2018-2019 University Catalog archived
Course Descriptions
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Journalism and Mass Communications |
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JOUR 462 - Communications Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, in public relations, advertising, corporate communications, or other mass media-related businesses, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by March 1 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 463 - Communications Internship
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JOUR 201 and permission of the department. Limited to declared Strategic Communication majors. Professional service, arranged and supervised individually, in public relations, advertising, corporate communications, or other mass media-related businesses, as appropriate. Students proposing to undertake an internship must meet and coordinate their plans with the department’s internship supervisor by March 1 of the year in which they plan to serve the internship. May be carried out during the summer. Staff.
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JOUR 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Prerequisite: Senior standing, honors candidacy and consent of the department faculty. Students interested in honors work are expected to receive departmental approval no later than the middle of the spring term in the junior year. Staff.
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Latin |
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LATN 101 - Elementary Latin
Credits: 3
Study of Latin declensional patterns and sentence formation. Staff.
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LATN 102 - Elementary Latin
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 101. A continuation of the materials and methods in LATN 101 with emphasis on syntax. Staff.
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LATN 200 - Practicum: Latin in the Schools
Experiential Learning (EXP): YES
Credits: 1
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: LATN 201 and instructor consent. A service-learning course in which W&L students design a curriculum and teach beginning Latin in the local elementary school. Benefiel.
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LATN 201 - Republican Prose
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 102 or equivalent. Reading selections from some or all of the following: Cato, Nepos, Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, and Varro. Emphasis on style and syntax, along with the political and social background of the later Republican period. Staff.
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LATN 202 - Introduction to Verse
FDR: FL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 201 or equivalent. Introduction to the language, meter, and style of Latin verse with readings from Horace, Ovid, Virgil, and Propertius. Benefiel.
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LATN 301 - Advanced Prose
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent. Selections from among Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Seneca, and Quintilian. Crotty.
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LATN 310 - Letters of Cicero and Pliny
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course examines different styles and purposes of letter writing in the Roman world, focusing on the historically revealing letters of Cicero and Pliny, but also including samples from the Epistles of Horace and Seneca, as well as a few “fictional” letters by Ovid. Benefiel.
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LATN 320 - Literature in the Age of Nero
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course provides an opportunity for advanced Latin students to understand a very complicated period by examining representative literature of the age. Readings include the Thyestes of Seneca, as well as selections from his Moral Epistles, selections from Lucan’s de Bello Civili , Petronius’ Satyricon and Tacitus’ Histories. Images of art and architecture of the period are shown, and lectures cover such topics necessary for understanding the literature as slavery, public entertainment, and patronage. Carlisle.
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LATN 321 - Lyric Poetry: Horace and Catullus
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Lyric Poetry: Horace and Catullus Carlisle.
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LATN 323 - History: Tacitus
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. History: Tacitus Benefiel.
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LATN 324 - Roman Historiography: Livy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Readings from the Augustan historian Livy’s History of Rome. Carlisle.
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LATN 325 - Virgil’s Aeneid
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Virgil’s Aeneid Carlisle.
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LATN 326 - The Poetry of Ovid
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. Readings from the masterpieces of Ovid’s poetry, including one or more of the following: The Metamorphoses (a grand mythological epic), The Fasti (festivals and the Roman calendar), The Heroides (fictional letters written by mythological heroines, Ars Amatoria and Amores (love poetry) and Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto (his poetry from exile). Topic varies by term but course may be taken only once. Benefiel or Carlisle.
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LATN 328 - Roman Elegy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
This course explores the diverse genre of Roman elegy through a close reading of extensive portions of the poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and other writers. Themes to be discussed include different ideas about love, women in elegiac poetry, and the relationship between the poet/lover and his wider social and political environment. The course also addresses the place of elegy in Greek and Roman poetic traditions. Dance.
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LATN 331 - Early Roman Comedy and Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 202 or instructor consent. This course explores the literature of early Rome, most importantly Roman comedy. Crotty.
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LATN 332 - Latin Prose Composition
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: One 300-level LATN course or instructor consent. A consideration of several masters of prose style, including Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Pliny, as well as extensive exercises in Latin prose composition. Carlisle.
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LATN 350 - Latin Epigraphy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 301. Study of the monuments of the Roman Empire and the importance of text in Roman culture. From religious offerings to building dedications, from wax tablets to statue bases listing an individual’s career, inscriptions were a central part of Roman culture from the time of the emperor Augustus through the fourth century. Laws, catacombs, dedications to the emperor, and other topics provide a view into Roman culture and civilization. Benefiel.
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LATN 395 - Topics in Advanced Latin Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LATN 301 or instructor consent. Selected subject areas in Latin literature. The topic selected varies from year to year. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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LATN 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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LACS 101 - Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
A multidisciplinary, introductory course designed to familiarize students with the pertinent issues that determine or affect the concept of identity in Latin American and Caribbean societies through a study of their geography, history, politics, economics, literature, and culture. The purpose of the course is to provide a framework or overview to enhance understanding in the students’ future courses in particular disciplines and specific areas of Latin American and Caribbean study. Barnett.
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LACS 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. .
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LACS 195 - Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FDR: FDR designation varies with topic, as approved in advance.
Credits: 3
A topical seminar that focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of a singular theme relevant to the overall understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean region, such as Hispanic Feminisms, the Indigenous Americas, or Shifting Borders, among others. As an introductory seminar, topics are selected with the purpose in mind to present the student with a broad, regional view within the scope of a restricted focus or medium. Staff.
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LACS 256 - Trans-American Identity: Images from the Americas
(LIT 256) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others. Barnett.
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LACS 257 - Multiculturalism in Latin America: The Case of Brazil
FDR: HL
Credits: 4
This seminar studies Brazil as an example of a multicultural society. Students examine the meaning of multiculturalism and related concepts of identity, heterogeneity, and Eurocentrism, not only in regard to the Brazilian context, but also, comparatively, to that of US culture. The course focuses on the social dynamics that have engaged Brazilians of different backgrounds, marked by differences of gender, ethnicity, and class, and on how multiculturalism and the ensuing conflicts have continuously shaped and reshaped individual subjectivities and national identity. Some of the key issues to be addressed in class are: Brazil’s ethnic formation; myths of national identity; class and racial relations; and women in Brazilian society. Readings for the class include novels, short stories, poetry, and testimonial/diary Pinto-Bailey.
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LACS 396 - Capstone Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Declaration and completion of all other minor requirements or instructor consent. This capstone course builds upon the foundations developed in LACS 101 and related coursework in the distribution areas. Students discuss assigned readings centered around a key theme or themes of Latin American Studies in connection with an individualized research project. This project is carried out with continual mentoring by a faculty member and in collaboration with peer feedback. Each student presents his/her findings in a formal paper, or other approved end-product, and summarizes the results in an oral presentation. Staff.
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LACS 421 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent of the instructor. Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation. Barnett.
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LACS 422 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent of the instructor. Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation. Barnett.
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LACS 423 - Interdisciplinary Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and consent of the instructor. Independent research into a topic centered within Latin America or the Caribbean, directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students are expected to share their work with the public through a public presentation. Barnett.
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LACS 451 - LACS Practicum
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: At least three credits from LACS-designated coursework; one course chosen from FREN 162, FREN 164, PORT 163, SPAN 162, SPAN 164, or equivalent; and instructor consent. Supervised experience in a Latin American or Caribbean setting (including domestic U.S.), such as an agency, research organization, or other venue that offers insight into Latin American and Caribbean issues. Requires at least 16 work hours over no fewer than four weeks and a research report in addition to the off-campus activities. May be carried out during the summer. May be repeated for credit when the setting is different. Offered when interest is expressed and LACS faculty can accommodate.
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LACS 452 - LACS Practicum
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: At least three credits from LACS-designated coursework; one course chosen from FREN 162, FREN 164, PORT 163, SPAN 162, SPAN 164, or equivalent; and instructor consent. Supervised experience in a Latin American or Caribbean setting (including domestic U.S.), such as an agency, research organization, or other venue that offers insight into Latin American and Caribbean issues. Requires at least 32 work hours over no fewer than four weeks and a research report in addition to the off-campus activities. May be carried out during the summer. Offered when interest is expressed and LACS faculty can accommodate.
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LACS 453 - LACS Fieldwork
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: LACS 101; one course chosen from FREN 162, FREN 164, PORT 163, SPAN 162, SPAN 164, or equivalent; and instructor consent. Supervised experience in a Latin American or Caribbean setting (including domestic U.S.), such as an agency, research organization, or other venue that offers insight into Latin American and Caribbean issues. Requires at least 48 work hours over no fewer than six weeks and a research report in addition to the off-campus activities. May be carried out during the summer. Offered when interest is expressed and LACS faculty can accommodate.
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LACS 454 - LACS Fieldwork
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: LACS 101; one course chosen from FREN 162, FREN 164, PORT 163, SPAN 162, SPAN 164, or equivalent; and instructor consent. Supervised experience in a Latin American or Caribbean setting (including domestic U.S.), such as an agency, research organization, or other venue that offers insight into Latin American and Caribbean issues. Requires at least 64 work hours over no fewer than eight weeks and a research report in addition to the off-campus activities. May be carried out during the summer. Offered when interest is expressed and LACS faculty can accommodate.
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LEGL 220 - The Legal Profession
Credits: 4
In recent decades, the percentage of civil and criminal suits in the U.S. which actually go to trial has dropped to about two percent. Yet most popular conceptions of the legal profession remain fixated on the drama of trials, as portrayed in films, on television, and in novels. What is legal practice actually like, for most attorneys, most of the time? This intensive seminar is designed for those who are curious about the legal profession and wish to know more about its inner workings, perhaps before committing themselves to post-graduate legal education. It introduces students to the fundamentals of legal reasoning and analysis, legal research, and legal writing, as well as contemporary issues and concerns facing the profession in a time of profound transition. Students engage in a series of practical exercises designed to mimic the tasks assigned to first-year associates at a law firm, and the seminar culminates with students’ oral arguments on a motion hearing for which they have researched and drafted legal briefs. Law Faculty.
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LEGL 230 - Separation of Powers in the U.S. Constitution
(POL 230) FDR: SS2
Credits: 4
This course probes the origins, development, advantages, and disadvantages of the tripartite structure of the federal government, beginning with an examination of the background and text of Articles I, II, and III of the U.S. Constitution. We analyze structural explanations provided in the Federalist Papers, along with Classical and Enlightenment sources addressing the nature of political power, the problem of faction, the role of checks and balances, and the purpose of separated functions. In-depth analyses of leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions trace evolving conceptions of legislative. executive. and judicial powers along with attention to the relevance of war and economic crisis to the authority and function of each branch. In discussions of landmark decisions, students compare the legal thought of a number of Justices–John Marshall, William Howard Taft, Robert Jackson, William Brennan, Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and Antonin Scalia. We trace the creation of the so-called “fourth branch” of government–the administrative state– and examine whether this “branch” can be reconciled with ideas of representative democracy and constitutional text. Students prepare and deliver two oral arguments based on assigned cases and write an appellate brief on a separation-of-powers topic. Murchison.
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LEGL 231 - Introduction to Jury Advocacy
Credits: 1
Pass/fail basis only. Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Introduction to the jury system, federal rules of evidence, and trial practice. Participants are introduced to the legal, practical, and policy implications of jury advocacy in the United States, and put that learning into practice through role plays as both witness and advocate. Members of the intercollegiate mock-trial team are selected from those who complete the courses successfully. Belmont.
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LEGL 295 - Topics in Law and Legal Studies
Credits: 2-4
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior class standing. instructor consent, and approval by application at go.wlu.edu/app-ugr-to-law.pdf. Courses available for credit include seminars and upper-level electives, but excludes all first-year courses, Constitutional Law, Evidence, clinics, practica, and externships.
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LEGL 345 - Mass Atrocity, Human Rights, and International Law
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. This course is designed to benefit students with an interest in law school and/or international relations and also those with no plans to pursue law school or international relations work but who are keen to catch a view of both of these areas. This interdisciplinary course reflects upon the place of law and justice in societies that have endured or inflicted systemic human-rights violations. Among the examples we study are Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Japan, Czech Republic, Poland, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Uganda, Cambodia, Syria, South Africa, Congo, ISIS, Sierra Leone, and the United States. A related aim is to consider what sorts of legal responses are suitable to deal with perpetrators of mass atrocity. Individuals commit the acts that cumulatively lead to mass atrocity, but the connived nature of the violence implicates questions of collective responsibility. While our instinct may be to prosecute guilty individuals, are other responses more appropriate? What do victims and their families want? Mark Drumbl.
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LEGL 431 - Tutorial in Trial Preparation and Procedure
Credits: 1
Pass/fail basis only. Prerequisites: Interdepartmental 231 and instructor consent. Preparation for and participation in intercollegiate mock-trial competitions. Participants prepare a case based on an assigned set of facts and assume roles of both lawyer and witness in the classroom and competition. May be repeated with instructor’s permissions for a maximum of three credits toward degree requirements. Belmont.
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Literature in Translation |
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LIT 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. Completion of FW FDR requirement or this may vary with the topic. First-year seminar.
Winter 2019, LIT 180-01: First-Year Seminar: From Page and Stage to Celluloid: Carmen (4). Prerequisite: First-year class standing only. Bizet’s opera, Carmen, based on the so-named novella by French author Mérimée, popularized the character of the fiery gypsy abroad more than in France. We trace her sisters in French, Spanish, and Russian literature, opera, and art, and her reincarnations in film, including Charlie Chaplin’s A Burlesque on Carmen, Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones, Federico Rosi’s filmed opera Carmen, J.-L. Godard’s Prénom Carmen, Carlos Saura’s Carmen. We study how the world stage, the artistic trends, the mores, and the concerns of the times shape and renew this enduring character and the men she beguiles. (HL) Frégnac-Clave.
Fall 2018, LIT 180-02: FS: Living by the Code: Honor, Love, and War in the Literature of the High Middle Ages (3). First-year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year class standing only and completion of the FDR requirement in writing (FW). An exploration of notions of honor and honorable behavior in European aristocratic culture of the High Middle Ages, as represented in literary texts of the 11th and 12th centuries. Students chart the transformation in court literature of the Germanic and feudal warrior (Hildebrandslied, Song of Roland) into the chivalric knight (Arthurian romances), whose adventures are motivated by the quest for honor and the love for an ideal woman. We also study the ways in which warrior and courtly codes of conduct, the ethos of chivalry and courtly love, and conceptions of the feminine ideal were articulated, constructed, and critiqued. (HL) Prager.
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LIT 203 - Greek Literature from Homer to the Early Hellenistic Period
(CLAS 203) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Readings in translation from Homer, Hesiod, the tragedians, the comedians, and the lyric and pastoral poets, including selections from Herodotus and Thucydides, and from Plato’s and Aristotle’s reflections on literature. The course includes readings from modern critical writings. We read some of the most famous stories of the Western world–from the Iliad and the Odyssey, to Milton’s Paradise Lost and Joyce’s Ulysses, via Virgil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Civil War. All of these works are epic narratives, each presenting a different concept of the hero, and yet, at the same time, participating in a coherent, on-going and unfinished tradition. We consider such questions as the role of violence in literature; the concept of the heroic as it reflects evolving ideas of the individual and society; and the idea of a literary tradition.
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LIT 210 - Representations of Women, Gender and Sexuality in World Literature
(WGSS 210) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This course examines a plethora of literary texts chosen from across historical periods from antiquity, through early modern times, to the modern and postmodern era and across several national traditions and cultural landscapes. Its main intellectual objective is to sensitize students to the ways in which women and gender have been represented in literary texts of various genres and to help them develop specific analytic skills in order to discover and evaluate the interconnections between the treatment of women in society and their artistic reflections in works of literature. Radulescu.
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LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. Selected Russian literary masterpieces (short stories, plays and novels). Authors include Olesha, Babel, Nabokov, and Solzhenitsyn. Brodsky.
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LIT 218 - Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. A survey of Chinese literature from the earliest period to the founding of the Republic in 1912. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. The literature is presented in the context of its intellectual, philosophical and cultural background. Texts used may vary from year to year and include a wide selection of fiction, poetry, historical documents, Chinese drama (opera) and prose works. Audiovisual materials are used when appropriate and available. Fu.
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LIT 219 - Augustine and the Literature of Self, Soul, and Synapses
(REL 219) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A careful reading of the depiction of the restless soul in Augustine’s Confessions is followed by study of fictional, philosophical, religious, and/or scientific literature. Students reflect on the state of the soul in a world made of selves or the fate of the self in a soulless world … and whether there might be other options Kosky.
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LIT 220 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This is a survey course to introduce students to the literature of 20th-century China. Through close reading of key literary texts from the 1910s to the present, students explore the social, historical and literary background that gave rise to the texts studied and the ways in which these texts address various issues that China faced at the time. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. In addition to the selected literary texts, the course introduces several feature films that are cinematic adaptations of modern Chinese fiction and explore the complex and dynamic interchange between literary and cinematic language. Zhu.
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LIT 221 - Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. An introduction to Japanese literature in its historical and cultural contexts from premodern to modern times. The course materials draw upon selections from the earliest prose works to contemporary fiction of representative modern writers. Ikeda.
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LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement or instructor consent. Selected topics in Japanese literature, varying from year to year. Possible topics include the development of poetic forms, Heian court literature and art, diaries, epics, Buddhist literature, the culture of food and tea, and Noh drama.
Fall 2018, LIT 223-01: Seminar in Japanese Lit in Trans: Food and Tea in Japan (3). No prerequisite. Corequisite: LIT 223L. Experiential Learning. This seminar explores the distinct theme of food and tea in Japanese culture and literature. We examine three broad categories throughout the term; kaiseki, bento, and common fare. In addition to three hours of lecture, this unique course requires a “cultural lab” where students master the rudimentary procedure of the tea ceremony in the Japanese tea room in Watson Pavilion. (HL) Ikeda.
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LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. This course is designed to introduce students to the poetry and theater of Japan’s premodern era. We examine classical themes and poetic art forms, and read from the vast canon of Japanese poetry. Readings cover major poets such as Hitomaro, Komachi, Teika, Saigyo, Sogi and Basho. The second part of the course offers a close study of the four traditional dramatic art forms of Japan: Noh, Kyogen or Comic Theater, Puppet Theater, and Kabuki. Students experience the performative aspect of the Noh theater by learning dance movements and song/chant from the play Yuya . The final part of the course demonstrates how classical theater has influenced modern playwrights and novelists. Ikeda.
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LIT 235 - Tragedies East and West
FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. This course is designed to introduce students to the topic of tragedy in both China and the West from its origin in Greece and the Chinese Yuan dynasty up to modern times. It examines the concept of tragedy as a literary genre in the West, its evolution in history, and the aptness of its application to Chinese drama. Primary texts from Western and Chinese classical drama as well as from the modern period are selected as a basis for comparison, with a view to helping students form a comparative perspective in their appreciation of both Chinese and Western drama. Course activities include frequent discussions, writing assignments and projects of student performance, video screenings and a possible trip to either Washington DC or New York City to view a Chinese or Western play in performance. Fu.
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LIT 256 - Trans-American Identity: Images from the Americas
(LACS 256) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Counts toward the literature distribution requirement for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. A multi-genre survey of representative literary works from the Americas, defined as those regions that encompass Latin American and Caribbean cultures. In particular the course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how exemplary artists from the region have crafted images to interpret and represent their American reality. Selected narrative, film, and poetic works by Spanish-American (Neruda, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo, and Carpentier), Francophone (Danticat), Lusophone (Amado), and Anglophone authors (Walcott, Brathwaite, and Naipaul), among others. Barnett.
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LIT 259 - The French Caribbean Novel
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A stylistic and thematic study of identity acquisition through exile, marginalization, struggle, reintegration and cultural blending or any other sociologically significant phenomenon reflected in the literary works of the most important post-colonial French West Indian authors. Spawned largely by Aimé Césaire’s book-length poem, Notebook of a Return to My Native Land , French Caribbean novels have proliferated since the end of World War II. After taking a brief look first at this seminal poem, the course then focuses analytically on novels written by authors such as Haitian Jacques Roumain, Guadeloupeans Simone Schwarz-Bart and Maryse Condé, and Martinicans Joseph Zobel, Raphaël Confiant, and Édouard Glissant. Several films based on, or pertaining to, Césaire’s poem and to certain novels are also viewed. Staff.
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LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Brodsky.
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LIT 273 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
(REL 273) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Readings in the works of 20th-century Jewish authors, studied as literary responses to the historical and religious crises of modern Jewish life in Europe, the United States, and Israel. Marks.
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LIT 295 - Special Topics in Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3-4
Prerequisites: Completion of FW requirement. A selected topic focusing on a particular author, genre, motif or period in translation. The specific topic is determined by the interests of the individual instructor. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2019, LIT 295-01: Literary Reflections on National Socialism (3). Prerequisite: Completion of FDR FW requirement. The literature of post World War II Germany that reflects on and attempts to come to terms with the atrocities of the Nazi regime. Readings, discussion, and writing in English. (HL). Crockett.
Spring 2019, LIT 295-03: Topic: The African Child-Soldier (3). Prerequisite: Completion of FDR FW requirement. Who is a child? Who is a child-soldier? Did the child have a childhood in a home and family before becoming a soldier? What is childhood? How does the definition of childhood (legal or otherwise) jibe with the child’s own perception or understanding of his/her place in society? Does s/he return home, and to a family after combat? Are home and family still the same? This course engages these and other questions as they relate to the representation of the child-soldier in African literary texts and in film. In so doing, we interrogate the larger question of agency, victimhood, and the human capacity to transcend adversity, focusing specifically on how the child (or child-soldier) negotiates the meandering road upon which s/he has been thrusted by people and circumstances, with no properly functioning compass. (HL) Kamara.
Fall 2018, LIT 295B-01: Arabic Literature in Translation: The Arab Spring in Literature and Media (3). Prerequisites: Completion of FW requirement. The year 2011 marked the moment in which demonstrations and sit-ins against tyranny erupted simultaneously throughout the Arab World. Revolutionaries, mostly under the age of 30, demanded freedom of speech, an end to corruption, and the establishment of democratic states. These uprisings, called The Arab Spring, left a strong footprint on Arabic literature and media. This course introduces students to political, social, and economic issues in the Arab World through different literary genres (such as novels and short stories, political satire, movies, music, poetry and social media) that reflect the aspirations, disappointments, and concerns of the Arabs before, during, and after the revolutions. (HL). Hala Abdelmobdy.
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MATH 101 - Calculus I
FDR: FM
Credits: 3
Note: Students needing this course to fulfill an FDR requirement should add to a waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem. Sections meet either 3 or 4 days a week, with material in the latter presented at a more casual pace.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-02: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Dymacek.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-03: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Dymacek.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-04: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Denne.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-05: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Denne.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-06: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Feldman.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-07: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Staff.
Fall 2018, MATH 101-08: Calculus I (3). An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem.(FM) Feldman.
Fall 2018, MATH 101B-01: Calculus I for Beginners: A First Course (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This section meets 4 hours a week and is restricted to and specially tailored for those who are beginning their study of calculus. Students who have already seen calculus, yet wish to retake it, must register for MATH 101, 101E, or 101F instead of 101B. An introduction to the calculus of functions of one variable, including a study of limits, derivatives, extrema, integrals, and the fundamental theorem. (FM) Hardy.
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MATH 102 - Calculus II
FDR: FM
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 101 with C grade or better. Note: Students wanting to take this course should add to the waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. A continuation of MATH 101, including techniques and applications of integration, transcendental functions, and infinite series. Staff.
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MATH 118 - Introduction to Statistics
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 101. Elementary probability and counting. Mean and variance of discrete and continuous random variables. Central Limit Theorem. Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests concerning parameters of one or two normal populations.
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MATH 121 - Discrete Mathematics I
FDR: FM
Credits: 3
A study of concepts fundamental to the analysis of finite mathematical structures and processes. These include logic and sets, algorithms, induction, the binomial theorem, and combinatorics.
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MATH 122 - Discrete Mathematics II
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 121. A continuation of MATH 121. Applications of 121 include probability theory in finite sample spaces and properties of the binomial distribution. This course also includes relations on finite sets, equivalence classes, partial orderings, and an introduction to graph theory and enumeration.
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MATH 171 - Mathematics of Cryptography
FDR: SC,
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: MATH 101 or 121. The history and application of cryptography. Topics include private-key codes, the ENIGMA machine and other WWII codes, public-key codes, and the RSA system. Appropriate mathematics is introduced, as necessary, to understand the construction and use of these codes. Several assignments are themselves in code, and students must decipher them just to find out what the homework is. Staff.
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MATH 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3-4
Prerequisite: First-Year standing. First-year seminar.
Winter 2019, MATH 180A-01: FS: Close Encounters with the Impossible (3). First-year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year class standing only. Are you the type of person who embraces the contradictory? Is the word “impossible” not in your vocabulary? Would it surprise you to learn that you are keeping good company with, wait, hold your breath, mathematicians? Don’t mathematicians shun contradictions and the impossible? Well some of the greatest discoveries in mathematics were the result of flirting with the contradictory (parallel lines meet, giving rise to perspective in art) and the impossible (the fourth dimension, curved space, infinity … ). Would you like to learn how to take a solid ball, cut it up into six pieces and, without deforming or changing the shape of any of those pieces, put them back together to get TWO solid balls, each the same size as the original? 2 = 1?! You don’t need to be traditionally mathy (the Urban Dictionary says “mathy” is a word) to enjoy this course. (SC) McRae.
Spring 2019, Math 180-01: FS:A Brief Voyage to the 4th Dimension (4). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year class standing and MATH 102 or equivalent. A beginning look at the geometry of 4-dimensional Euclidean space, including learning some tools for studying 4-dimensional objects, and beginning to understand the difficulties in “seeing” such objects. Students also begin measuring in this 4-dimensional setting. The last week of the course is devoted to group projects and presentations. (SC) Humke.
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MATH 195 - Special Topics in Mathematics
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Selected topics in mathematics. May be repeated if topics are different.
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MATH 221 - Multivariable Calculus
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 102 with C grade or better. Note: Students needing this course to fulfill an FDR requirement should add to a waiting list when open; additional sections may be added. Motion in three dimensions, parametric curves, differential calculus of multivariable functions, multiple integrals, line integrals, and Green’s Theorem.
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MATH 222 - Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 102. Introductory linear algebra: systems of linear equations, matrices and determinants, vector spaces over the reals, linear transformations, eigenvectors, and vector geometry.
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MATH 239 - Dimensions of Art and Math
(ARTS 239) FDR: HA
Credits: 3
In this studio course, we explore subject matters from the interface of mathematics and art by combining mathematical principles and artistic sensibilities and processes. We explore the potential synergy between the two disciplines through looking at designs, patterns, dimensions, and forms through two separate prisms, and we try to find ways in which one can be applied to the other. Abrams and Tamir.
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MATH 270 - Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 102. Topics include the time value of money, the force of interest, annuities, yield rates, amortization schedules, bonds, contracts, options, swaps, and arbitrage. Equal emphasis is given to both the theoretical background and to the computational aspects of interest theory. This course helps prepare students for the Financial Mathematics actuary exam. Staff.
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MATH 291 - Directed Summer Research
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Directed individual research in mathematics during the summer months. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a mathematics faculty member by prior mutual agreement. Consult with individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit with consent of the instructor. Staff.
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MATH 292 - Directed Summer Research
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Directed individual research in mathematics during the summer months. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a mathematics faculty member by prior mutual agreement. Consult with individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit with consent of the instructor. Staff.
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MATH 293 - Directed Summer Research
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 3
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Directed individual research in mathematics during the summer months. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a mathematics faculty member by prior mutual agreement. Consult with individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit with consent of the instructor. Staff.
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MATH 301 - Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Six credits of mathematics or a grade of at least B in MATH 102. Basic analytical tools and principles useful in mathematical investigations, from their beginning stages, in which experimentation and pattern analysis are likely to play a role, to their final stages, in which mathematical discoveries are formally proved to be correct. Strongly recommended for all prospective mathematics majors.
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MATH 303 - Complex Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 221 or consent of the instructor. Algebra of complex numbers, polar form, powers, and roots. Derivatives and geometry of elementary functions. Line integrals, the Cauchy Integral Theorem, the Cauchy Integral formula, Taylor and Laurent Series, residues, and poles. Applications.
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MATH 309 - Probability
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: The equivalent of MATH 221 with C grade or better. Probability, probability density and distribution functions, mathematical expectation, discrete and continuous random variables, and moment generating functions.
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MATH 310 - Mathematical Statistics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 309. Sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, testing hypotheses, regression and correlation, and analysis of variance.
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MATH 311 - Real Analysis I
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MATH 221 with C grade or better; MATH 301 is recommended. Basic properties of real numbers, elementary topology of the real line and Euclidean spaces, and continuity and differentiability of real-valued functions on Euclidean spaces.
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MATH 312 - Real Analysis II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 311. Riemann integration, nature and consequences of various types of convergence of sequences and series of functions, some special series, and related topics.
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MATH 321 - Abstract Algebra I
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MATH 222; MATH 301 is recommended. Groups, including normal subgroups, quotient groups, permutation groups. Cauchy’s theorem and Sylow’s theorems.
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MATH 322 - Abstract Algebra II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 321. Rings, including ideals, quotient rings, Euclidean rings, polynomial rings. Fields of quotients of an integral domain. Further field theory as time permits.
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MATH 332 - Ordinary Differential Equations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 221 with C grade or better. First and second order differential equations, systems of differential equations, and applications. Techniques employed are analytic, qualitative, and numerical.
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MATH 333 - Partial Differential Equations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 332. An introduction to the study of boundary value problems and partial differential equations. Topics include modeling heat and wave phenomena, Fourier series, separation of variables, and Bessel functions. Techniques employed are analytic, qualitative, and numerical.
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MATH 341 - Geometric Topology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 311 or as co-requisite with instructor consent. A study of the shape of space focusing on characteristics not detected by geometry alone. Topics are approached pragmatically and include point set topology of Euclidean space, map-coloring problems, knots, the shape of the universe, surfaces, graphs and trees, the fundamental group, the Jordan Curve Theorem, and homology.
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MATH 342 - Modern Geometry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 221. A survey of recent developments in geometry. Topics vary and may include such subjects as the geometry of curves and surfaces, singularity and catastrophe theory, geometric probability, integral geometry, convex geometry, and the geometry of space-time.
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MATH 345 - Calculus on Manifolds
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MATH 221 and 222. This course builds on material from both multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Topics covered include: manifolds, derivatives as linear transformations, tangent spaces, inverse and implicit function theorems, integration on manifolds, differential forms, and the generalized Stokes’ Theorem. Staff.
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MATH 353 - Numerical Analysis
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: MATH 221 and 222. Analysis, implementation, and applications of algorithms for solving equations, fitting curves, and numerical differentiation and integration. Theorems and proofs are complemented by hands-on programming exercises fostering a concrete understanding of accuracy, efficiency and stability, as well as an awareness of potential pitfalls in machine arithmetic. No previous programming experience is required. Staff.
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MATH 361 - Graph Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 122 or 222. Graphs and digraphs, trees, connectivity, cycles and traversability, and planar graphs. Additional topics selected from colorings, matrices and eigenvalues, and enumeration.
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MATH 363 - Combinatorics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 122, 201, or 222. Topics include counting methods, permutations and combinations, binomial identities, recurrence relations. generating functions, special sequences, partitions, and other topics as time and student interest permit. Staff.
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MATH 365 - Number Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 201 or consent of the instructor. Topics include prime numbers, Euclidean algorithm, congruences, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Fermat’s Little Theorem, Euler’s Theorem, arithmetic functions, Euler’s phi function, perfect numbers, the quadratic reciprocity law, continued fractions, and other topics as time and student interest permit.
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MATH 369 - The Mathematics of Puzzles and Games
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: MATH 322 and instructor consent The application of mathematics to puzzles and games. A brief survey on the designs of tournaments. The puzzles and games include but are not limited to the Rubik’s Cube, poker, blackjack, and peg solitaire. Staff.
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MATH 383 - Topics in Mathematics
Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring
Prerequisite: MATH 221, but may varies with topic. Readings and conferences for a student or students on topics agreed upon with the directing staff. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Fall 2018, MATH 383-01: Chaotic Dynamical Systems (3). Prerequisite MATH 221. An introduction to discrete dynamical systems, their applications, and their predictable and chaotic behavior. This includes the calculus of fixed points and periodic points, predictable and chaotic orbits, bifurcations in families of functions, iterated function systems, fractal sets, and the Mandelbrot set. Feldman.
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MATH 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent unless otherwise noted. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-01: Art + Mathematics (1). No prerequisite. We explore how artists have been inspired by mathematical concepts. The connection between the worlds of mathematics and art can be direct, as between geometry and perspective or between symmetry and geometric patterns. But often the connections are not as direct, as when Cantor’s theories about infinity alongside the discovery of non-Euclidean geometries precipitated a crisis in the foundations of mathematics, which influenced M.C. Escher. This crisis was further exacerbated by Gödel’s computational proofs, inspiring Alan Turing to invent the electronic computer, paving the way to digital art. McRae.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-02: Directed Individual Study - Actuary Exam IFM Preparation (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. A study of problem-solving techniques in preparation for the Society of Actuaries Exam IFM, which covers derivatives markets. McRae.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-03: Directed Individual Study - Steinhaus Graphs (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Dymacek.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-04: Directed Individual Study - Group Representation Theory(1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. Bush.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-05: Directed Individual Study - Concepts in Math (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Individual conferences. Hardy.
Winter 2019, MATH 401-06: Directed Individual Study - Topics in Algebra (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A study of the finite subgroups of the two-dimensional projective matrix group with rational coefficients, and their relationship to continued fractions. Individual conferences. Dresden.
Fall 2018, MATH 401-01: Directed Individual Study - Putnam Prep (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This problem-solving course prepares students to take the Putnam exam. Students must take the exam to pass the course. Bush.
Fall 2018, MATH 401-02: Directed Individual Study - Topics in Number Theory (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A study of number theory, Galois groups, and continued fractions, with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between polynomials and groups. Dresden.
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MATH 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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MATH 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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MATH 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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MATH 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Directed independent work in mathematics, especially for honors candidates. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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