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CHEM 365 - Advanced Physical Chemistry
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A more advanced treatment of the fundamental areas of physical chemistry, such as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Specific topics vary with student interest. Desjardins, Tuchler.
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CHEM 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students, in accordance with departmental guidelines (available from chemistry faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CHEM 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students, in accordance with departmental guidelines (available from chemistry faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CHEM 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students, in accordance with departmental guidelines (available from chemistry faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CHEM 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, tri-weekly reports and laboratory work on a project supervised by the instructor and designed by the student and instructor. A final written report on the project is required. Staff.
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CHEM 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, tri-weekly reports and laboratory work on a project supervised by the instructor and designed by the student and instructor. A final written report on the project is required. Staff.
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CHEM 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, tri-weekly reports and laboratory work on a project supervised by the instructor and designed by the student and instructor. A final written report on the project is required. Staff.
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CHEM 471 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Senior standing in chemistry and instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, reports and laboratory. Maximum of six credits. Laboratory course. Staff.
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CHEM 472 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Senior standing in chemistry and instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, reports and laboratory. Maximum of six credits. Laboratory course. Staff.
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CHEM 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Senior standing in chemistry and instructor consent. Literature search, conferences, reports and laboratory. Maximum of six credits. Laboratory course. Staff.
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CHEM 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: Honors candidacy, senior standing in chemistry, and instructor consent. Laboratory work resulting in a thesis exhibiting a significant understanding of an important problem. A student interested in Honors in Chemistry or Biochemistry should notify the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Head by the end of the sophomore year. Staff.
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CHIN 101 - Exploring Chinese Language and Culture
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
This course is an introduction to Chinese language and culture. Students learn elementary oral and written Chinese and also about the evolution of the Chinese language. Slides, media presentations and film clips are used to demonstrate the impact the language has had on the culture and their interactions in contemporary Chinese society. This course is not a prerequisite for CHIN 111, nor does it allow a student to move to a language course numbered higher than CHIN 111 without permission of the department. Staff.
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CHIN 103 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to introduce Chinese language and culture to students with little or no previous Chinese language background and prepare them for studying first-year Chinese. Combining language study with studies of other aspects of Chinese culture (literature, art. history, economy, etc.) provides students with first-hand experience of the development of contemporary China. Classes and discussions are held at the International College or Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Students learn through personal experience about the emergence or modern China and its changing culture. Fu.
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CHIN 105 - Supervised Study Abroad: Beginning Chinese
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: Consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to introduce Chinese language and culture to students with little or no previous Chinese language background and prepare them for studying first-year Chinese. Combining language study with studies of other aspects of Chinese culture (literature, art, history, economy, etc.) provides students with firsthand experience of the development of contemporary China. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Students learn through personal experience about the emergence of modern China and its changing culture. Fu.
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CHIN 111 - First-Year Chinese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to modern spoken and written Chinese. In addition to classroom drill in speaking and reading, extensive use is made of both the language laboratory and the computer in outside preparation. Fu.
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CHIN 112 - First-Year Chinese II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 111 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 111. Further work on modern spoken and written Chinese. Fu.
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CHIN 113 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite. Chinese 112, consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying second-year Chinese. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students have opportunities to mingle with ordinary Chinese people, to engage in everyday conversation, and to have first-hand experience of the development of contemporary China. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
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CHIN 115 - Supervised Study Abroad: First-Year Chinese
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: CHIN 112, consent of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to improve active oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying second-year Chinese. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students have opportunities to mingle with ordinary Chinese people, to engage in everyday conversation, and to have firsthand experience of the development of contemporary China. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
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CHIN 261 - Second-Year Chinese I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: CHIN 112 or the equivalent. A continuation of first-year Chinese with intensive drill in spoken Chinese closely coordinated with acquiring Chinese characters and reinforcing sentence patterns. Audiovisual materials are used extensively. Zhu.
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CHIN 262 - Second-Year Chinese II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 261 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 261 with intensive drill in spoken Chinese closely coordinated with acquiring Chinese characters and reinforcing sentence patterns. Zhu.
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CHIN 263 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Chinese 261 or 262, consent of the department and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying third-year Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students discuss and debate with Chinese students about emerging social. economic, and policy issues. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
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CHIN 265 - Supervised Study Abroad: Second-Year Chinese
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: CHIN 261 or 262, consent of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for studying third-year. Classes and discussions are held at the International College of Chinese Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Students discuss and debate with Chinese students about emerging social, economic, and policy issues. The program includes field trips to points of historical interests and many cultural activities. Fu.
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CHIN 301 - Third-Year Chinese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: CHIN 262 or the equivalent. This course is focused upon reinforcement of Chinese structural patterns and extensive acquisition of Chinese characters, as well as topical conversational practice and the introduction of much cultural information essential to communication in Chinese. Staff.
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CHIN 302 - Third-Year Chinese II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CHIN 301 or the equivalent. A continuation of CHIN 301 with added emphasis on writing. Staff.
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CHIN 305 - Introduction to Business and Legal Chinese
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and when departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite or corequisite: CHIN 262 or equivalent. This course provides basic knowledge of the Chinese language necessary for doing business and for handling legal issues. Topics are selected that represent typical business and legal use of the language, and discussion of the grammar. Certain language features and their use and context are provided. Extensive drills and practices of the sentence patterns and specialized vocabulary, both in and out of class, further help students use the business and legal Chinese appropriately. Fu.
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CHIN 311 - Advanced Chinese I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: CHIN 302 or the equivalent and instructor consent. Advanced readings with discussion in Chinese. This course reinforces Chinese structural patterns and extensive acquisition of Chinese characters and enhances students’ ability to speak and to write. Topics involving current Chinese culture are introduced and discussed. Staff.
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CHIN 312 - Advanced Chinese II: Contemporary Fiction
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: CHIN 311 or the equivalent and consent of the instructor. This course focuses on advanced readings in Chinese literature with intensive practice in speaking and writing. The texts analyzed are authentic modern literary works from both China and Taiwan . Zhu.
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CHIN 315 - Introduction to Classical Chinese
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter, when departmental resources permit
Prerequisite: CHIN 311 or corequisite of CHIN 312. This course is an introduction to the basic grammar and syntax of classical Chinese, the standard written language in China for over two millennia until the early 20th century (and for many centuries the first written language in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, as well). Literary, historical, philosophical, or political texts from the premodern Chinese era are selected for oral discussion and for written exercise. The aim of the course is to help students gain reading knowledge of and be able to appreciate the treasure house of the ancient Chinese culture. Fu.
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CHIN 363 - Supervised Study Abroad: 3rd- or 4th-Year Chinese
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Instructor consent and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for further study. Fu.
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CHIN 365 - Supervised Study Abroad: 3rd- or 4th-Year Chinese
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: Instructor consent and approval of the International Education Committee. This course is designed to further improve student oral proficiency in Chinese, to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, and to prepare students for further study. Fu.
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CHIN 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
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CHIN 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
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CHIN 403 - Directed Individual Study
FDR: HL: only when the subject is literary.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced study in Chinese. The nature and content of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by an evaluation of their previous work. Fu.
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CLAS 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
First-Year seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year standing. Topic varies by term.
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CLAS 200 - Greek Art & Archaeology
(ARTH 200) FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and every fourth year
An introduction to ancient Greek art and archaeology. We encounter some of the greatest works of art in human history, as we survey the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and town planning of the ancient Greeks. We encounter the history of the people behind the objects that they left behind, from the material remains of the Bronze Age palaces and Classical Athenian Acropolis to the world created in the wake of Alexander the Great’s conquests. We also consider how we experience the ancient Greek world today through archaeological practice, cultural heritage, and the antiquities trade. Laughy.
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CLAS 201 - Classical Mythology
FDR: HL
Credits: 3 in fall, winter; 4 in spring
Planned Offering: Fall 2014.
An introduction to the study of Greek mythology, with an emphasis on the primary sources. The myths are presented in their historical, religious, and political contexts. The course also includes an introduction to several major theories of myth, and uses comparative materials drawn from contemporary society and media. Crotty.
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CLAS 203 - Greek Literature from Homer to the Early Hellenistic Period
(LIT 203) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered 2014-2015.
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. Crotty.
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CLAS 204 - Augustan Era
(LIT 204) FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
An interdisciplinary course taught in English, using the tools of literature, history and art to examine a specific, complicated, and pivotally important period in the evolution of western culture, focused on the literary. Readings from the poets predominate (Virgil’s Aeneid and Ovid’s Metamorphosis, selections from Horace, Propertius, Tibullus and other poems of Ovid) and also including readings from ancient historians dealing with Augustus and the major events of his period (e.g., Suetonius, Plutarch, and Tacitus on such topics as Actium and problems of succession). The topic for each lecture is illustrated with slides of works of art and architecture from the period. Selections from historians and from material remains are chosen according to intersection points with the literature. Carlisle.
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CLAS 208 - The Classical Epic Tradition
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
In this course, 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, ongoing, and unfinished tradition. Questions explored include: the problematic nature of the hero, the relation between poetry and violence, the nature of literary tradition. Crotty.
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CLAS 210 - Sex, Gender and Power in Ancient Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
What does it mean to be a woman or a man and what power dynamic exists between the two genders? Definitions of gender and gender roles are not a modern phenomenon but have their origins in antiquity. Both literary and visual sources reveal to us the constant puzzling over issues of gender that preoccupied the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this course, we examine sources from various genres and media for example, philosophy, epic, drama, poetry, history, painting, and sculpture in an attempt to understand the various ways the Greeks and Romans conceived of gender. Readings include primary sources from antiquity (e.g., Homer, Aeschylus, Euripides, Plato, Terence, Cicero, Livy), as well as secondary sources from modern scholarship on gender in antiquity. Staff.
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CLAS 215 - Ancient Drama and Its Influence
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015.
In this course we study ancient tragedy and comedy, both Greek and Roman, and look, too, at the cultural forces shaping ancient drama and some of the influence on later drama and thought. In addition to later plays that hail from ancient drama, we consider some philosophical interpretations of the significance of drama, and, in particular, tragedy. Crotty.
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CLAS 221 - Plato
(PHIL 221) FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Alternate years
An in-depth examination of the philosophy of Plato. We look at Plato’s epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy through a careful analysis of several dialogues, including some or all of the following: Euthyphro, Laches, Apology, Gorgias, Meno, Phaedo, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Republic. In addition, we consider certain challenges posed by Plato’s use of the dialogue form, such as whether we are justified in assuming that Socrates is a mouthpiece for Plato’s own views, and how we should interpret Plato’s frequent appeal to myths and other literary devices within his dialogues. Smith.
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CLAS 224 - The World of Late Antiquity
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
This course introduces students to the historical period between the close of the ancient world and the rise of the Middle Ages ca. 250 to 650 AD). Students read primary sources and explore the historical evidence in order to investigate the reigning historical model of “Decline and Fall” inherited from Edward Gibbon and others, and study the development of Christianity and Judaism during this period. Finally, the course investigates the formation of Europe and the rise of Islam. Staff.
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CLAS 241 - Law, Litigation & Justice in the Ancient World
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
This course studies justice and law in the ancient world by looking at Greek and Roman philosophical texts about the nature of justice and law, and by considering actual legal cases from the ancient world. The course aims to show how litigation and theory mutually correct and inform one another, while also showing the inherent and continuing interest of ancient thought about law and justice. Students hear lectures, engage in in-class discussion, participate in an on-line discussion, moderated by the instructor, and write two research papers. Crotty.
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CLAS 287 - Supervised Study Abroad: Athens
(HIST 287) FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Classics and history of Greece. A survey of the development of art, archaeology, history, and literature in ancient and modern Greece, with an emphasis on the relationship between past and present conceptions of Greek identity. Gildner, Laughy.
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CLAS 288 - Supervised Study Abroad: Rome and Ancient Italy
FDR: HA
Credits: Not yet approved for new spring term.
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit. This course traces the growth of Rome and Roman civilization from its modest beginnings to its glory during the Republic and Empire. Lectures and readings prepare students for daily visits to sites, excavations, monuments and museums in Rome and its environs, and to locations in the Bay of Naples area. Benefiel.
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CLAS 295 - Topics in Classical Civilization
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Selected subject areas in classical civilization. The topic selected varies from year to year. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2015 topic:
CLAS 295: Money is Power: Control, Destruction, and Revolution in the First 1000 Years of Coinage (4). This course explores the revolutionary effect of coinage in the first 1,000 years of its existence and the transformative role it played in the ancient Greek and Roman world. We explore how historical events are reflected in coinage and how coinage itself acted upon individuals, rulers, states, and societies. By understanding the rapid rise of coinage as well as the wide array of ancient experiments, both successful and unsuccessful, in controlling and using it, we gain unique insight into the importance of money in our own society. (HU) Elliott. Spring 2015
Fall 2014 topic:
CLAS 295-01: The Might of Rome: How the Empire Thrived and the Republic Died (3). The end of the Roman Republic and the establishment of autocracy under the emperors is a crucial test case for understanding how a political system can collapse. In this course, we study the historical, political, economic, and cultural consequences of the death of the Roman republic and its consolidation as an empire. Key themes include the tension of running an empire abroad and yet holding to a republic in Rome; the intersection between the constitutional crisis in Rome and key changes in other sectors of Roman society; and the legacy of the end of the Roman Republic, and its effects upon modern debates in the Era of Abolition, the British Empire and the ascendancy of American dominance from the mid-20th century onward. (HU) Elliott.
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CLAS 326 - The Trojan War
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and every third year.
The Trojan War ranks among the greatest tales ever told. But is the story real? In this course, we begin with the literary evidence, including the epics of Homer, as well as contemporary accounts from the Bronze Age Greeks, Hittites, and Egyptians. We then follow the archaeological evidence, from the palaces of mainland Greece to the presumed site of Troy itself. Our search leads not just to the truth that lies behind the destruction of Troy, but reveals a long-lost international community of world superpowers whose cities were nearly all destroyed at the same time that Troy fell, an international cataclysm on a scale never before seen in ancient history. Laughy.
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CLAS 338 - Pompeii
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3 in fall-winter; 4 in spring
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and every third year.
The site of ancient Pompeii presents a thriving Roman town of the first century AD, virtually frozen in time by the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. In this course, we examine Pompeii’s archaeological remains-public buildings, domestic architecture, painting, artifacts, inscriptions, and graffiti-in order to reconstruct the life of the town. We also consider religion, games and entertainment, politics, and the structure of Roman society. Benefiel.
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CLAS 343 - Classics in a Digital Age
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and every third year.
An exploration of the art, architecture, monuments, and space of the ancient world by analyzing and assessing the innovative scholarly resources that are currently available to students and scholars of the classical world. Each week a new discipline within Classics (e.g., philology, epigraphy, numismatics) is presented, followed by an introduction to several scholarly tools and resources that can be used to query or conduct research in that field. Each of the five groups within the class examines a particular time period and applies a series of scholarly tools to evaluate how Roman society, politics, and the expression of power shifted over the centuries of empire. Benefiel.
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CLAS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in classics, and instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in classics, and instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in classics, and instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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CLAS 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in classics, and instructor consent. The student researches and writes a senior thesis under the direction of a faculty member.
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CLAS 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, honors candidacy in classics, and instructor consent. Honors Thesis.
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CSCI 101 - Survey of Computer Science
FDR: FM
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Not open to students with previous credit in computer science. An overview of the discipline of computer science achieved through an introductory-level survey of a number of major areas of computer science. Topics include algorithms used for computer solutions of important practical problems, computer programming, digital logic applied to computer circuitry, computer architecture, data representation and organization, Web page basics, computer networks, and theoretical limits of computation. Lectures and formal laboratories. Staff.
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CSCI 102 - Introduction to Computational Modeling
FDR: FM
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Instructor consent required. This course provides a hands-on understanding of the computational methods that support science and technology now and that will be essential for success in the science, engineering, and business worlds of the near future. The central theme of the course is building computational models of the processes that surround us every day, from the effects of drugs on the body to the formation of galaxies in the universe to the interactions of nations in the global economy. Classroom lectures and textbook readings are supplemented with lab exercises implementing the models using state-of-the-art software tools. Levy.
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CSCI 111 - Fundamentals of Programming I
FDR: FM
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
A disciplined approach to programming with Python. Emphasis is on problem-solving methods, algorithm development, and object-oriented concepts. Lectures and formal laboratories. Staff.
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CSCI 112 - Fundamentals of Programming II
FDR: SC
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: CSCI 111. A continuation of CSCI 111. Emphasis is on the use and implementation of data structures, introductory algorithm analysis, and object-oriented design and programming with Python. Laboratory course. Staff.
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CSCI 121 - Scientific Computing
FDR: FM
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Not open to students who have taken CSCI 211 or higher. An introduction to computer programming for scientific applications and a survey of the main methodological areas of scientific computation. The course provides the tools needed for students to use computers effectively in scientific work, whether in physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, biology, psychology, or any field involving quantitative work. Programming in Matlab, a scientific-computing software package, with a focus on topics relevant to students’ major fields of study. Lectures and formal labs. Levy.
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CSCI 209 - Software Development
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: CSCI 112. An examination of the theories and design techniques used in software development. Topics include the software life cycle, design patterns, the Unified Modeling Language, unit testing, refactoring, rapid prototyping, and program documentation. Sprenkle.
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CSCI 210 - Computer Organization
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: CSCI 111. Multilevel machine organization studied at the levels of digital logic, microprogramming, conventional machine, operating system, and assembly language. Staff.
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CSCI 211 - Algorithm Design and Analysis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: CSCI 112 and MATH 121 or MATH 301. Methods for designing efficient algorithms, including divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms. Analysis of algorithms for correctness and estimating running time and space requirements. Topics include advanced data structures, graph theory, network flow, and computational intractability. Staff.
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CSCI 250 - Introduction to Robotics
FDR: SC
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisite: CSCI 111 or CSCI 121 or instructor consent. This course combines readings from the contemporary robotics literature with hands-on lab experience building robots (equipment provided) and programming them to do various tasks. The lab experience culminates with a peer-judged competition of robot projects proposed and built during the second half of the term. Levy.
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CSCI 251 - iPhone Application Programming
FDR: SC
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: CSCI 209 or equivalent programming background approved by the instructor. In this course, students learn how to develop programs for the iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch, the most popular smart-phone platform in use today. Classroom lectures on the Objective-C language and CocoaTouch development environment are supplemented by extensive hands-on programming assignments, leading to an independent application project of the student’s devising. Williams School faculty guest lecture on the issues surrounding the iPhone App Store’s novel business model. The course culminates with a presentation of each student’s application, and an optional upload to the iPhone App Store to see how well the application sells. Lambert.
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CSCI 252 - Neural Networks and Graphical Models
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 112. A survey of the major developments in neural and belief networks, from the early perception models of the 1940s through the probabilistic Bayesian networks that are a “hot topic” in artificial intelligence today. Topics include the back-propagation algorithm, simple recurrent networks, Hopfield nets, Kohonen’s Self-Organizing Map, learning in Bayesian networks, and Dynamic Bayesian Networks, with readings from both popular textbooks and the scholarly literature. A major focus of the course is on writing programs to implement and apply these algorithms. Levy.
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CSCI 253 - Genetic Algorithms
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 112. A survey of the major developments in genetic/evolutionary algorithms, from the Simple Genetic Algorithm through modern multiobjective optimization methods. Topics include fitness landscapes, the Schema and Building Block Hypotheses, learning and the Baldwin Effect, and genetic programming, with readings from both popular textbooks and the scholarly literature. A major focus of the course is on writing programs to implement and apply these algorithms. Levy.
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CSCI 295 - Language Laboratory
Credits: 1-3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Introduction to a computer language, which will be chosen according to needs of students and of other computer science courses. Typical languages include Smalltalk, LISP, PROLOG. May be repeated once for degree credit if the languages are different. May only be used once toward the major requirements. Staff.
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CSCI 297 - Topics in Computer Science
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Readings and conferences for a student or students on topics agreed upon by the directing staff. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A maximum of six credits may be used toward the major requirements. Staff.
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CSCI 312 - Programming Language Design
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: CSCI 112 and 210, MATH 121 or 301. Formal language description tools, semantic concepts and syntactic constructs appropriate to diverse applications. Comparison of several high-level languages, such as Scheme, Java, ML, and PROLOG, and their implementations of these syntactic and semantic elements. Students learn the Scheme programming language and how to use it to write interpreters for other programming paradigms (object-oriented, logic-oriented, and type-inferencing). Staff.
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CSCI 313 - Theory of Computation
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: MATH 121 or MATH 301 or instructor consent. A study of the principles of computer science embodied in formal languages, automata, computability, and computational complexity. Topics include context-free grammars, Turing machines, and the halting problem. Levy.
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CSCI 315 - Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 209. Basic concepts of heuristic search, game playing, natural language processing, and intelligent systems, with a focus on writing programs in these areas. Course combines a discussion of philosophical issues with hands-on problem solving. Levy.
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CSCI 317 - Database Management
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 209. Database design with the entity-relationship model, the relational database model including normal forms and functional dependencies, SQL database query language, server-side scripting for Web access to databases. A major project to design and implement a database using a commercial package. Whaley.
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CSCI 320 - Parallel Computing
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: CSCI 209 and 210. A survey of parallel computing including hardware, parallel algorithms, and parallel programming. The programming projects emphasize the message-passing paradigm. Staff.
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CSCI 321 - Computer Networks
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 209. Intended as a first course in communication networks for upper-level students. Covers concepts and protocols underlying modern computer networks. Topics include network architecture and layering, routing and switching, the TCP/IP protocol and network applications. Theory and programming. Staff.
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CSCI 325 - Distributed Systems
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: CSCI 209 or instructor consent. In this course, students learn to design and develop distributed systems, i.e., collections of independent networked computers that function as single coherent systems. The concepts of communication, synchronization, consistency, replication, fault tolerance, and security are covered. In addition, case studies of real-world distributed systems (e.g., the Internet, distributed file systems, grid computing) are analyzed. Sprenkle.
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CSCI 330 - Operating Systems
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: CSCI 209 and 210. Procedure initiation, environment construction, reentrancy, kernel functions, resource management, input/output, file structures, security, process control, semaphores and deadlock, and recovery procedures. The laboratory includes the opportunity to examine and modify the internals of an operating system. Staff.
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CSCI 332 - Compiler Construction
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: CSCI 210, 211, 312, and 313. Lexical analysis, parsing, context dependence, translation techniques, optimization. Students are expected to produce a compiler for a suitably restricted language. Staff.
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CSCI 335 - Software Engineering through Web Applications
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit
Prerequisite: CSCI 209 or permission of instructor. In this course, students learn to develop high-performance software for Web applications using advanced software engineering techniques. The concepts of client-server computing, theories of usable graphical user interfaces, models for Web-based information retrieval and processing, and iterative development are covered. Sprenkle.
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CSCI 340 - Interactive Computer Graphics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: CSCI 209. In this course we develop, step by step, a reasonably complete 3D computer-graphics system with the ability to generate a photo-realistic image given a specification of shapes, poses, lighting, textures, and material properties, and camera parameters and perspective. Final projects consist of using your system to produce your own computer-animated short. The necessary mathematical background is developed during the course. Staff.
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CSCI 341 - Digital Image Processing
FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit
Prerequisite: CSCI 209. A survey of topics in the acquisition, processing and analysis of digital images, with much of the necessary mathematical background developed in the course. Topics in image processing include image enhancement and restoration, compression, and registration/alignment. Topics in image analysis include classification, segmentation, and more generally statistical pattern recognition. Throughout the course, human vision and perception motivate the techniques discussed. Staff.
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CSCI 395 - Seminar
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. 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. A maximum of six credits may be used toward the major requirements. Staff.
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CSCI 396 - Seminar
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. 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. A maximum of six credits may be used toward the major requirements. Staff.
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CSCI 397 - Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. 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. A maximum of six credits may be used toward the major requirements.
Fall 2014 topics:
CSCI 397-01: Seminar: Techniques in Big Data (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. The term “Big Data” encompasses the acquisition, analysis, and visualization of high-dimension, high sample-size data to inform decision making – problems with many dimensions and many samples make for “Big” problems. However, “Big” also refers to the central role of Big Data analysis in our daily lives, where it affects outcomes in medicine, security, advertising and recommendation systems, transportation, and many other domains. In this course, we learn and apply some of the field’s core algorithms and techniques, with an emphasis on three application domains agreed upon at the beginning of the term. Specific technical topics may include feature selection, linear and Bayesian discriminants, principal component analysis and dimensionality reduction, clustering, neural networks, and random forest learning. Salan.
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CSCI 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CSCI 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CSCI 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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CSCI 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Honors Thesis. Staff.
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DANC 110 - University Dance
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Corequisite: DANC 225. Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Participation in a university dance production for a minimum of 24 hours of rehearsal and performance. A journal recording the rehearsal/performance process is required. May be repeated for up to eight degree credits. Davies.
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DANC 111 - University Dance Production
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Participation in any production aspect of a university dance production for a minimum of 24 hours. A journal recording the production process is required. May be repeated for up to four degree credits. Evans.
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DANC 120 - Introduction to Contemporary Modern Dance
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
This course combines the exploration of individual and ensemble artistic expression in contemporary modern dance with the study of the history of modern dance. The course culminates in a performance presentation. Staff.
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DANC 215 - World Dance Technique
FDR: HA
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered in fall or winer when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
This dance class reflects the world dance form that is the specialty of the dance artist-in-residence. The basic dance techniques of that specific form are taught and movement is tied to the historical narrative of the country. Staff.
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DANC 220 - Dance Composition
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: DANC 120. A studio course exploring the craft and art of creating dance performances in a variety of styles and contexts. Images, text, music, improvisation and the elements of time, space and energy are examined as sources for dance material leading to group choreography. This course focuses on creating a finished performance piece for presentation. Davies.
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DANC 225 - Intermediate Contemporary Modern Dance Technique
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A studio course devoted to refining effort/shape values and pursuing performance quality phrasing and style in “Horton” modern dance technique. Students investigate self-directed reverse combinations, deconstruct movement phrases into sequential elements, and learn methods for written and oral analysis of dance. Students practice listening to the body by connecting movement phrases with kinesthetic experiences. May be repeated for up to six credits. Davies.
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DANC 230 - Musical-Theater Dance Technique
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years
A studio exploration of choreography in musical theater from the 1940s to the present. Composition, theme, and form are discussed in concert with practical work in restaging historically significant musical dance numbers. Of particular interest are the choreographers’ styles and the many dance techniques prevalent in musical theater. These issues are experienced through dance practica as original choreography is taught. May be repeated for up to six degree credits. Davies.
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DANC 233 - Movement for Actors
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
This course exams an array of methods that provide a vocabulary for thinking about, acting upon, and talking about movement and gesture and the physical integration of voice, breath, speech, and movement. We explore Alexander Technique and create an awareness of physical habits of ‘misuse’ and transform them by focusing on breathing and vocal work. Students examine viewpoints as a method for vocabulary to discuss work and as a tool for creating it. Laban Movement Analysis looks at these same concepts as a language for interpreting and documenting human movement. Class meetings include lecture, studio work, and individual projects, and the course culminates in individual performance works that explore the synthesis of muscle coordination, sensory perception, and knowledge. Davies.
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