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Fall 2021

The Early Middle Ages, 300-1050 (HIST-UA 111)

Identical to V65.0111. Bedos-Rezak, Griffiths. Offered every other year. 4 points. Europe in the early Middle Ages was created out of a mixture of ingredients: the legacy of the Roman Empire; the growth and development of Christianity; invading peoples who settled within the boundaries of the former Roman Empire; and the clash of competing languages, religions, and legal systems. This tumultuous time forged a new entity, medieval Europe, whose development, growing pains, and creative successes this course examines. Uses the records and artifacts of the period itself as central elements for investigating the period.

History (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HIST-UA 111-000 (21499)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Underwood, Norman

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Living a Good Life: Greek and Jewish Perspectives (HBRJD-UA 422)

What makes a life well-lived? Central questions to be explored include: Does living well require acquiring knowledge and wisdom? What is the place of moral responsibility in the good life? Is the good life a happy life or does it require sacrificing happiness? Does religion lead to living well or does it hinder it? What is friendship and how does it contribute to the good life? Thinkers to be studied may include: Aristotle, Seneca, Maimonides, Glikl, Spinoza, and Levinas.

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HBRJD-UA 422-000 (9624)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gottlieb, Michah

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Jewish Europe after the Holocaust (HBRJD-UA 689)

Concentrates on the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped Jewish life in post-1945 Europe. Topics: reconstruction of Jewish communities, repression and anti-Semitic campaigns in the Soviet Union and Poland, the impact of Israel, emigration and migration, Jewish-Christian relations, and assimilation and acculturation. Students also learn about various reactions to the Holocaust.

Hebrew & Judaic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

HBRJD-UA 689-000 (21549)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Estraikh, Gennady

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Techniques of Translation (GERM-UA 153)

Offered periodically. 4 points. Introduces students to the history, theory, and practice of translation through German and English texts taken from a variety of cultural backgrounds. While engaging in the craft of translation first hand, students encounter diverse grammatical, syntactical, and stylistic problems, thus gaining a deeper understanding of the German language. Also stresses the acquisition of vocabulary and complex idiomatic structures necessary for effective reading comprehension, as well as written expression.

German (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

GERM-UA 153-000 (23761)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Dortmann, Andrea

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Acting French (FREN-UA 109)

Use of dramatic situations and readings to help students overcome inhibitions in their oral use of language. The graduated series of exercises and activities is designed to improve pronunciation, intonation, expression, and body language. These include phonetic practice, poetry recitation, skits, improvisation, and memorization of dramatic texts. Reading, discussion, and performance of scenes from plays by renowned dramatists. Extensive use of audio and video material.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 109-000 (21236)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Prost, Anna-Caroline

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Existentialism & The Absurd (FREN-UA 867)

Main expressions of existential thought in Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. Attention to the French existentialists? concern for commitment in political and social affairs of the times. Examines absurdist literature since the 1950?s in the ?theatre of the absurd,? in fiction, and in critical work of other contemporary French writers. Covers Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Robbe-Grillet, and Barthes; precursors of the absurd such as Kafka and C?line; and practictioners of the absurd outside of France (e.g., Pinter, Albee, Barthelme).

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Intens Intermed French (FREN-UA 20)

Completes the equivalent of a year’s intermediate level in one semester. Offered every semester. 6 points.

French (Undergraduate)
6 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 20-000 (8291)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ait Jafour, Samira

FREN-UA 20-000 (8292)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Bali, Fatiha

FREN-UA 20-000 (8293)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Prost, Anna-Caroline

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Business French (FREN-UA 110)

Designed for students who wish to learn the specialized language used in French business. Emphasis on oral and written communication and the acquisition of a business and commercial vocabulary dealing with the varied activities of a commercial firm (e.g., advertising, transportation, banking). Stresses group work in simulated business situations and exposure to authentic spoken materials.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 110-000 (8814)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Dubois, Stephanie

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
Fall 2021

French: Approaches to Francophone Literature (FREN-UA 145)

Offered every year. 4 points. Examines literature from a network of French-speaking countries that form a Francophone space. Addresses the colonial past as well as the anticolonial and postcolonial situations in which French colonialism is replaced by more complex relationships and ideologies. Special attention is paid to language and the role of the writer in elaborating a postcolonial national identity. Writers studied may include Edouard Glissant and Patrick Chamoiseau of Martinique, Jacques Roumain of Haiti, Ahmadou Kourouma of the Ivory Coast, and Assia Djebar of Algeria.

French (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

FREN-UA 145-000 (21231)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Kirby, Elizabeth

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate
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 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
Fall 2021 Spring 2020

Science Fiction (ENGL-UA 728)

Considers contemporary science fiction as literature, social commentary, prophecy, and a reflection of recent and possible future trends in technology and society. Writers considered include such authors as Isaac Asimov, J. G. Ballard, Octavia Butler, Arthur C. Clark, Samuel Delany, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Ursula K. Le Guin, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling.

English (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Graduate IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Undergraduate