate studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
509
Theory and Methods of Comparative Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Diachronic and synchronic approaches to
the study of comparative linguistics in phonology, morphology, morphophonemics,
syntax, and lexical categories in the context of the world's languages. Both
Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages. Topics include theories of
reconstruction, languages in contact, abductive processes, questions of
linguistic typology and cultural-based approaches to the analytical study of
human languages. Research project required. Instructor: Andrews. One course.
608
The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union.
Satisfies: CCI R
Course Description: Reading and assessment of new
scholarship on Ottoman culture, society, politics, and state. Supplemented by
critical texts on historiography, identity, gender, religion, and orientalism.
Topics include "gazi thesis," secular and Islamic law, "Kadi
justice," everyday life, and role of women. Final research project with
interdisciplinary focus. Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
102
Elementary Russian II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 101.
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Study of
contemporary Russian language and important elements of Russian culture. Second
half of Russian 101, 102. Prerequisite: Russian 101. One course.
513
The Russian Novel.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: Close reading of Tolstoy's \i Anna
Karenina\i0 , Dostoevsky's \i Possessed\i0 , Andrey Bely's \i Petersburg\i0 ,
Bulgakov's \i Master and Margarita\i0 , Nabokov's \i The Gift\i0 , and Makine's
\i Memoirs of My Russian Summers\i0 . Discussions will focus on these
representative writers' changing perceptions of, and responses to social and
ethical issues and of creativity, itself, as the genre evolved in the modern
times between the 1870s and now. Final research paper required and can include
in-depth discussion of one of the works or the comparison of one or more
aspects of several texts. Taught in English. Readings in Russian. Instructor:
Mickiewicz. One course.
390AS
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Polish.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
322S
Chekhov.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 327S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
204
Intermediate Polish.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Continuation of Polish 203.
Prerequisite: Polish 203 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
209FS
Geopolitics & Globalization: From Bosnia to Afghanistan.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FS
Course Description: Study of countries on the geographical
periphery of the commonly defined Middle East: Bosnia, Turkey, Armenia,
Chechnya, Iran, and Afghanistan. All of these countries have deep Middle
Eastern ties and traditions, sizeable communities with Middle Eastern origins
and connections, and recent histories of cultural and ethnic conflict and
violence. Exploration of how the Middle Eastern components and histories in
these conflicts have been distorted and obscured as the conflicts have been
depicted through the lenses of U.S. or Soviet/Russian geopolitical interests.
Instructor: Goknar. One course. C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 209 Islamic
Studies
260S
The Actress: Celebrity and the Woman.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 383S; also
C-L: Theater Studies 323S
371FS
Dimensions of Memory: Russian Fiction and Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: This course is for Focus students only.
Russia's turbulent history and role of memory in society recounted through its
literature and film, including terrific recent film. Short works by Russia's
most famous authors (Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov) as well as the writings of
lesser-known, important writers; comparison of written works with films made of
the stories. Exploration of the main trends of Russian culture through its
literature and film; focus on differences between film and written narrative
and on visual art in recent film. Taught in English. Instructor: Gheith. One
course.
433S
Soviet Life through the Camera's Lens.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL S
Course Description: An in-depth look at images and
representations of Soviet life through Soviet and Russian film. Film texts
include films shown in theatres, television films and forbidden films/films
with a very limited distribution. Emphasis on the period from the mid-1970s
through 1991. Course taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 301or equivalent
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. One course. C-L: Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 433S
112
Accelerated Uzbek Language and Culture I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Accelerated study of contemporary Uzbek
language and culture. Intended for students with no previous knowledge of
Uzbek: speaking, reading, writing, grammar and listening comprehension and
appropriate use of cultural constructs. Instructor: staff. One course.
512
Women and Russian Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Issues of gender and society in women's
writing in Russian from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Both
autobiographical writings and prose fiction. Discussions of whether Russian
women's writings constitute a tradition and what role these works have played
in Russian literature and culture. Taught in English. Readings in Russian.
Instructor: Gheith. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Women's
Studies
311
The Quest for Identity: Russian Literature and Culture,
1800-1855.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: Examines how Russian writers and artists
distinguished imperial Russia's modern political, social, and cultural identity
under "Western eyes." Topics include search for "truly
Russian" models, topics, and styles; domestic debate between
"Westernizing" and "Slavophile" camps; emergence of women
writers; relations between urban and provincial cultures; connections between
national identity formation and empire building. Course texts may include
fiction, memoirs, and drama by Pushkin, Durova, Gogol, Lermontov, and Pavlova;
social commentary by Belinsky and Herzen; works of fine art and folk culture.
Instructor: staff. One course.
104
Elementary Russian Conversation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Russian 103.
Prerequisite: Russian 101 or Russian 111. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
214FS
Law and Globalization in Emerging Markets.
Satisfies: CCI SS FS
Course Description: Same as Russian 214S; open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 277 Public Policy Studies 214FS
217
Russian Art and Politics: 1800-Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Historical and contemporary engagement
of visual culture-painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic arts, film,
photography-with the political sphere in Russia from the early nineteenth
century to the present. Interactions between artists, art critics, censors,
government authorities, and the public indicating how visual culture both responded
to demands from the political sphere and shaped the political discourse of the
day. Instructor: Kachurin. One course. C-L: Art History 287
529S
Zamyatin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL R
Course Description: The novel \i We\i0 , short fiction,
plays, and critical essays. In-depth textual analysis and study of Russian,
American, and European criticism on Zamyatin, including his role in science
fiction and anti-utopian literature in Russia and the West. Readings in Russian
and English. Final research project required. Instructor: Andrews or Maksimova.
One course.
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
376
Russian Language and Culture through Music.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL SS S
Course Description: Study of Russian cultural paradigms and
constructs of self and other as demonstrated in Russian and Soviet folk,
popular, and classical music (texts and performance), primarily twentieth
century to the present. Special attention given to the analysis of cultural,
linguistic, and semantic constructs as well as comparative analyses of Soviet
and Russian culture and Russian and European/American culture. Prerequisite:
Russian 301or equivalent or consent of instructor. Instructors: Andrews and
Mickiewicz. One course.
382
Art and Dissidence: The Films of Tarkovsky, Kubrick,
Kurosawa, and Lynch.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ II
Course Description: Post-World War Soviet and United States
identity and culture explored through the lens of dissident film art; the use
of inter-textuality and contrasting media to critique culture; film and visual
art studied in relation to other modern, post-modern, positivist modes of
expressing and constructing knowledge. Instructor: Gheith. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 322, Arts of the Moving Image 265, Arts of the Moving
Image
CELL BIOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
PORTUGUESE
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
GREEK
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
CANADIAN STUDIES (CANADIAN)
Number Of Listed Courses: 14
328SA
Made in Quebec: Marketing and Cultural Identity.
Satisfies: CCI FL R SS SA
Course Description: Develop intercultural competencies
focusing on regional, linguistic, and cultural factors contributing to
Qu\'e9bec's unique markets. Readings from texts and authentic cultural
documents (policy, business journals, newspapers, audio and video reports).
Active learning and teamwork-based projects to enhance critical thinking will
form the basis of coursework. Assignments include a company portfolio, case
study, and digital marketing project. Part of the Duke in Montreal Program.
Instructor: Reisinger. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 328 Canadian Studies,
Markets and Management Studies
390-2
\b 390-2S. Special Topics in Canadian Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
390-1
Special Topics in North American Issues.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
216S
The U.S. Border and its Borderlands.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Canadian Studies
350S; also C-L: Latin American Studies
382
Baseball in Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: Examination of baseball from 18th-c.
origins in Britain's North American colonies to the contemporary "World
Baseball Classic." Topics addressed include transformation from amateur
participant sport to commercial spectator sports business based in North
America; globalization of the sport; commercialization and professionalization
in new environments; and trans-national baseball as a lens for examining
evolving class, race, gender, regional, and international relationships. Among
central themes is how baseball's international migration reshaped the game.
Instructor: Thompson. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 382, Canadian Studies
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Canadian Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
103S
Geography of Canada.
Satisfies: CCI SS A
Course Description: regional geography of Canada; its
physical features, topography, climate; the historic economic and social
development of the regions; economic and cultural interactions among the
regions. Instructor: Staff. One course.
312
Europe's Colonial Encounter, 1492-1992.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The impact of colonial expansion on
European economic development, political culture, and popular identity from the
"age of discovery" through the present. Particular attention to the
ethical implications of colonialism's influence on Western
"civilization." Instructor: Thorne. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 212, Canadian Studies 312, Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
89S
First Year Seminar in Canadian Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Canadian
Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
101
Introduction to Canada (B).
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: History, economy, society, politics, and
institutions of Canada. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: History 128,
Sociology 108
359S
Canada from the French Settlement.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R S
Course Description: An exploration of Canada's "limited
identities" of ethnicity, race, and language. Instructor: Thompson. One
course. C-L: Canadian Studies 359 Canadian Studies, International Comparative
Studies
390-3
\b 390-3S. Special Topics in Qu\'e9bec Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
223S
Critical Current Issues in North America.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W A
Course Description: survey course on current critical issues
impacting North America, examined from a continental perspective. Specific
areas of focus: trade, energy, immigration, the environment, continental
defense, organized crime and the border. Course theme: to what extent are these
challenges amenable to joint action by the three countries? Taught from the
perspective of a U.S. diplomat, with emphasis on cross-cultural awareness - how
do Mexicans or Canadians look at these issues? - the history of current
problems, and workable policy solutions. Specific skills taught include the
basics of effective memo writing and delivering compelling, succinct oral
briefings. Instructor: Kelly. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 250S
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Number Of Listed Courses: 0
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (CULANTH)
Number Of Listed Courses: 130
499S
Senior Seminar Distinction Program Sequence.
Satisfies: W S
Course Description: Continuation of Cultural Anthropology
498 and required for credit for 498S. Consent of director of undergraduate
studies required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Introductory Special Topics
in Cultural Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
275
Culture and Politics in Native America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Past and contemporary conditions of
American Indian life, with an emphasis on North America. Social and political
organization, gender relations, changing economic patterns, cultural themes and
variations, spirituality, the effects of anti-Indian wars, policies, and
prejudice, and the emergence of movements for self-determination. Instructor:
Starn. One course.
160S
Anthropology and the Motion Picture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Seminar version of Cultural Anthropology
160. Instructor: O'Barr. One course.
427S
The Invention of Ethnography.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Focus on Bronislaw Malinowski and his
role in the invention of the ethnographic method through his fieldwork in the
Trobriand Islands in the early decades of the 20th century. Malinowski's
publications examined in the light of the tradition of ethnography they
spawned. Malinowski's biography, field notes, and diaries will be considered as
will more recent criticisms of Malinowski and the ethnographic method itself.
Instructor: O'Barr. One course.
302
Fieldwork Methods: Cultural Analysis and Interpretation.
Satisfies: EI R SS W A
Course Description: Anthropology as a discipline (a field of
study) and the site where anthropologists work: the field. Combines theories of
anthropological fieldwork methods with practice, including participation,
observation, and interviews. Students undertake original research in a local
fieldsite of their choice and produce their own mini-ethnography. This
requirement may also be satisfied by taking Cultural Anthropology 290Duke in
Ghana Anthropological Field Research. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Global Health
321T
Medical Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 424T
215
Cyborgs.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 213; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
230S
Human Rights Activism.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 235S; also C-L: Political Science 380S
160D
Advertising and Society: Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI SS D D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 170D; also C-L: Linguistics 170 Visual and Media Studies 170
Canadian Studies, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image,
Markets and Management Studies
350
African American Intellectual History, Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 321; also C-L: African and African American Studies 281
201
Sport As Performance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Sport as ritual, spectacle, and
performance explored through theatre, performance studies, sociology,
anthropology, and history. Topics range from professional and
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Cultural
Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
301
Theoretical Foundations of Cultural Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Major schools and theories of cultural
anthropology. Open to seniors and juniors. Sophomores by permission only.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies, Marxism
and Society
465S
Global Cities.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 465S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 465 International
Comparative Studies
101D
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 101D
204
Self and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The nature of human social identities,
the contexts in which they are shaped, and the processes by which they change.
May include an optional service-learning component. Instructor: Ewing. One
course. C-L: Psychology 224, Women's Studies
555S
Development, Modernity, and Social Movements.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Modernization and ideologies of progress
and nationalism; social movements, revolution, and political protest in the
United States and around the world. Some prior background in cultural
anthropology or social theory preferred. Consent of instructor required for
undergraduate students. Instructor: Starn. One course.
190FS
Special Topics in Focus.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
341
Survival in Precarious Times.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Examines contemporary
conditions(economic, environmental, militaristic, social) of risk in the world
today, the differential effects this has on segments of the population, and
various strategies people adopt to survive. Explores these issues in terms of
real-life subjects\rquote migration , homelessness, addiction, wartime, cancer,
joblessness in cross- cultural comparison: W. Africa, Japan, the U.S., India,
China. Instructor: Allison. One course.
252
The Arts and Human Rights.
Satisfies: ALP EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 248; also C-L: Study of Ethics 261, Music 238
280S
Anthropology of Space.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 426S; also C-L: Literature 235 Islamic Studies
80S
Studies in Special Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Opportunities for first-year students to
engage with a specific issue in cultural anthropology, with emphasis on student
writing. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
283
Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 253; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 319, Islamic
Studies
396AS
Health Policy in Transition: Challenges for China.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: Critical introduction to the dynamics
and challenges of health policy in China, from the early twentieth century to
the present, with a particular focus on the reform period. Topics to be
addressed: health care and economic development, state responsibility and
welfare systems, privatization, and disparities in access to health services;
history of state policy on regional health planning, community health services,
rural health provisions in poverty areas, and the developments in public health
infrastructure urban and rural settings. Instructor consent required. Course
taught in China as part of the Global Study Abroad Program. Instructor: Guo.
One course. C-L: Global Health
581S
Masculinities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 540S
260S
Africa and the Slave Trade.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 313S
226
Anthropology and Public Policy.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 340
310S
The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R S
Course Description: European colonial, North American, and
Indian accounts of Hindu practices and worldviews. The limits and possibilities
of "anthropological" approaches to understanding Hinduism. The
intersections between Hindu "traditions," ethnography, and diasporic
movements. Topics include everyday practice, pilgrimage and performance
traditions, devotional literatures, and contemporary politics of Hinduism.
Instructor: Prasad. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 240 Documentary
Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
480D
Global France.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI D
Course Description: Explores connections between France's
imperial history in Africa, Asia and the Americas and contemporary cultural/
political debates about citizenship, integration and belonging in France from
17th century to present. Analyzes ethical dilemmas posed by colonialism.
Includes novels (e.g., works by Dumas, Camus, Cesaire, Fanon, Djebar,
Chamoiseau), films, music, historical documents, cultural/literary criticism,
social/political theory, legal documents and writings on government policy. Weekly
lecture in English and two discussion sections: one in English, one in French.
French section will do reading and written work in French. Prerequisite: one
300-level French course to enroll in French section. Instructor: DuBois. One
course. C-L: History 274 Cultural Anthropology 274D
305
The African Diaspora.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 305; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
133S
African Mbira Music: An Experiential Learning Class.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Building and performing one of Africa's
most popular musical instruments, the mbira (a kalimba or "finger
piano"). Ethnomusicological readings on the instrument's history, role in
society, and meaning for musicians. Analysis of musical examples; learning the
mbira's repertory and mastering skills common to many forms of African music,
including performance of polyrhythms, responsive integration of instrumental
and vocal patters, and formulation of unique renditions of pieces through
improvisation. Weekly class labs. Course requires no prior experience with
music or woodworking. Instructor: Berliner. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 109 Cultural Anthropology 133S
385
Language and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 395; also
C-L: Linguistics 451, Cultural Anthropology 212
298A
Themes in Chinese Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 343A; also C-L: History 224, International Comparative Studies
431S
Global Tibet.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of Tibet in regional,
national, and global perspective, from the nineteenth century to the present;
critical appraisal of the Tibet Question, the global image of Tibet as a
mystical and utopian Shangri-la; and the geopolitical and socioeconomic
dimensions of social movements to know, develop, free, save, and defend Tibet.
Course materials draw from anthropology, history, international politics, film
and popular culture, novels, web sites and blogs. Previous knowledge of Tibet
and China, and theories colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and
post-colonialism. Permission of instructor required. Instructor: Litzinger. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 485S
430S
Travel, Gender, and Power.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 430S; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 305 Islamic
Studies
234S
Anthropology and Education.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of different conceptions of
culture and the importance of employing cultural lenses to examine the process
of education. Investigation, in particular, of the impact of culture and issues
of race, class and gender in American schools. Instructor: Airall. One course.
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 234S
396S
Language in Immigrant America.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 396S; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 397 Linguistics 396S
332S
Farmworkers in North Carolina: Roots of Poverty, Roots of
Change.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: Focus upon those who bring food to our
tables, particularly those who labor in the fields of North Carolina and the
Southeast. Farm work from the plantation system and slavery to sharecropping,
and to the migrant and seasonal farmworker population today. Documentary work
and its contributions to farmworker advocacy. Instructor: Thompson. One course.
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 236 Latino/a Studies in the Global South
395T
BorderWork(s): At Home/On the Wall: between Belfast and
Durham.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
308T
213S
Shamanism and Spirit Possession.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS S
Course Description: Anthropological, psychological, and
Religious Studies approaches to cross-cultural study of spirit possession and
shamanism. Examination of in-depth case-studies and comparative works, from
both literate civilizations and non-literate cultures. Engage with contemporary
concerns with nature and boundaries of personhood and embodiment and their
relation to leadership. Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 214 History 215S
120
Alcohol and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examination of cultural and social
dimensions of alcohol use cross-culturally, with special attention to ethical
issues surrounding control of alcohol use, frameworks for judging ''abuse,''
and the political and social agendas of researchers and caregivers in a range
of societies. Local field research (on and off campus). Instructor: Ewing. One
course.
140
Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: How American culture shapes the everyday
lives of people in the United States. Focus on two themes: cultural differences
as well as similarities within and between ethnic groups, and the impact of
history, large institutions, and global relations on all Americans. Instructor:
Baker. One course.
412D
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas: The World According to the
Indigenous People of Latin America.
Satisfies: CZ EI R D D D
Course Description: The basic philosophical architecture of
the three great civilizations of America; Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations.
Links the current indigenous revival in the Andes (Bolivia and Ecuador) and in
the South of Mexico and Guatemala with the survival of their historical
legacies. Instructor: Mignolo. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 460 Cultural Anthropology 367 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 412
History 412D
233
Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in
Modern China.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 333; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 334, Study of Sexualities
233, Arts of the Moving Image 270
245
Culture and Politics of South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Explores the politics, history,
cultures, art, and literature of societies and nation-states across the South
Asian continent. Focus on issues such as urbanization; internal/external
migration; linguistic, religious, and ethnic identities and conflicts; the
impact of colonialism, development, and globalization. Instructor: Ewing. One
course. C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 259
366
Trauma and Space in Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 410
395S
Politics and Obligations of Memory.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 403S
423
Sex and Money.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Sexual practices that involve transactions
of money in different cultural and historical settings, including
"regular" marriage practices that involve exchanges of money and
goods as well as extramarital practices where one party is selling bodily acts.
Examination of the ethics and politics of these exchanges questioning who
benefits from them (and who not) and how to also assess other bodily
transactions including prostitution and surrogacy. Reading materials on sexual
practices in different cultural contexts (including Tonga, Thailand, Brazil,
India, Ghana, China, Japan, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia). Comparisons made in
terms of culture, religion, ethical systems, politics, and economy. Instructor:
Allison. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies, Marxism and Society
375
Islamic Civilization I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: First part of two-course sequence
providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle
Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Hassan,
Moosa or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 256, History 210,
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 268, Information Science and Information
Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
422
Myth, Ritual, Symbol.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W
Course Description: Cross cultural examination of roles of
myths, rituals, and symbols in meaning-making, creation of identity,
reproduction of cultural forms and challenges to the construction of
"normal." Draws on ethnography, classical anthropological theory, film
and participant-observation. Explores functionalist, psychoanalytic,
structuralist, and feminist modes of analysis. Culture areas include Ndembu of
Zambia, Maya of Guatemala, Turkish village life, Nazi Germany, and present-day
United States. Instructor: Nelson. One course.
364
Gender and Language.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 364; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 232, International Comparative Studies 207, Women's
Studies 232
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
335S
Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and its Motivations.
Satisfies: CCI R SS W
Course Description: Documentary fieldwork-based research on
the lives of people who have committed themselves to changing society. Life
history interviews exploring personal and societal transformations with special
attention to the antecedents to personal change leading to examined lives of
commitment. Attention to various areas of social change, including human
rights, civil rights, international activism, labor rights, and environmental
activism. Focus on societal and personal questions regarding motivations for,
and the effectiveness of, good works in several cultural settings. Instructor:
Thompson. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 239S
241
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Development: View From
Modern Day Japan and Asia (D).
Satisfies: A C CCI SS
Course Description: Cross-cultural examination of issues in
human development from an Asian perspective, especially from modern day Japan.
Issues such as parenting, cognitive and social development, education, family,
and aging will be evaluated from the perspectives of Japan and other cultures
in Asia including China
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
429
Gender and Sexuality in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 429; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 426, Latin
American Studies, Marxism and Society, Study of Sexualities
611S
Global Mental Health.
Satisfies: CCI NS R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Global Health
Certificate 560S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 611S
263
Black Europe: Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora in Contemproary
Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of the historical and
contemporary presence and impact of the African diaspora throughout Europe.
Course engages an anthropological examination of ethnographic texts, including
examples of biography, film and visual culture. Instructor: McIntosh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 263
260
Psychological Anthropology (
P).
Satisfies: C D CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 237
239S
Sound in Social Life.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 222S
355S
Documentary Film/Video Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 330S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 273 Documentary Studies
628S
Anthropology and Psychology ( P).
Satisfies: C CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 520S
108
Introduction to African Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 103; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 105, History 129
433S
Childhood in Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Critical examination of childhood as
both a social construction and a diversely lived experience linked to notions
of race, class, gender and national identity. In addition to examining how they
function as objects of moral panics and political projects, we will also
approach
263D
The History of Romantic Love.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI W
Course Description: Examines how romantic love has been
understood and practiced in the European and North American traditions, from
ancient times to the present. Comparison with the Hindu and Japanese traditions
to reveal what is unique about Western romantic love. Comparison of art and
literature to the practices of real people. Transformations of norms and ideals
since ancient times with focus on ethical questions about the permissibility of
desire in all its forms, the proper relationship between love and marriage, and
the moral status of adultery and jealousy. Instructor: Reddy. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 231D
225
Magical Modernities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 356
571
East Asian Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 605; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 605, International
Comparative Studies
380
Marxism and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to Marx's core concepts,
such as alienation, commodity, and revolution. Includes examination of Marx's
own major historical & political analyses, his economic texts, and his
philosophical writings. Students also gain familiarity with the role of Marxist
thought in different fields and disciplines, including feminist theory,
anthropology, history, political science, and literary studies. Instructor:
Hardt. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 203, Education 239, Sociology
339, International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
210S
Doing Good: Anthropological Perspectives on Development.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 428S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 401S
170S
The Documentary Experience: Video Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R SS S S S S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
105S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 106 Arts of the Moving Image 331 History
125 Political Science 105 Visual and Media Studies 106 Policy Journalism and
Media Studies
290S
Current Issues in Anthropology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Cultural Anthropology 290 except
instruction is provided in seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.
404
Globalization and Anti-Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 425; also C-L: Markets and Management Studies
404
Asians in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of contours of Asian
migration to the U.S. against the backdrop of the social and political
transformations in American society from the mid-19th century to the present.
Considers how Asian Americans have been constituted by world-historical
processes and have constituted themselves as social and political actors.
Instructor: Subramanian. One course.
565
The World of Japanese Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 565; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
212
Representing Slavery.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 314; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 314, Visual and Media
Studies 326
288S
Gender and Sexuality in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 311S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 311S
376
Islamic Civilization II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Continuation of Religion 375.
Instructor: Hassan, Moosa, or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
257, History 211, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
130
World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Study of musical styles and practices in
relation to issues of creativity, forms of power, and cultural survival; focus
on the music and experiences of indigenous peoples, refugees, migrants, and
immigrants. Instructor: Meintjes or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 131, International Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies
207
Anthropology of Sports.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: The role of sports in different cultures
in the contemporary world. Dynamics of race, gender, sexuality, fantasy and
desire, mythmaking and the culture of celebrity, commercial and mass media.
Instructor: Starn. One course.
573S
Ethnohistory of Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 570S; also C-L: History 540S
299SA
Environment, Health, and Development in China.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS AS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology
395AS; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 383 Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
242
Culture and Politics in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 340; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 229, International
Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
270
Black Gods and Kings: Priests and Practices of the
Afro-Atlantic Religions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Surveys the spiritual, political and
economic experience of those who worship African gods--West and Central
Africans, Cubans, Brazilians, Haitians, and North Americans. The gods as
sources of power, organization and healing amid local political dominance of
Muslims and Christians and seismic expansion of international capitalism. West
African Yoruba religion, West-Central African Kongo religion, Brazilian
Candombl\'e9 and Umbanda, Cuban Santer\'eda and Palo Mayombe, Haitian Vodou,
and African-American Pentecostalism are examined as belief systems, and contextualized
to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, long-distance commerce and pilgrimage by
free people. One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 269,
Cultural Anthropology 269
208FS
The Anthropology of Race.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Same as Cultural Anthropology 208 but
taught as part of the FOCUS program. Instructor: Baker. One course.
249S
Political Economies of the Global Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 335S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 247 Cultural Anthropology 217 Visual and
Media Studies 248S
525S
Culture, Power, History.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Debates in cultural theory and
anthropology: identity and nationalism, memory and tradition, globalization, and
poststructuralist, feminist and postcolonial theory. Some previous coursework
in anthropology and or cultural theory recommended. Instructor: Starn and
Stein. One course.
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
380
Politics of Food: Land, Labor, Health, and Economics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
341S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 238S
137
Music, Social Life, and Scenes.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Study of musical styles and performance
practices in relation to issues of identity and other aspects of social life;
focus on the diverse local musical scenes and traditions and on learning
through doing original fieldwork. Instructor: Meintjes. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 137, Documentary Studies
594S
Cultural (Con)Fusions of Asians and Africans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 594S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 594 Latin American
Studies 594S
417S
The Middle East in Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Popular culture in the Middle East and
images of the Middle East in United States' popular culture, covering a variety
of cultural forms, including film, music, and comic books. How cultural forms
relate to political and historical processes. Wars and political conflicts;
399S
Global Russia.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Globalization of Russian culture as
manifested in popular and academic cultural forms, including political
ideologies, media and artistic texts, film, theater and television, markets,
educational and legal institutions, historical and contemporary social
movements. Examination of ethical issues in context of such topics as the
relationship between church and state; the evolution of a totalitarian
government into a democratic state; reproductive rights; the struggle against
corruption in education, finance, police force; the role of censorship; views
of citizenship, patriotism, valor, and treason; historical perspectives on
prison camps, abuses of psychiatry. Instructor: Andrews. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 399 Public Policy Studies 201S
217
Gender and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 271; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 203, Marxism and
Society, Study of Sexualities
290
Selected Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Lecture version of Study of Sexualities
290S. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
325
Culture and Politics in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 243; also C-L: Documentary Studies, Marxism and Society
293A
Research Independent Study on Contemporary China.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Research and field studies culminating
in a paper approved and supervised by the resident director of the Duke in
China program. Includes field trips
432S
Gender, Sex and Citizenship.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS S
Course Description: Explore current issues and debates
relating to the relationship between gender, sexuality and global flows of
people, labor, capital and ideas. Consider feminist analyses of the
citizen-subject and foundational questions central to this area of study
relationship between cultural representation, queer subjectivities, and sexual
citizenship. Examine scholarship on gendered vulnerability and the welfare
state; the politics of `terror\rquote , security, and stereotyped
masculinities; domestic labor and contemporary slavery; and the controversial
debates about the connections between sex tourism, human trafficking and
commercial sex work. Prereq: Previous gender studies course or consent of the
instructor.Instructor: McIntosh. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 432
Women's Studies 432S
418
American Marriage: Cultural Approach.
Satisfies: A R SS
Course Description: Americans' cultural understandings of
marriage and its central place in American life and relation to American ideas
about fulfillment, commitment, autonomy, love, and gender roles.
Interdisciplinary readings; individually designed research project involving
conduct and analysis of interviews about marriage. Instructor: Quinn. One
course.
205
The Law and Language.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Intersections of language and law and
legal institutions examined from a comparative approach, i.e., official state
language and national identity; freedom of speech and its limitations; language
as property. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 205
251S
Documenting Religion.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
338S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 233 Visual and Media Studies 210S
219S
Indian Civilization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: Surveys the rise of civilization and
kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent from the first urban centers of the Indus
Valley through the establishment of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. Uses
literary, archeological, linguistic, ethnological, and inscriptional evidence
on the diversity of Indic peoples and their complex social, religious, and
caste integration into the major states and empires of premodern India;
considers wider civilizational networks and extensions of the Indian cultural
sphere into other parts of Asia; integrates a historical and anthropological
perspective on various primary materials. Instructor: Freeman. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 215S
412S
Cultures of New Media.
Satisfies: ALP SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 434S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 412S
105
Fantasy, Mass Media, and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 150; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 105, Documentary Studies,
Policy Journalism and Media Studies, Study of Sexualities
388S
Back in the U.S.S.R.: Everyday Soviet Culture, 1956-1989.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Draws on film, fiction, songs, oral
histories, and anthropological studies to explore the cultural expressions,
lifestyles, ethical values, and sociopolitical concerns of postwar/Cold War
generations of Soviet citizens. Highlighted topics: youth culture, the new
consumerism, coping with the Stalinist legacy, politically dissident art and
actions, the retreat
387S
Documenting Black Experiences.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
350S; also C-L: African and African American Studies 225 Arts of the Moving
Image 214 Cultural Anthropology 262S
419S
Global Environmentalism and the Politics of Nature.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS STS
Course Description: Exploration of several themes: how
local, national, and transnational organizations manage the environment,
discuss it, study it, protect and defend it; who speaks for nature and to what
ends; the differences between capitalist and socialist approaches to the
environment; how relations among natures, nations, social movements,
individuals, and institutions have changed over time. Case studies from Africa,
East and Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, and the United States; study of
new theoretical writing on the relationship between humans, technology,
capital, and nature. Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: Information
Science and Information Studies
535S
Race, Racism, and Democracy.
Satisfies: CCI SS W
Course Description: The paradox of racial inequality in
societies that articulate principles of equality, democratic freedom, and
justice for all. Instructor: Baker. One course. C-L: African and African
American Studies 545S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
280
Religious Movements.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 211
690S
Seminar in Selected Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Substantive, theoretical, or
methodological topics. Instructor: Staff. One course.
385
Muslims in the West.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 252; also C-L: Islamic Studies
372
Representing the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 251; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 345, History
213, International Comparative Studies 362, Visual and Media Studies 250,
Islamic Studies, Policy Journalism and Media Studies
560S
African Modernities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 645S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
380
Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 250; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 170, Women's
Studies
344S
Our Culinary Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: Documentary approach to the world of
food using fieldwork research. Topics of food and its preparation examined
through deep stories of how food is raised, prepared, and presented in order to
explore how the myriad ways in which what we eat reveal key biographical,
economic, religious, and other truths about our cultures. Introduces students
to the history of food writing and the concept of food in general as a
nonverbal tool of communication. Photography, audio, and documentary writing
employed. Instructor: Alexander. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 258S
104
Anthropology and Film.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 130; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 130, Documentary Studies,
Arts of the Moving Image, Marxism and Society
272S
Advertising and Masculinity.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Gender representations in advertising,
focusing on masculinity. Consideration also given to representations of
femininity in advertising, to the nature and complexity of gender, and to the
history and place of advertising in society and culture. Case materials drawn
primarily from contemporary American advertising, with examples from other time
periods and other national advertising traditions. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: O'Barr. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies,
Policy Journalism and Media, Women's Studies
264D
The History of Emotions.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R W C
Course Description: Codes of conduct aimed at the
management, expression, and concealment of emotion over the last thousand years
of European history, with a focus on the self, manners, dress, romance, and
aggression; comparison of developed Western notion of emotions with
configurations of emotional expression and emotional practices in selected
other parts of the world: within Islam, the Hindu tradition, Japan, certain
postcolonial settings. Not open to students who have taken History 154or
Cultural Anthropology 154. Instructor: Reddy. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 230D
333S
The Wire.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 333S
210
Global Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS TV
Course Description: Globalization examined through some of
its dominant cultural forms\emdash the marketing of pop music, the
globalization of culture, the spread of markets and commodities, the export of
political ideologies. Special focus given to the way in which these forms both
affect and are transformed by local cultures in Africa, South Asia, East Asia,
and Latin America. Instructor: Allison, Litzinger, Piot, or Starn. One course.
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 247, International Comparative Studies, Markets
and Management Studies, Marxism and Society
572S
Anthropology and History.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 501S
225
Religion and Social Transformation in South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 405; also C-L: Islamic Studies
206
Anthropology of Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Comparative approach to jurisprudence
and legal practice, dispute resolution, law-making institutions and processes,
and the relation of law to politics, culture, and values. Instructor: O'Barr.
One course.
453S
Capstone Seminar: Imperialism and Islamism.
Satisfies: CZ R SS US US S
Course Description: Inquiry into Islam's transnational past
and relations of European empires to that past. Development of perspectives on
the current conflict between the and its Islamist opponents to enable critical
engagement with debates on the nature of global Islamist politics and on the as
an imperial power. Close reading of case studies and original source material.
Instructor: Ho. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 416 Islamic Studies
545S
Millennial Capitalisms: Global Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 530S
241
Culture and Politics in China.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Introduction to the study of
contemporary China, including Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora. Key themes
include family and kinship, sex and gender, regional diversity, ethnic minority
relations, the politics of modernity, revolution, and reform, and the
representation of Chinese identity through popular media, film, and travel.
Instructor: Litzinger. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies,
Marxism and Society
401S
The Inca Empire and Colonial Legacies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 420S
431
Diasporic South Asia.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Explores histories of migration from
South Asia and the cultural politics of identity and rights in a variety of
host societies including, Malaysia, South Africa, Fiji, Trinidad, Uganda,
United Kingdom, and the United States. Instructor: Subramanian.
301
Indigenous Medicine and Global Health.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Explores indigenous medicine's role in
global health and focuses on four interrelated topics: basic medical paradigms
and practices, access and utilization in different regions, cross-cultural
health delivery, and the complexities of medical pluralism. Course themes will
be explored through lecture, discussion, small group case analyses, comparative
analytical exercises, and workshops. Instructor: Boyd. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 247
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES (MEDREN)
Number Of Listed Courses: 116
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Medieval
and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
675
Luther and the Reformation in Germany.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: The theology of Martin Luther in the
context of competing visions of reform. Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Steinmetz. One course.
289
Rise of Modern Science: Early Science through Newton.
Satisfies: CZ STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 302
481
Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: voyage through the three otherworldly
places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose
transformation of human actions into an ordered ethical system continues to
captivate readers. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 450, Religion 262, History 253, Literature 245,
International Comparative Studies
482SA
Sex, Death, and a Little Love: Boccaccio's Decameron.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: Ten Florentines, in the Plague's shadow,
telling a hundred stories about human relationships, wit, religion, tragedy,
happiness, and the power of language. For Duke Intense Global students only.
Instructor: Eisner. One course.
272
British Isles in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 247
390-1
Topics in Renaissance Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 390-1
690S-1
Special Topics is Middle English Literature: 1100 to 1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 530S
481D
Women Writers of the Renaissance: Spain and England.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings in the work of major women
writers of the Spanish and English Renaissance: Zayas, Wroth, Navarre, and
their literary contexts, Cervantes, Boccaccio, Sidney. Course includes in-depth
examination of ideals and conflicts of English and Spanish culture, as well as
consideration of the intersection in their writing between Christian
(Protestant and Catholic) and Muslim civilizations. Instructor: Greer. One
course. C-L: English 433, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 475D
653
The Sacraments in the Patristic and Early Medieval Period.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: study of the celebration and
interpretation of baptism or eucharist in the church orders and texts of the
early church writers. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors
and seniors only. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
505A
History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a
European Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 507A; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
634
Early Christian Asceticism.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The development of asceticism and
monasticism in the first six centuries of Christianity. Instructor: Clark. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 655, Study of Sexualities,
Women's Studies
190FS
Special Topics in Focus.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
258
Renaissance Architecture in Italy: Brunelleschi to
Michelangelo.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 258;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 227
651S
The Early Medieval Church, Out of Africa: Christianity in
North Africa before Islam.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Selected writings of Tertullian,
Cyprian, and Augustine, as well as lesser known African Fathers, on topics such
as the African rite of baptism, African creeds, and African church councils.
Focus on major theological, liturgical, and pastoral problems in the African
church in order to gain perspective on the crucial role of the African church
in the development of the church in the West. Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
390S
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 390. Instructor: Staff. One course.
255S
Music History I: To 1650.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The history of music in medieval and
early modern Europe in its cultural and social context. Prerequisite: Music 261
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Brothers or McCarthy. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 201S
610S
Introduction to Medieval German: The Language of the German
Middle Ages and Its Literature.
Satisfies: ALP FL R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 610S
575S
Religion and Society in the Age of the Reformation.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 523S
290-1
Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 290-1
530
Medieval Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL A
Course Description: Premodern Times: User's Manual.
Introduction to the earliest languages, literatures, and cultures in France and
across Europe. Topics include orality and literacy, the experience of allegory,
fictionality, the modern uses of the past. Major writers include the inventor
of romance, Chr\'e9tien de Troyes, Provencal troubadours and trouv\'e8res,
Guillaume de Machaut, the first professional writer, Christine de Pizan and
Alain Chartier. Instructor: Solterer. 3 units. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 642, Literature 541
590S-2
Topics in Italian Renaissance Art.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 590S-4
429S
Capstone Seminar: The Black Death and Medieval Society.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 460S
415S
Capstone Seminar: Sex, Celibacy, and Purity in the Middle
Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 459S; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 426S
552
Topics in Renaissance Music.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers or
McCarthy. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 523
261
Michelangelo in Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 259;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 233
618S
Medieval Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Study of Augustine against background of
late ancient Roman philosophy, and Thomas Aquinas and others against background
of medieval Muslim philosophy, in particular Avicenna and Averroes, and
Neoplatonism. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 669S
287
Magic, Religion, and Science since 1400.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 260
680
Readings in Historical Theology.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Prerequisites: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 550 and 551. Instructor: Staff. One course.
553
Music in the Baroque Era.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: McCarthy.
One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 524
321
Chaucer II.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 333
667
Readings in Latin Ecclesiastical Literature.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Readings in Latin of pastoral,
theological, and church-disciplinary literature from the late patristic and
medieval period. Also offered as a graduate Religion and Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: knowledge of Latin.
Instructor: Keefe. One course.
410
Spanish Literature of the Renaissance and the Baroque.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Selected works of sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in Spain with attention to their reflection of social,
religious and political currents of the age, including: Pan-European cultural
influences in the Renaissance, the effects of the New World
551
Modern European Christianity.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: survey of the history of Christianity
from the Reformation to the present, with emphasis on the early modern era.
Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only.
Instructor: Heitzenrater and Steinmetz. One course.
672
The Christian Mystical Tradition in the Medieval Centuries.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Reading and discussion of the writings
of medieval Christian mystics (in translation). Each year offers a special
focus, such as: Women at Prayer; Fourteenth-Century Mystics; Spanish Mystics.
Less well-known writers (Hadewijch, Birgitta of Sweden, Catherine of Genoa) as
well as giants (Eckhart, Ruusbroec, Tauler, Suso, Teresa of Avila, Julian of
Norwich, Catherine of Siena, and Bernard of Clairvaux) are included. Also
offered as a Divinity School course, and as Religion 742. Open to juniors and
seniors only. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
677
Problems in Reformation Theology.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Consent of instructor required. Also
offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only.
Instructor: Steinmetz. One course.
261
Medieval Christianity in Film and Fiction.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Exploration of modern popular fictional
representations of Christianity in the Middle Ages, including novels and films.
Comparison with original medieval sources to understand relationship between
present-day interpretations and actual medieval practice, and what this reveals
about both cultures. Of particular concern: ethical issues concerning
Christianity and violence, wealth, power and notions of democracy and
modernity. Instructor: Dubois. One course. C-L: History 244, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 354
625S
Chaucer and His Contexts.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 532S
432S
Capstone Seminar: Medieval Communities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 463S
275
Tudor/Stuart Britain.
Satisfies: CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 269
418S
Courtly Love and Hate.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Introduction to medieval culture and its
arts of love. Romances, heroic epic, autobiography, social satire, farce.
Juxtaposes first audio-visual texts with contemporary renditions. Love-writing
vs ethnic hatred, misogyny. Previously taught as French 149S. Instructor:
Solterer. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 452
583S
Dante Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Focus on a particular aspect of Dante's
work. Taught in English. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 615S
205S
The Vikings and Their Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 261S
375
Islamic Civilization I.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: First part of two-course sequence
providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle
Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Hassan,
Moosa or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 256, History 210,
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 268, Information Science and Information
Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
332
Introduction to Italian Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Major writers of the Italian premodern
literary tradition of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.
Poetry, fiction, theater, and essay. Instructor: Eisner. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 312
301
Ancient Myth.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
208
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
243A
History of Netherlandish Art in a European Context.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 263A; also C-L: International Comparative Studies
660
Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: History and schools of Islamic
jurisprudence; Islamic legal reasoning; approaches to ethics and procedural
justice, the ethical regulation of commerce, including a detailed study of
pertinent issues in Islamic law. Also taught as Law 568. Instructor: Moosa. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 575, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 659, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
259
Europe Before The Crusades.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 245
310S
Introduction to German Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 331S
590S
Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics may focus on fine arts, history,
language and literature, or philosophy and religion. These seminar courses
frequently engage interdisciplinary perspectives, historiography, and
interpretation of medieval and Renaissance cultures. Open to seniors and
graduate students; other students may need consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
337
Milton.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 338
676
The English Reformation.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: The religious history of England from
the accession of Henry VIII to the death of Elizabeth I. Extensive readings in
the English reformers from Tyndale to Hooker. Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Steinmetz. One course.
220
Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Study of conceptual shifts from the
Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Early Modern period stressing impact of
Muslim philosophy on the Christian west. Revival of ancient thought, scientific
developments, European discovery of New World and impact on political
philosophy. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 355
219
Medieval Bodies: Sex & Food.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 246; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 256, Study of Sexualities 210
279
The History of the Renaissance in Europe 1250-1550.
Satisfies: CZ W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 256; also C-L:
International Comparative Studies
281
Reformation Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 257; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
290S-1
Special Topics in Medieval English Literature to 1500.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 290S-1
647S
Latin Palaeography.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 584S
320S
Chaucer I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 332S
215
Gothic Cathedrals.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 225
381
Renaissance Cultures.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 152; also C-L: Art History 152, History 116
335
Jewish Mysticism.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The main historical stages,
personalities, texts, ethical doctrines, social teachings, and metaphysical
doctrines from rabbinic to modern times. Instructor: Goldman or Lieber. One
682
Christian Thought in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: survey of the history of Christian
theology from St. Augustine to the young Martin Luther. Also offered as a
Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor:
Steinmetz. One course.
584S
Topics in Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Focus on a particular aspect of the
Italian or European Renaissance. Taught in English. Instructor: Finucci. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 640 Art History 590S-2
326
Sixteenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 233
277
History of Medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 252
328
Seventeenth-Century English Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 238
633
Augustine.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The religion of the Bishop of Hippo in
late antiquity. Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 664
386
Art in Renaissance Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 255;
also C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 225
304S
Interpreting Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 372S
552S
Live Images: Ancient and Medieval Representations of the
Divine.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 533S; also C-L: Classical Studies 558 Medieval and Renaissance Studies
507S
237
French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 293
376
Islamic Civilization II.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Continuation of Religion 375.
Instructor: Hassan, Moosa, or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology
257, History 211, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 269, International
Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
390
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics may focus on fine arts, history,
language and literature, or philosophy and religion, frequently engaging
interdisciplinary perspectives. Instructor: Staff. One course.
632
Origen.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The systematic and apologetic writings
of an important Alexandrian thinker and exegete of the third century.
Instructor: Clark. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 662
411
Golden Age Literature: Cervantes.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Includes reading either selected works
by Cervantes (dramas, novellas, and part of Don Quixote) or the Quixote in its
entirety. Attention to the Roman and/or Arab conquests of Spain, Spanish
relations with Algeria, England, Italy, and the Americas, the obsession with
"limpieza de sangre" and the fate of Spain's "morisco"
population. Prerequisite: Spanish 332, 333, 334 or 335. Instructor: Greer. One
course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 459
317
Medieval English Literature to 1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 231
229A
Renaissance and Baroque Art History.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 255A
257
Medieval Christendom, Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 242; also
C-L: Religion 354
337
Shakespeare After 1600.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 337; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 332
550
Early and Medieval Christianity.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: survey of the history of Christianity
from its beginnings through the fifteenth century. Also offered as a Divinity
School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Keefe and
Steinmetz. One course.
551
Music in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers.
One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 522
332
Introduction to Spanish Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL S AP
Course Description: Major writers of the Spanish literary
tradition and the historical contexts from which they emerged: Middle Ages
through the seventeenth century. Poetry, fiction, theater and essay and
historical readings and film. Includes attention to Judaic and Islamic civilizations
and expression in medieval Spain. Prerequisite: Spanish 301, 331 or Spanish
Literature score of 5. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 314
262
The Crusades to the Holy Land.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 249; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 249, Islamic Studies
210
Medieval Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 226
570S
The Society and Economy of Europe, 1400 - 1700.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 519S
462S
Eros in the Renaissance.
Satisfies: ALP CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Romance Studies
411S
607
History of the German Language.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 560; also
C-L: Linguistics 560
590
Advanced Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics may focus on fine arts, history,
language and literature, or philosophy and religion. Open to seniors and
graduate students; other students may need consent of instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
608S
Medieval and Renaissance Latin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Latin 508S
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
484S
Italians Abroad, Foreigners in Italy: Seeing and Being Seen.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Focus on issues of identity,
nationality, race, and origin, narratives of discovery, the Italian
"Orient," colonial and post-colonial experiences, ethnicity and
cultural assimilation in the early modern period. Taught in English.
Instructor: Finucci. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 470
International Comparative Studies
430S
Capstone Seminar: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 462S
220
The Art of Medieval Southern Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 335
590S-1
Topics in Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 590S-3
282
Italian Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 382; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 344
222
Introduction to Shakespeare.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 235; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 330
358
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: survey of the changes in
sixteenth-century European society, with particular reference to the continent,
which grew out of the movement for religious reform and socio-political
renewal. Focus on new developments in theology and religion and their
relationship to society in such issues as the definition of a "good
society," just war, and social justice. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: History 259, Medieval and Renaissance Studies 284, Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
345
The Devil's Pact: Faust and the Faust Tradition.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 370; also
C-L: Literature 240
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
648
The Legacy of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
568
224S
Romance of Arthur.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 260S
334
Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 334; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 333
493
Research Independent Study: Thesis.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research and reading in a
field of special interest, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting
in a substantive paper or written report containing significant analysis and
interpretation of a previously approved topic. Undertaken by a student working
on an Honors project in consultation with the student\rquote s project advisor.
One course.
318
Middle English 1100-1500.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 207
650
The Early Medieval Church.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: Keefe. One course.
303
Ancient and Medieval Epic.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
204
632S
Special Topics in Renaissance Prose and Poetry: 1500 to
1660.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 538S
249
Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 337;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies
290AS-1
Topics in Renaissance British Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see English 290AS-1
605
Introduction to Old English.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 505
590
Topics in Early Modern Studies.
Satisfies: ALP FL R
Course Description: Pursuits of knowledge and the shaping of
the individual. Literature of travel, science, sexuality, meditation,
worldliness, theater, politics by well known and lesser known authors of
seventeenth-century France. Genres may include fables, letters, memoirs,
sermons, treatises, novels, plays. Instructor: Longino. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 590-1
506S
Art and Markets.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 567S; also C-L: Economics 321 Markets and Management Studies
425
France in the Making: Language, Nation, and Literary Culture
in Premodern Europe.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Origins and transformations of French
imaginaries. Inquiry into earliest myths/images, including crusade and holy
war, which pitted France and Europe against Arab and Muslim world. Fictional,
historical chronicle, autobiography, and film exploring how first ideas of
France in the West were forged through conflict--war, foreign occupation,
American "new France" settlement. Instructor: Solterer. One course.
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 465, International Comparative Studies
FOCUS PROGRAM (FOCUS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 1
190FS
Special Topics in Focus.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
WOMEN'S STUDIES (WOMENST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 71
219
Medieval Bodies: Sex & Food.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 246; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 256, Study of Sexualities 210
365
Gender and Political Theory.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Feminist analyses of and engagements
with some of the canonical texts and traditional concepts of Western political
theory. Feminist contributions to, challenges to, and
390S
Advanced Topics in Women's Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary, focusing on advanced
interdisciplinary work arising from feminist scholarship. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
369S
Transnational Feminism.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Ethico-political strengths and
shortcomings of feminism across international borders. Philosophical,
political, economic, filmic, and literary formulations of international
feminism. Interdisciplinary and multimedia course. Topics include Marxist
internationalism and feminism; disciplinary ethnocentrism; international human
rights and women's rights; postcolonial feminism; labor, domesticity, and
migration; and the idea of 'transnationalism'. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies 208S
222S
Philosophical Issues in Feminism.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 222S
252S
Popular Fictions.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 345S;
also C-L: English 375S
360S
Feminist Activism: Social Movements.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W
Course Description: Comprehensive introduction to feminist
theoretical conceptions of the social, political, economic, and the human.
Explores the rise of gender based discourses and social movements in the
context of broader considerations of modernity, democracy, and liberal humanism
and the value of rights discourse for feminist agendas. Includes a comparative
dimension that emphasizes cross cultural and historical analysis. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
490S
Senior Seminar in Women's Studies.
Satisfies: CCI R W
Course Description: Advanced research course for majors in
Women's Studies. Topics vary by semester. Students produce a significant
research paper. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
208
The French Love Story.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 361; also
C-L: Literature 262
215
Cyborgs.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 213; also C-L: Policy Journalism and Media Studies
218S
Daily Life in Antiquity.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
268S
235S
Clinical Issues for the Community. SS
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of
Sexualities 235S; also C-L: Psychology 310S
361
Money, Sex, Power.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS S
Course Description: Same as Women's Studies 361except
instruction provided in lecture format. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Markets and Management Studies, Marxism and Society
288S
Gender and Sexuality in Africa.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 311S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 311S
494
Honors Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: See Women's Studies 493. Open to
seniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
364S
Race, Gender, and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: Gender's relationship to race and
sexuality explored through a variety of issues, including health, intimacy,
family, the state, economic practices, transnational communities and
identities, and social movement. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 264 African and African American Studies 242S
190FS
Special Topics in Focus.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar for students in Focus Program
only. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
276
Global Performance Art: History/Theory from 1950's to
Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 344; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 275,
Literature 222, Theater Studies 235
362S
Gender and Popular Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS W
Course Description: An analytic investigation of ways
popular cultural forms produce and reinforce gender relations. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 331S
519S
Topics in Sexuality and Gender Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 585S
601S
Debates in Women's Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course is designed for Masters and
Professional Schools students and for Ph.D. students with little or no
background in feminist scholarship. It introduces students to the basic
conceptual tools of feminist inquiry by way of an examination of some of the
key debates in feminist studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
371S
Gender, Sexuality, and the Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS W S
Course Description: Image and visual culture in the production
and engagement of gender, race, sexuality, and class. Examining the various
ways images organize understandings and experiences of gender, sexuality, and
their relations via the methodologies of feminist and queer theory. How
contemporary feminist art challenges U.S. feminist scholarship working to
theorize feminism from within transnational contexts. This course includes a
curatorial component, and will be taught in collaboration with Duke
University\rquote s Nasher Museum. Instructor: Lamm. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 371 Visual and Media Studies 371S
239
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 374
368S
Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: This course investigates gender and
sexual dimensions of human rights, considering key international human rights
campaigns and emphasizing the historical and philosophical contexts involved in
advocacy for Women's Human Rights and Sexual Rights. May include a
service-learning component. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of
Sexualities 268S
280S
Anthropology of Space.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 426S; also C-L: Literature 235 Islamic Studies
363S
Interpreting Bodies: Identity and Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: How the body has come to define the
human in language, law, science, politics and economics. The body's relation to
identity and subjectivity. The representation of the body in particular
cultural discourses and the social history and dynamic in which that
representation has taken place. Instructor: Staff. One course.
245
Gender and Morality: Indian Perspectives.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Religion 272; also
C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
231S
Vampire Chronicles: Fantasies of Vampirism in a
Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 413S; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 406 Study of
Sexualities 231 Arts of the Moving Image 217S
249S
Political Economies of the Global Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 335S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 247 Cultural Anthropology 217 Visual and
Media Studies 248S
270S
Animals and Ethics: Welfare, Rights, Utilitarianism, and
Beyond.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The ways humans depend on animals for a
variety of products and information, with questions about the morality of
specific uses. The origin of the contemporary animal rights movement through
the lens of ethical theories, Kantianism, rights approaches, abolition, Peter
Singer, and utilitarianism. The role of animal welfare through the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, viewed internationally, including comparison of
welfare versus rights agendas. Postmodern and feminist alternatives to existing
theories. Animal law and the question of legal standing for animals. Benefits
and limits of environmentalism as a mode of animal advocacy. Instructor: Rudy
or Staff. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 227S
361S
Money, Sex, and Power.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Capitalism as a historical force in its
relation to gender and race structures. The intellectual history provided by
Marxist critiques of capital for the development of a distinct body of feminist
materialist thought, including dual systems theory, ideology critique,
poststructuralist understandings of language and culture, and the rise of
globalization as the latest economic context in which to think about gender,
material life and power. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities
581S
Masculinities.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 540S
372S
Freud and Sexuality.
Satisfies: CCI R SS S S
Course Description: Introduction to central concepts in
Sigmund Freud's writings, focusing mainly on his understanding of sexuality,
stages of child's development through sexuality including development of the
ego or sense of self, operations of the unconscious and genesis of sexual
drives in the constitution of male and female subjects. Basic Freudian concepts
explained through central feminist questions of sexuality and sexual
difference. Instructor: Grosz. One course. C-L: Literature 260 Literature 310
Psychology 322S
221
Women at Work: Gendered Experience of Corporate Life.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS
Course Description: Analysis of gender, class and race in
contemporary business organizations and roles of men and women within them.
Management systems, information technology and human resource systems, as
artifacts to larger, gendered environment. Instructor: Reeves. One course. C-L:
Sociology 331
202S
Introduction to Study of Sexualities.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of
Sexualities 199S
515S
Gender, Identity, and Public Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies
530 Political Science 521S
512S
Film Feminisms.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 611S;
also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
290S
Selected Topics in Women's Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Women's Studies 290.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
217
Gender and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 271; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 203, Marxism and
Society, Study of Sexualities
101
Gender and Everyday Life.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to the way Women's Studies
as an interdisciplinary field studies gender in its complex intersection with
race, class, and sexuality. The sex/gender distinction;
590S
Selected Topics in Feminist Studies.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: seminar in contemporary issues,
methodology, and/or selected theoretical questions pertaining to feminist
scholarship. Instructor: Staff. One course.
380S
Feminist Research.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: This interdisciplinary seminar uses
feminist and critical scholarship from many disciplines to examine how ways of
knowing (epistemology), ways of being (a person\rquote s identity and
locations), power relations within and between countries, and different
historical contexts impact the production, understanding, and circulation of
knowledge. Course is designed to allow each student to develop a logical and
feasible research question; improve their skills in reading, understanding, and
evaluating existing research; and develop a research paper based on secondary
sources. Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors. No 1st year students.
Instructor: Hasso. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 279S
230
Women in the Economy.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 348
225
Women and the Political Process.
Satisfies: R SS A
Course Description: systematic analysis of the U.S.
political system, electoral politics, platform implications, and leadership
trends in the context of women's role in political life, as voters, leaders,
and citizens. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Political Science 203
430S
Travel, Gender, and Power.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology
430S; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 305 Islamic Studies
210S
Gender and Digital Culture.
Satisfies: ALP STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 340S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 286S
212
Gender in Dance and Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 368; also
C-L: Theater Studies 236, International Comparative Studies 215, Study of
Sexualities
211
Seventeenth-century Fictions of Women.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 338
277
Global Art Since 1945.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 281;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 219, Marxism and Society, Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
282
Italian Women Writers.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 382; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 344
366S
Nature, Culture, and Gender.
Satisfies: CCI EI NS SS
Course Description: Understanding human identity through a
consideration of the human animal boundary, feminist primatology, animal
welfare, the great ape project. Do women view nature differently than men?
Ethics of primate research, primate gender roles, human justice and non-human
animals, subjectivity and emotional lives of nonhuman animals, the relationship
between gender, nature, and animals, new formulations of
"nature/culture," women and animals. Instructor: Staff. One course.
209S
Muslim Women Across the Ages.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 225S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 365 Islamic Studies
227
Women in Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 216, Literature 219, Study of Sexualities 225
367S
Feminist Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Do women experience the world
differently than men? An examination of women's experience, women's ways of
knowing, ethical systems and feminist critique, patriarchy, dualistic thinking,
gender oppression, care ethics, ethical dilemmas. Instructor: Rudy. One course.
C-L: Study of Ethics 204S
233
Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in
Modern China.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 333; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 334, Study of Sexualities
233, Arts of the Moving Image 270
465S
Feminist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 465S;
also C-L: Philosophy 274 English 488S
401
Gender and Law.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Examination of issues at the
intersection of gender and law through a number of different theoretical
lenses. Analyzes policy problems with gender implications from the perspective
of formal equality, substantive equality, nonsubordination theory, different
voice theory, autonomy, and various poststructural critiques. Engages theory at
the level of concrete, easily accessible ethical and policy issues, including
such topics as employment equality, pregnancy, domestic violence, rape, reproductive
rights, sexual orientation and sexual identity discrimination, family equality,
sexual harassment, pornography, education equality, affirmative action, and the
justice system. Instructor: Bartlett. One course. C-L: Literature 430, Public
Policy Studies 315
237
African American Women and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 310; also C-L: History 349
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
429
Gender and Sexuality in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 429; also C-L: International Comparative Studies 426, Latin
American Studies, Marxism and Society, Study of Sexualities
385S
Women in the Public Sphere: History, Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI SS W NYC
Course Description: Why and how women who seek to practice
leadership in public life operate within broad historical and theoretical
contexts. Examine how American women have exercised leadership for social
change over the last two centuries. Analyze current debates about gender and
leadership in academic literature and the popular press, and discuss the
opportunities and challenges facing women today. Explore the relationship
between theory and practice by applying theory to current-day issues. This
course serves as the preferred gateway course for The Moxie Project: Women and
Leadership for Social Change (DukeEngage - 8 weeks in working with a local or
national organization serving women and girls). Instructor: Seidman. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 225S
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Women's
Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
199S
Thinking Gender: An Introduction to Feminist Theory.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to foundational concepts in
feminist thought on sex and gender. Survey of core concepts in the field of
Women's Studies and introduction to the fundamental debates within the history
of feminist thinking. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Marxism and Society
250
Film and the African Diaspora.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 330; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 228
260S
The Actress: Celebrity and the Woman.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 383S; also
C-L: Theater Studies 323S
275S
Food, Farming, and Feminism.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS US
Course Description: Viewing "agriculture,"
"nature," and "consumption" as pressing feminist themes and
exploration of various dimensions of the cultural and political ecology/economy
of producing, processing, circulating, preparing, and consuming sustenance.
Particular focus on the ethical impact of policy on rural farm communities and
developing nations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Environment 209S
370S
Queer Theory.
Satisfies: ALP CCI SS A S S
Course Description: seminar designed specifically for
advanced study in sexuality and gender. Contextualizes queer theory as a
distinct analytic tradition by paying attention to poststructuralist approaches
to subjectivity, sociality, power, and knowledge. This course also serves as
the capstone required for the Certificate in the program in the study of
sexualities. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Sexualities 470
Literature 475 Marxism and Society
412S
Capstone Seminar: Globalization, Women, and Development.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 454S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 407 International Comparative Studies
412S
241
Gender, Work, and Organizations.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Sociology 229; also
C-L: Markets and Management Studies
509S
Race, Class, and Gender: Social History of Modern
(1750-present) Britain.
Satisfies: A CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 505S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 515S
214
Contemporary Israeli Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 241; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 257, Literature 217,
Jewish Studies 241, Islamic Studies
CHINESE
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
EDUCATION (EDUC)
Number Of Listed Courses: 49
498
Secondary Education: Internship.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Supervised internship in a teaching
center in a senior high school involving some full-time teaching. Students also
complete an action research project focused on an important issue in classroom
teaching. For student teachers only. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
621
Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted Learner:
Procedures for Differentiating Instruction.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Fundamental procedures for
differentiating instruction for gifted and talented students.
514
Technology, Society, and Schools.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Role of technology in schools and
society. Introduction for preservice teacher candidates to technology tools including
Photoshop, web design, and digital storytelling. Emphasis on integrating
technology into instruction and utilizing technology to become educational
leaders. Includes elements of design through completion of online portfolio.
Designed to meet the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction technology
requirements for teaching licensure. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Wynn or Crumley. Half course.
290
Selected Topics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Lecture version of Study of Sexualities
290S. Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff. One course.
111FS
Pursuit of Equality: Rethinking Schools - Lens of Social
Justice.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: In 1954 the Supreme Court case Brown
versus the Board of Education forever changed American schools by ending
segregation and creating educational equity. Or did it? Are today's schools any
more inclusive or socially just than schools were 50 years ago? Examination of
ways schools may or may not perpetuate and reproduce social inequities. Focus
on recent efforts to imagine and create socially-just schools. Discussion of
our ethical responsibilities as civically engaged citizens to work towards
educational equality and provide support of schools that are inclusive, culturally
responsive, and democratic. Required service-learning experience working with
children in a Durham public school. Instructor: Malone and Riggsbee. One
course.
336
Urban Education.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 381; also C-L: Education 347, Children in Contemporary Society
380
Marxism and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to Marx's core concepts,
such as alienation, commodity, and revolution. Includes examination of Marx's
own major historical & political analyses, his economic texts, and his
philosophical writings. Students also gain familiarity with the role of Marxist
thought in different fields and disciplines, including feminist theory,
anthropology, history, political science, and literary studies. Instructor:
Hardt. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 203, Education 239, Sociology 339,
International Comparative Studies, Marxism and Society
182FS
Civic Engagement, Service, and Social Ideals.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Civic engagement and service learning as
pedagogical approaches in both K-12 and college settings. The ways civic
engagement experiences may impact students' perspectives of race, class,
gender. Education as a transformative experience. Includes a service learning
experience focused on literacy issues in K-12 schools in which students write
reflections on ethical issues. Open only to students in the Focus Program.
Instructor: Malone. One course.
240
Educational Psychology ( D).
Satisfies: C CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Education 240; also
C-L: Children in Contemporary Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
251S
Literacy and Service Learning.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Recent research on the role of service
learning in promoting literacy development in children; the impact of service
learning, volunteering, and school-based tutoring programs on students in K-12
schools; literacy issues such as phonics versus whole language; cognitive
approaches to developing reading comprehension; methods of teaching beginning
reading; reading learning disabilities; and the impact of cultural diversity on
literacy. Includes a service-learning component in the local schools. Required
participation in service learning. Instructor: Malone. One course. C-L: Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
542S
Schooling and Social Stratification.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: This course will examine educational
policies in a comparative, cross-national fashion with a focus on the
implications for the construction of social hierarachy and inequality.
Instructor: Darity. C-L: African and African American Studies 549 Education
542S
234S
Anthropology and Education.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of different conceptions of
culture and the importance of employing cultural lenses to examine the process
of education. Investigation, in particular, of the impact of culture and issues
of race, class and gender in American schools. Instructor: Airall. One course.
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 234S
253S
Research in Service Learning.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Community-based research including
design, implementation, evaluation of research in community settings.
Examination of existing models of collaboration on research projects between
universities and communities. Includes student participation in community-based
service learning and research, writing about the ethical issues that emerge.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
496S
Secondary School Issues: Pedagogy, Culture, and Methods.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS
Course Description: Examination of schools and classrooms of
the twenty-first century with focus on values, beliefs, and assumptions
underlying teaching and learning in high school. Emphasis on ethical issues in
teaching, pedagogical and methodological practices, teacher leadership, and
impact of technology on schooling. Exploration of social fabric of schools as
related to diversity, educational philosophies, and school culture by viewing
these constructs from divergent perspectives. Students complete an extensive
research project based on fieldwork in a local high school. Instructor: Wynn.
One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
321S
Infancy, Early Childhood, and Educational Programs.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS A
Course Description: comprehensive introduction to the field
of early childhood education and child development from infancy to age eight.
Examines programs, strategies, trends, and methods that reflect current
educational practice and research. Involves structured service learning
experiences in which students engage in comparative analysis of children of
various cultures. Students also examine ethical issues encountered in early
childhood programs. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Children in
Contemporary Society
497S
Seminar in Secondary School Teaching.
Satisfies: EI R
Course Description: Principles, practices, and problems in
secondary school instruction, including a focus on values and ethics in
teaching. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Wynn. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
359
Educating Diverse Learners Through Community Collaboratives.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Exploration of research-based pedagogies
with an emphasis on how middle school students learn. Role of parents and the
community in the schooling process will be examined. Using Durham as a case
study, students will examine educational issues from historical, political,
economic, psychological, and social perspectives. This course requires a
service learning component. Instructor: Riggsbee. One course.
252S
Civic Engagement and the Duke-Durham Partnership.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: The impact university-community
partnerships have on the community and participating university students.
Effective models of collaboration between universities and their surrounding
communities. Whether university efforts to develop partnerships with local
communities result in meaningful social change. Includes a service-learning
component in which students turn in weekly reflections on the ethical issues
and social justice concerns they encounter. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Ahern-Dodson. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Education.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
490A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Education.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
325S
Unrecognized Talent: Minority Children and Gifted Education.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Investigation of society, counselors,
teachers, parents, and self in the social, emotional, and academic development
of the minority gifted child. Focus on cultural comparisons relating to the
manifestation of giftedness, ways of reversing under-representation of minority
students in programs for the gifted, and ethical issues relating to the use of
tests in identifying giftedness as it relates to minority students. Instructor:
Stephens. One course. C-L: Children in Contemporary Society
409S
Elementary Curriculum.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Analysis, development, and evaluation of
elementary curriculum with emphasis on integrating the expressive arts with
literacy, mathematics, social studies, and science. Using Gardner's multiple
intelligences model of learning, students write comprehensive curriculum units
that focus on meeting the needs of learners from diverse social, ethnic, and
cultural groups. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Riggsbee. One
course.
620
Nature and Needs of the Gifted Learner: Introduction to
Characteristics and Educ/Affective Needs.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to characteristics and
unique educational and affective needs of gifted learners. Analysis of
philosophical considerations, historical perspectives, definitions and types of
giftedness, incidence, and evaluation procedures. Cultural comparisons of the
manifestations of giftedness, ways of reversing underrepresentation of minority
students in programs for the gifted, and affective social-emotional
topics/issues relating to giftedness. This course is a post-bacc, non-degree course
not open to Duke undergraduates. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
101
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Interdisciplinary examination of issues
confronting American education, incorporating historical, political,
economical, philosophical, and social perspectives. Exploration of ways
cultural influences and differences have shaped public schools. Students
participate in structured service learning experience in which they reflect on
ethical issues related to schooling. Required participation in service
learning. Instructor: Anderson, Jentleson, or Sikes. One course. C-L: Marxism
and Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
333S
Legal Issues in Education.
Satisfies: R SS W A
Course Description: case analysis approach giving students
an opportunity to identify and review past, current, and emerging legal issues
and theories in education. Topics include students' rights (for example search
and seizures, due process), institutional liability and teacher's rights at the
elementary and secondary levels and in the college setting. Instructor:
Wasiolek. One course.
340
The Psychology of Work.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS
Course Description: An interdisciplinary examination of
career choice and development with particular focus on ways work may change in
the future, including the impact on work of major developments in science and
technology. Comparative analysis of work across cultures and within American
society. Instructor: Staff. One course.
495
Teaching Practices in Secondary Education.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Secondary School curriculum and
instruction with special emphasis placed on meeting the needs of high school
students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Includes field-based experience
with a focus on examining ethical teaching practices. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
408S
Teaching Practices in Elementary Language Arts and Social
Studies.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Research-based teaching practices in
elementary language arts and social studies for culturally diverse populations.
Emphasis on literacy development across grade levels and content areas.
Readings and field experience promoting critical analysis of ethical teaching
practices, role of teachers and schools in society, and impact of teacher
affect on environment and student learning. Consent of instructor required.
Includes a service-learning component involving work in the community.
Instructor: Riggsbee. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
290T
Freshman-Sophomore Tutorials (TOP).
Satisfies:
Course Description: Small group discussions of significant
books, authors, and ideas in education. May be repeated. Consent of instructor
and Director of Undergraduate Studies required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
244S
Children's Self Expression: Literacy Through Photography.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
224S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 207S
356S
Digital Durham.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 356S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 358S
237
Contemporary Issues In Education.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Investigation of current issues and
problems in the field of education including areas of race, gender, equity, and
educational policy. Examines issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Includes fieldwork in local public schools. Required participation in service
learning. Instructor: Anderson or staff. One course. C-L: Children in
Contemporary Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
209S
Digital Approach to Documentary Photography: Capturing
Transience.
Satisfies: A ALP S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Documentary Studies
209S; also C-L: Visual Arts 212 Visual and Media Studies 212 Information
Science and Information Studies
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
690S
Selected Topics Seminar.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: May be repeated. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
346S
Gender At Duke.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Gender systems at Duke, with emphasis on
gender differences in the University's culture and ideals. Historical
examination of the ethical arguments about institutional policies. Student
research based on documents in University archives. Instructor: O'Barr. One
course.
255S
Literacy, Writing, Tutoring.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Theories of literacy and high school and
college level teaching tutoring practices. Composition studies, literacy
studies, and writing center/tutoring theories. Includes tutoring students.
Instructor: Russell. One course.
410S
Research/Reflective Practice Elementary Education.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Classroom-based action research and
structured reflection to promote the development of inquiry-oriented teachers.
Systematic, long-term research project focused on meeting the diverse needs of
learners in the elementary classroom. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
390T-1
Junior-Senior Tutorials (Topics).
Satisfies:
Course Description: Small group discussions of significant
books, authors, and ideas in education. The availability of tutorials, their
content, and the instructors will be announced before preregistration. Consent
of instructor required. Instructors: Staff. Half course.
407S
Teaching Practices in Elementary Mathematics and Science.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Research-based teaching practices in
elementary mathematics and science for culturally diverse populations. Emphasis
on the influence of science, mathematics, and technology in social issues and
shaping teacher decision making about teaching and learning. Readings and field
experience on ethical teaching practices, role of teachers and schools in
society, and impact of teacher affect on environment and student learning.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
243S
Children, Schools, and Society.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Education 243S;
also C-L: Children in Contemporary Society, Ethics Courses Offered Through
Other Departments
390T-2
Junior-Senior Tutorials.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Small group discussions of significant
authors and ideas in education. Different courses indicated by letter. May be
repeated. Consent of instructor required. Instructors: Staff. Half course.
307S
Issues of Education and Immigration.
Satisfies: CCI FL S
Course Description: Community-based interaction with Durham
Public Schools. Topics: Latino/a identity, access to education for immigrants,
academic performance, assimilation, general pressures of family and peers,
bilingualism, configurations of ethno-racial consciousness. Required 20 hours
outside of class with assigned community partners. Assessment on knowledge of
content, oral and written Spanish, and participation in service. Recommended
students take 300-level Spanish course prior to enrolling. Pre-requisite:
Spanish 204 or equivalent. Instructor: Paredes and Staff. One course. C-L:
Education 307 Latino/a Studies in the Global South 307S
420
Elementary Education: Internship.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Engagement, as part of a teaching
internship in elementary schools, in active classroom research projects by
designing, implementing, and evaluating units of instruction. Creation of a
portfolio of products to demonstrate technology competencies for teaching
certification. Students also reflect and write on ethical issues involved in
their service experiences in public schools. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Riggsbee. Two courses.
363
Educational Leadership In and Beyond the Classroom.
Satisfies: EI R SS W
Course Description: Introduction to study of culture,
organization, and leadership in K-12 schools. Exploration of the history of
leadership theories and practices and their application to current educational
settings. Focus on moral dilemmas, ethical concepts, and general nature of
ethical reasoning in varied school settings. Contrast the current focus on
school reform through increased accountability, high stakes testing, and
standards with the power of shared systems of norms, values, and traditions.
Study of essential skills of leadership: communication, human relations, shared
decision making, and conflict resolution. Includes a service-learning component
involving work in the community. Instructor: Wynn. One course.
460S
Early Childhood Internship.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Structured supervised internship in an
early childhood program integrated with a reflective seminar in which students
examine ethical issues in early childhood education. Includes comparative
analysis of childhood experiences in different cultures. Instructor: Jentleson.
One course.
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
ECOLOGY
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
GENETICS
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
HINDI
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ENGINEERING (INTERDEPARTMENTAL) (EGR)
Number Of Listed Courses: 26
119L
Electrical Fundamentals of Mechatronics.
Satisfies: EGR L EGR L L
Course Description: Introduction to mechatronics with a
special emphasis on electrical components, sensing, and information processing.
Topics include circuit analysis and design, system response characterization,
conversion between digital and analog signals, data acquisition, sensors, and
motors. Laboratory projects focus on analysis, characterization, and design of
electrical and mechatronic systems. Prerequisites: 53 75 103, and PHYSICS 62L,
or equivalents, or permission of instructor: Instructor: Gustafson. One course.
75LB
Mechanics of Solids (2/2).
Satisfies: II EGR LA EGR EGR EGR LA
Course Description: Summer Session ONLY. Secon half of a
single course in solid mechanics that spans both summer sessions. Students must
enroll in both 75and 75LB. (See course description for 75L). Prerequisites: 75
Mathematics 32, and Physics 61L. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
31FCS
Engineering The Planet.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This seminar examines the environmental
impacts of large infrastructure from dam construction, to large-scale farming
and irrigation, clear-cutting of natural forests, and extensive urbanization of
land-margin ecosystems. Focus on the social and engineering make-up of global
environmental change and water resources. Introduction to the science and
technology of environmental adaptation and sustainability. Students will organize
in small research groups working on trans-disciplinary case-studies.
Instructor: Barros. One course.
107
Mapping Engineering onto Biology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to concepts and
implementation of Mapping Engineering onto Biology. Explores both a new
learning paradigm as well as methodologies for reverse engineering biological
systems. Uses a Bow-Tie Hierarchy of scale applying traditional design
methodology in order to reverse engineer healthy functioning systems that
represent Problems Nature Solved (Engineering Biology) and Problems Nature Has
(i.e. we have in disease) (Engineering Pathology). Third (inventive) phase is
to forward engineer new approaches to medicine or new technologies. Students in
design teams of four, carry out course assignment that asks a different and
interesting to the student, problem nature solved? Out-of-class open counseling
with instructors and expert faculty across campus. Instructor: Needham. One
course.
54L
Simulations in JAVA.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development of interactive computer
simulations in JAVA using Reality.java, a library that includes graphical
objects such as spaceships, planets, and standardized functions for Newtonian
mechanics. Introduction to object-oriented programming, linked and inherited
structures, and aspects of
75LA
Mechanics of Solids (1/2).
Satisfies: I EGR LA EGR EGR
Course Description: Summer Session ONLY. First half of a
single course in solid mechanics that spans both summer sessions. Students must
enroll in both 75and 75LB. (See course description for 75L). Prerequisites:
Mathematics 32 and Physics 61L. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
61
Natural Catastrophes: Rebuilding from Ruins.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Research Service Learning Gateway course
where students will conduct a life cycle analysis of natural disasters. Invited
experts will discuss meteorologic, hydrologic and geologic factors that cause
disasters; explore how societies plan and/or respond to the immediate and
long-term physical, social, emotional and spiritual issues associated with
survival; and present case studies of response, recovery and reconstruction
efforts. Students will attend the lecture component of the course and complete
on-line quizzes to demonstrate understanding of the material presented. For the
service learning experience, students will carry out response activities over
Spring Break in an area ravaged by a natural disaster. They will keep a journal
(audio and written) of their activities, write a brief synopsis (4-5 pages),
and make a group oral presentation of their findings following their return.
They will also submit a hypothetical research proposal for a project which
might stem from the course and their experiences. Instructor: Schaad. One
course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 109, Environment 162
108S
Ethics in Professions: Scientific, Personal and
Organizational Frameworks.
Satisfies: EI STS
Course Description: Ethics studied through the analysis and
interpretation of case studies from the scientific and engineering professions.
Topics include: moral development; concepts of truth and fairness; responsible
conduct of research; the person and
53L
Computational Methods in Engineering.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introduction to computer methods and
algorithms for analysis and solution of engineering problems using numerical
methods in a workstation environment. Topics include; numerical integration,
roots of equations, simultaneous equation solving, finite difference methods,
matrix analysis, linear programming, dynamic programming, and heuristic
solutions used in engineering practice. This course does not require any prior
knowledge of computer programming. Instructor: Gustafson. One course.
95FCS
First Year seminar for Focus students only.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered. Focus
students only. Instructor: staff. One course.
175
Aesthetics, Design, and Culture.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An examination of the role of
aesthetics, both as a goal and as a tool, in a culture which is increasingly
dependent on technology. Visual thinking, perceptual awareness, experiential learning,
conceptual modeling, and design will be explored in terms of changes in sensory
environment. Design problems will be formulated and analyzed through individual
and group design projects. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 114A
32FCS
Mapping Engineering into Biology.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Students will be introduced to the new
and exciting ways in which we can start to bring engineering and biology
together. The course asks fundamental questions such as "How did Nature
solve problem X?" and "What are the problems that Nature has?"
and explore how to forward engineer new products and processes inspired by
Nature's own solutions. The seminar will give students a foundation to achieve
technological innovation through effective channeling of creativity and
scientific principles. The class divides in teams and ranges of expertise and
interest in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering are
encouraged to join in. Instructor consent required. Instructors: Needham and
Bonaventura. One course.
150
Engineering Communication.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Principles of written and verbal
technical communication; graphs, tables, charts and figures. Multimedia content
generation and presentation. Individual and group written and verbal
presentations. Prerequisite: Engineering 53and Writing 20 or equivalent.
Instructor: Kabala or Peirce. Half course.
115
Engineering Systems Optimization and Economics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to mathematical
optimization, engineering economic analysis, and other decision analysis tools
used to evaluate and design engineering systems. Application of linear and
nonlinear programming, dynamic programming, expert systems, simulation and
heuristic methods to engineering systems design problems. Applications
discussed include: production plant scheduling, water resources planning,
design and analysis, vehicle routing, resource allocation, repair and
rehabilitation scheduling and economic analysis of engineering design
alternatives. Corequisite: Mathematics 107. Instructor: Peirce. One course.
C-L: Economics 112
25L
Introduction to Structural Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An introduction to engineering and the
engineering method through a wide variety of historical and modern case
studies, ranging from unique structures like bridges to mass produced objects
like pencils. Instructor: Petroski. One course.
165
Special Topics in Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Study arranged on special engineering
topics in which the faculty have particular interest and competence as a result
of research or professional activities. Consent of instructor(s) required.
Quarter course, half course, or one course. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
184
Projects in Engineering.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Courses in which engineering projects of
an interdisciplinary nature are undertaken. The projects must have engineering
relevance in the sense of undertaking to meet human need through a disciplined
approach under the guidance of a member of the engineering faculty. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
171
Total Quality Systems.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An interdisciplinary approach to principles
and practice in the applications of total quality concepts to engineering
operations and business managements; practice in using tools of statistical
process control; practice in using quality tools of management and operations;
principles of continuous quality improvement; definitions and applications of
Total Quality Management (TQM); case studies; personal effectiveness habits and
social styles; assignments and projects in team building using tools learned,
communication; group problem solving; practice in professional verbal and
written technical communications. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
60
Science and Policy of Natural Catastrophes.
Satisfies: NS SS STS
Course Description: In this interdisciplinary course
students will conduct a life cycle analysis of a natural disaster. Invited
experts will discuss meteorologic, hydrologic and geologic factors that cause
disasters; explore how societies plan for and/or respond to the immediate and
long-term physical, social, emotional and spiritual issues associated with
survival; and present case studies of response, recovery and reconstruction
efforts. Students will attend the lecture component of the course and complete
on-line quizzes to demonstrate understanding of the material presented.
Additionally, they will prepare on individual paper (~ 10 pages) on a relevant
topic and one group paper, the results of which will be presented to the class.
Instructor: Schaad. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 107, Environment 161
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
153
Numerical Computing for Engineers.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Numerical computing with applications
for engineering in a C/C++ language environment. Computer programs will be
developed to implement numerical algorithms and solve engineering problems.
Course topics include: solution of simultaneous sets of equations, eigenvalues,
singular value decomposition, root-finding in non-linear equations, solution of
ordinary differential equations, optimization, and spectral analysis.
Prerequisites: Math 107 and either Engineering 53, Computer Science 6, Computer
Science 100 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course
185
Smart Home Technology Development.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Engineering projects related to the Duke
Smart Home Program are undertaken. Projects should be interdisciplinary in
nature and have engineering relevance in the sense of undertaking to meet human
need through a disciplined approach under the guidance or a member of the
engineering faculty. Consent of instructor is required. Instructor: staff. 1/2
credit pass/fail course. Half course.
75L
Mechanics of Solids.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Analysis of force systems and their
equilibria as applied to engineering systems. Stresses and strains in
deformable bodies; mechanical behavior of materials; applications of principles
to static problems of beams, torsion members, and columns. Selected laboratory
work. Prerequisites: Mathematics 32 and Physics 61L. Instructor: Albertson,
Barros, Boadu, Dolbow, Gavin, Hueckel, Nadeau, or Virgin. One course.
123L
Dynamics.
Satisfies: L
Course Description: Principles of dynamics of particles,
rigid bodies, and selected nonrigid systems with emphasis on engineering
applications. Kinematic and kinetic analysis of structural and machine elements
in a plane and in space using graphical, computer, and analytical vector
techniques. Absolute and relative motion analysis. Work-energy; impact and
impulse-momentum. Laboratory experiments. Prerequisites: Engineering 75and
Mathematics 103 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Dowell, Hall, Mann, or
Virgin. One course.
190L
Energy and Environment Design.
Satisfies: CE L ENV ME
Course Description: An integrative design course addressing
both creative and practical aspects of the design of systems related to energy
and the environment. Development of the creative design process, including
problem formulation and needs analysis, feasibility, legal, economic and human
factors, environmental impacts, energy efficiency, aesthetics, safety, and
design optimization. Application of design methods through a collaborative design
project involving students from the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity
College. Open only to students pursuing the undergraduate certificate in Energy
and Environment. Prerequisites: 24 130 and 121. One course. One course.
20L
Engineering Innovation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduces freshmen to the process of
team-based creative conceptualization, visualization prototyping, and product
realization. Students use computer-aided design tools to create custom circuit
boards and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machined components to produce
prototype systems. Design concepts are introduced and supported through
hands-on assignments. Instructor: Twiss and Simmons. One course.
FILM/VIDEO/DIGITAL
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLSCI)
Number Of Listed Courses: 216
365
Gender and Political Theory.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Feminist analyses of and engagements
with some of the canonical texts and traditional concepts of Western political
theory. Feminist contributions to, challenges to, and
283A
Duke Summer/Semester Program: Madrid.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
301
Political Analysis for Public Policy-Making.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Analysis of the political and
organizational processes which influence the formulation and implementation of
public policy. Alternative models. Prerequisite: Public Policy 155D.
Instructor: Goss, Hamilton, Jentleson, or Krishna. One course. C-L: Political
Science 310
226
The European Union: History, Institutions and Policies.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Comprehensive introduction to European
integration with respect to both "process" and "outcome".
Course traces the evolution of the European integration process from the late
1940's onwards. Discussion of the composition and core functions of major European
Union institutions including the European Parliament, European Council, and
European Commission. Study major areas of policy including agriculture policy,
cohesion policy, economic and monetary policy, and foreign and security policy.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
281A
Duke Semester Program: Florence.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
230S
Human Rights Activism.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 235S; also C-L: Political Science 380S
332S
Conflict, Collusion, and Cooperation.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 352 except in
seminar format. Instructor: Niou. One course.
353
Comparative Democratic Development.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Comparative study of democratic
political institutions with emphasis on selected Asian, African, and Latin
American nations. Instructor: Remmer . One course.
362D
International Security.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 301 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Feaver. One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
372
Power and Strategy in Reforming China.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Institutions set the framework of rules
and incentives that affect how people utilize resources in political and
economic decision-making. Course studies the creation and evolution of Chinese
and political and economic institutions from both the historical and theoretical
perspectives. Topics include taxation schemes, granary systems, political
participation, voting methods, political control mechanisms, community compact
and local governance, and money raising methods. Course previously taught as
Political Science 261S. Instructor: Niou. One course.
632
Computational Political Economy.
Satisfies: QS R SS
Course Description: Introduction to the field of
computational modeling. Emphasis on conducting formal replicable investigations
of political phenomena with clearly defined
382
Putin's Russia: The History of Economic and Political
Consolidation.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 283; also
C-L: Political Science 220
346
Business, Politics, and Economic Growth.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The historical origins of political
institutions affecting economic growth across advanced capitalist countries in
Europe, America, and East Asia: capital markets, labor relations, research and
development policy, social policy; effect of globalization and technological
change on these nationally diverse arrangements; global convergence of
corporate governance, national divergence of labor relations, research and
development policies, and social policies. Instructor: Kitschelt. One course.
C-L: Markets and Management Studies
302S
Political Persuasion.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Examines political persuasion and
democratic decision-making, with particular attention paid to political
campaigns in the U.S. Explores what techniques political elites use to attempt
to influence mass opinions and behaviors; who is likely to be influenced by
such appeals; and the role
369
International Conflict and Violence.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: The various causes, processes and impacts
of violent international and domestic social conflicts in international
affairs. Emphasis on analyzing various factors that contribute to violence,
including the impact of scientific and technological developments on war and
the ethical arguments and beliefs associated with war making in different
cultures. Analysis of those factors in various cultures that hinder or
contribute to peace making and peace keeping following the termination of war.
Instructor: Eldridge. One course.
510S
Collective Action and Social Movements.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Seminar course will introduce students
to two dominant paradigms in the study of contentious mobilization: economic
theories of collective action and sociological theories of social movements.
Study of dissident collective action in autocracies, democracies, and hybrid
regimes (e.g. electoral autocracies). Explore contemporary movements including
civil rights, ethnic and nationalist, religious, feminist, anti-abortion,
peasant, and workers movements in Latin America, Western
291-6
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Political Economy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 291-1 except
fulfills a political economy course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
445S
Capstone Seminar: Russia -USSR-Russia: History of Communism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 467S; also
C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 420S
391-4
Senior Independent Study in Political Behavior and Identities.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 391-1 except
fulfills a political behavior and identities course requirement. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
371
Comparative Health Care Systems.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 335; also C-L: Political Science 355, Canadian Studies, International
Comparative Studies, Global Health, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
385
Ambition and Politics.
Satisfies: EI SS W A
Course Description: theoretical examination of the role of
ambition in politics, including works by or on Homer, Plato, Plutarch,
Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, and Hitler. Instructor:
Gillespie. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
505S
Race in Comparative Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Comparative study of the way race is
socially constructed in the United States, several European, Latin American,
and other countries. The real effects of this social construction on the social
and political lives of communities of color in these countries. Instructor:
McClain. One course.
279S
Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in
Conflict and Peacebuilding.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Environment 216S;
also C-L: Political Science 367 Islamic Studies, Marine Science and
Conservation
121
Internship.
Satisfies: D D
Course Description: 'For students working in a public
agency, political campaign, or other policy-oriented group under the
supervision of a faculty member. Prior consent of assistant director of
internships, placement, and alumni and director of undergraduate studies
required. Requires a substantive paper (or papers) containing significant
analysis and interpretation. Satifactory/Unsatisfactory grading only.
Prerequisite: Economics 201 Public Policy 155 301, 302, 303D/equivalent,
Statistics 101, and approval from Internship Coordinator. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
504S
Comparative Ethnic Politics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Why and when ethnicity becomes a salient
cleavage for political mobilization and the conditions under which ethnic
collective action may take violent or non-violent forms. Approaches to the
study of social identities; types of ethnic collective action, including
non-violent (electoral participation and social protest) and violent ones
(riots, rebellions, civil war, and terrorism); and main normative debates in
favor and against ethno-cultural group rights. Comparisons include Latin
America, Africa, Europe, and South Asia. Instructor: Trejo. One course.
291-5
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Political Methodology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 291-1 except
fulfills a political methodology course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
117D
Democracy, Development, and Violence: Introduction to
Comparative Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 117 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies,
Islamic Studies
393-6
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political
Economy.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 393-1 except
fulfills a political economy course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
609S
The Regulatory Process.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: Study of theories in economics,
political science, and law to examine the structure, conduct, and performance
of U.S. regulatory agencies. Emphasis on why decisions are delegated to
agencies, the degree to which regulators behave strategically, and the impact
of regulatory actions on society. Focus on political and economic roots of
scientific and technological debates in regulatory policy. Required research
paper on origins and effectiveness of a particular regulation. Instructor:
Hamilton. C-L: Political Science 617S
298A
Themes in Chinese Culture and History.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 343A; also C-L: History 224, International Comparative Studies
576
Politics and Philosophy of Self and Other.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Epistemological, ontological, ethical,
and political dimensions of relations between self and other. Theorists may
include Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Adorno, Gadamer, Sartre,
Foucault, and Bahktin. Instructor: Staff. One course.
345
Political Economy of Development.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Politics of economic policy formation
and economic performances in less industrialized and emerging market nations:
Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Instructor: Remmer. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
502S
Contemporary United States Foreign Policy.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Focus on challenges and opportunities
for American foreign policy in this global age including the impact of
interests, ideals and values. Draws on both the scholarly literature and policy
analyses. Addresses big picture questions about America's role in the world as
well as major current foreign policy issues that raise considerations of power,
security, prosperity and ethics. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor
and priority to Public Policy Studies and Political Science majors, and to
graduate students. Instructor: Jentleson. C-L: Political Science 670S
511
Organized Crime in New Democracies.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Purpose of course is to explore (i) the
conditions under which transitions to democracy in poor and middle-income
countries generate waves of organized crime and (ii) the conditions under which
criminals embrace insurgent and terrorist actions to control states. Special
attention given to the illegal trade of drugs, kidnapping for ransom,
extortion, and to the plundering of natural resources. Students will be reading
game-theoretic analyses and empirical research based on aggregate data,
individual survey data, ethnographies and natural and field experiments.
Instructor: Trejo. One course.
676S
Hegel's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: Within context of Hegel's total
philosophy, an examination of his understanding of phenomenology and the
phenomenological basis of political institutions and his understanding of Greek
and Christian political life. Selections from \i Phenomenology\i0 , \i
Philosophy of History\i0 , and \i Philosophy of Right\i0 . Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie. One course. C-L: Philosophy 536 German 575S
513S
International Democratization.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: Focus on critical analysis of
international efforts to improve governance, build democracy and increase
respect for human rights through a series of methods or tools: international
law, sanctions, aid, conditionality, and a vast array of activities broadly
labeled democracy promotion, including election assistance and civil society
development. Class requires a high level of discussion and preparation for each
meeting. Emphasis on student application of reading material to a particular
country. Instructor: Kelley. C-L: Political Science 647S
215
American Constitutional Development I.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Development of the United States
Constitution through Supreme Court decisions: the foundations of national
power, including the separation of powers, the nature of the federal union and
the relationship of the Constitution to political and economic life since 1790.
Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L: History 366
515S
Assisting Development.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Examines evolution of international
development theory and practice since early 1950s. Investigates how different
solutions advanced to deal with poverty have fared. Different streams of
academic and policy literature, including economics, political science, and
sociology, are consulted with a view to understanding what could have been done
in the past and what should be done at the present time. Examines alternative
formulations weekly in seminar format. Individual research papers (60% of
grade) which analyze past and present development practices in a country of
their choice, or examine trends within a particular sector (e.g., agriculture,
population, gender relations, the environment). Instructor: Krishna. C-L:
Political Science 546S
287A
Duke Semester Program: Venice.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Topics differ by section. One course.
21
Comparative Government and Politics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in comparative government and politics.
Does not satisfy course requirements of the political science major. One
course.
120D
The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of Ethics
101D
515S
Post War Europe, 1945-1968: Politics, Society, and Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 537S
669S
Theories of War and Peace in Twentieth Century Europe.
Satisfies: R SS I II
Course Description: Identify the ways by which history and
political science can be used as complementary approaches to the study of the
problem of war and peace among nations. Will review major works from the two
disciplines that examine the same problem of how to explain the origins of
World War and World War in Europe. Will also provide students with an
opportunity to undertake and present a significant research project that
integrates elements of the two disciplines. Instructor: Grieco. One course.
204A
Political Philosophy of Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 237A;
also C-L: Political Science 297A
430
Predicting Politics: Elections and Conflicts.
Satisfies: QS R SS US
Course Description: Learn modes of predicting political
events and outcomes. Survey of ways that are used to predict National
Presidential and Congressional elections, as well as polls. During election
years, will focus on active campaigns. Second half of course devoted to
prediction of conflict outbreaks around the world. Students will develop their
own data, models, and forecasts for political processes. Pre-requisites: 300
level course in the subfield as well as all general requirements in the major:
Political Science 102, 175, and Statistics 101. Instructor: Ward. One course.
563S
Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy.
Satisfies: R SS US
Course Description: Course will focus on the relationship
between American public opinion and U.S. foreign policy. Central areas include:
the American public and coherent attitudes about foreign policy; influence of
American leaders and media in the formation of public opinion; how attitudes
toward foreign policy issues influence American elections; and how public
opinion influences American foreign policy behavior. Instructor: Gelpi. One
course.
351
Law and Constitutional Reform in Russia and the Former
Soviet Union.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Russia's efforts to create a
constitutional government from a variety of perspectives, with particular
emphasis on the political, historical, and legal aspects. Legal and
constitutional changes in Russia compare or contrast with reforms in other transitional
states. Instructor: Newcity. One course. C-L: Political Science 309
585S
Adversarial Ethics.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 510S
542S
Understanding Ethical Crisis in Organizations.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Study of Ethics
562S; also C-L: Political Science 502 Public Policy Studies 558S
635
The Politics of Health Care.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The history, status, and future of
health care policy. Grounded in political theories such as distributive
justice, altruism, and contractarianism. Focus on policy formation. Case
discussions of American reform controversies in light of international
experience. Instructor: Conover. C-L: Political Science 518
296A
Germany Today: European Superpower? Duke-in-Berlin.
Satisfies: A CCI FL SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 359A; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
20
American Government and Politics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Credit for Advanced Placement on the
basis of the College Board examination in American government and politics.
Does not satisfy course requirements of the political science major. One
course.
618S
Politics of Institutional Reform.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Research seminar focusing on the
political economy of institutional change with emphasis on less industrialized
and emerging market nations. Open to undergraduates with permission of the
instructor. Instructor: Remmer. One course.
275D
Left, Right, and Center: Competing Political Ideals.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 275 except
instruction provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
631
Introduction to Deductive & Analytical Approaches to
Political Phenomena.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Introduction to deductive and analytical
approaches currently used to study political phenomena, with focus on
fundamentals of non-cooperative game theory. Students will become good
consumers of applied game theoretic research as well as be able to develop some
simple game theoretic models of political phenomena. Required of all incoming
graduate students. Instructor: Leventoglu or Niou. One course.
349
International Business Government Relations.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Overview of the organizational and
strategic challenges of United States multinational enterprises in a globalized
world economy and the social, cultural, and political reactions of host
countries to United States firms. Instructor: Grieco. One course. C-L: Markets
and Management Studies
662S
Problems in International Politics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: The development and critical analysis of
various models in political science and economics that focus on the
relationship between international economics and international security.
Various models of the impact of political-military dynamics on international
economic relationships, and the impact of international economics on the
likelihood of war and peace among nations. Attention to the interplay between
economics and security in a key region of the world--East Asia. Prerequisite:
one course in international relations, foreign policy, or diplomatic history.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
318
Congress and the President.
Satisfies: SS W
Course Description: Critical interpretations of public
policies and institutional practices to better understand the United States
system of divided government. Special attention to understanding the
consequences of cooperative and adversarial goals of the executive branch and
the Congress. Features of this institutional balance of power in policy-making;
institutional and political origins of laws and regulations. Instructor:
Munger. One course.
108
Introduction to African Studies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 103; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 105, History 129
320
Development of Congress as an Institution.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Changes in election processes, rules, and
membership in six periods: federalist, antebellum, reconstruction, progressive
era, civil rights era, post-Watergate. ''Representativeness'' of the
institution, including focus on the history of racial and gender balance, and
its meaning for policy and the views of members. Instructor: Staff. One course.
319
Comparative State Politics.
Satisfies: US CCI SS
Course Description: Intensive comparative examination of
government, political cultures, and politics in the American States, including
institutions (governors, legislatures, courts), history of federalism,
policies, practices, and diverse cultural factors such as class, race,
ethnicity, gender, religion, urban-rural-suburban residencies that affect state
politics. Instructor: Haynie. One course.
493-6
Senior Research Independent Study in Political Methodology.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 493-1 except
fulfills a political economy course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
661S
Courts, Wars, Legacies of Wars.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: The impact of international wars,
international policing, and domestic wars relating to national security on the
United States courts of the Fourth Circuit (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina), and the role played by these courts in the
Mid-Atlantic South from the American Founding into the Cold War Era. The
American Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States, and principles
of admiralty and international law which figure in assigned published and
unpublished judicial decisions of the region's United States district and old
circuit courts and of the post-1891 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Research
paper required. Also taught as Law 548S. Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L:
History 562S
160D
Elements of International Relations.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 160 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Eldridge or Feaver. One course.
508S
Public Opinion and Behavior.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Several facets of the political behavior
of mass actors in American politics. Likely topics include the factors that
cause the type and amount of individual participation, mobilization by elites,
ideology and information, partisanship, partisan stability and change,
socialization, macro-level change, negative advertising, economic voting, issue
evolution, and the effects of institutional changes (especially election rules)
on voter turnout. Consent of Instructor required. Instructor: Aldrich or
Hillygus. One course.
291-2
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Political Institutions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 291-1 except
fulfills a political institutions course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
306S
Politics and the Libido.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The construction of gender and sexuality
across nations and cultural groups. Effects of the libido on elite and mass
political activities in the United States. Ethical and political issues and
policy controversies at various times when the government has regulated or
sought to regulate sex-inspired behavior. Instructor: Paletz. One course. C-L:
Study of Sexualities, Women's Studies
660S
Theories of International Conflict.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Social science literature review of the
causes of international conflict emphasizing the theories concerning the causes
of war. Objectives of course: to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the
literature concerning the causes of war; to define specific questions and
issues which must be addressed by future research; and to develop concrete research
strategies for investigating these questions. Instructor: Gelpi. One course.
393-3
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Security Peace
and Conflict.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 393-1 except
fulfills a security, peace, and conflict course requirement. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
299SA
Environment, Health, and Development in China.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS STS AS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 395AS; also C-L: Global Health Certificate 383 Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
316
American Political Parties.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to the American party
system. Social choice, structural-functionalism, and systems theory: why
parties might be a necessary component of advanced industrial societies.
Comparison of different social settings (ethnic, religious, class divisions)
and how constitutional and party structures may relate. Tripartite theory of
parties: parties in the electorate, as organizations, and in government.
Historical development of parties in the United States since the Founding. The
impact of media, regional, racial, gender, ethnic, and class identities on
American party development. Instructor: Staff. One course.
195
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see International
Comparative Studies 195; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 195, History 103,
Political Science 110, Religion 195, Marxism and Society
291-3
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Security Peace and
Conflict.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 291-1 except
fulfills a security, peace and conflict course requirement. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
501S
Politics and Media in the United States.
Satisfies: R SS STS W
Course Description: The impact of the media of communication
and new technologies on American political behavior, government, politics,
issues and controversies. Development of critical interpretive skills and
arguments as students write research papers assessing the media's political
influence and effects. Instructor: Paletz. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies,
Arts of the Moving Image, Policy Journalism and Media
516S
Rule of Law.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: An investigation, employing both
historical and conceptual analysis, of the idea of the rule of law. Several
classic and contemporary texts will be considered. Topics include: the nature
of law; the relationship between law and morality; the relationship between the
rule of law and politics; the role, if any, of the rule of law in facilitating
social and economic development; and the ways in which the rule of law might be
institutionalized in modern society. Permission of instructor required.
Instructor: Knight. One course.
175FS
Introduction to Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: EI SS FS
Course Description: Conflicting visions of freedom and
responsibility that characterize the modern world; the possibility of leading
ethical lives in the face of conflicting demands that a complex vision of the
good engenders. Readings include Luther, Hobbes, Locke, Rosseau, Marx, Kant,
and Jack London. Course aims to be an intense introduction to Western
philosophical ideas of freedom and responsibility. Instructor: Gillespie. One
course. C-L: Philosophy 123 Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
216
Modern American Constitutional Development II.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Development of the United States
Constitution through Supreme Court decisions: national power and federalism in
the context of modern political and economic life, New Deal to the present.
Instructor: Fish. One course. C-L: History 367
293A
Research Independent Study on Contemporary China.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Research and field studies culminating
in a paper approved and supervised by the resident director of the Duke in
China program. Includes field trips
633S
Introduction to Positive Political Theory.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Introduction to formal models in
political science and a field of research that is at various times called
political economy, positive political theory, formal theory, and public choice.
Focus on three basic models that form the foundation of the field: individual
choice, game theory, and social choice. Not open to students who have taken
Political Science 352. Instructor: Aldrich or Niou. One course.
308S
Islam and the State: Political Economy of Governance in the
Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 326S
583S
Energy and U.S. National Security.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W S
Course Description: Examines link between reliable,
affordable, and sustainable sources of energy and U.S. national security.
Includes ethical considerations related to energy resources and wealth
distribution, analysis through case study of top foreign oil suppliers to U.S.,
as well as newer "unconventional" sources of energy such as shale gas
and renewables. Extensive use of guest experts from U.S., local and foreign
governments as well as industry. Specific skills include thinking like a U.S.
diplomat (cross-cultural perspective), writing concise policy memos, and
delivering a compelling, succinct oral presentation. Final project will require
policy recommendation on an assigned energy security topic. Instructor: Kelly.
C-L: Political Science 663 Environment 583S
391-3
Senior Independent Study in Security, Peace and Conflict.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 391-1 except
fulfills a security, peace and conflict course requirement. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
517S
Democratic Institutions.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: How constitution makers choose basic
rules of the democratic game, such as the relations between legislatures and
executives, the role of parties, electoral system, prerogatives of
constitutional courts, and other important elements of democratic institutional
design; the impact of such arrangements on various groups within the state, and
the overall performance of democracies; durability of arrangements, the
structuring of power relations among parties, and whether democratic
institutions affect economic and social policy outcomes. Instructor: Kitschelt.
One course.
497S-5
Senior Seminar in Political Methodology.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Special topics in political methodology;
open also, if places are available, to qualified juniors who have earned a 3.0
average and obtain the consent of the instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
305
Campaigns and Elections.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: The campaign process, voting and
elections in the United States, with emphasis on the varying role of media in
campaigns. The nomination and election process; focus on the critical
evaluation of various empirical models of voting behavior in presidential and
congressional elections and the impact of election outcomes on the content and
direction of public policy in various historical eras in American politics.
Instructor: Aldrich. One course. C-L: Policy Journalism and Media
280A
Duke Summer Program: London.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Media and Politics in Britain.
Instructor: Staff. Two courses. C-L: International Comparative Studies
284A
Duke Semester Program: Ecuador.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
493-3
Senior Research Independent Study in Security, Peace and
Conflict.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 493-1 excepts
fulfills a security, peace, and conflict course requirement. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
181FS
Reason, Virtue, and Rights.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: The theoretical meanings and practical
consequences of historical views of rights; their philosophical resuppositions
in relation to a view of human nature and of reason. Open only to students in
the Focus Program. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Hull. One course.
291-4
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Political Behavior and
Identities.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 291-1 except
fulfills a political behavior and identities course requirement. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
363
International Human Rights in World Politics.
Satisfies: EI SS UN
Course Description: Investigate the question of how and to
what extent the rise of international human rights norms and discourse have
affected the theory and practice of state sovereignty. Examine if and how
international human rights norms, such as political, social and economic rights
entailed in the international bill of rights and the prohibitions on genocide
and torture pose limits on governments' freedom of action and decision-making,
domestically and in their interactions with others. Analyze the effect that
international human rights procedures, such as international criminal courts,
regional human rights bodies and have on the nature and actions of sovereign
states. Instructor: Staff. One course.
449
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Capstone.
Satisfies: R SS PPE
Course Description: Capstone course open only to students in
the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program. Integrates and synthesizes the
analytical framework and factual studies provided in other courses. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Economics 389,
Philosophy 465
645S
Political Economy of Growth, Stabilization and Distribution.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Examines why some nations are rich and
others poor; whether financial crises are inevitable; whether economic growth
reduces poverty, increases inequality, or both. Addresses extent to which answers
to these questions are under human control. Instructor: Keech. One course. C-L:
Economics 548S
116D
The American Political System.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 150 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Staff. One course.
520S
Congressional Policy-Making.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Lawmaking and oversight of the executive
branch by the U.S. Congress. Committee, party, executive, and interest group
roles. Instructor: Rohde. One course.
581S
International Environmental Regimes.
Satisfies: EI SS STS S
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 545S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 521 Energy and the Environment
377S
Classical and Contemporary Political Theory.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see Philosophy 384AS
384
Ancient Political Theory.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Ancient political philosophy, history,
and drama emphasizing the comparison of ancient and modern democracy and the
alternative ancient understanding of the conception of the individual and of
society. Readings from Plato, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Thucydides.
Instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Grant. C-L: Classical Studies 420D. One course. C-L:
Classical Studies 374, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
359S
Post-World War Europe and East Asia: Comparative
Perspective.
Satisfies: II A CCI SS W II
Course Description: The nations of contemporary Western
Europe as a 'zone of peace, ' a political-geographic space in which cooperation
is highly robust and war is virtually unthinkable. The development of that zone
in light of the persistence of major war in that area from the late fifteenth
to the mid-twentieth centuries. The evolution of Western European politics and
institutions since World War (most importantly, the European Union); comparison
with East Asia as another key region of the modern world that has not become a
zone of peace but may be increasingly a zone of major conflict and even war.
Instructor: Grieco. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
201S
Public Opinion.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Examine the link between racial identity
and public opinion, specifically the concept of whiteness as a racial, social,
and political identity. Explore the normative quality of white racial identity
and its consequences for the American political process. Investigate white
American public opinion on various political issues, white attitudes about
people of color, as well as what whites think about their own racial group and
racial identity. Instructor: Staff. One course.
295A
Environmental Policy in Europe: Duke in Berlin.
Satisfies: CCI SS A A
Course Description: Economic concepts and environmental
policies with their application to selected environmental issues in Western and
Eastern Europe, transboundary pollution problems, and the role of the European
Community. Taught by a leading German expert in the Duke-in-Berlin fall
semester program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 201
German 320 International Comparative Studies
690S-1
Advanced Topics in Political Theory.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in political theory.
Same as Political Science 690-1 except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
664S
Leaders, Nations, and War.
Satisfies: CCI R SS W
Course Description: The interaction between state structures
and the international system, with a focus on the rise and development of
European nations. Topics include war and its effects on national political
institutions, nationalism, and state formation; war and national revolution;
374
Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 205; also C-L: Documentary Studies 270, Political Science 276, Visual and
Media Studies 264
391-1
Senior Independent Study in Political Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
in a field of special interest under faculty member supervision. Offered only
in areas of study not otherwise provided in department course offerings and
with the direct approval and sponsorship of a faculty member. Will not
generally be offered unless student has first established an extensive record
of work with the faculty member. Written permission of faculty member and
detailed description of course of directed study required before contacting the
Director of Undergraduate Studies for permission number. Fulfills a political
theory course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
504
Counterterrorism Law and Policy.
Satisfies: EI R SS
Course Description: This course explores the novel legal and
policy issues resulting from the United States' response to 9/11 attacks and
the threat posed by modern terrorist organizations. Topics include
preventative/preventive war; detention, interrogation, and prosecution of
suspect terrorists; domestic surveillance; and government secrecy and public
access to information. Instructor: Schanzer, Silliman. C-L: Political Science
543
690S-6
Advanced Topics in Political Economy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in political economy.
Same as Political Science 690-6 except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
393-2
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political
Institutions.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 393-1 except
fulfills a political institutions course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
522S
Comparative Party Politics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS S
Course Description: The concepts, models, and theories
employed in the study of political parties in various competitive democracies.
Focus on advanced industrial democracies where there is a rich empirically
oriented literature on this topic. The resurgence of democracy in developing
areas and the role of party competition and democracies in these regions of the
world. Instructor: Kitschelt. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies 601 Canadian Studies
393-4
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political
Behavior and Identities.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 393-1 except
fulfills a political behavior and identities course requirement. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
646S
The Politics of European Integration.
Satisfies: CCI R SS EU EU
Course Description: Politics and institutions of the
European Union (EU) and the historical process that led to it. Theoretical
perspectives discussed include classics of integration theory (neofunctionalism,
intergovernmentalism) but also theories of state formation, delegation, and
distributional politics (comparatively as instance of common political
phenomena). Social constructivist, gender, and Marxist theories also
considered. Research papers on process of European integration or contemporary
politics. Instructor: Buthe. One course.
348
Secularization and Modernity: Cross-Disciplinary Readings
1750-1914.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 285; also
C-L: Political Science 374, German 376, Romance Studies 360, Literature 243
391-2
Senior Independent Study in Political Institutions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 391-1 except
fulfills a political institutions course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
326
China and the World.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The formulation and development of
Chinese foreign relations and foreign policy since 1949. The rationales of
policy as well as organizational, cultural, and perceptual factors that
influence Chinese foreign policy formulation. Instructor: Shi. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
649S
Politics and Markets.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Seminar on classics of political
economy, exploring the relationship between economic markets and politics as
treated in the works of Adam Smith, Marx, Polanyi, Schumpeter, Lindblom, and
Hirsch, as well as contemporary works on globalization and its effects on
domestic politics. Open only to seniors and graduate students. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
560S
International Relations Theory and Chinese Foreign Policy.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Examines range of theories and
conceptual approaches to the study of international relations to see how these
may or may not work in explaining Chinese foreign policy and whether or not
patterns of Chinese foreign policy require evaluation of theories. Instructor:
Shi. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
285A
Duke Summer/Semester Program: St. Petersburg, Russia.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Permission of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
325
Comparative Government and Politics: Western Europe.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Modern political institutions and
processes of European democracies: political parties, interest groups and
parliaments; regional, religious, and class divisions; political participation
and mobilization; relationships of state, society and economy; political,
social and economic change in postwar Europe. Instructor: Kitschelt. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
225
Political Psychology.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
301
393-5
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political
Methodology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 393-1 except
fulfills a political methodology course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
386S
Film and Politics.
Satisfies: ALP EI R SS
Course Description: Selected film genres and films as they
illuminate political behavior. Ethical issues and controversies raised by the
making and contents of films. Inducts students into the ways research is
conducted in the study of films and the generation and presentation of
knowledge in the discipline. Instructor: Paletz. One course. C-L: Arts of the
Moving Image 213
390S-6
Special Topics in Political Economy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Special topics in political economy.
Same as Political Science 390-6 except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
690S-3
Advanced Topics in Security, Peace and Conflict.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in security, peace and
conflict. Same as Political Science 690-3 except in seminar format. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
675S
Economy, Society, and Morality in Eighteenth-Century
Thought.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Explorations of eighteenth-century
topics with a modern counterpart, chiefly (a) self-interest, liberal society,
and economic incentive; and (b) the passions, sociality, civic virtue, common
moral sensibilities, and the formation of taste and opinion. Original texts:
for example, Bacon, Newton, Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Hume, Smith,
Hogarth, Burke, Cato's Letters, Federalist Papers, Jane Austen. Stress on
integrating economic and political science perspectives. Open only to seniors
majoring in either political science or economics. Not open to students who
have had Economics 312. Pre-requisites: Economics 205D; and Economics 210D.
Instructors: De Marchi and Grant. One course.
360
Foundations of Modern International Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Causal mechanisms that relate domestic
and international politics as introduced through basic game-theoretic examples.
How domestic politics can affect state behavior and how international politics
can reverberate on domestic politics. Discussion of various problem areas such
as security, economics, and nationalism by focusing on institutions and
processes. How globalization and culture affect the structure and institutions
that govern domestic and international interactions. No prerequisite, but
Political Science 160 recommended. Instructor: Staff. One course.
217
Law and Politics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Examination of the nature and functions
of law and legal institutions through critical interpretation of legal texts
and practices. Relationships among bench, bar, legislators, and administrators
in the development of public as well as private law. Attention to judicial
reasoning used in the resolution of cases and controversies involving the
common law, statutes including selected aspects of civil procedure, and the
American Constitution. Instructor: Staff. One course.
391-6
Senior Independent Study in Political Economy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 391-1 except
fulfills a political economy course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
393-1
Sophomore/Junior Research Independent Study Political
Theory.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual directed research under the
supervision of a faculty member. Central goal is substantive research paper or
report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a previously
approved topic. Offered only in areas of study not otherwise provided in
department course offerings and with the direct approval and sponsorship of a
faculty member. Will not generally be offered unless student has first
established an extensive record of work with the faculty member. Written
permission of faculty member and detailed description of course of directed
study
580S
Social Theory and Social Practice.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Comparison and critique of answers given
by philosophers and social theorists to the questions: what can we know about
society and what is the practical utility of that knowledge? Theorists and
topics include Aristotle, early modernity's \ldblquote new science of
politics,\rdblquote Marxist praxis,
Weber's \ldblquote wertfrei\rdblquote
science, Mill's logic of the "moral sciences,\rdblquote Comte's sociology, Mannheim's sociology of
knowledge, behaviorism and its critics, the vocation of social science.
Instructor: Spragens. One course.
373
Introduction to American Political Thought.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Basic elements of the American political
tradition examined through a critical analysis of the ethical and political
issues and controversies that developed from its historical English roots to
the present day. Instructor: Grant or Spragens. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
274S
Religion and Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 229S; also C-L: Political Science 379S
344
Environmental Politics in the United States.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: Examine the role environmental issues
play in the U.S. political system. Study the way ordinary citizens think about
the environment: importance of
225
Women and the Political Process.
Satisfies: R SS A
Course Description: systematic analysis of the U.S.
political system, electoral politics, platform implications, and leadership
trends in the context of women's role in political life, as voters, leaders,
and citizens. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Political Science 203
616S
Persistence and Change in Political Institutions.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Persistence and Change in Political
Institutions. International and domestic institutions in world politics; focus
on causes and mechanisms of institutional persistence and change in comparative
perspective. Examines, for instance, evolution of political-economic
institutions under the impact of globalization. Instructor: Buthe. One course.
493-2
Senior Research Independent Study Political Institutions.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 493-1 excepts
fulfills a political institutions course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
206
American Values, Institutions, and Culture--1760 to 1845.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to American politics and
institutions. Political thought of the American and French revolutions; the
formation of the institutions of American government; the role of property,
especially slavery, in shaping American politics and policy; and the expansion
of American ambition, through "manifest destiny" at home and the
Monroe doctrine abroad. Instructor: Munger. One course.
211S
Contemporary International Policy Issues.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Surveys several issues displaying
different forms or policy responses in various geographical regions and
cultures. Examples include: competition over energy resources, design of
international organization, trends of human migration, privatization of
security, and patterns of economic inequality. An interdisciplinary approach
with attention to political, economic and social patterns. The goal is to
introduce international policy issues that remain unsolved, while understanding
how present-day relationships and policies are shaped by the past. Particularly
useful for students looking for international topics for honors theses or other
research projects. Instructor: Johnson. One course. C-L: Political Science 225S
583S
Thucydides and the Realist Tradition.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS I
Course Description: Focus on Thucydides as a foundational
text in the international relations tradition of realism. Issues include human
nature; the relationship between self-interest and moral norms; conceptions of
power; and motivations of justice. Readings will include Thucydides' History,
selections from Hobbes' Leviathan, evidence from the post-Napoleonic and
post-World War periods, and modern interpretive studies. Instructor: Lewis. One
course. C-L: Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
331
Prisoner's Dilemma and Distributive Justice.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Economic, political, and philosophical
perspectives on distributive justice and the problems in each discipline raised
by variations on the prisoner's dilemma. Classic texts include Hobbes and Hume,
Smith and Marx, Mill and Rawls. Gateway course to the Politics, Philosophy, and
Economics certificate program. Joint course with the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill so may be offered on both campuses during the semester. Prerequisites:
Economics 21 and 22 or Economics 101 and Philosophy 207 or Political Science
223. Instructor: Brennan, Munger, or Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Economics 361,
Philosophy 246, Information Science and Information Studies, Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
212
Globalization and Public Policy.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: How the various aspects of globalization
affect, and are affected by public policy at the international, national and
local levels. Development of an analytic framework for thinking about
globalization and its core concepts, major institutions and political dynamics;
survey of a range of major policy areas affected by globalization; focus on a
policy area of particular interest. Instructor: Jentleson. One course. C-L:
Political Science 358, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies
261
Ethnicity and European Policy.
Satisfies: U S SS I II
Course Description: The domestic politics of the Cold War.
The impact of the conflicts between the homelands of the European-American
ethnic groups in World War World
War and the postwar settlement upon
American domestic politics and foreign policy towards Europe. The manner in
582S
Contemporary Ethical Theories.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 503S;
also C-L: Women's Studies
391-5
Senior Independent Study in Political Methodology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as Political Science 391-1 except
fulfills a political methodology course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
390S-5
Special Topics in Political Methodology.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Special topics in political methodology.
Same as Political Science 390-5 except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
361
Force and Statecraft.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: The theory and practice of the use of
force as an instrument of state policy in different historical periods and with
different nations. Examines the ethical arguments and beliefs which have been
fashioned in statecraft to justify or prohibit the use of force in
international politics. Prerequisite: Political Science 160 or equivalent.
Instructor: Feaver. One course.
215FS
The Politics of Language.
Satisfies: SS UK FS
Course Description: Examines the political role of language
in societies as diverse as China, India, the former Soviet Union, the and the
US. Looks at how state and non-state actors influence citizens' language
practices, and their beliefs about language. Drawing on political theory,
sociology and sociolinguistics, we look at how language policies reflect and
produce sociopolitical realities. Topics covered include migration,
citizenship, nationalism and decolonization. Open to students in the Focus
Program only. Instructor: Price. One course. C-L: Political Science 185
Linguistics 213FS
130D
Introduction to Political Inquiry.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Introduction to the deductive,
quantitative, and historical techniques used in empirical inquiry in political
science. Examines the study of politics as a social science and explores the
assumptions underlying various methodologies used in the field. Reviews methods
of measurement, comparison, and the construction of empirical and theoretical
models of political phenomena. Intended for students who have taken at least
one political science course, but there are no prerequisites. Not open to
students who have previously taken this course as Political Science 107.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
561S
Problems in International Security.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: The impact of democratic political
structures on state foreign policy behavior. Emphasis on the influence of
democratic norms and principles on the use of force. Theoretical debates on the
influence of democracy and the use of force, with attention to the
methodological and statistical difficulties of both measuring democracy and
estimating its impact on international politics. Prerequisite: a course in
international relations or American foreign policy. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
342
The Holocaust.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 297; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 342, Political Science 262
209D
Non-State Actors in World Politics.
Satisfies: R SS STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
348D
382
Politics and Literature.
Satisfies: ALP EI SS
Course Description: The enduring questions of ethical and
political issues and controversies as expressed in political philosophy and
politics and as illustrated in literature. Comparative historical, literary,
and philosophical analysis. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
519
The American Party System.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Role of political parties and the party
system in the origin and perpetuation of democratic politics. Critical
evaluation of different theories and models of the origins, structures, and
activities of American political parties and their contribution to maintenance
of a democratic society. Development of original research or critical
evaluation of research findings using an extensive array of evidence, including
statistical estimation and formal modeling. Instructor: Aldrich. One course.
493-1
Senior Research Independent Study Political Theory.
Satisfies: R DUS
Course Description: Individual directed research under the
supervision of a faculty member. The central goal is a substantive research
paper or report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Offered only in areas of study not otherwise
provided in department course offerings and with the direct approval and
sponsorship of a faculty member. Will not generally be offered unless student
has first established an extensive record of work with the faculty member.
Written permission of faculty member and detailed description of research
project required before contacting the for permission number. Fulfills a
political theory course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
507S
Religion and Comparative Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The relationship between states,
societies, and religious institutions in contemporary world politics. Theories
that emphasize the explanatory role of religious ideas, religious market
structures, and different socio-economic and political conditions. Major focus
on Christianity (Catholicism, Protestantism and Evangelicalism) mostly in Latin
America, Western and Central Europe, and the United States. Attention also to
Islam and Hinduism in Africa, the Middle East, and India. Instructor: Trejo.
One course.
668S
Theory and Practice of International Security.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Analysis and criticism of the recent
theoretical, empirical, statistical, and case study literature on international
security. This course highlights and examines potentially promising areas of
current and future research. No prerequisite, but Political Science 160
recommended. Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
Elections and Social Protest in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Introduction to the literature on
electoral behavior and social movements and overview of elections and
protest--who votes, who protests, and why they do it. Analysis of the following
six countries: Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
Open to sophomores and juniors with a basic background in Latin American
history. Instructor: Trejo. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
329, Latin American Studies 351
390S-4
Special Topics in Political Behavior and Identities.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Special Topics in Political Behavior and
Identities. Same as Political Science 390-4 except in seminar format.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
364
Political Geography of World Affairs.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Role of geography in politics.
Introduction to the map and cartography as methods for the presentation of
political ideas and data. Major topics: Demography: Global Public Health, population
dynamics, infectious diseases, and disability adjusted life expectancy around
the globe; Economic forces: inequality, income, wealth, petroleum consumption
and production, world trade, and productivity; Politics: the role of territory,
political and economic freedoms, international and domestic conflicts, crime as
conflict, foreign aid of all sorts (economic, military, humanitarian).
Instructor: Ward. One course.
323
Political Development of Western Europe.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The development of the modern political
systems of Britain, France, Germany, and other European countries; the spread
of capitalism, the emergence of mass democracy and the rise of the welfare
state. Contemporary developments examined in historical and theoretical
perspective. Instructor: Kitschelt. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
378D
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 380D; also
C-L: Philosophy 286 Literature 280D
526S
Race and American Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 525S; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 544S
231
Human Rights in Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
388; also C-L: Philosophy 262, Documentary Studies, Global Health, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
690S-5
Advanced Topics in Political Methodology.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in political methodology.
Same as Political Science 690-5 except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
581S
Heidegger.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: An examination of the philosophy of
Martin Heidegger from its phenomenological beginnings to its postmodernist
conclusions with particular attention to its meaning for questions of identity,
history, nihilism, technology, and politics. Instructor: Gillespie. One course.
C-L: Philosophy 573S
667S
American Civil-Military Relations.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Theory and practice of relations between
the military, society, and the state in the US. Special attention paid to how
civil-military relations play out in the use of force. Other topics include:
public opinion, casualty sensitivity, and the role of the military in partisan
politics. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Feaver. One course.
375
Classics of Western Civilization: The German Tradition,
1750-1930.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 375; also
C-L: History 268, Literature 247
291-1
Sophomore/Junior Independent Study Political Theory.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual non-research directed study
in a field of special interest, under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered only in areas of study not otherwise provided in department course
offerings, and with the direct approval and sponsorship of a faculty member.
Will not generally be offered unless student has first established an extensive
record of work with the faculty member. Written permission of faculty member,
and detailed description of course of directed study, required before
contacting the Director of Undergraduate Studies for permission number.
Fulfills a political theory course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One course.
205D
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American
Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The politics of four of the United
States principal racial minority groups -- blacks, Latinos, Asians, and
American Indians. Instruction is provided in two lectures and one small
discussion meeting each week. Instructor: McClain. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 257D
184FS
Ancient and Modern Liberty.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to various conceptions of
liberty in Greek and Roman political and philosophical writing. Considerations
of such questions as: what is distinctive about the modern conceptions of
political and civil liberty; whether there is any necessary ethical connection
between liberty and virtue, or whether there is liberty and active citizenship,
or liberty and privacy; whether ancient conceptions of liberty can still serve
as a model in contemporary politics and should be considered exemplary or
inferior to modern conceptions of freedom. Open only to students in the Focus
Program. Instructor: Grant. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 186FS
690-2
Advanced Topics in Political Institutions.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in political
institutions. Instructor: Staff. One course.
351
Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle
East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 306; also
C-L: Islamic Studies
145
Introduction to Political Economy.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to history of political
economy. Three components: (1) history of economic thought as outgrowth of
moral philosophy; (2) microeconomics and price theory; (3) macroeconomics and
monetary policy. Intended as an economics course for non-majors. No
prerequisite except high school mathematics. Does not count toward Economics
major or minor. Instructor: Munger. One course. C-L: Economics 119, Politics,
Philosophy, and Economics
286A
Duke Summer/Semester Program: France.
Satisfies: CCI FL SS
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
221
South African History, 1870 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 214
390-1
Special Topics in Political Theory.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics in Political Theory. Topics vary
from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
548S
Theories of International Political Economy.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Issues include politics of trade,
finance, economic development, conflict and cooperation in the world economy,
and causes and consequences of economic globalization. Both advanced
industrialized and developing countries. Open to qualified seniors with consent
of instructor. Instructor: Buthe. One course.
324
Chinese Politics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The Communist revolution, the structure
of the political system and political decision making in the People's Republic
of China in different eras of its evolution. The relations between state and
society, and the political implications and consequences of reforms undertaken
in the post-Mao era. Instructor: Shi. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
575S
Ancient Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS S
Course Description: Intensive analysis of the political
philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient theorists. Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie or Grant. One course. C-L: Classical Studies
571 Philosophy 571, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
516
Media and Social Change.
Satisfies: CCI R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Public Policy
Studies 676; also C-L: Political Science 619, International Comparative
Studies, Information Science and Information Studies, Policy Journalism and
Media Studies, International Comparative Studies
493-4
Senior Research Independent Study in Political Behavior and
Identities.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Same as Political Science 493-1 except
fulfills a behavior and identities course requirement. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
365D
Foreign Policy of the United States.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 304 except
instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each
week. Instructor: Feaver. One course.
218
Constitutional Rights in U.S. History.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 339
690S-4
Advanced Topics in Political Behavior and Identities.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Advanced topics in political behavior
and identities. Same as Political Science 690-4 except in seminar format.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
381
Theories of Liberal Democracy.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Classic theorists, such as Locke,
Rousseau, Mill, Tocqueville, Madison, and Marx, and contemporary theories of
liberal democracy. Attention to the historical setting, the normative
philosophical presuppositions, and the ethical and policy implications of the
theories. Instructor: Grant or Spragens. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
390S-3
Special Topics in Security, Peace and Conflict.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Special Topics in Security, Peace and
Conflict. Same as Political Science 390-3 except in seminar format. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
368
Ethnic Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: An examination of ethnic conflict and
discrimination in the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Theories of
ethnic identify formation, ethnic conflict, the role of ethnicity in politics,
and the economics of discrimination. How ethnic conflict is likely to change in
the next few decades. The impact of a freer trade environment and the
increasing integration of the world economy on ethnic conflict. The
effectiveness of international institutions like the United Nations and NATO in
preventing the reoccurrence of tragedies like Rwanda. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 322
515S
Gender, Identity, and Public Policy.
Satisfies: R SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies
530 Political Science 521S
665S
Theory and Practice of National Security.
Satisfies: R SS STS W
Course Description: In-depth look at the theoretical and
empirical literature explaining how states seek to guarantee their national
security. Topics include: grand strategy, nuclear deterrence and warfighting,
coercive diplomacy, military intervention, decisions for war, and
civil-military relations. Special attention paid to U.S. national security
during and after the Cold War. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Feaver. One course.
223S
Critical Current Issues in North America.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS W A
Course Description: survey course on current critical issues
impacting North America, examined from a continental perspective. Specific
areas of focus: trade, energy, immigration, the environment, continental
defense, organized crime and the border. Course theme: to what extent are these
challenges amenable to joint action by the three countries? Taught from the
perspective of a U.S. diplomat, with emphasis on cross-cultural awareness - how
do Mexicans or Canadians look at these issues? - the history of current
problems, and workable policy solutions. Specific skills taught include the
basics of effective memo writing and delivering compelling, succinct oral
briefings. Instructor: Kelly. One course. C-L: Canadian Studies 250S
322
Introduction to Middle East Politics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Introduction to political systems,
processes, movements, and conflicts in the Middle East. Instructor: Maghraoui.
One course. C-L: Islamic Studies
387
Multiculturalism and Political Theory.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Theoretical and normative issues arising
in the multicultural context of modern societies: nationalism, ethnic revival,
and identity politics, as they contest understandings and practices of
democracy, cultural pluralism, the nature of cultural membership, individual
and group rights, minority representation, citizenship, and questions
concerning justice and the good. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
584S
Modern Political Theory.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS A
Course Description: historical survey and philosophical
analysis of political theory from the beginning of the seventeenth to the
middle of the nineteenth century. The rise of liberalism, the Age of
Enlightenment, the romantic and conservative reaction, idealism, and
utilitarianism. Instructor: Grant or Spragens. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
578S
Contemporary Theories of Liberal Democracy.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Reading and discussion of some of the
most important theoretical conceptions of democratic ideals and purposes since
1970. Topics include social justice, individual rights and community,
deliberative democracy, and the normative implications of moral and religious
pluralism. Instructor: Spragens. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered
Through Other Departments
347
Globalization and Domestic Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI R SS
Course Description: Examines the economic and political
consequences of integrating international markets for democracy. Will explore
the political and ethical implications of various features of globalization
including trade, outsourcing, mobile finance capital, reform of the welfare
state, international and intra-national inequality, uneven economic
development, regional integration, etc. Class will end with a consideration of
political and policy challenges presented by globalizing markets. Instructor:
Wibbels. One course.
577S
Nietzsche's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Study of the thinker who has, in
different incarnations, been characterized as the prophet of nihilism, the
destroyer of values, the father of fascism, and the spiritual source of
postmodernism. An examination of his philosophy as a whole in order to come to
terms with its significance for his thinking about politics. Instructor:
Gillespie. One course. C-L: German 576 Philosophy 537S
503S
Crisis, Choice, and Change in Advanced Democratic States.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Contributions of Marx, Weber, and
Durkheim toward analysis of modern democracies. Examination of selected
contemporary studies using these three perspectives to highlight processes of
change and crisis. Unsettling effects of markets upon political systems,
consequences of bureaucratic regulation, and transformation of sources of
solidarity and integration in modern politics. Instructor: Kitschelt. One
course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
180FS
Hierarchy and Spontaneous Order: The Nature of Freedom in
Political and Economic Organizations.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: An examination, drawing on great works
of political and economic thought, of ideal and real regimes to evaluate two
opposed positions: that hierarchy and some form of imposed coercive
organization are essential to liberty and human self-realization, and that the
most important kinds of order and action in human societies are spontaneous and
voluntary. Close scrutiny and interpretation of texts on religion
370S
War and Peace.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Same as Political Science 433 except in
seminar format. Instructor: Gelpi. One course.
549S
Collective Action, Property Rights, and the Environment.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: The rational choice tradition (public
goods, collective action, game theory, property rights, new institutionalism)
as applied to environmental problems, resource exploitation, environmental
justice, and the design of an environmentally sound society. Instructor:
McKean. One course.
343A
Gender, Politics and Space in the Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A A
Course Description: Examination of relationships of gender,
space, and politics in the modern Middle East. Considers how representations of
the Middle East are gendered, analyzing such icons as the "veiled
women" and "terrorist men" and the political implications of
such representations. Topics include the emergence of new femininities, masculinities,
and sexual identifications, social movements, and the paradoxes of Islamism,
globalization, and neoliberalism in various settings. Offered only in the
Duke-in-Turkey study abroad program. Instructor: Gokariksel. One course. C-L:
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 303 Slavic and Eurasian Studies 343
Political Science 213A
677S
Contemporary Continental Political Thought.
Satisfies: EI R SS II
Course Description: Exploration and assessment of the major
theories (critical theory, hermeneutics, post-structuralism) and thinkers
(Adorno, Habermas, Gadamer, Foucault, Derrida) of European political thought
from World War to the present. Themes addressed include alienation, power,
liberation, social construction of identity. Research paper required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
282A
Duke Summer Program: Oxford.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Political System of Modern Britain. Open
only to students in the Duke Summer Program: Oxford. Instructor: Staff. Two
courses. C-L: International Comparative Studies
350
Issues of International Political Economy.
Satisfies: CCI R SS A
Course Description: comparative, cross-cultural and
cross-national examination of international political economy issues centering
on trade, money and finance, and to a lesser degree the multinational
enterprise. Examination of international economic issues of concern to
developed and developing countries. Prerequisite: Political Science 160.
Instructor: Grieco. One course. C-L: Markets and Management Studies
509S
Political Participation: Comparative Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: The study of political participation
through development of an understanding of relevant research methods. The
effects of political culture on political participation. Popular participation
and mobilization systems in liberal democracies and developing countries.
Instructor: Shi. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 511S
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Political Science.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
390S-2
Special Topics in Political Institutions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Special Topics in Political
Institutions. Same as Political Science 390-2 except in seminar format.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
501S
American Grand Strategy.
Satisfies: CZ R SS
Course Description: C-L: see Political Science 562S; also
C-L: History 567S
234S
Distributive Justice.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
376S; also C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
354
Politics in the Developing World.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Prospects, challenges, and problems of
developing nations. Democratization and related problems. Focus on Mexico,
Chile, Turkey, Iran, South Africa and Nigeria. Instructor: Leventoglu. One course.
C-L: Islamic Studies
561
9/11: Causes, Response & Strategy.
Satisfies: EI SS W
Course Description: Examination of the origin and ideology
of al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations, the events that led to the 9/11
attacks, and the public policy response in terms of use of force, preventive
intelligence and law enforcement policies, and homeland security. Comparative
examination of the efficacy and ethics of alternative counterterrorism
policies. Instructor: Schanzer. C-L: Political Science 544
114D
From Voting to Protests: Introduction to Political
Attitudes, Groups and Behaviors.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Covers basic core concepts for
understanding political behavior - attitudes, beliefs, and actions of the
general public in political life - and the development and consequences of
racial, ethnic, and other types of (politically relevant) identities. Broadly
comparative approach, looking at publics throughout the world. Special focus on
political behavior and identities in democracies, where behavior is
consequential in ordinary workings of politics. Also examines extraordinary
political behavior, such as participation in protests, riots, and civil wars.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
117
Democracy, Development and Violence: Introduction to
Comparative Politics.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: Analysis of creation and break down of
political order. Exploration of why some societies establish democratic
political orders but others dictatorial rule; how democracies and dictatorships
work; impact of political regimes and institutions on economic growth,
development, poverty, and inequality; civil wars and revolutions. Goal is to
understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of
collective violence and how political orders collapse. Examples drawn from
contemporary world history and current world affairs,
219
Comparative Government and Politics: Selected Countries.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Special topics course treating the
evolution and function of various national political systems at different
stages of their historical and political development. The focus changes
depending upon which nations and peoples are analyzed. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
586S
Political Thought in the United States.
Satisfies: EI SS A
Course Description: American political thought and practice
through the Civil War period. critical analysis of the writing of our founders
and their European antecedents. Focus on the philosophical and political
debates and the underlying ethical and political issues found in the debates
over the Constitution, slavery, and the Union. Instructor: Gillespie or Grant.
One course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
304
Latino Immigration and Elections.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Course investigates the role of Latino
immigrants in the U.S. political system. Examines patterns of Latino
immigration historically and when and how both citizen and non-citizen Latinos
engage in politics and to what extent these groups influence political
outcomes. Pre-requisite: any one field introduction taken at the 100 level.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
MEDICINE (SCHOOL) - GRADUATE (SCHOOL) BASIC SCIENCE COURSES
OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES
Number Of Listed Courses: 31
622
Structure of Biological Macromolecules.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Computer graphics intensive study of
some of the biological macromolecules whose three-dimensional structures have
been determined at high resolution. Emphasis on the patterns and determinants
of protein structure. Two-hour discussion session each week along with
computer-based lessons and projects. Instructors: D. Richardson and J.
Richardson. One course. C-L: Structural Biology and Biophysics 622,
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 622
522
Critical Readings in Genetics and Genomics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: University Program in
Genetics 522
541
Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience.
Satisfies: NS QS
Course Description: Mathematical introduction to the
biophysics and circuits underlying biological and neural computation. Topics
covered include neural coding at single cell and population level. Reverse
correlation and kernel estimation, coordinate transformations, Bayesian
decoding and information theory. Introduction to Hodgkin-Huxley and other
related models of neural excitability. Phase-plane analysis of single and
coupled neural oscillators. Models of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
Biophysical basis of working memory. Hopfield and related models of long term
memory. Stochastic chemical reactions in small volumes. Biochemical computation
in single cells. Instructor: Raghavachari. One course.
370S
Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to human genetic and
genomics and how the topics relate to modern medicine and treatment. Special
emphasis placed on principles of human genomics (including human genome
organization, complex disease and large scale genomic analysis) and how they
relate to the field of translational genomics (bridging human genetics to drug
design). Discussion of ethical and societal issues concerning personalized
medicine as well as future implications to modern health care. Current journal
articles highlighting new genomic treatments will be presented and discussed.
Prerequisite: Biology 201L. Instructor: Staff. One course.
302
Introductory Biochemistry II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Structure, function, and biosynthesis of
biological macromolecules and regulation of their synthesis. Intermediary
metabolism and metabolic utilization of energy. Biochemistry of biological
membranes, receptors, and signal transduction via membrane receptors.
Prerequisite: organic chemistry and Biochemistry 301. Instructors: Been and
staff. One course.
503
Introduction to Physiology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Modern organ physiology; cellular
physiology, organ system physiology including cardiovascular, respiratory,
renal gastrointestinal, endocrine, reproductive, muscle and nervous. Mini
course. Prerequisite: elementary biology. Instructors: Jakoi and Vigna. One course.
554
Mammalian Toxicology.
Satisfies: DL
Course Description: Principles of toxicology as related to
humans. Emphasis on the molecular basis for toxicity of chemical and physical
agents. Subjects include metabolism and toxicokinetics, toxicologic evaluation,
toxic agents, target organs, toxic effects, environmental toxicity, management
of poisoning, epidemiology, risk assessment, and regulatory toxicology,
Prerequisite: introductory biology, and Chemistry 201 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Abou-Donia and staff. One course.
557
Vision.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Understanding the machinery of vision
and its perceptual consequences. How we see brightness, color, form, motion,
depth; the integration of visual and auditory information to generate unified
multimodal representations; using vision to probe cognitive aspects of brain
function; exploring visual aesthetics. The course is designed for advanced
undergraduates and beginning graduate students. Instructor: Fitzpatrick and
Purves. One course.
544
Principles of Immunology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: An introduction to the molecular and
cellular basis of the immune response. Topics include anatomy of the lymphoid
system, lymphocyte biology, antigen-antibody interactions, humoral and cellular
effector mechanisms, and control of immune responses. Prerequisites: Biology
220 or Biology 201L. Instructors: Zhang and Immunology Faculty. One course.
C-L: Biology 515
202T
Tutorial in Human Disease.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Reading course focusing on a series of
books highlighting different areas of medicine. Substantial analytical paper
required to be submitted at the end of semester. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Friedman. One course.
198S
The Origin of Species.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: chapter-by-chapter discussion and
analysis of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species (1859). Permission of
instructor required. Instructor: Hall. Half course.
523S
Computational Immunology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics 523S
681
Physical Biochemistry.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: structure-based introduction to the role
of thermodynamic driving forces in biology. An overview of experimental sources
of structural and dynamic data, and a review of the fundamental concepts of
thermodynamics. Both concepts are combined to achieve a structural and
quantitative mechanistic understanding of allosteric regulation, and of coupled
ligand binding and conformational change. Statistical thermodynamics is used to
develop ensemble models of protein and nucleic acid dynamics. This treatment
leads into specific examples and general principles of how to interpret
structural and dynamic information toward the purposes of other research.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Oas. One course. C-L: Structural
Biology and Biophysics 681
350
Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 350
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
274
Drugs, Brain, and Behavior (B).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 360; also C-L: Neuroscience 360
535
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pharmacology Part II.
Satisfies: NS CNS
Course Description: Several model systems ( cardiovascular,
and infectious diseases) will be used to explore the molecular biochemical, and
physiological basis of drug action. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Whorton. One course.
582
Microbial Pathogenesis.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Modern molecular genetic approaches to
understanding the pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Underlying mechanisms of
pathogenesis and host-parasite relationships that contribute to the infectious
disease process. Instructor: McCusker, Abraham, and staff. One course.
695
Macromolecular Structure Determination by Spectroscopy and
X-ray Crystallography.
Satisfies: NMR NMR NMR D D NMR
Course Description: Theoretical and experimental principles
of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and macromolecular x-ray
crystallography. Topics of cover theory, data collection and interpretation of
macromolecular experiments, including 1 2 and multidimensional data collection
and interpretation, chemical exchange, protein dynamics, residual dipolar
couplings, and solution structure determination. Emphasis on crystal symmetry,
space group determination, diffraction theory, and a practical understanding of
macromolecular crystallization, x-ray intensity data collection, macromolecular
structure determination, refinement, and analysis. Prerequisites: Undergraduate
physical chemistry, undergraduate biochemistry, and one year of calculus.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Schumacher. One course.
658
Structural Biochemistry I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Biochemistry 658;
also C-L: Cell and Molecular Biology 658, Cell Biology 658, University Program
in Genetics 658, Structural Biology and Biophysics 658, Computational Biology
and Bioinformatics 658
195FS
Neuroeconomics: The Neurobiology of Decision Making.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 195FS
552
Virology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Molecular biology of mammalian viruses,
with emphasis on mechanisms of replication, virus-host interactions, viral
pathogenicity, and the relationship of virus infection to neoplasia.
Instructor: Cullen and staff. One course.
534
Interdisciplinary Approach to Pharmacology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Several model systems (cancer, immunological
disorders, and infectious diseases) will be used to explore the molecular,
biochemical, and physiological basis of drug action. Consent of instructor
required. Instructors: Rathmell, Wang, or Whorton. One course.
673S
Computer Models and the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.
Satisfies: NS QS S S
Course Description: Introduce students to the use
computational neuroscience modeling for understanding the mechanisms involved
in different psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, substance abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder). In the context of computational models, we
will then analyze behavioral interventions (e.g.,exposure-based therapies) and
pharmacological therapies (e.g., administration of haloperidol in the treatment
of schizophrenia). Instructor consent required. Instructor: Schmajuk/Rosenthal.
One course. C-L: Computer Science 673 Information Science and Information
Studies 673 Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 673S
659
Structural Biochemistry II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Biochemistry 659;
also C-L: Cell Biology 659, Immunology 659, Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics 659, University Program in Genetics 659
667
Biochemical Genetics I: and Genome Stability.
Satisfies: DNA
Course Description: Chromosome structure, replication,
repair, genetic recombination, mutation and chromosome rearrangement.
Minicourse, 1st half-semester. Instructor: Kreuzer and staff. Half course.
694
Research Independent Study in Science Education.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research in a field of
science education (with reference to pharmacology) at the precollege/college
level, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of
study results. Open to all qualified seniors and graduate students with consent
of supervising instructor. Instructor: Schwartz-Bloom. One course.
668
Biochemical Genetics II: From to Protein.
Satisfies: RNA
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see Biochemistry 668;
also C-L: Cell Biology 668, University Program in Genetics 668
580
The Biological Basis of Music.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 559;
also C-L: Philosophy 559
533
Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology 533
471S
Reward and Addiction (B).
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Biological and psychological mechanisms
of reward and addiction from a "molecules to mind" perspective.
Topics include: neural mechanisms of reward, vulnerability to addiction,
self-medication, addiction as a learning process, animal models of addiction,
gateway drugs, roles
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
Number Of Listed Courses: 100
222S
Philosophical Issues in Feminism.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 222S
242
Problems in Philosophy of Science.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: The principal philosophical problems of
scientific practice. Explanation, confirmation, instrumentalist and realist
conceptions of scientific theory. Laws and indeterminism in modern science.
Instructors: Brandon, Janiak, or Rosenberg. One course.
693S
Causation.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: study of the philosophical foundations
of causation. Involves close reading and discussion of classic modern
philosophical analyses of causation, with special reference to applications in
the philosophy of science including the social sciences. Instructor: Hoover.
One course.
206
Philosophy of Law.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Natural law theory, legal positivism,
legal realism, the relation of law and morality. Instructor: Staff. One course.
C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
490S
Seminars in Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
512S
Aristotle.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Ferejohn.
One course. C-L: Classical Studies 573S
201
History of Modern Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Seventeenth and eighteenth century
attempts to address philosophical problems concerning knowledge and the nature
of reality in Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume,
and Kant. Instructor: Flanagan, Janiak, or Rosenberg. One course.
199FS
Science, Philosophy, and Religion: The Faces of Science.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: Transformation of the shifting
boundaries between science and philosophy, science and religion. From the
scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the twenty-first century.
Open only to students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Janiak. One course.
104S
Introduction to Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI W
Course Description: Philosophy 102 conducted as a seminar.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
252
Philosophy and Neuroscience.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Explores relevance of recent findings in
neuroscience (and cognitive neuroscience) to traditional philosophical areas of
inquiry. Also addresses philosophical issues regarding practice of neuroscience
and relation to other disciplines/sciences. Possible topics include:
epistemology of neuroscience data, relation between neuroscience/psychology,
neurolinguistics, neuroethics, neural representations, neuroscience &
consciousness. Instructors: Flanagan or Neander. One course. C-L: Neuroscience
252
495S
Distinction Seminar Program.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Original research project culminating in
a 40-60 page thesis. Covers philosophy-specific research techniques as well as
fundamentals of academic bibliographic research. Students share their research
and receive/provide feedback. Instructor Consent Required. Instructor: staff.
Half course.
631S
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Janiak. One course.
198FS
Puzzles of the Mind: Humans, Animals, and Machines.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: The nature and constitution of mind in
humans, animals, and robots. Relation between body/mind and
consciousness/cognition. Related philosophical problems about the mind:
subjectivity, skepticism about other minds, relation of language to mind, and
the effects of brain lesions on mental life. Readings from philosophy,
psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive ethology, and artificial intelligence.
Open only to students in the Focus Program. One course.
208
Introduction to the Evolution of Human Culture, Behavior,
and Institutions.
Satisfies: CCI NS SS
Course Description: Interdisciplinary examination of
philosophical foundations, anthropological framework, psychological/social
ramifications of long term interaction of hereditary and non-inheritary traits
of Homo sapiens with its original and later environments, including those
created by human culture. Instructor: Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Evolutionary
Anthropology 280
217
Ancient and Modern Ethical Theory.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Major ethical theories both classical
and modern; virtue theories and rule-based theories. Readings from Plato and
Aristotle with a variable comparative component, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist
depending on the instructor, as well as Kant and Mill. Open only to
undergraduates. Instructor: Flanagan or Wong. One course. C-L: Ethics Courses
Offered Through Other Departments
129FS
Acting Globally, Thinking Normatively.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Examines how normative ethical &
political theories might help us think more clearly about rights, obligations,
and justice in a global context. Also looks into the limitations of some of
these theories (originally developed for more local contexts). Particular focus
on ethical challenges raised by international commerce. Do multinational
corporations have obligations to maintain standards over and above those
required by local regulations? How do we determine what these obligations and
standards are? What duties do citizens and consumers in a corporation\rquote s
home country have to compel more responsible corporate behavior abroad?
Instructor: Norman. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 129FS
590S
Special Fields of Philosophy Seminar (Topics).
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
236A
The Birth of Reason in Ancient Greece.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: study of the Classical Greeks'
pronounced emphasis on the rational aspect of human nature, which enabled them
to lay the foundations for subsequent intellectual developments in western
thought. The Athenian Empire as a case study for an investigation of the five
major ancient ethical systems. Taught only in the Duke Greece Summer Study
Abroad program. Instructor: Ferejohn. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 272A
186FS
Focus Program Seminar: Topics in Philosophy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered. Open
only to students in the Focus program. Consent of Instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
629S
Topics in the History of Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics in one or more periods in the
history of philosophy (for example, ancient, medieval, or modern) such as
skepticism, mind-body relations, the nature of persons and personal identity,
the relation between physics and metaphysics, causation and explanation.
Instructor: Flanagan, Ferejohn, Janiak, or Rosenberg. One course.
618S
Medieval Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Study of Augustine against background of
late ancient Roman philosophy, and Thomas Aquinas and others against background
of medieval Muslim philosophy, in particular Avicenna and Averroes, and
Neoplatonism. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 669S
225
Philosophy of Music.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: The nature of music and its place in the
arts. Emotion and meaning, creation and interpretation in music. Readings from
a wide variety of sources. Instructor: Ward. One course.
290
Special Topics in Philosophy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
676S
Hegel's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: Within context of Hegel's total
philosophy, an examination of his understanding of phenomenology and the
phenomenological basis of political institutions and his understanding of Greek
and Christian political life. Selections from \i Phenomenology\i0 , \i
Philosophy of History\i0 , and \i Philosophy of Right\i0 . Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie. One course. C-L: Philosophy 536 German 575S
215
Applied and Environmental Ethics.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS A
Course Description: critical examination of ethical
dimensions of several contemporary individual and political normative problems,
including abortion, affirmative action, national and international economic
redistribution, and the environmental impact of economic changes and political
decisions. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Study of Ethics 265, Marine
Science and Conservation
628S
Recent and Contemporary Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: critical study of some contemporary
movements, with special emphasis on analytic philosophers. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Linguistics 528S
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
278
Neuroethics.
Satisfies: EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neuroscience 267; also
C-L: Philosophy 353, Study of Ethics 269
590
Special Topics in Philosophy Lecture.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
204
Foundations of Scientific Reasoning.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: Introduction to inductive logic,
probability, and causality. Probability as a measure of belief, probability as
frequency, philosophical problem of induction, determinism and indeterminism in
causation. General versus particular causal claims. Instructor: Brandon or
Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
508S
Political Values.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Analysis of the systematic justification
of political principles and the political values in the administration of law.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
582S
Contemporary Ethical Theories.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 503S;
also C-L: Women's Studies
204A
Political Philosophy of Globalization.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 237A;
also C-L: Political Science 297A
411
Philosophy of Time & Space.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics include: the possibility of time
travel, the direction of time, comparisons between space and time, special
relativity, and existence of the past and future. Instructor: Bernstein. One
course.
465S
Feminist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 465S;
also C-L: Philosophy 274 English 488S
350
Logic and Its Applications.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Mathematics 388;
also C-L: Computer Science 288
585S
Adversarial Ethics.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 510S
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
211
Appearance and Reality.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Problems in metaphysics: theories of
existence, substance, universals, identity, space, time, causality, determinism
and action, and the relation of mind and body. Instructor: Bernstein or
Ferejohn. One course.
538S
Problems in the Philosophy and Policy of Genomics.
Satisfies: CZ R STS W
Course Description: An examination of normative,
methodological, and metaphysical issues raised by molecular biology, and its
relations to other components of biology, including human behavior. Instructor:
Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy, Information Science and
Information Studies
640S
Philosophical Psychology.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: study of recent work on the nature of
the self and the nature and function of consciousness. Work from philosophy,
psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and evolutionary biology will be discussed.
Instructor: Flanagan or Neander. One course.
212
Philosophy of Mind.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Such topics as mind and body, the nature
of thought, perception, consciousness, personal identity, and other minds. The
relevance of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to the
philosophy of mind. Instructor: Flanagan or Neander. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 208, Visual and Media Studies 302, Information Science and
Information Studies
378D
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 380D; also
C-L: Philosophy 286 Literature 280D
580
The Biological Basis of Music.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Neurobiology 559;
also C-L: Philosophy 559
551S
Epistemology.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Selected topics in the theory of
knowledge; for example, conditions of knowledge, skepticism and certainty,
perception, memory, knowledge of other minds, and knowledge of necessary
truths. Instructor: Dretske or staff. One course.
224
Philosophy of Education.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Alternative models of the educational
process and of the relationship between education and moral development. The
ideal of the 'educated individual': education vs. training. The ideal of
liberal learning: its moral context and its presuppositions. The educational
process and its institutional settings. Readings from Plato, Aristotle,
Aquinas, Rousseau, Kant, Whitehead, and others. Instructor: Ward. One course.
231
Human Rights in Theory and Practice.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
388; also C-L: Philosophy 262, Documentary Studies, Global Health, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
581S
Heidegger.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: An examination of the philosophy of
Martin Heidegger from its phenomenological beginnings to its postmodernist
conclusions with particular attention to its meaning for questions of identity,
history, nihilism, technology, and politics. Instructor: Gillespie. One course.
C-L: Philosophy 573S
220
Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: Study of conceptual shifts from the
Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Early Modern period stressing impact of
Muslim philosophy on the Christian west. Revival of ancient thought, scientific
developments, European discovery of New World and impact on political
philosophy. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 355
539S
Race Theory: Biological Classification and Moral
Implications.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Topics to include: Biological
classification theory and its applications to humans; The fit, or lack thereof,
of biological categories and folk classifications of race; The
historical/political motivations behind human racial classifications; The role
of race in moral interactions; and The role of race in the construction of
personal identity. Instructor: Brandon, Wilson. One course.
281
Global Bioethics.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Examines various problems of
international ethics, discussing them in the context of general ethical theory
and then in the specific context of various controversies concerning the
conduct of clinical trials in developing countries. Problems include moral
universalism and relativism; poverty relief and international aid;
international health disparities; human rights; and exploitation. Instructor:
Sreenivasan. One course.
345
The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Economics as target discipline for
philosophy of science. How economists investigate the economy; how economics
produces knowledge/explanation/prediction/understanding. Classic contributions
to economic methodology (John Stuart Mill, John Neville Keynes, Milton
Friedman) & to Philosophy of Science (Carl Hempel, Karl Popper, Thomas
Kuhn, Imr\'e9 Lakatos) with case studies of applications to economic problems.
Also recent topics at intersection of Philosophy & Economics (models,
causality, reductionism, realism). Prerequisites: either one course in
555S
Topics in Philosophy of Mind.
Satisfies: CZ R STS W
Course Description: One or more topics such as mental
causation, animal minds, artificial intelligence, and foundations of cognitive
science. Includes relevant literature from fields outside philosophy (for
example, psychology, neuroscience, ethology, computer science, cognitive
science). Instructor: Dretske or Neander. One course. C-L: Neuroscience 555S
234
Existentialism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Themes and approaches in existential
philosophy. Selected writings of Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Heidegger,
and Sartre. Contemporary relevance of existentialist perspectives. Instructor:
Ward. One course.
331
Kant.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Immanuel Kant's philosophy, its background
and influence. His early work in metaphysics and ethics and his mature
philosophy of the 'Critical Period' in which he wrote The Critique of Pure
Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason, and The Critique of Judgment. (NOTE:
No prerequisites, but helpful to take Philosophy 201 beforehand or
concurrently.) Instructor: Janiak. One course.
313S
Philosophy of Mathematics.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Survey of mathematical thought including
the nature of infinity, Platonism, constructivism, and the foundational crisis
of the early twentieth century. Prerequisite: one course in calculus or logic
or philosophy; or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
541S
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Science.
Satisfies: CZ STS S S
Course Description: An integrated introduction to the nature
of science and scientific change, and its impact on society. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Literature 521 Women's Studies 541 History 577S
486S
Ordinary Language Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 486S;
also C-L: English 485S
221S
Philosophy and Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Explores what great literature and drama
teach about mind, morals, and meaning of life. Examines how fiction, drama, and
poetry speak truthfully about human condition though what they say may be
literally false. Can literature answer questions like: What makes life worth
living? Why be moral? Selections and films from, and based on the works of
Sophocles, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Whitman, Camus, T.S. Eliot,
Steinbeck, Sylvia Plath, Mary Gordon. Instructor: Flanagan or staff. One
course.
250
Symbolic Logic.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Detailed analysis of deduction and of
deductive systems. Open to sophomores by consent of instructor. Instructor:
Brandon or staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 250, Information Science and
Information Studies
232A
The Cognitive Science of Religion and Morality.
Satisfies: CZ EI R W A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 232A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies 224 Religion 281A
291
Fall Independent Study.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Individual reading in a field of special
interest, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Open only to highly qualified students in the junior
and senior year with consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
314
Philosophy of Biology.
Satisfies: CZ NS R STS
Course Description: An introduction to conceptual and
methodological issues raised in contemporary biology, including teleology,
reductions, the units of selection, and the structure of evolutionary theory.
Prerequisites: Biology 25. Instructor: Brandon or Rosenberg. One course. C-L:
Biology 255, Genome Sciences and Policy, Marine Science and Conservation
511S
Plato.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Selected dialogues. Instructor:
Ferejohn. One course. C-L: Classical Studies 572S
216
Problems in Ethical Theory.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The nature of morality, amoralism,
utilitarianism, and deontology. Both historical and contemporary readings.
Instructor: Flanagan or Wong. One course.
316
Happiness and Freedom.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Analyzes concepts central to moral &
political philosophy: well-being or notion of a good life (happiness being one
view of a good life), personal autonomy or self-rule, & freedom. Also looks
at moral dilemmas framed as conflicts between two or more of these values.
Instructor: Hawkins. One course.
210
Knowledge and Certainty.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Problems in the theory of knowledge:
conditions of knowledge, skepticism, perception, memory, induction, knowledge
of other minds, and knowledge of necessary truths. Instructor: Bernstein or
Ferejohn. One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
634S
Problems in the Philosophy of Biology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Selected topics, with emphasis on
evolutionary biology: the structure of evolutionary theory, adaptation,
teleological or teleonomic explanations in biology, reductionism and
organicism, the units of selection, and sociobiology. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Brandon, Neander, or Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Biology
555S
257
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience ( C).
Satisfies: B NS FS FS
Course Description: The biological bases of higher brain
function, including perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, executive
functions and consciousness. Emphasis on human brain function at the
macroscopic network-level, and the current theories and controversies in this
rapidly growing field. Course is not recommended for Freshmen. Prerequisites
(one of the following): Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 or Psychology 102 or Neuroscience
201/Psychology 275, or Neurobiology 195or Psychology 195FS/Neurobiology
193FS/Neuroscience 193or permission of instructor. Instructor: Egner, LaBar.
One course. C-L: Philosophy 249, Neuroscience 212
570
Body Works: Medicine, Technology, and the Body in Early
Twenty-First Century America.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Information Science
and Information Studies 670; also C-L: Literature 623, Genome Sciences and
Policy
263
Chinese Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The major schools of classical Chinese
philosophy: Confucianism, Moism, and Taoism. Confucianism on the ideals of
harmonious human life; Moism's charge that Confucianism encourages an
unjustified partiality toward the family; Taoism's claim that no logically
consistent set of doctrines can articulate the ''Truth.'' Debates and mutual
influences among these philosophies. Comparisons between Chinese and Western
cultures with respect to philosophical issues and solutions. Instructor: Wong. One
course. C-L: Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
218
Philosophical Issues in Medical Ethics.
Satisfies: CZ EI STS
Course Description: Ethical issues arising in connection
with medical practice and research and medical technology. Definition of health
and illness; experimentation and consent; genetic counseling and biological
engineering; abortion, contraception, and sterilization; death and dying; codes
of professional conduct; and the allocation of scarce medical resources.
Prerequisite: for freshmen, previous philosophy course and consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy, Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
230
Philosophy of Religion.
Satisfies: CZ EI R
Course Description: Justification for and content of
religious belief. Topics considered include arguments for the existence of God,
the problem of evil, religious diversity, and the importance of religion for
morality. Instructor: Staff. One course.
333
American Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: study of Pragmatism, a distinctively
American school of philosophy, focused on the writings of William James.
Additional readings from Thoreau, Emerson, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John
Dewey. Instructor: Flanagan. One course.
175FS
Introduction to Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: EI SS FS
Course Description: Conflicting visions of freedom and
responsibility that characterize the modern world; the possibility of leading
ethical lives in the face of conflicting demands that a complex vision of the
good engenders. Readings include Luther, Hobbes, Locke, Rosseau, Marx, Kant,
and Jack London. Course aims to be an intense introduction to Western
philosophical ideas of freedom and responsibility. Instructor: Gillespie. One
course. C-L: Philosophy 123 Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
338
Analytic Philosophy in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: An historical survey from Frege, Moore,
Russell, and the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle to current
developments. Philosophers covered include Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin, Quine,
and Davidson. Prerequisite: one philosophy course or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
229
Issues in the History of Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Topics in one or more periods in the
history of philosophy (e.g., ancient, medieval, or modern) such as skepticism,
mind-body relations, the nature of persons and personal identity, the relation
between physics and metaphysics, causation and explanation. Instructor: Janiak
or staff. One course.
197FS
Evolution and Human Nature.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Examination of attempts to apply
evolutionary theory to human behavior/human social systems (now called human
sociobiology). Readings from Charles Darwin to mid 20th Century with selections
from ethologist Konrad Lorenz and evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky.
Also studies contemporary sociobiology, ending with critiques of human
sociobiology, especially nature/nurture controversy. Open only to students in
the Focus program. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Brandon. One
course.
577S
Nietzsche's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Study of the thinker who has, in
different incarnations, been characterized as the prophet of nihilism, the
destroyer of values, the father of fascism, and the spiritual source of
postmodernism. An examination of his philosophy as a whole in order to come to
terms with its significance for his thinking about politics. Instructor:
Gillespie. One course. C-L: German 576 Philosophy 537S
150
Logic.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: The conditions of effective thinking and
clear communication. Examination of the basic principles of deductive
reasoning. Instructor: Staff. One course.
270
Business Ethics: The Debate Over Corporate Social
Responsibility.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Debates about obligations of firms and
business leaders over and above legal obligations. Examination of foundations
and implications of corporate governance, corporate law, and the theory of the
firm. Evaluation of challenges by supporters of stakeholder theory and
corporate social responsibility. Instructor: Norman. One course. C-L: Study of
Ethics 270, Markets and Management Studies
566S
Topics in Early Modern Political Thought from Machiavelli to
Mills.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Political Science
579S
207
Political and Social Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Basic ethical concepts involved in
political organization and in a variety of periods, such as equality, human
dignity and rights, source of political obligation, political education.
Discussion of contemporary problems. Examination of contemporary viewpoints
such as liberalism and feminism. Instructor: Wong. One course. C-L: Ethics
Courses Offered Through Other Departments
502S
Comparative Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Chinese and Western ethics compared,
including conceptions of the virtues, the good life, right action, and the
person. Instructor permission required. Instructor: Wong. One course.
282AS
Science, Ethics, and Society.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see Philosophy 385AS;
also C-L: Public Policy Studies 258S
203
History of Ancient Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle, and post-Aristotelian systems. Not open to students who have taken
Classical Studies 93 or Philosophy 93. Instructor: Ferejohn or staff. One
course. C-L: Classical Studies 271
226
Philosophy of Sport.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: Play, sport, and game in western
culture: sport and leisure, sport vs. athletics, discipline of the body,
spectatorship, the amateur and the professional. Course deals with ethical
context and implications of competition and the urge to win, with sport as
rule-governed behavior. Also examines significance of infractions of the rules,
associated penalites, and ethical issues like cheating, performance-enhancing
substances in sport, concept of the "team" and ideals of individual
performance. Instructor: Ward. One course.
449
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Capstone.
Satisfies: R SS PPE
Course Description: Capstone course open only to students in
the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program. Integrates and synthesizes the
analytical framework and factual studies provided in other courses. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Economics 389,
Philosophy 465
202
Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Art.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: The concept of beauty, the work of art,
the function of art, art and society, the analysis of a work of art, criticism
in the arts. Instructor: Ward. One course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 299
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Philosophy.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
625S
British Empiricism.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: critical study of the writings of Locke,
Berkeley, or Hume with special emphasis on problems in the theory of knowledge.
Instructor: Janiak. One course.
650S
Topics in Formal Philosophy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics selected from formal logic,
philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic, or philosophy of language.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
552S
Metaphysics.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Selected topics: substance, qualities
and universals, identity, space, time, causation, and determinism. Instructor:
Bernstein or staff. One course.
506S
Responsibility.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The relationship between responsibility
in the law and moral blameworthiness; excuses and defenses; the roles of such
concepts as act, intention, motive, ignorance, and causation. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
293
Fall Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Individual research in a field of
special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the central goal of
which is a substantive paper or written report containing a significant
analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open only to highly
qualified students in the junior and senior year with consent of instructor and
director of undergraduate studies. Instructor: Staff. One course.
692S
Bioethics.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Course offers a graduate-level intro to
bioethics. Topics include the history of bioethics; research ethics; limit
setting in health care; and reproductive ethics. Course primarily intended for
seniors and graduate students. Instructors Ross McKinney, Sreenivasan, and
other faculty from the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History
of Medicine. One course.
283D
The Existentialist Imagination.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 385D; also
C-L: Literature 242D
282
Science, Ethics, & Democracy.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: Examines relationships between
scientific knowledge, ethics, & formation of public policies in a
democratic society. Science influences public policy & public policy shapes
scientific enterprise. How can citizens reliably identify genuine scientific
expertise? If scientific expertise conflicts with religious views of some
citizens, can public policy rely on scientific expertise without violating
principles of religious toleration? What are ethical rules of public
deliberation--must citizens appeal only to reasons accessible from secular
viewpoints? To what extent should science goals be shaped by scientific
community versus democratic processes? Instructor: Buchanan. One course.
377S
Classical and Contemporary Political Theory.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Two courses. C-L: see Philosophy 384AS
633S
Methodology of the Empirical Sciences.
Satisfies: CZ STS
Course Description: Recent philosophical discussion of the
concept of a scientific explanation, the nature of laws, theory and
observation, probability and induction, and other topics. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Brandon or Rosenberg. One course.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATAMER)
Number Of Listed Courses: 12
498S
Capstone Seminar in Latin American Studies.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Required for students seeking the
certificate in Latin American Studies. Synthesis, interpretation, and
application of knowledge gained in previous courses and experiences abroad
(DukeEngage, study abroad, internships, etc.). Explores in greater detail
interdisciplinary topics related to Latin American and Caribbean Studies taught
by visiting scholars from Latin America with significant emphasis on student
mentoring and capstone thesis/project. Open to juniors and seniors only.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
307
Elections and Social Protest in Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: Introduction to the literature on
electoral behavior and social movements and overview of elections and
protest--who votes, who protests, and why they do it. Analysis of the following
six countries: Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
Open to sophomores and juniors with a basic background in Latin American history.
Instructor: Trejo. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies 329,
Latin American Studies 351
613S
Third Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS STS S S S
Course Description: Exploration of the geopolitics of
situatedness and distance as they refer to the film industry, investigating
processes of production, distribution, and reception of Hollywood, Third World,
and diasporic films, and studying classical and artisanal modes of production
in film. Addresses questions of authorship and embodiment; human rights and
interventionist filmmaking as they refer themselves to human states of
liminality, global movements of populations and capital. Traces the experience
of globalization, urbanization, alienation, violence, nostalgia for nature and
homeland as represented in the filmic image. Instructor: Mottahedeh. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 530 International Comparative
Studies 613 Latin American Studies 613 Arts of the Moving Image 644S
390S
Special Topics in Latin American and Carribbean Culture and
Society.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course covers a broad range of
cultural topics in Latin American and Caribbean studies from music, art,
language, film, journalism, dance, poetry, etc. and explores the ways in which
cultural expression reflects and criticizes social, economic and political
forces in the region. Different topics will be chosen each term. Staff:
Departmental. One course.
230
Introduction to Contemporary Latin America.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 330; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 327
594S
Cultural (Con)Fusions of Asians and Africans.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see African and African
American Studies 594S; also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 594 Latin American
Studies 594S
490S
Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Interdisciplinary study of geographical,
historical, economic, governmental, political, and cultural aspects of modern
Latin America and the current issues facing the region. Specific topics will
vary from year to year. Instructor: Staff. One course.
490A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Latin American Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
690-1
Topics in Latin American Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: problem-oriented course, but also
covering theoretical issues, integrating approaches from two or more
disciplines. Topics vary from year to year. Instructor: Staff. One course.
360S
Geographies of the Erotic: Brazilian Literature in
Translation.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI S
Course Description: Whether exoticized or debated as a
problematic portrayal of national identity within Brazilian culture, the
'Brazilian body' (not just female), becomes a focal point for discussing
questions of race, ethnicity, gender, class-poverty and regional identities.
Beginning with documents of 'discovery,' this course maps Brazilian literature
in context of these issues, questioning what is erotic and from what view
point. Ethical implications of the eroticized image are a central concern of
seminar readings and discussions. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno. One
course. C-L: Latin American Studies 360 Women's Studies
690S
Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Culture and
Society.
Satisfies:
Course Description: This course covers, at a graduate level,
a broad range of cultural topics in Latin American and Caribbean studies from
music, art, language, film, journalism, dance, poetry, politics etc. and
explores the ways in which cultural expression reflects and criticizes social,
economic and political forces in the region. Different topics will be chosen
each term. One course.
590S
Special Topics in Latin American and Carribean Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Interdisciplinary study of geographical,
historical, economic, governmental, political, and cultural aspects of modern
Latin America and the current issues facing the region. Specific topics will
vary from year to year. For juniors, seniors and graduate students. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
JAPANESE
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
MUSIC (MUSIC)
Number Of Listed Courses: 122
207S
Radio: The Theater of the Mind.
Satisfies: ALP CZ S
Course Description: The Golden Age of American Radio
(1920-1960), explored through the lens of culture, ethics, and technology. An
examination, considering race, gender, and class, of the ways in which radio,
as both a new and evolving technology, helped to homogenize and diversify
America's sense of itself during this ear. Includes wide range of radio genres
from comedy to drama and music to news. Multimedia course, combining theory and
performance; students create radio theater projects for the Web. Instructor:
Foster. One course. C-L: Music 222 Policy Journalism and Media
205-4
Bassoon.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Elliott. Half course.
125
Listening to Music: The European-American Tradition.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Explores the elements, forms, and genres
of the European and American traditions from the sixteenth to the twenty-first
century, with attention to the growing dialogue between this ''classical''
repertoire and popular genres of the past century. Instructor: Davidson,
Gilliam, Todd or staff. One course.
206-2
French Horn.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Niketopoulos. Half course.
461
Theory and Practice of Tonal Music III.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Extended chromatic techniques of the
nineteenth century, extended tonality, and larger forms. Writing of larger
pieces (character pieces, rondo, sonata). Laboratory. Prerequisite: Music 361.
Instructor: Jaffe, Kelley, Lindroth or Rupprecht. One course.
203-2
Jazz Piano.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Paolantonio or staff. Half
course.
205-1
Flute.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Troxler. Half course.
326S
The Art of Performance.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Fundamental issues in musical
performance, examined through performing, comparative listening, readings, and
discussion. In-class performance required. Prerequisites: Ability to read music
and proficiency in instrumental or vocal performance. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190FS
Focus Seminar.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Brothers, Jaffe, or McCarthy. One
course.
319
Choral Conducting.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Development of techniques of conducting
vocal repertoire, ranging from church anthems to large-scale works.
Score-reading and analysis, principles of interpretation, and practical
conducting experience. Prerequisite: Music 361 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Wynkoop. One course.
145
Hip-Hop/Rap Music Appreciation.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: This course explores the development of
Hip-Hop and Rap music from an inner-city expression of music into a worldwide
social and cultural movement. Rap, considered popular music at the beginning of
the 21st century, has a huge influence on mainstream culture. Students will
have a unique opportunity to develop and/or enhance their knowledge and
comprehension of this popular and influential genre. Instructor: Roberts. One
course.
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Music.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
290S-4
Special Topics in Jazz.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary. Also taught as African and
African American Studies 141S. Prerequisite: Music 140 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Brothers or staff. One course.
274S
Computer Music.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Computer music composition with an
emphasis on digital synthesis, sampling, and related technologies. Study of
recent computer music repertory. Prerequisite: Music 273 or 273S. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Lindroth or staff. One course. C-L:
Information Science and Information Studies
418
Advanced Study in Conducting.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Advanced work in reading scores,
analysis, principles of interpretation, and practical conducting experience.
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Music 318 or 319 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Davidson, M\'f6senbichler-Bryant, or Wynkoop. One
course.
252
The Arts and Human Rights.
Satisfies: ALP EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 248; also C-L: Study of Ethics 261, Music 238
255S
Music History I: To 1650.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: The history of music in medieval and
early modern Europe in its cultural and social context. Prerequisite: Music 261
or consent of instructor. Instructor: Brothers or McCarthy. One course. C-L:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 201S
136
Acoustics and Music.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: The physical principles underlying musical
instruments, room acoustics, and the human ear. Analysis, reproduction, and
synthesis of musical sounds. No previous knowledge of physics assumed.
Instructor: Lawson. One course. C-L: Music 126
120
Music, Sound, and Style.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Study of the components of music (e.g.
melody, rhythm) through comparative listening to styles from different places
and times, ranging from current popular artists to classical, jazz, and world
music. Discussion of the shared and unique aspects of these styles, their
historical
259
Music and Modernism.
Satisfies: ALP W A II
Course Description: survey of Debussy, Stravinsky,
Bart\'f3k, Var\'e9se, Ives, and other composers who transformed music in Europe
and the United States before World War
as well as prominent post-war figures such as Lutoslawski, Messiaen, and
Carter. Topics include the changing role of the composer in society,
relationships to literary and visual modernism, the evolution of musical
technology, and the composer's dialogues with vernacular music and other
traditions. Instructors: Jaffe, Lindroth, or Kelley. One course.
401
Advanced Study in Musical Performance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Open only to sophomores, juniors, and
seniors possessing an exceptional technical and interpretative command of a
musical medium. Requires either a half-length recital at the end of each
semester of study or a full-length recital at the end of the second semester.
In the latter case, a brief performance before a jury of music department
faculty is required at the end of the first semester. May be repeated for
credit. Prerequisites: previous registration in private instruction in applied
music at Duke, audition, and consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
206-4
Tuba.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Kris. Half course.
207-2
Djembe.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Simmons. Half course.
207-1
Percussion.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Hanks. Half course.
490S
Advanced Topics in Music.
Satisfies: ALP R S S
Course Description: Primarily for junior and senior music
majors. Topics to be announced. Prerequisites: Music 255 256 257, and 461.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
101-5
Mbira Class.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Staff. Quarter course.
205-2
Oboe.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Newsome. Half course.
172
Jazz Improvisation II.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: See Jazz Improvisation I. Prerequisite:
Music 171 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
286S
Opera.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Music 242S
555
Music in the Nineteenth Century.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Gilliam or
Todd. One course.
133S
African Mbira Music: An Experiential Learning Class.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ S
Course Description: Building and performing one of Africa's
most popular musical instruments, the mbira (a kalimba or "finger
piano"). Ethnomusicological readings on the instrument's history, role in
society, and meaning for musicians. Analysis of musical examples; learning the
mbira's repertory and mastering skills common to many forms of African music,
including performance of polyrhythms, responsive integration of instrumental and
vocal patters, and formulation of unique renditions of pieces through
improvisation. Weekly class labs. Course requires no prior experience with
music or woodworking. Instructor: Berliner. One course. C-L: African and
African American Studies 109 Cultural Anthropology 133S
552
Topics in Renaissance Music.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers or
McCarthy. One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 523
162S
Introduction to Composition: Explorations in Musical Time
and Space.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Exploration, in seminar/workshop format,
of sound and music, expressed through projects involving instruments, voices,
and intermedia. Consideration of the current field will provide concrete
examples, ranging widely across "kinds of music." Investigations will
touch on music theory and acoustics, orchestration, music technology and
analysis. Primary emphasis on composing: creative discovery of expressive
possibilities and compositional value of craft. Intended for students who may
have written songs or composed, and who would like to continue their
explorations. Instructor: Jaffe. One course.
554
Music in the Classic Era.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Todd. One
course.
116S
Vocal Diction.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Continuation of Music 115S.
German/French. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Cotton or Linnartz.
Half course.
104-4
Double Bass.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Link. Quarter course.
290S-2
Special Topics in Music Theory.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary. Prerequisite: Music 361 or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Brown, Jaffe, Lindroth, or staff. One
course.
381T
Composition II.
Satisfies: ALP R S S T OR
Course Description: Same as Music 381 in tutorial format.
Individual lessons in compositional techniques. See Music 151 or 151A.
Prerequisites: Music 261, 361, and 281or 281consent of instructor. Not open to
students who have taken Music 381S. Instructor: Jaffe, Kelley, or Lindroth. One
course.
204-1
Violin.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Bonner, Ku, Pritchard, or
Warburg. Half course.
553
Music in the Baroque Era.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: McCarthy.
One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 524
190S
Special Topics in Music.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Opportunities to engage with a specific
issue in music. Instructor: Staff. One course.
461T
Advanced Composition.
Satisfies: ALP R S S
Course Description: Individual weekly sessions for advanced
students. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Music 281and 381or consent
of instructor. Instructor: Jaffe, Kelley, Lindroth, or Supko. One course.
245
Music in East Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 214; also C-L: Music 234
290A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Music.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
204-7
Harp.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Byrne. Half course.
390
Advanced Special Topics in Music.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Opportunities to engage with a specific
issue in music. Instructor: Staff. One course.
253
Beethoven and His Time.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The music of Beethoven and its relation
to contemporary political and cultural developments. Instructor: Gilliam or
Todd. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
210-2
Wind Symphony.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. Half course.
213-1
Opera Workshop.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Dunn. Half course.
465S
Counterpoint.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Polyphonic practice of the late baroque:
writing of two- and three-part compositions in a variety of genres (baroque
dances, inventions, preludes, fugues). Prerequisite: Music 461 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Jaffe. One course.
101L-6
African Dance Percussion.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: Dance 132L
101-2
Class Voice.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Cotton or Linnartz. Quarter
course.
203-3
Organ.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Parkins. Half course.
556
Music in the Twentieth Century.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers,
Gilliam, or Todd. One course.
204-3
Cello.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Raimi. Half course.
129S
Sound, Music, and the Moving Image.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: Introduction to film studies with
emphasis on uses and functions of sound, film music, sound and other aural
objects such as the voice, through a selected body of works. Topics include
representations of sound, music and voice, the functions of pre-existing music
and their relations with the moving image in cinema and television; gendered
representations of music and voice in pop and rock music videos; Hollywood
practices and non-Hollywood practices. Instructor: Waeber. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 230 International Comparative Studies
342
Music for Dancers.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 375
203-4
Harpsichord.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Parkins. Half course.
663
Theories and Notation of Contemporary Music.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: The diverse languages of contemporary
music and their roots in the early twentieth century, with emphasis on the
problems and continuity of musical language. Recent composers and their
stylistic progenitors: for example, Ligeti, Bart\'f3k, and Berg; Carter,
Schoenberg, Ives, and Copland; Crumb, Messiaen, and Webern; Cage, Var\'e8se,
Cowell, and Stockhausen. Instructor: Jaffe, Lindroth, or Supko. One course.
210
The Great American Musical.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Broad-based examination of 20th-century
musicals\rquote from origins in minstrel shows, to the evolution of the book
musical comedies of the golden age of Broadway, to Hollywood movie musicals,
and contemporary re-invention today. Lectures, screenings, and discussions will
explore the musical from perspectives on its history, its fundamental generic
characteristics, and its emphasis on assimilating ethnic, philosophic and
religious differences into a community.(Shows and movies to be studied include
Moulin Rouge, Showboat, South Pacific, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, and Gold Diggers
of 1933). Instructor: Malone. One course. C-L: Music 243
205-3
Clarinet.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Gilmore. Half course.
390-1
Special Topics in Interpretation and Performance.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Interpretative analysis of instrumental
(piano, strings, winds) and vocal repertoire from baroque to modern composers.
Participants expected to perform. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Cotton, Dunn, Linnartz, Love, or Troxler. One course.
239S
Sound in Social Life.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 222S
246
Music in South Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 254; also C-L: Music 235
560
Tonal Analysis.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: In-depth study of various methods for
analyzing tonal music. Approach and content vary by instructor. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
501
Introduction to Musicology.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Methods of research on music and its
history, including studies of musical and literary sources, iconography,
performance practice, ethnomusicology, and historical analysis, with special
attention to the interrelationships of these approaches. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
206-1
Trumpet.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Eagle. Half course.
121S
Sound for Film and Video.
Satisfies: ALP STS S S
Course Description: One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving
Image 350 Documentary Studies 277 Information Science and Information Studies
243S
101-3
Class Guitar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Reed. Quarter course.
101-4
Djembe Class.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Simmons. Quarter course.
2
Major in Music with Concentration in Performance\par
Satisfies:
Course Description: An opportunity to study and perform
vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Weekly
rehearsals; one or two concerts per semester. Audition and consent of
instructor required. Instructor: McCarthy or staff.
144
Meet the Beatles and the 1960s.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: The music of the Beatles in the context
of 1960s counterculture: rock and roll rebellion, Dylan and psychedelic drugs,
recording studio techniques, Eastern religion and the anti-war movement.
Instructor: Brothers. One course.
213-3
Chorale.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Wynkoop. Half course.
161
Introduction to Music Theory (Advanced).
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Rudiments of music theory, including
meter, major-minor tonality, and chordal vocabulary. Introduction to harmony,
four-part chorale writing. Prerequisite: some previous exposure to music theory
through playing or singing; familiarity with elementary concepts, e.g. key
signature, scales, clefs. Not open to students who have taken Music 161-1.
(Students without playing or singing experience, see Music 161-1.)
Instructor:Troxler or staff. One course.
273S
Electronic Music: Introduction to Digital Synthesis.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: Composing electronic music with
frequency modulation synthesis, MIDI sequencing, and digital recording and
editing. History of electronic music. Instructor: Lindroth, Supko, or staff.
One course. C-L: Information Science and Information Studies
463S
Theory and Practice of Post-Tonal Music.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Analytical studies and compositions in
various forms, techniques, and styles, with an emphasis on twentieth-century
music. Prerequisite: Music 461 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Jaffe. One
course.
130
World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: Study of musical styles and practices in
relation to issues of creativity, forms of power, and cultural survival; focus
on the music and experiences of indigenous peoples, refugees, migrants, and
immigrants. Instructor: Meintjes or staff. One course. C-L: Cultural
Anthropology 131, International Comparative Studies, Documentary Studies
171
Jazz Improvisation I.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The theory of jazz improvisation and its
practical application to the different styles of jazz. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Finucane or staff. Half course.
261
Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Elementary principles of tonal
organization: diatonic chord progressions and figured bass, two-part elementary
counterpoint, introduction to musical forms. Writing of chorale-style settings.
Laboratory. Prerequisites: basic knowledge of musical notation and vocabulary,
including scales, basic chords and intervals, key signatures, meter, and
rhythm; or Music 55. Instructor: Kelley, Lindroth, Parkins, Rupprecht, or
staff. One course.
218S
The Diaghilev Ballet:1909-1929.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 326S; also
C-L: Music 341S
122
Choral Music Past and Present.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Exploration of great works of choral
music from the 16th century to the present. Includes settings of the Requiem
and classics such as Handel's "Messiah". No technical background
required, just basic familiarity with musical notation. Instructor: McCarthy.
One course.
210-5
Small Jazz Ensemble.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Finucane. Quarter course.
210-4
Jazz Ensemble.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Brown. Half course.
204-2
Viola.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Bagg. Half course.
699
Composition.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Continuation of Music 698. Weekly
independent study sessions at an advanced level with a member of the graduate
faculty in composition, producing musical scores (or in some cases, audio
documents) which accrue towards the production of a portfolio. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Jaffe, Lindroth, or Supko. One course.
249
Hollywood Film Music.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Film scores from the 1930s to the present.
Technical, structural, and aesthetic issues, as well as the problem of musical
style. Prerequisite: Music 55 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Gilliam.
One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
137
Music, Social Life, and Scenes.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R W
Course Description: Study of musical styles and performance
practices in relation to issues of identity and other aspects of social life;
focus on the diverse local musical scenes and traditions and on learning
through doing original fieldwork. Instructor: Meintjes. One course. C-L:
Cultural Anthropology 137, Documentary Studies
213-2
Chapel Choir.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Wynkoop. Half course.
212-1
Djembe Ensemble.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Simmons. Half course.
205-6
Jazz Saxophone.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Applied lessons in jazz saxophone.
Instructor consent required. Instructor: Finucane. Half course.
551
Music in the Middle Ages.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics. Instructor: Brothers.
One course. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 522
210-3
Marching Band.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Au. Half course.
204-5
Classical Guitar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Reed. Half course.
103-1
Classical Piano.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Hawkins, Heid, Liu, Love, or
staff. Quarter course.
290S-3
Special Topics in Ethnomusicology.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: Topics to be announced addressing a
range of musical traditions from around the world. Instructor: Meintjes or
staff. One course.
281T
Composition I.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Same as Music 281 in tutorial format.
Composing original music in smaller forms for voice, piano, and other
instruments. Studies in compositional techniques. Prerequisites: Music 261 and
361 or consent of instructor. Not open to students who have taken Music 281S.
Instructor: Jaffe, Kelley, or Lindroth. One course.
511-1
Collegium Musicum.
Satisfies:
Course Description: An opportunity to study and perform
vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Weekly
rehearsals; one or two concerts per semester. Audition and consent of instructor
required. Instructor: McCarthy or staff.
251
Bach and His Time.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The music of Johann Sebastian Bach and
its historical and cultural background. Some consideration also given to the
music of Bach's contemporaries, including Vivaldi, Rameau, and Handel.
Instructor: McCarthy or staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative
Studies
161-1
Introduction to Music Theory (beginning).
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Rudiments of music theory, including
meter, major-minor tonality, chordal vocabulary. Introduction to harmony,
four-part chorale writing. Prerequisite: ability to read music in one clef.
(Students with playing or singing experience, see Music 161.) Students who have
previously taken Music 161 may not register for 161-1. Instructor: Troxler or
Staff. One course.
1
Major in Music\par
Satisfies:
Course Description: An opportunity to study and perform
vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Weekly
rehearsals; one or two concerts per semester. Audition and consent of
instructor required. Instructor: McCarthy or staff.
211-2
Chamber Music.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Bagg or staff. Half course.
211
Musical Theater Workshop: Performance.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: workshop in honing the skills necessary
to perform in a musical. Students required to present one cabaret of numbers
from contemporary musicals and a workshop performance of a musical. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Clum and staff. One course. C-L: Music 218
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
205-5
Saxophone.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Fancher. Half course.
207-3
Mbira.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor consent required. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
140D
Introduction to Jazz.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: survey examining musical, aesthetic,
sociological, and historical aspects. Instructor: Brothers, Brown, or staff.
One course. C-L: African and African American Studies 140D
176
The Songwriter's Vocabulary.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Writing songs in various
twentieth-century popular styles. Fundamentals of form, harmony, voice leading,
text setting, and production. Prerequisite: Music 55 or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
212
Musical Theater Workshop: Creation.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: workshop on the creation and
presentation of musicals culminating in a workshop presentation of short
musicals written by the class. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Kelly or Malone. One course. C-L: Music 219
221S
Writing About Music.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: Selected topics in writing about music,
to include a range of musical genres and styles engaged through listening,
analytical study, and concert attendance. Topics may vary each semester and
include studies of critical prose, reviews, various kinds of analysis, program
notes, abstracts, music itself as criticism, use of musical examples,
bibliography. Prerequisite: Music 55 or basic knowledge of music vocabulary or
consent of the instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S-1
Special Topics in Music History.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
204-6
Jazz Guitar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Lile. Half course.
257
Music History III: After 1850.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ R
Course Description: The history of music in Europe and the
United States in its cultural and social context. Prerequisite: Music 261 or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Gilliam or Todd. One course. C-L:
International Comparative Studies
361
Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Chromaticism, modulation, musical forms,
and counterpoint. Writing of short pieces (minuets, variations, songs).
Laboratory. Prerequisite: Music 261. Instructor: Kelley, Lindroth, Rupprecht,
or staff. One course.
241
Piano Music.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The two-hundred-year tradition of music
for the piano, the evolution of the instrument, and its principal composers
(including Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, and other major figures up
to the present day). Performance traditions, the role of virtuosity, and
improvisation. Instructor: Todd. One course.
206-3
Trombone.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Kris. Half course.
211-3
Piano Ensemble.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Chamber music dealing with collaborative
piano skills (piano duos, vocal/instrumental accompanying, sight reading,
transposition and orchestral reductions). Instructor: Heid. Half course.
143
History of Rock.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: The history of rock music from the 1950s
to the present. Beginning with its roots in rhythm and blues, country and
western, and commercial pop, examination of diverse musical styles, artists and
bands, and the many historical, technological, and cultural factors that have
contributed to the rise and popularity of rock music. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
690S-1
Composition Seminar: Selected Topics.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Selected topics in composition.
Instructor: Jaffe, Lindroth, or Supko. One course.
252
Mozart and His Time.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and
its relation to contemporary political and cultural developments. Instructor:
McCarthy or staff. One course.
204-4
String Bass.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Link. Half course.
208
Voice.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instructor: Cotton, Dunn, Jensen, Lail,
or Linnartz. Half course.
590
Selected Topics in Analysis.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: An exploration of analytical approaches
appropriate to a diversity of music, which may include settings of literary
texts, pre-tonal music, and music in oral and vernacular traditions.
Prerequisite: Music 560 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Rupprecht or staff.
One course.
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY (EVANTH)
Number Of Listed Courses: 47
582S
Primate Adaptation.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: study of primate adaptation from an
evolutionary perspective. Topics vary according to student interests but may include
history and functional significance of locomotor and feeding adaptations,
craniofacial morphology, sense organs, reproductive systems, and language in
primates, including humans. Seminar format but, depending on topic, may include
laboratory analysis of materials. Prerequisite: 200 or 300-level anatomy or
morphology course and consent of instructor. Instructor: Williams. One course.
253
Primate Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: The study of ecology using primates as
examples. Primate diversity and biogeography; dietary specializations, use of
space; plant-animal interactions, community ecology; the concept of the niche
and methods used in ecology. The basics of human ecology and the role of
ecology in conservation. Includes occasional labs. Pre-requisite: Evolutionary
Anthropology 101 or Biology 102L. Instructor: Digby or staff. One course.
431S
Human Embryology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 431S
359S
Primate Conservation.
Satisfies: EI NS STS
Course Description: Concepts, practice, and ethics of
conservation biology, both at the species and community level. Relevant aspects
of biogeography, ecology, behavior and demography; human impact (deforestation,
hunting); conservation strategies/policies (objectives, design of protected
area networks, impact on local human populations). Impact of cultural,
political, ethical considerations on primate conservation. Evolutionary Anthropology
101 recommended. Instructor: Staff. One course.
522
The Hominid Fossil Record.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Origin and successive stages of
development of human ancestors. Detailed analysis of adaptive types and
cultural developments. Personalities and current controversies in the study of
hominid paleontology. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 and 220, or
consent of instructor. Instructor: Simons or Staff. One course.
336S
Dance Science: An Evolutionary Approach to Functional
Anatomy.
Satisfies: ALP NS R
Course Description: Human skeletal and muscular anatomy
taught from an evolutionary perspective. Focus on anatomy relevant to dancers
and other performing artists. Students participate in anatomy laboratories and
discussions and conduct original research on topics such as posture, movement,
injury. Instructor: Williams. One course. C-L: Dance 377S
350S
Thought in Action: The Origins of Human Tool Use ( C).
Satisfies: B NS R SS STS
Course Description: Current theory and empirical research on
the cognitive bases of tool use in humans, non-human primates, and other
animals. Animal cognition and behavior, evolutionary psychology, cognitive
development, cognitive neuroscience, object-user interfaces from engineering,
and impact on society from the early industrial age to the present.
Prerequisites: Psychology 102, 103, 106 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Evolutionary Anthropology 350S
128FS
Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics and Analysis Methods.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Explore the role of genomic analysis
from large-scale genomic projects to basic biology and medical research. Learn
how to use genomic analysis methods, online tools and resources for biological
research--genome sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree construction and
database mining. Discover how bioinformatic tools can address questions across
disciplines such as anthropology, behavior and neuroscience. Consider how
genomics and computational methods broaden our understanding of evolutionary theories
and shape future research. Open only to students in the FOCUS program. One
course. C-L: Evolutionary Anthropology 118FS
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Biological
Anthropology and Anatomy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special
Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology. One course.
101D
Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: The study of human origins, anatomy, and
behavior from an evolutionary perspective. The historical development of
pre-Darwinian evolutionary thinking and Darwin's contribution to evolutionary
theory; genetics; microevolution and macroevolution; the modern synthesis
framing the study of human origins and behavior in the context of modern
evolutionary biology; primate behavioral ecology and evolution; a survey of
primate and human paleontology, adaptation and variation; the origins of human
social organization and culture; the impact of modern humans on biodiversity. Lecture
is the same as Evolutionary Anthropology 101, but adds a 50 minute discussion
section with hands-on access to fossil casts, etc. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
560S
Primate Cognition.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Advanced readings and discussion in the
evolution of primate cognition. Topics include evolution of social tolerance,
communication, cooperation, competition, etc.; role these behaviors play in the
evolution of cognitive abilities. Instructor: Hare. One course.
355
Food For Thought: The Biology of Nutrition.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: Food as medicine and medicine as food.
The medicinal and dangerous properties of fruits, herbs, vegetables, and fungi.
How human cultures impact diet (for example, eating disorders/addictive
behaviors); how modern technology and non-invasive data collection techniques
currently allow for studies of eating patterns, nutrition, ties between diet
and society in terms of historical and evolutionary perspectives. Instructor:
Glander. One course.
180
Natural History of Humans: The Evolution of our Anatomy,
Physiology and Behavior.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: What it means to be human. The
fundamental mechanism of evolution with a specific emphasis on the interplay of
environmental and genetic factors. The unique characters of human beings
including our anatomy, art, tool-making, burial, and eventual control of the
environment and how those features came to be. Modern human biological
variation as it relates to global health and discussion of biological aspects
of race. Course intended for non-majors. Instructor: Schmitt. One course.
390
Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Selected topics in methodology, theory,
or area. Instructor: Staff. One course.
221S
The Ape-Human Transition.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Fossil casts, literature, and discussion
used to explore critical periods in evolutionary transition from ape to human.
Anatomical changes in fossil primates of the Miocene and Pliocene epochs
(~24-1.8 mya), a time period during which ape species and human ancestors
differentiated. Will discuss findings in genomics relevant to the transition
(e.g. language acquisition) and aspects of social complexity reflected in the
fossil record or by inference from living primates). Instructor: Williams. One
course.
460
Research in Cognitive Evolution.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Research and readings in cognitive
evolution and anthropology. Students are expected to formulate research
questions, develop research protocols, collect and analyze data; participation
in group discussions. Instructor: Hare. One course.
246
Sociobiology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Sociobiological theory reviewed and
applied to the social behavior of non-human animals, hominids, and humans; the
evolution of altruism, cooperation, competition, mating strategies, parental
care and morality. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or Biology 102L.
Instructor: Digby. One course.
588S
Macroevolution.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 558S
520
The Primate Fossil Record.
Satisfies: NS A
Course Description: survey of fossil primates including
early humans. The diversity, anatomy, and behavior of primates as related to
the origin and spread of past primates. The radiation of each main group of
primates in the succession leading to humans illustrated with slides, casts,
and fossils. Topics include geochemical dating, timing of molecular clocks, and
various procedures for classifying primates. Prerequisite: Evolutionary
Anthropology 101 and 200 or 300-level paleontology or anatomy course.
Instructor: Simons or Staff. One course.
514
Genomic Perspectives on Human Evolution.
Satisfies: NS R STS W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Biology 554; also
C-L: Genome Sciences and Policy
334L
Human Osteology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: An introduction to the basics of human
osteological analysis. Identification and siding of all the bones of the human
body and the major osteological landmarks on each bone; basics of bone
histology, development and growth; and fundamentals of anthropological analysis
of human skeletal remains (archeological treatment of burials; determination of
gender, populational affinities, stature; paleopathological analysis;
medicolegal applications). Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or
Biology 102L. Instructor: Churchill or Staff. One course.
230
Bodies of Evidence: Introduction to Forensic Anthropology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: An introduction to medicolegal
anthropology and death investigation. Topics include crime scene protocol and
body recovery, basics of osteology, determining time since death, making
personal identification, determining the manner and mode of death, postmortem
modification of skeletal remains, protocols for mass disasters, human rights
applications, and courtroom testimony. Open to both majors and non-majors.
Instructor: Churchill. One course.
381
Biometry.
Satisfies: QS
Course Description: Introductory course covering univariate
and bivariate statistics as applied in biological anthropology; characteristics
of populations and variables; parametric statistical methods emphasized. Not
open to students who have taken another 200+ level statistics course.
Instructor: Wall. One course.
537S
Orthopedic Biomechanics.
Satisfies: NS R L
Course Description: Seminar discussions and research
addressing fundamental theoretical and practical aspects of clinical
biomechanics of the human musculoskeletal system. Readings from primary
literature will be assessed in class along with proposals for future research.
Students will select a research question, develop an appropriate data
collection protocol and collect preliminary data, the results of which are
presented to the class as part of a formal poster presentation. Prerequisites:
Evolutionary Anthropology 101, Physics 141and 200 or 300-level anatomy course.
Instructor: Schmitt. One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
546S
Primate Social Evolution.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: cological determinants of, and
biological constraints on, social strategies and systems, with an emphasis on
primates. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 and 200 or 300-level
behavior course. Instructor: Pusey. One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Biological Anthropology and Anatomy.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced
Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
341D
Primate Sexuality.
Satisfies: NS STS A D
Course Description: comparative and integrative study of
primate sex and reproduction. The material is presented in three sections: the
first focuses on primate social organization, mating systems, and reproductive
strategies; the second focuses on the endocrine system and behavioral
endocrinology, and; the third focuses on sexual differentiation of morphology,
brain and behavior. In each section, this course places human sexuality within
the broader context of the primate order. Note: course is the same as
Evolutionary Anthropology 341 but with an additional required 50 minute
discussion. Prerequisites: Evolutionary Anthropology 101or Biology 102L.
Instructor: Drea. One course. C-L: Biology 321D
276
Human Biology.
Satisfies: NS STS
Course Description: Introduction to human biology from an
evolutionary perspective. Biological variability and its genetic and ecological
underpinnings, with emphasis on modern variation and adaptation. Discussion of
biological and social factors that determine health. Principles of heredity,
development, evolution, adaptation, and epidemics presented using examples from
a cross cultural perspective. Students develop scientific reasoning skills and
examine the role of human biology in society. Impact of major problems facing
humanity today, such as population displacement and global
warming.Pre-requisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or Biology102L.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
590L-2
Special Topics Laboratory.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Special topics in methodology, theory,
or area. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
333L
The Human Body.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Human gross anatomy seen from a
functional and evolutionary perspective. Laboratory involving study of
prosected cadavers and other anatomical preparations. Previous experience in
anatomy (e.g., Primate Anatomy or Human Osteology) is recommended but not
required. Instructor: Wall or Kay. One course.
390S
Current Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Same as Evolutionary Anthropology 390
except in seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.
216S
Partnering and Parenting: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
the Study of Human Relationships.
Satisfies: CCI EI NS SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Evolutionary
Anthropology 240S; also C-L: Study of Ethics 272S
255
Human Cognitive Evolution.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Evolutionary
Anthropology 260
534L
Advanced Human Osteology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Advanced laboratory techniques for human
osteological analysis; identification and sizing of fragmented skeletal
elements and teeth; differences between human and non-human bone; biomechanical
analysis, functional morphology, hominin osteology; case studies of human
skeletons used to produce written skeletal report. Pre-requisite: 100-level
course in osteology or general anatomy. Instructor: Staff. One course.
235L
Primate Anatomy.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: The comparative anatomy of primates from
the perspective of adaptation and phylogeny. Laboratory includes study of
bones, fossil casts, prosections of nonhuman primates. Prerequisite:
Evolutionary Anthropology 101. Instructor: Williams. One course.
344L
Primate Field Biology.
Satisfies: NS R W
Course Description: Survey of field methods used to document
primate behavior. Laboratory includes observations of free-ranging and captive
primates at the Duke Lemur Center. Focus on the scientific process; writing of
formal research papers. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or Biology
102L. Instructor: Digby. One course.
330
Human Anatomy and Physiology: An Evolutionary Perspective.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Interface between human gross anatomy
and physiology from a functional and evolutionary perspective. Systems-based
and regional approach that differs from both a standard anatomy and physiology
course by examining each system (musculosketal, circulatory etc.) and regional
units (liver, heart, limb muscles) from a functional stand-point considering
their anatomy and their physiological role together. Focus on human anatomy but
will consider differences between
544L
Methods in Primate Field Ecology.
Satisfies: NS R
Course Description: Survey of field methods used in the
study of primate ecology, including habitat assessment, mapping, and behavioral
observations using computer technology. Laboratory includes observations of
primates at the Duke Lemur Center. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101;
200 or 300-level behavior or ecology course. Instructor: Glander. One course.
208
Introduction to the Evolution of Human Culture, Behavior,
and Institutions.
Satisfies: CCI NS SS
Course Description: Interdisciplinary examination of philosophical
foundations, anthropological framework, psychological/social ramifications of
long term interaction of hereditary and non-inheritary traits of Homo sapiens
with its original and later environments, including those created by human
culture. Instructor: Rosenberg. One course. C-L: Evolutionary Anthropology 280
220
Human Evolution.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Evolutionary biology of the hominidae.
Anatomical and behavioral adaptations and phylogeny of fossils and living
primates including Homo sapiens. Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or
equivalent. Instructor: Churchill or staff. One course.
257
Ecology and Adaptation of Hunters and Gatherers.
Satisfies: CCI NS
Course Description: The ecology of extant and extinct
foraging societies; focus on human behavioral solutions to subsistence problems
associated with different environments (tropical/neotropical forest, boreal
forest, coastal, arctic, grassland/savannah, desert). Topics include edible
resource distribution in varied environments and its relationship to mobility
and subsistence strategies in modern hunter-gatherers; and the archeological
and fossil evidence for the evolution of human subsistence behavior.
Prerequisite: Evolutionary Anthropology 101 or Biology 102L. Instructor: Churchill.
One course.
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190FS
Focus Program Special Topics.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Special topics seminar open only to
students in the Focus Program. Instructor: Staff. One course.
231L
Anatomy of the Lower Extremities.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: Introduction to the functional anatomy
of the lower extremities. Students locate, identify, and dissect all major
muscular, nervous, vascular, bony, and soft tissue structures using cadaveric
specimens. Students participate in the dissection. Instructor: Moorman. One
course.
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN MARINE SCIENCES
Number Of Listed Courses: 0
MARKETS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS)
Number Of Listed Courses: 15
490S
Special Topics Seminar in Markets and Management Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
210
Managerial Effectiveness.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to study of individual and
group behavior within organized settings. Emphasis given to managerial
strategies that enhance organizational effectiveness. Topics include
leadership, motivation and reward systems; decision making, power and politics;
conflict management, globalization, justice and ethics; and organization
culture, structure and design. Special attention to critical assessment of new
technological options in organizational settings with an aim to produce
informed, ethical consumers and managers. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Marine Science and Conservation
220
Marketing Management.
Satisfies: SS STS
Course Description: Introduction to current basic principles
and concepts in marketing. Focus on Internet's impact on traditional marketing
methods. Exposure to marketing concepts in settings such as: consumer goods
firms, manufacturing and service industries, small and large businesses.
Development and trends in strategic implications of the Internet for consumer
behavior, business opportunities, and marketing strategies. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
365
Strategic Financial Management.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Strategic financial issues confronting
the firm. Basic problems of strategic direction for the firm with respect to
external competitive environment and management of internal strategy processes.
Tools and ideas to manage formulation and implementation of strategic choices
for the firm. Study of firm's strategic position relative to rivals, the larger
industry, and the customer. Prerequisite: Markets and Management Studies 85 and
Economics 271 or Economics 373 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Veraldi.
One course.
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Markets and Management Studies.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
360
Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Finance.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Evaluation of entrepreneurial
opportunities including analysis of markets; management teams; business
financial models; company valuation; competitive landscape; future growth;
expected technology changes; leverage of projected financial model. Analysis of
early stage business; review of potential investment. Leadership interaction
between students, entrepreneurs
272
Marketing Across Borders, Cultures and Demographics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Investigates and discusses theories and
techniques used to market to the world's different shoppers and consumers in
developing and industrialized economies and countries; gives an understanding
of how to target market to shoppers and consumers by varied insights of each
target group; Focuses on "Consumer is Boss" and the understanding of
how to influence at "First Moment of Truth" and at the "Second
Moment of Truth"; will include a team project developing collaboration
skills and gaining insight into a specific target group and product; local
field trips to engage consumers in homes and where they shop; guest lecturers
from Fortune 500 corporations. One course.
370
Managerial Finance.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Concepts and processes of corporate
finance; functions, technology and techniques of financial management. Topics
include analysis of financial statements, ratio analysis and the statement of
cash flows; capital budgeting; risk and return; stocks and bonds; cost of
capital; financial institutions; securities markets and international finance.
Not open to first year students, nor to students who have taken Markets and
Management Studies 85. Instructor: Veraldi. One course.
450D
MARKETS/CAPSTONE.
Satisfies: R SS MMS
Course Description: Discussion section version of Markets
& Management Studies 450. Consent of MMS certificate director required.
Instructor: Spenner, Gereffi, Jones. One course.
116FS
Freedom to and Freedom From-Tensions in the Business Arena.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Discussion of two important freedoms:
positive freedom to develop ourselves, reach potential, realize goals; and
negative freedom from interference in actions or beliefs. Explore tensions
between societies and free markets, the role of advertising, the bureaucratic
structure of firms vs. individual creativity, line between public and private,
effect of patents and property ownership on decisions and actions. Open to
students in the Focus Program only. Instructor: Reeves. One course.
247
Business in Literature.
Satisfies: ALP SS
Course Description: The image of business as presented in
serious and popular literature; the impact such portrayals have on business and
society. An understanding of the basic ideas behind novels and movies that
present executives as heroes, ordinary people, and villains. Instructor: Hull.
One course.
250
Integrated Marketing Communications.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Theory of marketing communications and
the nature and influence of communication strategies. Topics include impact of
informational asymmetries, uncertainty, local culture, global branding, and the
effects of technology on marketing communications. Marketing communications
seen from perspective of social scientist and the corporate marketing manager.
How technology communication changes have changed the way businesses
communicate with customers and ways customers respond. Instructor: Reeves. One
course.
240S
Ethics in Management.
Satisfies: EI SS
Course Description: Seminar version of Markets and
Management Studies. Instructor: Hull. One course.
490
Special Topics in Markets and Management Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
450A
Markets and Management Capstone.
Satisfies: R SS W
Course Description: Study of strategic management using
consulting projects with companies, readings, and writing assignments. Course
will show how the field of study evolved out of the integrative concerns of
business policy into a more environmentally oriented area of strategic
management. Focus on Financial Institutions. Open only to students in the Duke
in New York: Financial Markets and Institutions program. Instructor consent
required. Instructor: Veraldi. One course.
THEATER STUDIES (THEATRST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 91
207S
Radio: The Theater of the Mind.
Satisfies: ALP CZ S
Course Description: The Golden Age of American Radio
(1920-1960), explored through the lens of culture, ethics, and technology. An
examination, considering race, gender, and class, of the ways in which radio,
as both a new and evolving technology, helped to homogenize and diversify
America's sense of itself during this ear. Includes wide range of radio genres
from comedy to drama and music to news. Multimedia course, combining theory and
performance; students create radio theater projects for the Web. Instructor:
Foster. One course. C-L: Music 222 Policy Journalism and Media
223S
Introduction to German Drama.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 335S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
164S
Technical Theater.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Theoretical and aesthetic aspects of
technical production for the theater its practical applications: artistic and
budgetary assessment, tools and equipment, construction materials and
techniques, and production implementation. Focus on costume, set, lighting, and
sound designs of current Theater Studies productions. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Dance 278S
103S
Communication, Improvisation, and Business.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Communication skills and presence for
leadership in the business world through empowerment of others. Use of theater
techniques (presence, voice, body gesture, text presentation and listening) to
teach methods of leadership, action, and self-expression that motivate for
results, enhance collaboration, and heighten confidence in oneself and others.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Marine Science and Conservation
274S
From Stories to Movies.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: The creation of scenes: writing,
framing, story boards, directing. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Arts of
the Moving Image 303S
244S
Movement for the Theater.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Intense series of exercises increasing
"plasticity," power, and balance. Learning how to avoid injury and
illness. Yoga, Pilates, acrobatics, gestural work, to strengthen training.
276
Italian Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 380; also
C-L: Literature 215, Arts of the Moving Image 254, Visual and Media Studies 308
401S
Senior Colloquium.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Major research project in production
(acting, directing), critical writing, dramatic writing, or design. Instructor:
McAuliffe. One course.
290-4
Special Topics in Theater Studies Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Research, study, and exploration of a
selected dramatic text or texts, other performance material, and/or particular
aspects of performance (historical, cultural, textual, or stylistic). Emphasis
on the process of investigating a text - both in theory and in practice.
Culminates in performance or presentation. May be repeated for credit. Consent
of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
190S-1
Special Topics in Reading Theater.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: series of special topics seminars
focusing on close readings of dramatic texts with an eye to their realization
in performance. Each seminar will center on a theme and draw from a variety of
theatrical works from different periods in history and/or different countries.
Topics include drama and theater, drama and gender, drama and ethics, drama and
history. Instructor: Staff. One course.
280S
Dramatic Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Fundamentals of writing for stage. Instructor:
Staff. One course. C-L: English 226 Arts of the Moving Image
201
Sport As Performance.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS
Course Description: Sport as ritual, spectacle, and
performance explored through theatre, performance studies, sociology,
anthropology, and history. Topics range from professional and
390S-3
Special Topics in Design.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics in aspects of theatrical design.
Topics vary each semester offered, may be repeated for credit. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
390S-4
Special Topics in Performance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary by semester. May be repeated
for credit. Topics course. Instructor: Staff. One course.
290S-6
Special Topics in Film.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics Vary. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
278
History and Concepts of Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 201; also C-L: English 181, Literature 110, Visual and Media Studies 289,
Documentary Studies 264, Policy Journalism and Media
227
Drama of Greece and Rome.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Classical Studies
304; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 240
208
Contemporary Performance.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 208; also
C-L: African and African American Studies 229, Art History 229
242
Improvisation.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Using a series of exploratory games and
exercises, this class will create an ensemble proficient in creating characters
and stories without scripts. The focus will be on truth-telling and developing
a form of expression that benefits the actor and non-actor equally. Ideal for
anyone who intends to make public speaking and networking a part of their
career. Instructor: O'Berski. One course.
276
Global Performance Art: History/Theory from 1950's to
Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Visual and Media
Studies 344; also C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 275,
Literature 222, Theater Studies 235
492T
Tutorial.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Tutorial under the supervision of a
faculty member for two or more students working on related independent
projects. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
221
After the Fall of the Empire: British and Irish Drama 1945
to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The work of Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard,
Edgar, Hare, Churchill, Kane, Friel, McGuinness and others. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
345S
Advanced Acting: Contemporary Texts.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Scene study based on reading, analysis,
and research. Examination and development of performance/critical choices.
Prerequisite: Theater Studies 145and consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
480S
Advanced Dramatic Writing.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Advanced projects in writing for
production. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 326 Arts of the Moving
Image
228S
The Italian Theater.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Italian 485S
318
Professional Internship.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Same as 317, but for work that extends
over a full term. Consent of instructor required. Offered only on
Satifactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Instructor: Staff. One course.
195FS
The Art of Transformation: Workshop in Movement and Theater.
Satisfies: A ALP
Course Description: Movement, theater, music, and writing
exercises, focusing on participants as individuals, as members of an ensemble,
and within the context of their society. The work of Augusto Boal (Brazilian
theater director, writer, and theorist). Theater and movement as tools for
direct interaction with the Duke community. Open only to students in the Focus
Program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Dance 195FS
261S
Costume Design.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: The process of designing costumes for
the stage beginning with the fundamentals of design and the language of
clothing. Reading of plays as basis for analysis and interpretation of text and
character, conceptualization of design ideas, and directions for design
research. Weekly lab providing experience with and an understanding of costume
construction theory and methodology, including the use of costume shop tools
and equipment. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 233S
273S
Screenwriting.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Advanced writing projects for feature
film. Study of existing scripts and videos, application of techniques.
Instructor: Bell. One course. C-L: English 317 Arts of the Moving Image 305S
390S-1
Special Topics in Directing.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
301
Religion and Ritual.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Religion 289
530S
Translation Studies and Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ W S
Course Description: Through reading texts about translation
and by doing an independent project translating part of a play, students
develop skills in translation theory and practice, culminating in a public
staged reading of their work. Each student chooses a different play, in source
language of his/her own choice, and translates into English. Readings are
seminal texts in translation studies covering topics such as globalization,
adaptation, the translator\rquote s role, gender in translation, and postcolonialism
to explore transmission of text/performance across cultures. Course is for
graduate students and undergraduates. Enrollment limited. No previous
translation experience required. Instructor: Conceison. One course. C-L:
Romance Studies 520 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 502S
215A
The Business of City Life.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Half course. C-L: see English 314A
350S
Tennessee Williams and Anton Chekhov.
Satisfies: ALP CCI A
Course Description: Cross-cultural exploration through
performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" and Tennessee
Williams's "Streetcar Named Desire." Focus on text analysis,
research, theatrical modernism, technique, examination and development of
performance/critical choices. For actors and directors. Instructor: McAuliffe.
One course. C-L: Russian 378S
337
Shakespeare After 1600.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 337; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 332
248S
Voice and Speech.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Introduction to vocal training
techniques which facilitate the healthy use of the voice as an effective tool
for communication. Much of the course content based upon the work of Kristin
Linklater. Includes concepts developed by other major contemporary theorists/practitioners
in voice and speech, phonetics, and the study and practice of stage dialects.
Attention paid to the voice and its connections to the body and psyche;
techniques for both "freeing" and "shaping" the voice.
Emphasis on process-oriented, experimental activities, and collaboration.
Prerequisite: Theater Studies 145or consent of instructor. Instructor:
Hemphill. One course.
290S-4
Special Topics in Theater Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
290-3
Special Topics in Acting.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary each semester. Instructor:
Staff. Half course.
214A
Internship in New York.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 313A
540A
Theater in London: Performance.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Understanding the growth of a play from
the script to final production, with focus on shows playing in London. Includes
backstage theater tours, scene work, observations, audition workshops with
theater practitioners, and supervised projects. Instructor consent required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 584
262S
Scene Design.
Satisfies: ALP R
Course Description: Study of theory and methodology of set
design for stage through examination of historical and contemporary stage
design as well as conceptualization, research, and development of design
solutions for assigned plays. Instructor: Bend. One course. C-L: Visual Arts
234S
290-1
Special Topics in Dramatic Literature.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: May be repeated for credit. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
324S
National Dramas and Cabaret Nights: Theater in Modern Polish
Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Polish 307S
212
Gender in Dance and Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 368; also
C-L: Theater Studies 236, International Comparative Studies 215, Study of
Sexualities
271
American Drama and Film Since 1960.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Focus on works which reflect the changes
in American society since 1960; civil rights, feminism, gay liberation, and
issues like the Vietnam War and post Cold War American hegemony. Plays by
Albee, Mamet, Rabe, Kushner, and others. Films including Dr. Strangelove, Easy
Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Malcolm X. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Visual and Media Studies 324
216S
Entrepreneurship and International Arts Management.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Arts management theory and practices
from a variety of cultures as they relate to entrepreneurship. Management of
the creative process; the association between an entrepreneurial orientation
and the organizational behavior and performance of nonprofit arts
organizations. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Markets and Management
Studies
270
American Drama and Film: 1945-1960.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Plays by Arthur Miller, Tennessee
William, Robert Anderson, Edward Albee, Lorraine Hansbury. Films include The
Searchers, Shane, Rebel Without a Cause, and Vertigo. Instructor: Staff. One
course. C-L: Visual and Media Studies 323
263S
Lighting Design.
Satisfies: ALP R S
Course Description: Introduction to the process and practice
of lighting design for the theater. Focus on text analysis, research, design
process, instrumentation, control, color, design documents, and realization of
designs in the theater. Includes the study of principles and practices, labs in
design imagery, and projects in lighting design. Prior experience in theater
production required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Visual Arts 235 Dance
276S
282S
Transforming Fiction for Stage and Screen.
Satisfies: ALP W S
Course Description: Theory and practice of the process of
adaptation of serious literary works of fiction to screenplay or play form.
Reading and analysis of literary works adapted as screenplays and plays. Project
in writing an adaptation. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Malone.
One course. C-L: English 227 Arts of the Moving Image 302S
211
Musical Theater Workshop: Performance.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: workshop in honing the skills necessary
to perform in a musical. Students required to present one cabaret of numbers
from contemporary musicals and a workshop performance of a musical. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Clum and staff. One course. C-L: Music 218
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
224
Modernist Classics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 350
241
Cabaret Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Creation of a cabaret performance (solos
and ensemble work) borrowing elements drawn from comedy, drama, music, dance,
as well as other contemporary performable art forms, using European Cabaret
form at the turn of the twentieth century where social commentary, debate,
questioning and provocation prevailed, as a model. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
590
Advanced Special Topics in Dramatic Literature (Lecture).
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Topics vary by semester. Consent of
instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
243S
Black Theater Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: Explore race and culture in America
through texts of Black playwrights. Scene study by racially diverse class to
engender feedback process. Juxtaposition of playwright's race to societal
standards of universal content; relevance of actor's race to playwright's
intent; historical context of Black Arts "militant" plays of the
1960s-70s. Workshop culminates in public performance. Instructor: O'Berski. One
course. C-L: African and African American Studies 332S
340S
Solo Performance.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: The makings of solo performance.
Creation of personal presentation through journal writing, memory exploration,
and personal interests. Exploration of text through voice work, storytelling,
and choreography of the solo performer through movement, gesture, and props.
Previous theater or dance experience plus instructor consent required.
Instructor: Hemphill. One course. C-L: Dance 206S
222
Introduction to Shakespeare.
Satisfies: ALP W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 235; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 330
233
Dance and Dance Theater of Asia.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 356; also
C-L: Religion 241, International Comparative Studies 378
255S
Directing.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Establishment of basic skills of
information communication from script to stage to audience; analyzing texts
from a director's point of view; basic stage articulation of viewpoint; development
of skills in mechanics and staging techniques. Emphasis on scripts of poetic
realists. Prerequisite: Theater Studies 145and consent of instructor.
Instructor: McAuliffe or Storer. One course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image
334
Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 334; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 333
212
Musical Theater Workshop: Creation.
Satisfies: ALP A
Course Description: workshop on the creation and
presentation of musicals culminating in a workshop presentation of short
musicals written by the class. Consent of instructor required. Instructor:
Kelly or Malone. One course. C-L: Music 219
346S
Voice and Body Gesture Theater.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Exercises designed for breath control,
ear training and the spoken word, with emphasis on the theatrical use of the
voice in gestural theater, in order to strengthen, free, and develop the
natural range of the voice with the support of the body. Individual and
ensemble work. Prerequisite: Theater Studies 248or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Hemphill. One course.
225S
Acting French.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see French 330S
272
America Dreams, American Movies.
Satisfies: ALP A THE IT ONE IN THE THE E
Course Description: survey course in selected American films
that create as well as reflect American national identity. Through lectures,
weekly screenings and students\rquote
oral reports, we will study a dozen of the best-loved movies in our
popular culture, from and ONE NIGHT to
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, THE GODFATHER and WALL-E . We will examine how these
movies, their directors, and their stars, came to define American mythologies
in the twentieth century and how they have collected over time iconic
resonance. Attention as well to genre, form,
390S-2
Special Topics in Dramatic Writing.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: May be repeated for credit. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
533S
Performance Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to theatrical
transformations of traditional notions of drama into the broader category of
performance, and to the performative field that seeks to understand them.
Topics include the crossing of formal boundaries, the development of new
technical possibilities, the role of uncertainty in the process of making a
performance, and the purposes of performance, which range from the social to
the spiritual and from the political to the personal. Theoretical readings and
performances including works by Wagner, Artaud, Brecht, Benjamin, Chaplin,
O'Neill, Stanislavski, Barthes, and Anderson. Instructor: Foster. One course.
C-L: Literature 520S
246S
Shakespeare Studio.
Satisfies: ALP S
Course Description: Study in approaches to acting and
directing Shakespeare text which focus on the actor's embodiment of text in
ways which are organic, physical, and truthful. Use of text as the primary
source for the actor's and director's work. Students will have opportunity to
both act and direct in class exercises and projects. Extensive scenework.
Prerequisite: Theater Studies 145and consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff.
One course.
49S
First-Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary each semester offered.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
322S
Chekhov.
Satisfies: ALP CCI W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 327S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
290S-1
Special Topics in Dramatic Literature, History, Theory, or
Criticism.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: May be repeated for credit. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
520A
Theater in London: Text.
Satisfies: A
Course Description: survey of drama from the Elizabethan
period to the present based on performances offered by the Royal Shakespeare
Company, Royal National Theatre, and other theaters in London and
Stratford-Upon-Avon. Twenty plays will be seen and studied. Instructor consent
required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: English 583
370S
Moving Image Practice.
Satisfies: ALP STS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Arts of the Moving
Image 301S; also C-L: Visual and Media Studies 261 Information Science and
Information Studies
327S
What's Lost in Translation? Latin American Theater in
English.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Spanish 365S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies 337S
260S
The Actress: Celebrity and the Woman.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 383S; also
C-L: Theater Studies 323S
590S-1
Advanced Special Topics in Dramatic Literature (Seminar).
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Instructor: Clum or Foster. One course.
204S
Performance and Social Change.
Satisfies: ALP EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 207S
234
History and Practice of the Dance and Dance-theatre of
India.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 355; also
C-L: Religion 243, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 154
372
Existentialist Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 386; also
C-L: Literature 218, Visual and Media Studies 283, Arts of the Moving Image
267, Arts of the Moving Image
336
Shakespeare Before 1600.
Satisfies: ALP EI R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 336; also
C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 331
210
The Great American Musical.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Broad-based examination of 20th-century
musicals\rquote from origins in minstrel shows, to the evolution of the book
musical comedies of the golden age of Broadway, to Hollywood movie musicals,
and contemporary re-invention today. Lectures, screenings, and discussions will
explore the musical from perspectives on its history, its fundamental generic
characteristics, and its emphasis on assimilating ethnic, philosophic and
religious differences into a community.(Shows and movies to be studied include
Moulin Rouge, Showboat, South Pacific, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, and Gold Diggers
of 1933). Instructor: Malone. One course. C-L: Music 243
232
Asian American Theatre.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 387
495
Senior Distinction Project.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
364
Performance and Technology: Composition Workshop.
Satisfies: ALP STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Dance 308; also
C-L: Information Science and Information Studies 376
290-5
Special Topics in Mainstage Production.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R
Course Description: Students participate in the production
of a theatrical text for public performance. Students analyze, research,
rehearse, and produce a play under the direction of a member of the Theater
Studies faculty or a guest professional. Students may focus on acting,
directing, design, dramaturgy, management, or production; specific area of
focus will be determined through audition and/or arrangement with the
instructor. Consent of instructor required. May be repeated for credit.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
145S
Acting.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: The fundamentals of acting realism
explored through exercises, scene study, and text analysis. Introduction to
voice and movement training for the actor. Theory and text analysis studied in
their historical context as well as their contemporary relevance. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
277
The Dramatic Monster: Horror on Stage and Screen.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The evolving image of the
"monster" on stage and screen, from the Victorian melodrama Sweeny
Todd to the psychological-horror shocker Audition. Students will give oral
reports (with appropriate clips) on horror movies past and present, beginning
with the classic silent Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Focus on how anxieties of
different eras give rise to the different nightmares that play themselves out
in the darkness of our theaters. Instructor: Bell. One course.
220
British and Irish Drama: 1890-1950.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: The works of Wilde, Shaw, Synge,
O'Casey, Coward, Rattigan, and others. Instructor: Staff. One course.
275S
Acting For the Camera.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to film and television
acting. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Arts of the Moving Image 310S
213AS
The Arts in New York: Thematic Approach.
Satisfies: A ALP R W
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 312AS; also
C-L: Visual and Media Studies 259S
115
The Theater Today.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Introduction to major areas of research
in Theater Studies with focus on specific theoretical and creative issues of
contemporary concern in various disciplines of theater study. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE (GERMAN)
Number Of Listed Courses: 67
303AS
Advanced German in Berlin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL S S
Course Description: Texts drawn from various media centered
largely on contemporary Berlin. Development of written and oral proficiency in
German, as well as insight into the cultural and historical aspects of the
capital. Intensive practice of sentence structure and expository writing.
Prerequisite: German 204 or equivalent. May substitute for German 305or 306to
fulfill major requirement. Taught only in the Duke Summer in Berlin program.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
375
Classics of Western Civilization: The German Tradition,
1750-1930.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 375; also
C-L: History 268, Literature 247
223S
Introduction to German Drama.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 335S; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
220A
Readings in German Literature.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Development of written and oral
proficiency in German, as well as the vocabulary and analysis tools needed for
poetry and short prose. Intended for intermediate language learners beginning
to work with German literature. Prerequisite: German 203 or equivalent. Taught
in the Duke Summer in Berlin program. One course.
444S
Berlin History/Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL A
Course Description: study of Berlin as a unique site of
German history and culture, and the focal point of theories of modern
metropolitan life. Berlin as the cultural center of the interwar years, the
capital of Nazi Germany, the symbol of Cold War division and post-89
reunification. Topics include: the social impact of destruction and
restoration; modernist representations of the city in literature, film, and
art; the relationship between architecture and collective memory. Taught in
German. Instructor: Staff. One course.
321A
Economics of a United Europe.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Economics 260A;
also C-L: International Comparative Studies
210
Intermediate Conversation Practice.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Develop speaking skills for everyday
language interactions, including expressing opinions and formulating arguments.
Grade based on participation, vocabulary quizzes, role plays. Prerequisite:
German 101 and 102 (or equivalent). Enrollment in German 203 or 204 encouraged
but not necessary. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement, or
requirements for German major/minor. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
446S
Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer: Myth-Making and German
Identity.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: Exploration of Siegfried legend across
time and media (medieval sculpture and texts; 19th- and 20th-century painting,
drama, opera, and film), with attention to its role in the creation of modern
German nationhood. Collaborative research using e-learning tools expected. In
German. Instructor: Rasmussen. One course.
102
First-Year German II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second semester of introductory language
course. Practice in spoken and written German, vocabulary building, building
cultural awareness. Focus on topics of everyday life in German-speaking
countries through stories, poetry, music, video, internet, as well as grounding
in basic structures of the German language. Instructor: Staff. One course.
322A
Berlin: Architecture, Art and the City, 1871-Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A
Course Description: Development of urban Berlin from the
Gruenderzeit (the Boom Years) of the 1870s to the present: architecture of
Imperial Berlin; the Weimar and Nazi periods; post World War II; reconstruction
as a reunified city. The major architectural movements from late historicism to
postmodernism. (Taught only in the Duke-in-Berlin Program.) Instructor:
Neckenig. One course. C-L: Art History 296 International Comparative Studies
690
Special Topics in German Literature and Culture.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary by semester. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
2
German Studies\par
Satisfies:
Course Description: Special topics in German literature and
cultural studies. Taught in English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
402S
German Business/Global Contexts.
Satisfies: CCI FL SS
Course Description: Current German economic and business
debates and events. Germany's position in the global marketplace and ensuing
intercultural business encounters. Topics include state of Germany's industry
and energy resources, monetary policies and banking systems, environmental
concerns, foreign trade, taxes, and the social safety net. Attention to
Germany's self-understanding as a "social market economy" and the
compatibility of that model with current trends in globalization. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
580S
Music in Literature and Philosophy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R S
Course Description: Readings in the philosophy of
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century "classical" music and in
literature as a source for and response to musical composition, performance,
and listening experience. Taught in English. Instructor: Pfau. One course. C-L:
English 580 International Comparative Studies 527S
310
Advanced Conversation Practice.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Practice speaking in wide array of
formal and informal situations. Expand vocabulary and idiomatic speech. Topics
include current events, practical needs, German culture, using authentic texts
from variety of media and genre. Grade based on participation, quizzes,
presentations. Prerequisite: German 204 (or equivalent). Does not satisfy the
foreign language requirement, or requirements for German major/minor.
Instructor: Staff. Half course.
610S
Introduction to Medieval German: The Language of the German
Middle Ages and Its Literature.
Satisfies: ALP FL R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 610S
532S
Fin-de-si\'e8cle and Interwar Vienna: Politics, Society, and
Culture.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 532S
435S
Current Issues and Trends in Contemporary Germany.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Issues and problems of significance in
contemporary Germany as a changing nation. The political impact of European
integration, the cultural impact of immigration, and the social impact of a
globalized economy. Materials drawn from a wide variety of media and genre:
newspaper reports, television broadcasts, policy statements, legal documents.
Instructor: Norberg. One course.
499S
Seminar in German Studies.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: Review of current debates and historical
perspectives in the German cultural field, structured through contributing
disciplines: social and economic history, political theory and history,
literature, fine arts, music, philosophy, and religion. Team-taught, involving
a wide range of faculty in the German Studies Program. Taught in English.
Instructor: Donahue, Rolleston, and staff. One course.
204
Intermediate German II.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: (See description of German 203 above.)
Increased focus on reading, speaking, essay writing. Extensive reading includes
one full-length play by a contemporary German, Swiss, or Austrian writer.
Prerequisite: German 203, or appropriate placement test score, or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course.
252
Romantic Fairy Tales: Literary and Folk Fairy Tales from
Grimms to Disney.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 262
332S
Introduction to German Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Continuation of German 331S:
Enlightenment to the present. Instructor: Donahue, Gellen, Morton, or Norberg.
One course.
212A
Intensive Intermediate German.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Intensive grammar review and practice of
spoken and written German, combining in one semester the work of one year of
intermediate German. Taught only in the Berlin Fall Semester Program.
Prerequisite: German 101-102, 111, or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. Two courses.
561S
Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 561S
319AS
Advanced Intensive German.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL S S
Course Description: For advanced students to increase all
four language skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Discussion
of current events from a German cultural perspective based on newspaper
articles, radio and television reports. Preparation for the German language
examination required of all foreign students enrolling at German universities.
Equivalent of German 305or 306 but offered only in the Berlin semester program.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
368
German Jewish Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 368; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 368
352AS
Berlin in Literature and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: Literary works of modern German writers;
focus on the city of Berlin and its unique cultural and political heritage due
to Germany's division from 1945 to 1989. Emphasis on art and architecture of
Berlin reflecting both historical trends and political ideologies such as
National Socialism and Marxism. Taught only in the Berlin semester program.
Instructor: Wohlfeil. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
426S
Masters of the Modern: Great Writers of the 20th Century.
Satisfies: ALP FL W
Course Description: Studies in four giants of
twentieth-century German literature: Rilke, Kafka, Mann, and Hesse. May also
include short works by Bertolt Brecht and Nobel prize winners Heinrich B\'f6ll
and Guenter Grass. Defining "world literature" and the shaping of
"modern" Western thought by these major literary figures. Readings
explore major twentieth-century themes: modernism, totalitarian politics,
Eastern spirituality, German identity and the situation of Germany within
Europe. Regular written exercises, readings, and discussion in German.
Instructor: Donahue, Gellen, or Morton. One course. C-L: International
Comparative Studies
213A
Intensive Intermediate German for Engineers.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Development of German language proficiency
(reading, listening, speaking, and writing), with focus on the acquisition of
specialized vocabulary in the fields of engineering, technology, mathematics,
and other natural science disciplines. Includes investigation of history and
culture of Berlin, with focus on major political, economic, social, and
cultural developments since the fall of the Wall. Materials from various
sources (scientific texts and problem sets, print media, audio/video material).
Taught at the Technical University in Berlin. Offered only in the January term
of the Duke-in-Berlin spring semester program. Prerequisite: German 102, 111,
or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One course.
1
Literature and Culture\par
Satisfies:
Course Description: Special topics in German literature and cultural
studies. Taught in English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
502
German for Academic Research II.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Development and refinement of skills
needed to read and translate intermediate to advanced academic German. Texts
selected by instructor, with regular opportunities to work on materials related
to individual fields/research topics. Selected readings in theory of
translation and techniques. Prerequisite: German 501. Not open for credit to
undergraduate students who have taken Intermediate German (203, 204, 212, or
equivalent). Does not count toward the major or minor, or toward the
fulfillment of the Foreign Language Requirement. Instructor: Rasmussen. One
course.
690S
Special Topics in German Literature and Cultural Studies.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Instructor: Staff. One course.
288
German Way of War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: This course explores German conducts of
war in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our explorations begin with Prussian
military pursuits in the 1860s and end with the war efforts of Nazi Germany and
their defeat in 1945. Paying special attention to languages and experiences of
war, we will situate the German imagination and practice of war within the
larger fabric of German state and society and relate military strategy to the
pursuit of global power and empire. Instructor: Bonker. One course. C-L: German
288
607
History of the German Language.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 560; also
C-L: Linguistics 560
377
The Melancholy of Art: Passages of Time in European
Literature and Cinema, 1819-2000.
Satisfies: ALP CCI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 286
577S
Nietzsche's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Study of the thinker who has, in
different incarnations, been characterized as the prophet of nihilism, the
destroyer of values, the father of fascism, and the spiritual source of
postmodernism. An examination of his philosophy as a whole in order to come to
terms with its significance for his thinking about politics. Instructor:
Gillespie. One course. C-L: German 576 Philosophy 537S
501
German for Academic Research I.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Introduction to German for the purpose
of developing reading and translation skills necessary for pursuing academic
research. Assumes no prior knowledge of German. Foundations of German grammar
and syntax; emphasis on vocabulary and translations. Selected readings in
theory of translation and techniques. Not open for credit to undergraduate
students who have taken
325A
Current Issues and Trends in Germany.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Topics of social and cultural
significance in contemporary Germany, with particular emphasis on media and
society. Includes site visits. Offered in the Duke Summer Program in Berlin.
Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
312AS
Advanced Intensive German Language and Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL W
Course Description: Development of advanced proficiency with
particular emphasis on speaking and writing. Through analysis of literary and
nonliterary texts, excursions, museums, films, theater performances, students
gain in-depth knowledge of various aspects of German culture and society.
Advanced grammar review, vocabulary building, oral presentations, as well as a
variety of writing assignments. Taught only in the Berlin program.
Prerequisite:
101
First-Year German I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: First semester of introductory language
course. Practice in spoken and written German (speaking, listening, reading,
writing); introduction to German culture and society through poems, songs,
films, internet, and other authentic materials. Proficiency oriented,
communicative approach to language study. Instructor: Staff. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
676S
Hegel's Political Philosophy.
Satisfies: EI R SS S
Course Description: Within context of Hegel's total
philosophy, an examination of his understanding of phenomenology and the
phenomenological basis of political institutions and his understanding of Greek
and Christian political life. Selections from \i Phenomenology\i0 , \i
Philosophy of History\i0 , and \i Philosophy of Right\i0 . Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie. One course. C-L: Philosophy 536 German 575S
367A
Jewish Berlin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 367A; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 367 International Comparative Studies
305S
Advanced German I: Culture and Society.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL
Course Description: Development of advanced proficiency in
oral and written communication. Expansion and deepening of cultural literacy
and interpretive skills by focusing on issues of social, cultural, and
political significance in German-speaking countries. Cultural and literary
texts from a variety of media and genres analyzed in social and cultural
contexts. Intensive work on vocabulary, sentence structure, and patterns of
expression. Instructor: Staff. One course.
442S
Freud's Vienna: Experiments in Modernity Around 1900.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ FL
Course Description: An interdisciplinary approach to the
cultural and political transformations taking place in Vienna around 1900 (art,
architecture, literature, psychoanalysis, music). The common contexts and
interconnections between writers such as Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Musil, and
Kraus, Freud's psychoanalysis, Klimt and Schiele's Jugendstil and Expressionist
art, the architectural innovations of Wagner, Loos, and the Ringstrasse, and
the music of Mahler, R. Strauss, and Schoenberg. Focus on issues such as
sexuality, disease, desire, and modernity. The rise of mass politics and modern
anti-Semitism. Instructor: Gellen or Norberg. One course. C-L: Visual and Media
Studies 279S
345
The Devil's Pact: Faust and the Faust Tradition.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 370; also
C-L: Literature 240
264D
German Film.
Satisfies: ALP CZ D
Course Description: Introduction to German film, film
theory, and reception. Emphasis on history and cultural background of films.
Topics include Expressionism, Nazi and postwar films, New German cinema, DEFA.
Films subtitled, readings and discussions in English. Instructor: Gellen. One
course. C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 252 Visual and Media Studies 280D
586S
Literary Guide to Italy.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ A S S
Course Description: journey of Italy through literary,
cinematic, and musical texts through Italy's sights and customs, as well as the
place of Italy, both the real and imagined, in the aesthetics of the Grand
Tour. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto. One course. C-L: Literature 542
German 586 Arts of the Moving Image 640S
224S
Romance of Arthur.
Satisfies: ALP CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 260S
210DA
Berlin Since the War.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 366A
365A
Art and Architecture of Berlin, Fifteenth to the Twentieth
Century.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Art History 297A
384
Movies of the World/The World of Movies.
Satisfies: ALP CCI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Literature 313;
also C-L: German 363, Arts of the Moving Image 248, Islamic Studies
111A
Intensive First-Year German.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Intensive introduction to German
language and culture. Combines in one semester the work of German 101-102.
Taught only in the Duke-in-Berlin Fall Semester Program. Instructor: Staff. Two
courses.
369
Germany Confronts Nazism and the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 387; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 369
205S
The Vikings and Their Literature.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 261S
296A
Germany Today: European Superpower? Duke-in-Berlin.
Satisfies: A CCI FL SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 359A; also
C-L: International Comparative Studies
291
Independent Study.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Directed reading in a field of special
interest under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive
paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation of a
previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and program director required.
Instructor: Staff. One course. Research Independent Study. Individual research
in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member, the
central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing
significant analysis and interpretation of a previously approved topic. Open to
juniors. Consent of instructor and program director required. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
590S
Special Topics in German Studies.
Satisfies: ALP
Course Description: Special topics in German literature and
cultural studies. Taught in English. Instructor: Staff. One course.
283D
The Existentialist Imagination.
Satisfies: ALP CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 385D; also
C-L: Literature 242D
310S
Introduction to German Literature I.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 331S
334S
Projekt Theater: German Theater and Performance.
Satisfies: ALP FL
Course Description: Collaborative and interactive theater
course for students of German. Students read, interpret, and stage selected
German language plays. Special attention given to reading and oral
communication skills, interaction and performance. Instructor: Kahnke. One
course.
372
Existentialist Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 386; also
C-L: Literature 218, Visual and Media Studies 283, Arts of the Moving Image
267, Arts of the Moving Image
306S
Advanced German II: Text and Context.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL W S
Course Description: Development of advanced German language
proficiency, with particular attention to written expression. Emphasis on
stylistic variation, complex grammatical structures, and lexical sophistication
(vocabulary building). Analysis of authentic texts from a variety of genres
will provide the basis for practice in creative, descriptive, narrative,
argumentative, and analytical writing. Prerequisite: German 305or equivalent.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
378D
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 380D; also
C-L: Philosophy 286 Literature 280D
301S
Business German.
Satisfies: CCI FL SS
Course Description: Introduction to the language of commerce
and industry; modes of expression for technology and marketing. Particular
attention to cultural differences affecting German-American business
transactions. Instructor: Staff. One course.
203
Intermediate German I.
Satisfies: CZ FL
Course Description: Language proficiency and cultural knowledge
through topic-oriented syllabus focusing on contemporary German culture and
society. Comprehensive review of German grammar, vocabulary building, practice
in speaking, reading, and writing skills. Literary and nonliterary texts from a
variety of media (books, newspapers, audio, video, film, internet), providing
basis for discussion and cultural awareness. Extensive reading includes one
longer prose text by a contemporary German, Swiss, or Austrian writer.
Prerequisite: German 101-102, 111, or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. One
course.
295A
Environmental Policy in Europe: Duke in Berlin.
Satisfies: CCI SS A A
Course Description: Economic concepts and environmental
policies with their application to selected environmental issues in Western and
Eastern Europe, transboundary pollution problems, and the role of the European
Community. Taught by a leading German expert in the Duke-in-Berlin fall
semester program. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Public Policy Studies 201
German 320 International Comparative Studies
THOMPSON WRITING PROGRAM (WRITING)
Number Of Listed Courses: 5
75
Writing Workshop for Non-Native Speakers of English.
Satisfies: WID
Course Description: Designed to provide additional support
for non-native speakers of English enrolled in Writing 101. Students will
become familiar with writing texts that meet the expectations of American
academic audiences while strengthening word usage, academic vocabulary, and
grammar. Topics include: creating theses, articulating arguments, summarizing, paraphrasing
and quoting, avoiding plagiarism, understanding citation conventions, and
utilizing effective reading strategies. Focus on increasing awareness of the
intercultural norms of academic writing. Does not satisfy the Writing 101, or seminar requirements. Instructor
permission required. Taken concurrently with Writing 101. 1.25 hours per week.
Instructor: Caputo. Half course.
70
Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing.
Satisfies: WID
Course Description: Designed for students who seek more time
and practice in reading and academic writing skills in order to meet the
rigorous intellectual demands of Writing 101. Topics include reading
comprehension; recognizing key ideas; creating theses; conducting research;
structuring arguments; eliminating errors in grammar, mechanics, and diction;
citing sources; and avoiding plagiarism. Recitation component includes
small-group workshops and one-on-one tutoring. Writing 70 does not satisfy
either the Writing 101 or the requirements. Permission of Director of First-Year
Writing required. Instructor: Staff. Half course.
190S
Special Topics: Writing in the Disciplines.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics vary by section. Topics course.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
101
Academic Writing.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Instruction in the complexities of
producing sophisticated academic argument, with attention to critical analysis
and rhetorical practices. Instructor: Staff. One course.
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
LINGUISTICS (LINGUIST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 51
308S
Bilingualism.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 308S
336S
Issues in Language Development ( D).
Satisfies: C CCI SS W S
Course Description: "Critical Period" in language
development, the role of 'motherese,' infant speech perception, innovative word
creation, telegraphic speech, bilingualism and second language learning,
learning to read, language, cognition and culture, and language pathology.
Focus on learning to critically evaluate empirical research papers from various
areas of language development. Appropriateness of hypotheses, methodology and
analyses, and whether or not the data the researchers gather warrants the
conclusions they draw. Instructor: Mazuka. One course. C-L: Linguistics 336
Children in Contemporary Society
160D
Advertising and Society: Global Perspective.
Satisfies: CCI SS D D
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 170D; also C-L: Linguistics 170 Visual and Media Studies 170
Canadian Studies, International Comparative Studies, Arts of the Moving Image,
Markets and Management Studies
203S
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 203S
351S
Cognitive Psychology of Oral Traditions (C).
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Oral traditions and collective memory
studied in social contact. Impact of writing on oral literature and culture, on
society and cognitive activities. Basic knowledge of cognitive mechanisms;
examples of various oral traditions. Instructor: Rubin. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 351S
210S
The Mind and Language.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 209S
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in
Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: Advanced study of linguistics and
languages on Duke-Approved programs at foreign institutions of higher learning.
Topics differ by section. Instructor: Staff. One course.
124FS
Remembering Differently.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: The social construction of memory as
seen in the different ways "memory" has functioned in human language,
culture and thought, including medical practices, time, group identity,
religion, law and ethics, performance, media new and old, and cultural mythologies.
Includes readings from the Sophists, Plato, Augustine, Matteo Ricci, Bergson,
Proust, Freud, and non-Western sources like the Buddha and Bilhana. Instructor:
Liu. One course.
471S
Language and Politics: Eurasian Perspectives.
Satisfies: CCI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 471S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 484 Public Policy Studies 208S
250
Symbolic Logic.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: Detailed analysis of deduction and of
deductive systems. Open to sophomores by consent of instructor. Instructor:
Brandon or staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 250, Information Science and
Information Studies
204
English Historical Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 204
512
Structure of French.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Modern French phonology, morphology and
syntax. Pragmatic interpretation of the current modes of use, including
language levels, situationism, and interrelations. Readings in current
linguistic theory. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 512
590S
Special Topics in Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Same as Linguistics 590 except
instruction is provided in a seminar format. Instructor: Staff. One course.
209
Philosophy of Language.
Satisfies: CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Philosophy 209
303S
Italian Sociolinguistics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ FL SS
Course Description: Linguistic diversity in modern Italy.
Social and geographic language variation, multilingualism, and the relationship
between language and dialect. Special codes, including youth slang, language
and politics, language and bureaucracy. Discussion of language and gender,
language and racism, linguistic etiquette within Italian society. Instructor:
Fellin. One course. C-L: Linguistics 305S
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in
Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI
Course Description: The study of linguistics and languages
on Duke-approved programs at foreign institutions of higher learning. Topics
differ by section. Instructor: Staff. One course.
561S
Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 561S
362
Languages of the World.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 202;
also C-L: Cultural Anthropology 202, International Comparative Studies 210
503S
Language Evolution and Acquisition.
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Both the phylogeny and ontogeny of
language, i.e., both the wide and growing variety of scripts for the evolution
of language in the human species and the various approaches to the emergence of
language in the individual. The emergence of language in the individual and the
particular language(s) the individual is exposed to, making linguistic
relativity an important topic. Instructor: Tetel. One course. C-L: English 503S
195FS
Focus Program Seminar on Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 195FS
304
Fundamentals of Spanish Linguistics.
Satisfies: FL SS A
Course Description: comprehensive overview of the field of
linguistics as it relates to Spanish. Starting from the question What does it
mean to know Spanish?, the course reviews the areas of phonology, morphology,
syntax, pragmatics, semantics, applied linguistics, and sociolinguistics. The
main goal is to develop students' skills in analyzing data, forming and testing
hypotheses, and arguing for the correctness of solutions. Individual topics
investigated by students. Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or 302 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L: Linguistics 303
564
Russian and Slavic Linguistics.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Emphasis on synchronic linguistic theory
focusing on East Slavic and Russian, but including diachronic approaches, and
West and South Slavic languages. Focus on phonological, morphological, semantic
and syntactic structures of Contemporary Standard Russian and modern Slavic
languages. Instructor: Andrews. One course. C-L: Linguistics 564, Slavic and
Eurasian Studies 564
450S
Junior/Senior Seminar in Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: Theory and methods of comparative
linguistics. Diachronic and synchronic approaches to the study of comparative
linguistics in phonology, morphology, morphophonemics, syntax, and lexical
categories in the context of the world's languages. Both Indo-European and non-
Indo-European languages included. Topics include theories of reconstruction,
languages in contact, abductive processes, and questions of linguistic typology.
Major research paper required. Instructor: Andrews, Butters, or Tetel. One
course.
205FS
Language and the Law.
Satisfies: CZ EI SS
Course Description: Ways in which law regulates language and
speech, with particular emphasis on offensive speech. Theory and practice of
freedom of speech and its limitations; how the legal system treats obscenity,
profanity and "indecent" speech, defamation, and hate speech.
Emphasis on why these
385
Language and Society.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 395; also
C-L: Linguistics 451, Cultural Anthropology 212
607
History of the German Language.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 560; also
C-L: Linguistics 560
304
French Composition and Translation.
Satisfies: CCI FL
Course Description: Advanced Translation and Stylistics.
Cultural and social difference between French and English patterns in written
and oral expression. Extensive practice in translation of different types of
texts. Equivalencies between French and English. Prerequisite: French 301 or
equivalent or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 304
216S
Neuroscience and Human Language.
Satisfies: NS SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 216S;
also C-L: Neuroscience 116S
205
The Law and Language.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: Intersections of language and law and
legal institutions examined from a comparative approach, i.e., official state
language and national identity; freedom of speech and its limitations; language
as property. One course. C-L: Cultural Anthropology 205
306S
Korean Sociolinguistics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 378S
250FS
Law, Ethics & Responsibility.
Satisfies: EI SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 212FS
329S
French Phonetics.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Theory and practice of French
pronunciation, corrective phonetics, intonation, accentuation, syllabification,
elision and liaison. Focus on areas of speech production in French that are
generally the most difficult for native speakers of English. Comprehension,
dictation, and recitation exercises; interactive video and audio activities;
self-assessment tasks; and end-of-term individual improvement grade.
Instructor: Tufts. One course. C-L: Linguistics 302S
206
Variety in Language: English in the United States.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see English 206
293
Research Independent Study.
Satisfies: R W
Course Description: Individual investigation, reading, and
writing under the supervision of a faculty member leading to a substantial
written document. Prerequisite: Writing 101. Consent of instructor and Director
of the Thompson Writing Program required. Instructor: Staff. One course.
628S
Recent and Contemporary Philosophy.
Satisfies: CZ A
Course Description: critical study of some contemporary
movements, with special emphasis on analytic philosophers. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Linguistics 528S
439S
Neuroscience and Multilingualism.
Satisfies: NS R STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 473S
510
Cognitive and Neurolinguistics.
Satisfies: NS R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 501;
also C-L: Neuroscience 501S
510
Brain and Language.
Satisfies: NS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 510;
also C-L: Psychology 575
215FS
The Politics of Language.
Satisfies: SS UK FS
Course Description: Examines the political role of language
in societies as diverse as China, India, the former Soviet Union, the and the
US. Looks at how state and non-state actors influence citizens' language
practices, and their beliefs about language. Drawing on political theory,
sociology and sociolinguistics, we look at how language policies reflect and
produce sociopolitical realities. Topics covered include migration,
citizenship, nationalism and decolonization. Open to students in the Focus
Program only. Instructor: Price. One course. C-L: Political Science 185
Linguistics 213FS
364
Gender and Language.
Satisfies: CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 364; also
C-L: Cultural Anthropology 232, International Comparative Studies 207, Women's
Studies 232
469SA
Language, Technology and Social Change in India.
Satisfies: CCI SS STS
Course Description: This course takes an expansive view of
exploring how technological innovations, including information technologies,
broadcast media, and biotechnologies in India, impact cultural practices,
ethical norms, language and social structures, especially gender, class and
caste. The role of language policy in education, rural and urban geography, and
resource utilization are each considered in the context of understanding
technology-driven social change in diverse global contexts. Offered as part of
the Duke INtense Global Program in Hyderabad, India. Instructor: B. Prasad
& L. Prasad. One course.
670S
Language, Brain, and Human Behavior.
Satisfies: R SS STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 502S
506
Semiotics and Linguistics.
Satisfies: ALP CCI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Russian 506
256
Psychology of Language (C).
Satisfies: R SS
Course Description: Examination of linguistic structures and
their psychological "reality," language and cognition, biological
bases, animal communication, language pathologies, nonverbal communication,
linguistic universals, and bilingualism. Everyday language phenomena (for
example, slips of the tongue) as well as experimental and theoretical research.
Emphasis on the research designs, methods and reasoning by which the features
of language are assessed. Research proposal required. Instructor: Day. One
course. C-L: Linguistics 207
410S
Linguistics and Law.
Satisfies: SS
Course Description: Topics include surreptitious recordings
as criminal evidence; pornography, slander, defamation, and libel;
interpretation of laws and contracts; copyright, patents, and trademarks; jury
instructions; jury selection; courtroom language as a unique register; the
language of judges' decisions; interrogations and confessions; official
bilingualism; product warnings; clarity of instructions leading to potential
liability issues. Instructor: Newcity. One course.
201
Introduction to Linguistics.
Satisfies: CCI SS
Course Description: Introduction to the scientific study of
linguistics and languages. Topics include the origin and nature of language,
methods of historical and comparative linguistics, theories and schools of
linguistics, empirical and descriptive approaches to the study of language,
including phonology, morphology, semantics, and syntax. Instructor: Butters or
Tetel. One course. C-L: International Comparative Studies
472S
Cold War Texts: Politics, Propaganda and Pop Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI SS S
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Linguistics 472S;
also C-L: Slavic and Eurasian Studies 434 Public Policy Studies 213S
212
Philosophy of Mind.
Satisfies: CZ R
Course Description: Such topics as mind and body, the nature
of thought, perception, consciousness, personal identity, and other minds. The
relevance of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to the
philosophy of mind. Instructor: Flanagan or Neander. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 208, Visual and Media Studies 302, Information Science and Information
Studies
361
Language Technologies and Culture Acquisition.
Satisfies: R SS STS PDF XML
Course Description: Acquisition and application of
sophisticated information technologies for developing models of language
systems and culture. (Computer technologies include Unicode, Linux operating systems digitizing, HTML, metatagging.) Examination of the
controversies concerning the use of technologies in the study and acquisition
of languages and culture. Focus on the impact of such technologies on the
educational systems of the United States and Europe. Team taught (Linguistics
and Computer Sciences specialist.). One course. C-L: Linguistics 361,
Information Science and Information Studies
512S
Topics in Spanish Linguistics.
Satisfies: FL R SS
Course Description: In-depth analysis of one area of Spanish
linguistics. Topics may include Spanish phonology, Spanish syntax, discourse
analysis, applied linguistics, or Spanish pragmatics. Small research projects
with a hands-on approach required. Instructor: Staff. One course. C-L:
Linguistics 512S
690S
Special Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminars in advanced topics, designed
for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. One course.
JEWISH STUDIES (JEWISHST)
Number Of Listed Courses: 42
341
Jewish Ethics.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Survey of Jewish ethics from antiquity
to modern times, with focus on both general methods and specific case studies.
How different traditional Jewish sources and communities respond to ethical
challenges such as the death penalty, abortion, cloning, the environment, and
economic justice, especially in the U.S. Responses from a variety of Jewish
perspectives (Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative.) Instructor: Lieber. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 341, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other
Departments
262
The Crusades to the Holy Land.
Satisfies: CCI CZ R
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 249; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 249, Islamic Studies
190A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Jewish
Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
145
The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Historical, literary, ethical, and
theological investigations of the ancient Near Eastern context of Israelite
religion and culture. Instructor: C. Meyers, E. Meyers, or Peters. One course.
C-L: Jewish Studies 145, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
267
Representing the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 343; also C-L: Jewish Studies 267
306S
Advanced Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 306S
485
Internship: Hospital-Jewish Approaches to Visiting the Sick.
Satisfies: EI
Course Description: Internship: Hospital-Jewish Approaches
to Visiting the Sick. The Jewish practice of bikkur holim (visiting the sick)
examined in readings and hospital visits with clinical and pastoral
supervision. Readings and discussions focusing on: historical, ritual and
ethical aspects of comforting the ill. Research paper required. Required
participation in service-learning. Instructor: Tulsky. One course.
102
Elementary Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 102
140S
Judaism.
Satisfies: CCI CZ S
Course Description: Seminar version of Religion 140. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 140 Women's Studies
390S
Special Topics in Jewish Studies.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Seminar version of Jewish Studies 390.
Instructor: Staff. One course.
367A
Jewish Berlin.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI A
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 367A; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 367 International Comparative Studies
335
Jewish Mysticism.
Satisfies: CZ EI
Course Description: The main historical stages,
personalities, texts, ethical doctrines, social teachings, and metaphysical
doctrines from rabbinic to modern times. Instructor: Goldman or Lieber. One
345
Contemporary Jewish Thought.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Modern Jewish thought from Mendelssohn
to the present, with particular reference to the dynamics of emancipation,
antisemitism, religious reform, Zionism, the rise of natural religion with its
emphasis on the supremacy of ethics, and feminism. Instructor: Goldman or E.
Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 345
230
Jerusalem: Past and Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 243; also C-L: Jewish Studies 230, Islamic Studies
607
Hebrew Prose Narrative.
Satisfies: FL I II
Course Description: Focus on the grammar, syntax, and prose
style of classical Hebrew composition; a comparative reading of modern and
precritical Jewish and Christian commentary. Readings spanning the spectrum
from the early Hebrew prose of Genesis and and Samuel to the late compositions
of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah. One year of classical Hebrew required. Consent
of instructor required for undergraduates. Also taught as Old Testament 860.
Instructor: Chapman, Davis, Peters, or Portier-Young. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 607
390A
Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Topics.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Topics differ by section. Instructor:
Staff. One course.
308S
Fragmented Memories: Polish and Polish Jewish Culture
Through Film.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI II S
Course Description: Analyzes, compares, and assesses
representations of Polish Christians and Polish Jews -- their life experiences,
interactions, shared and separate fates -- in documentaries and fiction films
made in Poland from the 1930s to the present day. Includes films by Wajda,
Polanski, Munk, Kieslowski; also a 2008 documentary about pre-World War
Christian-Jewish relations in Poland by Jolanta Dylewska. All films screened
with English subtitles. Instructor: Holmgren. One course. C-L: Religion 269
Jewish Studies 269S
486
Internship: Museum-Curating Jewish Art and Artifacts.
Satisfies: R
Course Description: Internship: Museum-Curating Jewish Art
and Artifacts. History of Jewish Museums; organizing and installing of
exhibits; codicology; preservation and cataloguing; theoretical approaches to
effective practices; and methodological diversity reflecting cultural values.
Major research paper required. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: E.
Meyers. One course.
106
Biblical Hebrew II.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Second half of Religion 105. Study of
the weak verb; exegetical treatment of the Book of Jonah. Instructor: Lieber or
staff. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 106, Hebrew 172
610
Readings in Hebrew Biblical Commentaries.
Satisfies:
Course Description: Selected Hebrew texts in Midrash Aggadah
and other Hebrew commentaries reflecting major trends of classical Jewish
exegesis. Consent of instructor required for undergraduates. Instructor: Staff.
One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 610
250
Archaeology and Art of the Biblical World.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: The material culture of ancient
Palestine as it relates to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and early
Judaism. Instructor: E. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 253
105
Biblical Hebrew I.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Elements of phonology, morphology, and
syntax. Exercises in reading and writing Hebrew. Course credit contingent upon
the successful completion of Religion 106. Instructor: Leiber or staff. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 105, Hebrew 171
258
The Modern Middle East.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 214; also
C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 227, International Comparative Studies,
Islamic Studies
550
Archaeology of Palestine in Hellenistic-Roman Times.
Satisfies: CCI CZ STS
Course Description: The study of material and epigraphic
remains as they relate to Judaism in Hellenistic-Roman times, with special emphasis
on Jewish art. Instructor: E. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 550
608
Classical Hebrew Poetry: An Introduction.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: The problem of defining and
understanding what is "poetic" in classical Hebrew. Theories of Hebrew
poetry from Lowth to Kugel and O'Connor illustrated with readings from Psalms,
Isaiah, Job, and Jeremiah. One year of classical Hebrew required. Consent of
instructor required. Also taught as Religion 608. Prerequisites: Old Testament
115, 116. Instructor: Chapman, Davis, Peters, or Portier-Young. One course.
C-L: Jewish Studies 608
459S
Capstone Seminar: History of Zionism and the State of
Israel.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI R SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 451S
369
Germany Confronts Nazism and the Holocaust.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 387; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 369
271
Women in the Biblical Tradition: Image and Role.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI
Course Description: Women in ancient Israel, early
Christianity, and early Judaism in their contexts in the Near Eastern and
Greco-Roman worlds, with attention to the relation between textual depictions
and social reality and to the ethical issues raised by the continuing authority
of biblical texts for matters of gender. Sources include the Bible, images from
art, and archaeological remains. Instructor: C. Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 271, Women's Studies
185
Introduction to Israeli Culture.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 145; also C-L: Religion 185
349S
Zionism: Jewish and Christian Aspects.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS S
Course Description: Examines various trends and ideologies
within Zionism, with emphasis on the movement's religious aspects. Study of
various forms of Zionism, both Christian and Jewish, in the context of the
constantly shifting Christian-Jewish relationship. Introduction to the origins
of political Zionism, with focus on the manner in which religious ideas
influenced both Zionism and the State of Israel. Instructor: Goldman. One
course. C-L: Jewish Studies 350 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 350S
342
The Holocaust.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI STS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 297; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 342, Political Science 262
283
Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Satisfies: CCI EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Cultural
Anthropology 253; also C-L: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 319, Islamic
Studies
609
Rabbinic Hebrew.
Satisfies: FL
Course Description: Interpretive study of late Hebrew, with
readings from the Mishnah and Jewish liturgy. Consent of instructor required
for undergraduates. Instructor: E. Meyers or staff. One course. C-L: Jewish
Studies 609
683
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in Literature and Film.
Satisfies:
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 603
368
German Jewish Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present.
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ
Course Description: One course. C-L: see German 368; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 368
214
Contemporary Israeli Cinema.
Satisfies: ALP CCI EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 241; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 257, Literature 217,
Jewish Studies 241, Islamic Studies
204
Intermediate Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CZ FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 204
407S
Issues in Modern Hebrew.
Satisfies: ALP CCI FL
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Hebrew 407S
266
Screening the Holocaust: Jews, and World Cinema. EI
Satisfies: ALP CCI CZ EI
Course Description: One course. C-L: see Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies 341; also C-L: Arts of the Moving Image 263
89S
First Year Seminar.
Satisfies:
Course Description: New concepts and themes in the Study of
Sexualities. Topics vary each semester. Instructor: Staff. One course.
231
Classical Judaism, Sectarianism, and Early Christianity.
Satisfies: CCI CZ
Course Description: The emergence of ancient Judaism from
late biblical times with the christianization of the Roman Empire by
Constantine the Great. The variety of Judaism explored through the literature
of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and paganism. The impact of
Greco-Roman (Hellenistic) culture on all these traditions. Instructor: E.
Meyers. One course. C-L: Jewish Studies 331
340
Jewish History, 1492 to the Present.
Satisfies: CCI CZ EI SS
Course Description: One course. C-L: see History 251; also
C-L: Jewish Studies 251, Ethics Courses Offered Through Other Departments
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