Category Archives: Liberal Arts & Sciences – Electives

All Liberal Arts Elective Courses: Quantitative Reasoning, Physical Science OR Life Science, Societies & the Social Sciences, Expressive Culture, General Liberal Arts Electives

Fall 2021

Contemporary Europe (EURO-UA 950)

This course will explore the changing meaning of Europe, European unity, and European identity over the last century, with an emphasis on the formation of the European Union during the last 65 years and current European Union issues today. After a brief introduction that explores the deeper history behind the geographical and cultural concept of Europe, this course will trace the emergence of a European identity in contrast to national identities, as well as the emergence of a desire to integrate Europe from the late nineteenth century to the present. Class readings and discussion will focus on four main questions. What has Europe meant to intellectuals, politicians, and citizens in the past 100 years, as a concept, as a locus of identity, and as an alternative or counterpart to the nation state? What has been the geography of Europe, and how has this changed over time? How and why have European leaders and citizens fashioned an integrated continent, and how have the obstacles to integration evolved over time? Finally, how have Europe’s recent crises—from refugees to the problems of the Euro—led people to reevaluate European integration, national identities and institutions, and globalization more generally?

European and Mediterranean Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021 Fall 2023 Spring 2022 Spring 2023

Arts and Cultures of Modernity (ACM-UF 201)

This course explores the arts from the late17th/early18th-century to the post-World War II era, examining how they define and reflect both local cultural views and rapidly shifting global understandings of the world. The course considers how the diverse conceptions and conditions of modernity both shaped and were shaped by the arts around the world. Many of the issues pertinent to the course — industrialization/urbanization; the dislocations, disasters, and opportunities that followed cross-cultural contact; colonialism, decolonization, conflicts of political ideology, and liberation struggles; fundamental redefinitions of mind, language, gender, and sexual identity — have had very different effects in various parts of the world; instructors encourage students to explore what it means to study the arts from global perspectives and what “globalization” itself has meant and means in the context of the arts.

Art and Cultures of Modernity (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

ACM-UF 201-000 (19000)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nickowitz, Peter

ACM-UF 201-000 (19001)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Culver, Brian

ACM-UF 201-000 (19002)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Nickowitz, Peter

ACM-UF 201-000 (19003)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hatcher, Jessamyn

ACM-UF 201-000 (19004)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hatcher, Jessamyn

ACM-UF 201-000 (19005)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Reynolds, Thomas

ACM-UF 201-000 (19006)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Culver, Brian

ACM-UF 201-000 (19007)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yearous-Algozin, Joseph

ACM-UF 201-000 (19008)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hussein, Linnea

ACM-UF 201-000 (19009)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tharoor, Tilottama

ACM-UF 201-000 (19010)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Yearous-Algozin, Joseph

ACM-UF 201-000 (19011)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Squillace, Robert

ACM-UF 201-000 (19012)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Schwarzbach, Fredric

ACM-UF 201-000 (19013)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Matos Martin, Eduardo

ACM-UF 201-000 (19014)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Matos Martin, Eduardo

ACM-UF 201-000 (19015)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hatcher, Jessamyn

ACM-UF 201-000 (19016)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hussein, Linnea

ACM-UF 201-000 (19017)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Reynolds, Thomas

ACM-UF 201-000 (19018)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Reynolds, Thomas

ACM-UF 201-000 (19019)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Newman, Roberta

ACM-UF 201-000 (19020)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Matos Martin, Eduardo

ACM-UF 201-000 (19021)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Newman, Roberta

ACM-UF 201-000 (19022)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Paliwoda, Daniel

ACM-UF 201-000 (19023)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Tharoor, Tilottama

ACM-UF 201-000 (19024)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Paliwoda, Daniel

ACM-UF 201-000 (19025)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deutsch, Katherine

ACM-UF 201-000 (19026)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Deutsch, Katherine

Expressive Culture Undergraduate
Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Spring 2021 Spring 2022

Life Science (LISCI-UF 101)

The course examines some of the fundamental principles and processes of biological science. The primary focus is on evolution, genetics, and the physiology and molecular function of the cell, with special emphasis on the human species. Also included is a series of readings and discussions on how our knowledge of the life sciences has been put to practical use, the function and treatment of HIV infection, and other current frontiers and ethical issues in the discipline. The course takes a historical approach to the material: readings include some of the fundamental texts upon which our understanding of life is based, such as works by and about Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Oswald Avery, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Francis Crick. This course satisfies the requirement in Life Science.

Life Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2019

Limits of The Earth: Issues in Human Ecology (ENVST-UA 333)

Examines the array of environmental problems facing modern society, including global pollution and the impact of human population growth on land-use patterns, earth resources, energy supply and use, water, agriculture, and ecosystems.

Environmental Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2019)

ENVST-UA 333-000 (9896)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Thu5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Volk, Tyler

Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Fall 2019

Ethics & The Environment (ENVST-UA 400)

Environmental philosophy encompasses questions in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and the history of philosophy, as well as in such normative areas as ethics, aesthetics, and political philosophy. Presents basic concepts in value theory and introduces some major controversies.

Environmental Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2019)

ENVST-UA 400-000 (8289)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Jamieson, Dale

ENVST-UA 400-000 (8290)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ferguson, Kyle

ENVST-UA 400-000 (8291)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ferguson, Kyle

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Climate and Society (ENVST-UA 470)

This is an intermediate Environmental Studies elective about how societies understand and respond to climate change. We will analyze the values, assumptions, and perceptions that contribute to our understanding of climate change. The main topics are ethics, justice, and responsibility; definitions of nature; cost-benefit analysis and the precautionary principle; geo-engineering; contrarianism; framing and communication; social engagement; and education. Central questions include: Is climate change a technical or social problem? What makes climate change uniquely challenging to understand and respond to? Which ethical and perceptual frameworks are best suited for both understanding and responding to climate change? Who is responsible, and what moral implications does this have? What assumptions about values, behavior, economics, and nature do we make when discussing climate change? How does climate change challenge our conceptions of nature, morality, society, and economics? Does climate change pose a special challenge to society, or does it simply amplify existing challenges?

Environmental Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

ENVST-UA 470-000 (10047)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Schlottmann, Christopher

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Fundamental Dynamics of Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate (ENVST-UA 360)

Environmental Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

ENVST-UA 360-000 (20800)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by ZANNA, LAURE

ENVST-UA 360-000 (20801)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Basinski-Ferris, Aurora

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2019

Modern British & American Poetry (ENGL-UA 600)

Readings from major modern American, British, and Irish poets from the middle of the 19th century to the 1920s?specifically, from Whitman?s Leaves of Grass (1855) to T. S. Eliot?s The Waste Land (1922). Poets considered generally include Whitman, Dickinson, Hardy, Hopkins, Yeats, Pound, Stevens, Frost, Williams, and Eliot.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2019)

ENGL-UA 600-000 (19866)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Thu2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by McLane, Maureen

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2019

Amer Fiction Since WWII (ENGL-UA 640)

Examination of representative works by contemporary novelists. Authors generally include Barthelme, Bellow, Ellison, Gaddis, Hawkes, Mailer, Malamud, Morrison, Nabokov, Oates, Pynchon, Roth, Updike, and Walker.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2019)

ENGL-UA 640-000 (19863)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hendin, Josephine

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2019

Colloquium: Chaucer (ENGL-UA 320)

Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer’s major poetry, with particular attention to The Canterbury Tales. General language training will be offered at the start of the course. Special attention will be given to Chaucer’s narrative skill, his techniques of characterization, style, varieties of formal invention, and particular thematic preoccupations. Students are also encouraged to explore Chaucer’s writing as a lens onto late medieval society and culture.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2019

The Irish Renaissance (ENGL-UA 621)

Covers the tumultuous period from the fall of Charles Stuart Parnell, through the Easter Rising in 1916, and into the early years of national government in the 1930s. Readings in various genres (poetry, short story, novel, drama). Writers may include Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, Sean O’Casey, Samuel Beckett, and Flann O’Brien.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2019)

ENGL-UA 621-000 (10748)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2019

Early American Literature (ENGL-UA 548)

Examines the large variety of writing produced in North America between 1600 and 1800, from indigenous/European encounters through the American Revolution and its aftermath. Genres discussed in their cultural contexts include colonization, captivity, slave, and travel narratives; sermons; familiar correspondence; autobiographies; poetry; drama; and the novel.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2019)

ENGL-UA 548-000 (10617)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Tue,Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Spring 2019

Dante and His World (ENGL-UA 143)

Interdisciplinary introduction to late medieval culture, using Dante, its foremost literary artist, as a focus. Attention is directed at literature, art, and music, in addition to political, religious, and social developments of the time. Emphasizes the continuity of Western tradition, especially the classical background of medieval culture and its transmission to the modern world.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2019)

ENGL-UA 143-000 (23616)01/28/2019 – 05/13/2019 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate