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SUPPLEMENT TO THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CATALOG 1998-1999
Since the catalog was published, some refine The Path of the Nest of Spiders, and Rossellini’s Semester Program at Woods Hole
ments have occurred in Middlebury’s academic Open City and Paisan.We will focus on martyr Marine Biological Laboratory
program for 1998-99.The material below pro dom as a central theme in collective memory
vides the most up-to-date information to use and national mythmaking in our study. LIT WH 302 Analysis ofTerrestrial
in conjunction with the catalog in registering HIS EUR (Mr. Perry) Ecosystems (Fall)
for classes. (Staff)
The College is pleased to confirm the ad Russian Department
dition of several new faculty members, whose
CHEMISTRY AND
names you will see. Changes in instructors and RU 354 Chekhov (In English) (Fall)
BIOCHEMISTRY
terms are indicated after the number and tide LIT EUR (Mr. Katz)
of the appropriate courses. A few courses that
appeared in the catalog will not be offered in Professors.Jeffrey Byers (chair), Stephen Sontum
1998-99; their numbers and tides appear in AMERICAN LITERATURE (on leave academic year); Assistant Professors:
brackets. For several courses and programs, you AND CIVILIZATION Richard Bunt
will find new descriptions, which were not
available when the catalog went to press. American Literature CH 103 Fundamentals of Chemistry I
(Fall, Spring)
Emeriti Professors AL/EL 309 Contemporary Literature DED SCI (fall: Mr. Byers; spring: Mr. Bunt)
Add the following names: (IV) (Spring)
Robert Pack LIT (Mr. Cohen) CH 170 Chemistry for Citizens (CW
Stephen Rockefeller 15) (Spring)
George B. Saul, II AL/EL 312 Modern Poetry (TV) (Fall) SCI (Mr.Weis)
John Spencer LIT (Mr. Parini)
CH 241 Organic Chemistry I (Fall)
AL 355 African-American Narrative SCI (Mr. Bunt)
COLLEGE WRITING
(Spring)
PROGRAM LIT USA (Mr. Lindholm) CH 311 Instrumental Analysis Labora
Classics tory (Fall)
Delete: AL 380 The Modernist Moment in (Ms. Choi, Mr. Weis)
CL/LS 151 Ancient Greek Literature (CW 15) Twentieth-Century American Fiction
(Fall) (Spring) CH 312 Inorganic and Physical
LIT USA (Mr. Buckeye) Chemistry Laboratory (Spring)
Literature Program (Ms. Choi, Mr. Bunt)
Add: American Civilization
LI 101 Reading Literature (CW 15) (Fall, CHINESE
Spring) AC/TH 130 Film Form and Film Sense
(Fall)
The Major in the Chinese Language, Litera
. Political Science ART USA (Mr. Grindon) ture, and Culture
Delete: Change: CS 250 to CS/TH 250
PS 310 American Public Policy (CW 8) AC/HA 314 American Landscape:
Spring 1825-1865 (Fall) Senior Independent Work
ART HIS USA (Mr. Wilson)
Change first sentence to:
Religion All students taking a full major in Chinese are
Add: BIOLOGY required to do senior independent work: (a) an
RE 315 Comparative Themes in the Study honors senior thesis or (b) a one-semester se
of Religion: Pilgrimage (CW 5) (Fall) nior essay or (c) a one-semester senior transla
Assistant Professor: Helen Young
tion project (CS 500).
Sociology/ Anthropology BI 195 Genetics and Evolution (Fall, Changef irst sentence of second paragraph to:
Add: Spring) Whether an honors thesis, a senior essay, or a
SA 311 Sociology and Sexual Politics (CW 5) SCI DED (Mr. Dick, Ms.Young) translation project, etc.
(Spring)
Senior Thesis
BI 200 Systematics (Fall)
Add to end off irst paragraph:
FOREIGN CULTURES IN SCI DED (Mr. Dick)
and must submit an acceptable written proposal
TRANSLATION with a detailed outline and bibliography of
BI 203 Biology of Plants (Fall)
sources in Chinese and in English by the end
(Ms.Young)
Italian Department of September.
Change second to last sentence in second paragraph to:
BI 500 Independent Study (Fall, Winter,
IT 298 Italy in World War II: Memory, Spring) At least two members of the department (i.e.,
Myth, and Martyrdom in Literature Individual projects involving laboratory and/ the primary adviser and the secondary adviser/
and Film (in English) (Spring) or field research or extensive library study on reader) shall be present....
This course explores how Italian writers and a topic chosen by the student and a faculty
filmmakers in the period 1945-1960 repre adviser. For biology majors, joint majors, and Joint Major in Chinese
sented the nation’s experience ofWorld War II. molecular biology and biochemistry majors. In the list of courses after “at least two of thefollow
After a historical overview of Italy’s plight in Waiver required. (Prior to registering for BI ing:" Change CS 250 to: CS/TH 250. Add: CS
the conflict, we will discuss the images and 500, a student must have discussed and agreed 340
underlying interpretations of the war, presented upon a project topic with a member of the
in biographies and songs, as well as poetry, short Biology department faculty.) 3 hrs. disc, (Staff) Minor in Chinese
stories, and the canon of Resistance novels, in- Change: CS 250 to CS/TH 250
cludingVittorini’s Men and Not Men, Calvino’s
August 1998 1
CS 102 Beginning Chinese (Winter) Optional: Change (Note:...) to: ticular economies, and the global economic
LNG (Ms. Reed) (Note: Students who wish to do an optional system. (EC 150 or EC 155) (Mr. Crowley)
senior essay or independent senior project must
CS 220 Twentieth-Century Chinese secure the sponsorship of a member of the Clas EC 240 An Introduction to Interna
Literature, Art, and Politics (Spring) sics department in the semester before the es tional Economics (CW 15) (Spring)
We will examine the turbulent politics and pro say or project is to be undertaken.) (Ms. Craven)
found cultural changes of this century in China
and Taiwan as revealed through cultural arti [CL/LS 151 Introduction to Ancient EC 265 Environmental Economics
facts. Works of fiction by noted Chinese writ Greek Literature] (Spring)
ers such as Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Lao She, Zhang (Ms. Judge)
Xianliang, and Wang Wenxing will be read (in CL 305 Readings in the Hebrew Bible
translation). Among the leading artists to be stud (Fall) EC 316 Corporate Finance (Fall)
ied are Qi Baishi, Chang Dai-chien, Shi Lu,Wu LNG (Ms. Bakhos) (Mr. Elder)
Guanzhong, Xiao Ping,Wang Mengqi, andQiu
Deshu. Also important films by ZhangYimou, Page 45: Change CL450/701 General Examina [EC 430 The Post-Communist
Chen Kaige, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and others will tionf or Classics/Classical Studies Majors (Fall) to: Economic Transition]
be included. LIT OTH (Mr. Berninghausen) CL 701 History of Classical Literature:
General Examination for Classics/ EC 451 Development and Democracy
CS 425 Senior Seminar on Contempo Classical Studies Majors (Fall) (Fall)
rary Chinese Culture and Language (in (Mr. Ganiban) See International Studies listing in this Supple
Chinese) (Fall) ment. (Mr. Cason, Mr. Ramaswamy)
A survey of materials written in modern Chi
nese chosen from Chinese scholarly journals ECONOMICS EC 455 Competitive Strategy (Fall)
and newspapers focused on the cultural, po (Mr. Claudon, Mr. Sax)
litical, economic and social issues of contem Visiting Associate Professors: Anthony Becker,
porary China. This seminar will explore the Rebecca Judge; Visiting Assistant Professors: [EC 460 Industrial Organization: A
period since the founding of the People’s Re Carolyn Craven, Joanna Woos Policy Approach]
public of China (1949), and will engage cer
tain crucial issues associated with ‘moderniza I. Required for the Major EC 461 Antitrust, Regulation, and High
tion’ in the mainland. Emphasis will be given Note: It is important, especially for those Technology (Spring)
to developing further the student’s ability to planning to study abroad, that the above three The Antitrust actions against Microsoft are
listen to and to discuss complex issues in Man sequences be completed preferably by the end pushing the envelope of current antitrust
darin while also advancing proficiency in read of the sophomore year, or by the end of the
theory and practice as economists and lawyers
ing and writing. Oral reports and written com fall term, junior year. As of the 1998-99 Cata
grapple with the difficulty of applying 1890’s
positions will be integral to the course’s re log, please be advised that macroeconomic
law to 1990’s high technology industries. We
quirements. (CS 400 or equivalent) (Ms.Wang) theory and microeconomic theory have been
will explore the limits of current antitrust
renumbered as EC 250 and EC 255 respec
thought through economic theory and legal
tively. In addition, a few other course
CLASSICAL STUDIES precedence. Readings and discussions will be
numbers have been changed: EC 310
PROGRAM complemented by case studies. Empirical tech
(Economics of Investing in Securities) is now
niques of analysis will be presented as well.
EC 205, EC 365 (Environmental Econom
(EC 210 and EC 255) (Mr. Becker)
Honors (page 42) Change (Note:...) to: ics) is now EC 265, EC 440 (International
(Note: A student who does an optional Senior Trade) is now EC 444.
EC 465 Special Topics in Environmen
Essay, CL 700, or Independent Senior Project,
tal Economics (Fall)
CL 505, may offer that grade in lieu of the EC 226 Gender in Economic Studies:
(Ms. Judge)
grade on CL 420 for the calculation of de Liberating Economics from “Homo
partmental honors.) Economicus” (Spring)
[EC 470 Public Finance]
This course examines the role gender plays both
Required for the Major in Classical Stud in our methods of economic analysis and in our
ies (page 42) economic systems. Four topics selected highlight ENGLISH
Change B as follows: the importance of gender issues in the develop
ment of economic theory and in the analysis of Visiting Lecturer: David Bain: (on leave)
B. Five additional courses in classical studies
contemporary issues: (1) the Neoclassical model
chosen from the following:
of‘homo economicus” (economic man); (2) the EL/WS 114 Reading Women’s Writing
and
role of gender in American economy; (3) fami (IV) (Fall)
delete: CL 450 History of Classical litera
lies and work, including New Home Econom Why and how do women write? Does liter
ture from the list of courses
ics, women in management, child care, and the ary history reveal distinctive styles, patterns,
Change E. to: feminization of poverty; and (4) gender in the and continuities in the works of female au
CL 701 History of Classical Literature: Gen economics curriculum. (EC 150 or EC 155 or thors? We will begin to address these ques
eral Examination for Classics/Classical Studies permission) (Ms. Woos) tions through our close reading of a wide va
Optional (page 43) riety of women’s literature in English, includ
Change (Note:...) to: EC 235 Economic Integration: Issues ing poetry, fiction, essays, and drama from the
(Note: Students who wish to do an optional and Controversies (Fall) 18th through the 20th centuries. Secondary
senior essay or independent senior project must This course introduces students to the issues readings will reflect on the concept of gender
secure the sponsorship of a member of the Clas surrounding economic integration in various as a central organizing principle. Employing
sics department in the semester before the es parts of the world with particular reference to various methods of literary analysis, the course
say or project is to be undertaken.) Western Europe, North America, South-East will address issues of interest to students in a
Asia. Does integration have to be regional wide range of disciplines, including philoso
(ASEAN, Mercosur)? Can regionalism only phy, psychology, and history, as well as litera
CLASSICS work when countries are at a similar stage of ture. LIT (Ms. Schaefer)
development ? What are the structural impli
Required for the Major in Classics (page 43) cations of regionalism for small countries ? We [EL 120 Choice, Sexuality, and the
Change 4 to: will answer these questions as well as others Unconscious Mind: A Thematic
CL 701 History of Classical Literature: Gen by focusing on beneficial and adverse effects Introduction to the Reading of Poetry
eral Examination for Classics/Classical Stud of economic integration. In addition, we will (IV)]
ies Majors study different approaches to the process of
economic integration, its direct effects on par
2 August 1998
EL 203 Interpretation of Literature FR 205 Toward Liberated Expression HI 102 History Across Frontiers: The
(CW 15) (Fall, Spring) (Fall, Spring) Eurasian World in the Age of Empires
LIT (Stafi) LNG (Ms. Barbaud-McWilliams, Ms. (Fall)
Crouzieres, Ms. Humbert, Mr. Knox, Ms. Rifelj) No understanding of contemporary geogra
EL/LI 211 The Realistic Novel (IV) phy, politics, or economics is complete with
(Fall) FR 220 Introduction to the Study of out acquaintance with the history of empires.
Last sentence of course description, change: Berges French Literature I: Between Self and Yet empires are difficult to characterize. Are
to Borges. LIT EUR (Mr. Baldridge) Society (Fall, Spring) they called empires only because of their claims
(Ms. Barbaud-McWilliams, Mr. Gabrielli, to world domination? Do they exhibit forms
[El/ES 218 History of Nature from Mr. Knox) of rule common to all empires?To address these
Beginning to End (IV)] questions, we will focus on how empires were
FR 341 French Cinema (Fall) built on the interaction between South and
EL 321 Shakespeare (SH) (Fall) (Stafi) Central Asia and Europe from 1525 to 1947.
This course is designed to sample the breadth A core course for the international studies ma
of Shakespeare’s dramatic art, from Titus FR 402 Study and Production of a Play jor. HIS SOC OTH (Mr. Barrow)
Andronicus to The Tempest, with an eye to un (Spring)
derstanding both how his plays may have reso French through theatre: two short plays or one Delete:
nated for his first audiences on stage and how full-length play will be presented in May. All HI 121 Introduction to World History
subsequent readers have drawn their own mean activity will be conducted in French. Atten (HI 102 replaces HI 121.)
ings from the published texts.W e will, therefore, dance in class/rehearsals is mandatory. (FR 205,
pay particular attention to such dramaturgical FR 220, FR 221, and/or junior year in Paris) 3 [HI 226 Modern Africa]
issues as the construction of character and of plot, hrs., twice a week (waiver required; see instruc
the reworking of sources, spectacle, meta-theat tor) (Mr. Gabrielli) [HI 228 Modern Middle East History]
ricality, and versification, as well as what political
and commercial implications these plays might HI 410 Readings in Latin American
have had during Shakespeare’s life and what they GEOGRAPHY History: The Hispanic Caribbean
hold for us today. LIT EUR (Mr. Billings) * (Spring)
Requiredf or the Major This course will examine the political, eco
EL 334 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Changef irst paragraph to: nomic, social and cultural history of the His
Century Lyric (I) (Spring) All students who elect to major in geography panic Caribbean by focusing on four key ele
LIT EUR (Ms. Wells) must complete GG100, GG 150,MA 106, GG ments: (1) Iberian-Caribbean relations in the
310, GG 320, GG 340, GG 341 (beginning with 19th and 20th century (especially the impact
EL 370 Workshop: Fiction (Fall, Winter, the class of2002),four other 100-level or 200- of “1898”); (2) the transformation of the Span
Spring) level elective courses—including at least one ish tradition in the three major Spanish Carib
Add to course description: (A waiver is required elective in human geography (numbered be bean island-nations (Cuba, the Dominican
for this course; to obtain please come to the low 250) and one in physical geography (num Republic and Puerto Rico) in comparative
English office, Munroe 111.) ART (Stafi) bered above 250)—and one 400-level seminar. perspective; (3) movements for change within
the Caribbean, particularly the Cuban Revo
Writing GG/GL 255 Surface and Ground Water lution; and (4) The impact of immigration and
Change first sentence to: All writing courses are (Fall) emigration on these nations in the 19th and
workshops; therefore places are limited, and, (Mr. Ryan) 20th centuries. (Mr. Davis)
except for EL 170, admission is by waiver.
[GG 341 Research in Geography] [HI 411 Readings in Latin American
History: Latin American Intellectual
PROGRAM IN
History]
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES GEOLOGY
HI 414 Readings in the History of
ES/PS 211 Environmental and Natural Assistant Professor: Peter Ryan India: Gandhi and the Independence of
Resources Policy (Fall, Spring) India (Fall)
SOC USA (Ms. Judge, Ms. Layzer) GL 112 Environmental Geology This course will focus on the works and ac
(Spring)
tions of Mahatma Gandhi. At one level, the
[El/ES 218 History of Nature from (Mr. Ryan) readings will provide an introduction to the
Beginning to End (IV)] philosophy and life of one of the most sig
GL/GG 255 Surface and Ground Water
nificant, influential, and well-known figures
EL/ES 352 Wordsworth and Basho (Fall) of the 20th century. At another level, the
(Fall) (Mr. Ryan) course will discuss in detail the major themes
(Mr. Elder) and occurrences in modern Indian history,
GL/CH 283 Environmental Geochem
tracing the rise and ultimate victory of the
istry (CW15) (Spring)
Indian nationalist movement. The class will
FRENCH (Mr. Ryan)
read a variety of texts, including books writ
ten by Gandhi, tracts published by his po
Assistant Professors: Brigitte Humbert; Visiting
GERMAN litical antireligious opponents, social com
Lecturer: Michel Gabrielli
mentaries, contemporary novels, and engag
[GN 420 “America” in the German
ing histories. OTH (Mr. Barrow)
Requiredf or the Major in French: Imagination]
Change IV to:
[HI 416 Readings in Russian and
Three advanced courses in literature or civili HISTORY Soviet History]
zation, of which two must be in literature
Instructor: Ian Barrow; Visiting Instructor: Anne HI 471 Post Communist Society China
FR 101 Intensive Beginning French
Lombard and Russia (Spring)
(Winter)
See International Studies listing in this supple
(Ms. Humbert, Ms. O’Connor)
Minors in History I. European history (2) ment. (Ms. Oxfeld, Mr. Macey)
Change HI 340 to HI 341.
FR 102 Beginning French (Spring)
II. American history (2) Add HI 377.
(Ms. Humbert, Stafi)
August 1998 3
HISTORY OF ART IT 252 Italian Culture from Fascism to PROGRAM IN LITERARY
AND ARCHITECTURE the Present (Spring) STUDIES
LNG LIT (Mr.Van Order, Ms.Ward, Staff)
HA/SA170 Anthropology through the LS/CL 121 The Classical Tradition of
Arts (Fall) IT 298 Italy in World War II: Memory, the Liberal Arts and Sciences (Spring)
See Department of Sociology/Anthropology Myth, and Martyrdom in Literature LIT PHL EUR (Ms. Adler)
for description. ART SOC (Mr. Napier) and Film (in English) (Spring)
This course explores how Italian writers and [LS/CL 141 Masterpieces of Roman
HA/ AC 407 The Art and Language of the filmmakers in the period 1945-1960 repre Literature]
Civil War (Spring) sented the nation’s experience ofWorldWar II.
This course will begin with a review of the ma After a historical overview of Italy’s plight in LS/CL 150 Ancient Epic Poetry (Fall)
jor historical events of the Civil War. We will the conflict, we will discuss the images and LIT PHL EUR (Ms. Adler)
then study the conflict through the paintings of underlying interpretations of the war, presented
Winslow Homer and Frederic Church, the po in biographies and songs, as well as poetry, short LS/CL 151 Introduction to Ancient
etry and prose ofWaltWhitman, the photographs stories, and the canon of Resistance novels, in- Greek Literature (CW10) (Fall)
of Matthew Brady, and the political writings of cludingVittorini’s Men and Not Men, Calvino’s UT PHL EUR (Mr. Sfyroeras)
Abraham Lincoln. Particular emphasis will be The Path of the Nest of Spiders, and Rossellini’s
placed upon the thoughts and attitudes of the Open City and Poison.We will focus on martyr LS/CL 450 History of Classical Literature
common soldier as reflected in his diaries and dom as a central theme in collective memory (Fall)
journals. ART HIS USA (Mr.Wilson) and national mythmaking in our study. LIT This course does not fulfill LIT EUR require
HIS EUR (Mr. Perry) ments. (Mr. Ganiban)
[HA/AC 408 Knickerbocker New York]
IT 354 Epoche della Letteratura
Italians I: Introduzione al Periodo' LITERATURE PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Moderno (Fall)
MAJOR EUR (Mr. Castronuovo) LI 101 Reading Literature (CW 15)
(Fall, Spring)
Director: Neil Waters (history); Area Program IT 355 Epoche della Letteratura LIT (fall: Mr. Berninghausen, Ms. Wells, Ms.
Directors—East Asian Studies: Carole Cavanaugh Italiqna II: Introduzione al Medioevo e Zito)
0apanese); European Studies: Edward Knox al Rinascimento (Spring)
(French); International Politics and Economics EUR (Mr. Castronuovo)
MATHEMATICS AND
(to be announced); Latin American Studies:Jef-
frey Cason (Political Science); Russian and East IT 459 Modern Italian Literature and COMPUTER SCIENCE
European Studies: David Macey (history) Culture (Fall)
(Mr.Van Order) Visiting Lecturer: Lisa Foley
IS 451 Development & Democracy
(Fall) IT 461 Dante in the Twentieth Century MA 110 Extended Calculus I (Fall)
Delete: “Waiver required. Obtain waiver from (Spring) DED (Ms. Clookey)
David Macey, Office of Off-Campus Study, Change last sentence in course descriptionfrom: Au
Sunderland Hall.” (Mr. Cason and Mr. thors will include... to: Authors may include... MA 112 Caluclus I (Fall, Spring)
Ramaswamy) (Ms. Zupan) DED (Ms. Bremser, Mr. Dorman, Ms. Foley,
Mr. Olinick, Mr. B. Peterson)
IS 454 Leadership: Politics and
Psychology (Spring) JAPANESE DEPARTMENT MA 300 Topics in Linear Algebra and
New location for approval: Obtain approval from Differential Equations (Spring)
International Studies Office, Geonomics, Assistant Professor: David Stahl (on leave aca This course does not fulfill the DED require
ground floor. (Mr. Kraus, Mr. Riess) demic year); Visiting Instructor: Haruko Iwami ment. (Mr- Olinick)
IS 471 Post-Communist Society? China Change Senior Independent Work to: [MA 324 Numerical Analysis]
and Russia (Spring) Senior Work: Seniors are required to take (This course will not be offered in 98-99)
Delete: “Waiver required. Obtain waiver from either JA 600 (senior project) orJA 700 (se
David Macey, Office of Off-Campus Study, nior thesis). MA 345 Combinatorics (Spring)
Sunderland Hall.” (Ms. Oxfeld and Mr. Macey) (MA 200 or MA 220, or by waiver) DED (Mr.
Honors: change the third sentence to: Students who Schumer)
have earned a grade of A for the senior project
ITALIAN (JA 600) and who have a departmental grade CX 704 Senior Seminar (Fall, Spring)
point average of 3.5 will be awarded High (fill: Mr. Dickerson; spring: Mr. Schumer)
Visiting Assistant Professors: Alan Perry,T.Marsden Honors.
Van Order; Visiting Lecturer: Adrienne Ward
MUSIC
Change:
IT 101 Intensive Beginning Italian JA 500 Independent Study Project (Spring)
(Fall) io. JA 600 Senior Project (Spring) VisitingAssistant Professor: Jennifer Post (parttime)
LNG (Mr. Castronuovo, Mr. Perry, Ms. Ward,
Ms. Zupan, Staff) [JA/TH 237 Japanese Film (in English)] MU 105 Introduction to World Music
(Fall)
IT 103 Intensive Beginning Italian [JA/WS 350 Gender in Japan (in (Ms. Post)
(Spring) English)]
LNG (Mr. Castronuovo, Mr. Perry, Mr. Van MU 205 Performance Lab (Fall, Spring)
Order, Staff) QA 426 Methods Seminar] ART (Staff)
IT 251 An Introduction to Contempo MU 220 Survey of Music History (Fall)
rary Italy (Fall) HIS EUR (Mr. Milsom)
LNG SOC (Mr. Perry, Mr.Van Order, Ms.Ward,
Staff) MU 309 Advanced Composition I (Fall)
New course description: This course will focus on
composing for a mixed ensemble comprising
4 August 1998
flute, cello, guitar, and percussion.We will study exercise or its equivalent, and a final exam. (PS RELIGION
issues of technique and style, discuss practical 102 or PS 104 or PS 208 or PS 305) USA
considerations, and investigate selected elements (Mr. Dry) Assistant Professor: Rebecca Kneale Gould,Wil
drawing from appropriate repertoire.There will liam Waldron; Lecturer: Carol Bakhos
be the opportunity to have performances or [PS 310 American Public Policy]
readings of our pieces by the ensemble, Three SOC USA RE 110 Introduction to Western
Musicians, and percussionist John Ferrari, mem Religious Life and Thought (Spring)
ber of the Meridian Arts Ensemble and the New PS 315 Theories of International PHL (Ms. Sonderegger, Ms. Bakhos)
Millenium Ensemble. (MU 209 and MU 210) Relations (Spring)
(Ms.Tan) This course explores major theoretical/philo- RE 120 Introduction to Eastern
sophical traditions in internadonal politics. Religious Thought (Fall)
Realism, liberalism, idealism, Marxism/depen PHL OTH (Mr. Keenan, Mr.Waldron)
PHILOSOPHY
dency, feminist theory—these and other theo
ries define political reality in different ways. RE 140 The Hindu Tradition (Spring)
PA 361 Philosophy of Neuroscience Such differences have a very great impact on An introduction to the Hindu religious tradi
(Fall) the way we perceive political developments in tion, this course will trace the development of
PHL (Ms. Ennen) the world, the way foreign policy is, or ought Hindu ritual, mythology, philosophy, and soci
to be, made, and the way we study international ety from Vedic times to the present, with spe
relations. The course examines these theories cial reference to the law of karma, caste, dharma,
POLITICAL SCIENCE
and perspectives in historical and contempo women, yoga, and liberation. Emphasis will be
rary contexts. Seniors needing to fulfill a PS placed on gaining an appreciation of the rich
Add thefollowing second paragraph to Requiredfor
seminar requirement may arrange with the in multiplicity of religious thought and practice
the Major in Politcal Science: structor to do so. PHL SOC (Ms. Sample) within the Hindu worldview through a study
of its classical Vedic and Pauranic literatures,
Political Science majors who are interested in PS 318 Modern Political Philosophy major sectarian divisions, and diversity of local
obtaining teaching licensure must notify the (Spring) expressions. PHL OTH (Mr. Waldron)
Teacher Education Program by the middle of
Add to course description: Seniors needing to ful
their sophomore year. They should also con fill a PS seminar requirement may arrange with [RE 150 The Islamic Tradition]
tact Professor Smith, the Political Science
the instructor to do so. (PS 101 or PS 107)
Department’s teacher education affiliate. (Mr. Dry) [RE 160 The Jewish Tradition]
Substitute the following paragraph for Advanced PS 333 Politics, Philosophy, and RE 180 An Introduction to Biblical Lit
Placement: Education (Fall) erature (Fall)
A score of 4 or 5 on the College Board Ad Add to course description: Seniors needing to ful LIT PHL (Mr.Yarbrough, Ms. Bakhos)
vanced Placement Examination in American
fill a PS seminar requirement may arrange with
politics will entitle the student to exemption the instructor to do so. PHL EUR (Mr. RE 190 Introduction to Ethics: Right
from PS 104; such a score may satisfy the re Nelson) Living in a Complex World (Spring)
quirement of one course in the American poli This course will introduce students to the
tics field. A score of 4 to 5 on the College [PS 409 Seminar on Political Philoso theory and practice of ethics using both an his
Board Advanced Placement Examination in phy: Politics and Economics] torical and a case-based approach. Beginning
comparative politics will entide the student with the historical and theoretical “ground-
to exemption from PS 103; such a score may [PS 422 Seminar on Congressional rules” of ethics, the course will then look at
satisfy the requirement of one course in the Campaigns and Elections] recent critiques and extensions of traditional
comparative politics field. Students exempted ethics, paying particular attention to the ways
from PS 103 are strongly encouraged to take in which religious commitments (and lack
PS 451 Development and Democracy
PS 230 or PS 324. While supplying two col thereof) influence ethical decision making. Stu
(Fall)
lege credits, advanced placement in both dents will also examine the ways that gender,
See International Studies listing in this supple
American politics and comparative politics will raise, class, community values, and environmental
ment. (Mr. Cason, Mr. Ramaswamy)
substitute for only one course requirement for concerns complicate classical ethical theory and
the political science major. current ethical practice. Using contemporary
PS 454 Leadership: Politics and
case studies as our focus, attention will be paid
Psychology (Spring)
PS 104 Introduction to American to the interplay of reason and emotion, tradi
See International Studies listing in this supple
Politics (Fall) tion and change, religious and secular orienta
ment. (Mr. Kraus, Mr. Riess)
SOC USA (Ms. Sample) tions, and the challenge and promise of living
in a pluralistic society. PHL (Ms. Gould)
PS 201 International Politics (Fall, PSYCHOLOGY
Spring) [RE 220 The Buddhist Tradition in India]
SOC (Mr. Leng, Ms. Pekkanen, Ms. Sample) Assistant Professor: Barbara Hofer
RE 224 The Buddhist Tradition in Tibet
[PS 212 American Political Parties] PY 202 Research Methods in Psychol (Spring)
HIS SOC USA ogy (CW 15) (Fall, Spring) This course will examine the Buddhist tradi
tions ofTibet. Following a roughly chronologi
"DED (fall; Ms. McCauley; spring: Ms. Hofer)
PS 306 American Constitutional Law; cal outline, we examine preBuddhist traditions,
The Bill of Rights (Fall) PY 216 Adolescence (Fall) the introduction of Indian Buddhism, its trans
New Course Description: This course focuses on SOC (Ms. Hofer) formation into distinctive Tibetan forms, their
the Supreme Court’s interpretadon of the First institutional demise in the 20th century, and
Amendment freedoms of speech and religion. PY 227 Educational Psychology (Fall) the current Tibetan Diaspora. A mixture of
The course also examines the philosophic ar (Ms. Hofer) primary and secondary sources will be used.
guments for these freedoms, the framing of PHL OTH (Mr. Waldron)
the Bill of Rights, and the rights of the ac PY 424 Exceptional Learners (Spring)
cused (amendments four through eight) .Texts (Ms. Hofer) RE 260 The Origins of Judaism (Fall)
include; Gunther and Sullivan, Constitutional A historical study of the formative years of Ju
Law; Plato, Apology of Socrates; Milton, PY 454 Leadership: Politics and daism, this course surveys Judaism from the end
Areopagitica; Locke, Letter on Toleration; Mill, On Psychology (Spring) of the Babylonian exile through the Muslim
Liberty; Lewis, Make No Law. Written work See International Studies listing in this supple conquest in the 7th century. Focus is placed
includes three or four essays, a mock court ment. (Mr. Kraus, Mr. Riess) on such topics as: Hellenism, the varieties of
Judaism in antiquity, the crisis precipitated by
August 1998 5
the destruction of the Second Temple, and the RE 395 Religion, Ethics, and the emphasis will be placed on crime and crimi
emergence of Rabbinic Judaism. Texts are Environment (CW 5) (Spring) nals, but other behaviors and statuses conven
drawn from the Jewish Bible, Rabbinic litera This course will put environmental concern in tionally defined as deviant, including homo
ture, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Philo, historical, cross-cultural and multireligious per sexuality and physical disability, will be con
Josephus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the New spective. Lectures and readings will consider what sidered as well. Readings will include both
Testament. (Students seeking a general intro a variety of religious traditions have to say about classical and contemporary contributions to
duction to Judaism are encouraged to take RE “nature”both in earlier periods and in the present. the sociological study of deviance and social
160.) PHL HIS (Ms. Bakhos) Our approach will be topical and will include: control. SOC USA (Mr. Sasson)
the significance of animals, the meaning of “sa
RE 295 Faith, Freedom, and Ecology cred landscape,” philosophical speculations on the SA 305 Topics in Sociological Theory
(Fall) term “nature,” the use of religious traditions to (CW 5) (Fall)
This course will introduce students to some of affirm or deny the value of the natural world, (SA 105) DED (Mr. Fee)
the prevailing questions in environmental eth and varieties of religious environmental activ
ics, ecotheology, and the emerging field of ism. Buddhist, Native American, and Hindu per SA 306 Topics in Anthropological
ecocriticism. What is the proper relationship spectives will be treated throughout, with some Theory (Spring)
between humans, the natural world, and the comparative attention paid to Western traditions. (SA 103) OTH (Mr. Eaton)
divine? What is our moral responsibility to PHL (Ms. Gould)
ourselves and to the planet? How do freedom SA 311 Sociology and Sexual Politics
and constraint play a role in our choices? Do (CW 5) (Spring)
RUSSIAN
men and women experience nature (and re This course explores the shifting nature of con
sponsibilities toward nature) differently? Lec temporary sexual life and sexual politics in
tures and readings will approach these ques Assistant Professor: Tatiana Smorodinskaya America and Western Europe, as well as the im
tions from a variety of philosophical, historical, portance of theory in this enterprise. We explore
and religious perspectives (primarily Western) RU 101 Beginning Russian (Fall) . perspectives on sexuality that have followed
and will include Jewish, Christian, feminist, LNG (Mr. Beyer, Ms. Baker, Ms. modernist sexolgy (e.g. Kinsley), covering such
pragmatist, scientific, and Native American Smorodinskaya) areas as scripting theory, perspectives on pornog
voices. PHL (Ms. Gould) raphy, feminist studies, and queer theory. These
RU 122 The Russian Mind (Spring) topics are linked to more direct political move
RE 315 Comparative Themes in the LIT HIS OTH (Ms. Smorodinskaya) ments around sexual suffering and domination
Study of Religion: Pilgrimage (CW 5) as found in women’s and lesbian/gay movements
(Fall) RU 201 Intermediate Russian (Fall) specifically. Readings may include: Buder, Fou
This seminar will take a careful look at the LNG (Ms. Baker, Ms. Smorodinskaya) cault, Halperin, Plummer, Rubin, Seidman,Wil
theme of pilgrimage across several religious tra liam Simon, and Weeks. SOC (Mr. Fee)
ditions. What does it mean to be a pilgrim? RU 202 Intermediate Russian (Spring)
What do certain kinds of pilgrimages tell us LNG (Ms. Baker, Ms. Smorodinskaya) SA 332 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
about a given religious tradition? What is the (Fall)
relationship between the norms of a religious RU 354 Chekhov (In English) (Fall) A comparative introduction to contemporary
tradition and a particular individual’s experi (Note change in course number.) LIT EUR (Mr. Africa from an anthropological and ethnographic
ence of pilgrimage? Are there ethics and aes Katz) perspective. Through case studies, we will con
thetics of pilgrimage? Readings will be grouped sider practices of the body and selfin which judg
around various kinds of pilgrimage (journeys SOCIOLOGY/ ment is founded and through which social rela
to sacred cities, retreats into the wilderness, re tions are experienced and understood. We will
ANTHROPOLOGY
enactments of sacred narratives) and will focus examine how these shape and express changing
on pilgrims from Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, systems of exchange and forms of community
Islamic, and Native American traditions. PHL Assistant Professor: Marc Garcelon; VisitingAssis- and society. We will situate voices at the center
(Ms. Gould) tant Professor: Dwight Fee; Lecturer: David Eaton of social life, studying oral performance, music
and dance, and the printed or digitized word as
RE 320 Seminar in Buddhist Philoso SA 105 Society and the Individual cultural commentary. Finally, we will explore
phy: Middle-Way (Madhyamaka) (Fall, Spring) emergent domains of politics, studying, local and
School of Indian Buddhism (Fall) SOC (Mr. Sasson, Mr. Garcelon) geopolitical dimensions of social movements in
This course examines the Indian Buddhist phi contexts of ethnic fluidity and diversity,
losophy of the Middle Way (Madhyamaka) and SA 159 Biological Anthropology transnational migration, ecological stress, violence,
(Spring)
its central notions of Emptiness and Depen and reconciliation. SOC OTH (Mr. Eaton)
dent Arising, the lack of intrinsic identity, and This course considers the human species within
the conditionality of all phenomena, respec the biology, behavior, and evolution of the pri [SA 336 Indian Society]
tively. We will focus primarily on Buddhist texts mate order. Topics will include the fossil record,
that present philosophical arguments for a Mendelian and population genetics, primate [SA 353 Sociology of Western Europe]
nonsubstantialist, nonfoundationalist approach evolution, human origins, and modern human
to questions of selfhood, causation, morality, and variation. Special attention will be given to SA 387 Medical Anthropology:
linguistic reference. We will also refer exten living primates and to the interplay of culture Approaches to Affliction and Healing
sively to related and pertinent trends in West and biology in human adaptation. In addition, (Fall)
ern philosophy. PHL OTH (Mr. Waldron) we will study critically and historically the de This course explores personal, bodily, and so
velopment of evolutionary thought, resulting
cial dimensions of human suffering and well
[RE 350 Seminar in Islam] debates on race and human biological differ being through cross-cultural ethnographic re
ence, and some findings and implications of search. Using studies of chronic illness, gendered
RE 380 Seminar in Biblical Studies recent molecular genetics. SOC (Mr. Eaton) violence, witchcraft, and multiple personality
(Spring) and spirit possession, we will examine how ex
The focus of this seminar is the Book of Gen SA 252 Social Psychology (Fall) periences such as pain, madness, and ecstasy are
esis. It will examine the literary traditions which SOC (Mr. Fee) produced and understood.We will compare the
compose Genesis, the final composition of the constitution of the body and the person in dis
book and its place in the Torah, the ways themes SA 288 Deviance and Social Control parate healing practices, from biomedical
and characters are treated in the rest of the Jew (Spring) analytics and Ayurvedic pharmacopoeias to
ish and Christian scriptures, and the use of se New course description: This course introduces !Kung San summoning of‘boiling energy.”We
lected themes and characters in Western litera students to the core sociological perspectives will also consider the impact of systemic in
ture, art, and theology. PHL (Mr.Yarbrough) on the nature, causes, and control of deviant equalities, social movements, and population
behavior and deviant populations. Special sciences on health and illness worldwide,
6 August 1998
through studies of child survival, urban pov SP 201 Intermediate Spanish (Fall, Course Categories:
erty, new reproductive orders, and international Spring) Drama /History: Remove History of Western
responses to AIDS and emerging infectious dis (Mr. Fernández, Ms. Martinez-Lage, Staff) Dress (TH 125)
eases. SOC OTH (Mr. Eaton) Performance: Change Directing I to: Direct
SP 219 Self-Expression in Spanish (Fall, ing II: Problems in Directing (TH 324). Change
[SA 410 Sociology of Politics and Spring) Independent Project (TH 505) to: Independent
Power] LNG (Mr. Fernandez, Ms. Martinez-Lage, Mr. Project (TH 701/705)
Véguez, Ms. Ferriol, Mr. Ferdinan) Design: Change Independent Project (TH 505)
SA 471 Post-Communist Society? to: Independent Project (TH 701/705)
China and Russia (Spring) SP 300 An Introduction to the Study of The Theatre Acting/Directing or Dramatic
See International Studies listing in this supple Hispanic Literature (CW 15) (Fall, Literature/Theory Joint Major: Change thefirst
ment. (Ms. Oxfeld, Mr. Macey Spring) part oft hefirst sentence to: Students choosing the
LNG LIT (Ms.Andreu, Mr. Béjar, Staff) Acting/Directing or Dramatic Literature/
SA 478 Sociology of Punishment (Fall) Theory tracks as a joint major are required...
This course does not fulfill the SOC require SP 311 Words in Action: Contemporary
ment. (Mr. Sasson) Hispanic Theatre (Fall) Departmental Courses
LIT OTH (Ms. Gerriol)
S A 480 The Anthropology of Religion TH 500 Intermediate Independent
(Spring) SP 377 Latin American Cinema Project (Fall, Winter, Spring)
New course description: The anthropology of re (Spring) In consultation with their advisers, dance ma
ligion focuses on the cultural implications of ART OTH (Ms. Gonzalez-Zenteno) jors will propose aTH 500 Intermediate Inde
belief systems and religious cosmologies. The pendent Project. Proposal forms approved by
discipline includes the interpretation of vari SP 378 Latin American Visual Culture the student’s adviser will be submitted to the
ous states of consciousness and perceptual (Fall) program by April 15 of the preceding term for
modes, as well as the ways in which religious This course explores the construction of the those wanting credit in the fall term, by Octo
experiences are culturally validated. Much of nationhood and issues ofidentity, class, race, and ber 15 for those wanting credit in the winter
the course, therefore, concerns itself with the gender in the arts of different regions of Latin term, and by November 1 for those wanting
function of specialists, such as shamans, mys America. Among others, it will focus on 19th- credit in the spring term. Projects will conform
tics, and priests. Though emphasis will be century historical and naúvist painting in the to the guidelines which are available in the
placed upon traditional non-Western and tribal Rio de la Plata, Mexican muralists and their dance office. (Staff)
societies, we will also examine the cultural role influence on the Harlem Renaissance, Frida
of religious experience in the contemporary Khalo’s paintings and their relation to both TH 505 Intermediate Independent
West, and the revival and transformation of French Surrealism and Mexican popular arts, Project (Fall, Winter, Spring)
various religious systems in response to social racism in Mexican and U.S.A.’s cinema of the In consultation with their advisers, theatre ma
change. PHL SOC OTH (Mr. Napier) 50s, and the influence of French avant-garde jors may choose to propose a TH 505 Inter
cinema on the Argentinian and Brazilian cin mediate Independent Project. Proposal forms
[SA 485 Medical Sociology] ema of the 60s. (SP 300 and SP 304 or SP305) approved by the student’s adviser will be sub
ART SOC OTH (Mr. Ferdinan) mitted to the program by April 15 of the pre
SA 489 The Sociology of Mental ceding term for those wanting credit in the fall
Illness (Spring) SP 435 Fiction and Modernity in term, by October 15 for those wanting credit
This course explores a variety of sociological Hispano-America (Fall) in the winter term, and by November 1 for
issues and approaches to the study of mental (Mr. Béjar) those wanting credit in the spring term. Projects
illness. Among the issues considered are (1) will conform to the guidelines which are avail
models of “madness” (i.e., medical model, la Change SP 705 Honors Thesis number 4,f irst sen able in the theatre office. Students are required
beling theory, sociocultural origins of mental tence to: 4. The student submits a thesis pro to attend a weekly TH 505 seminar. (Staff)
disorder); (2) characteristics of and historical posal with a bibliography to a prospective
trends in the social organization of mental adviser in the department before the fall TH 700 Senior Independent Project
health care (e.g., asylum, therapy, and com midterm recess begins. (Fall, Winter, Spring)
munity-based care); and (3) contemporary Dance majors who have successfully completed
controversies concerning the treatment of aTH 500 project have the option of proposing
TEACHER EDUCATION
mental illness (e.g., deinstitutionalization). (SA to undertake aTH 700 project.The deadlines
252 or PY 203) (Mr. Fee) for submitting proposals are the same as those
Visiting Lecturer: Mary Dodge
indicated fbrTH 500 project. This option ex
ists only for superior students with well-planned
SPANISH TE 305 Reading, Language Arts, and
proposals, who have demonstrated an ability to
Assistant Professors: Sandra Dunn (on leave aca Social Studies (Spring)
create independent work of exceptional qual
demic year), Valentín Ferdinan, Gloria New Course Title (Ms. Beck)
ity. Students should speak to their adviser about
Gonzalez-Zenteno; Instructor: Miguel
specific requirements. (Staff)
Fernandez; Visiting Instructors: Antonia Ferriol, TE 315 The Teaching of Mathematics
Silvia Navia and Science in the Elementary School
TH 701/705 Senior Independent
(Fall)
Project (Fall, Winter, Spring)
Programs Abroadf or Juniors (Mr. Humphrey)
Senior work is required: Theatre joint majors
Change last sentence in second to last paragraph to:
must take TH 701 as their senior independent
With the approval of the Spanish Depart
THEATRE, DANCE, FILM/ work, while full-theatre majors who have suc
ment chair and the Programs Abroad Com
mittee, nonmajor students may be permit VIDEO cessfully completed aTH 505 project have the
option of proposing to undertake a TH 705
ted to study abroad with a program other
project.The deadlines for submitting proposals
than Middlebury’s after taking SP 219 with All majors take the following course: Indepen
are the same as those indicated for TH 505
a minimum grade of B+. dent Project (TH 500/507/701/705).
project.This option exists only for superior stu
dents with well-planned proposals, who have
SP 101 Intensive Beginning Spanish The Theatre Emphasis
demonstrated an ability to create independent
(Fall) At end off irst paragraph, change senior independent
work of exceptional quality.'Students should
(Ms. Navia, Ms. Rogers) work (TH 505 orTH 705) to: senior indepen
speak to their adviser about specific require
dent work (TH 701 orTH 705).
ments. Students are required to attend a weekly
TH 701/705 seminar. (Staff)
August 1998 7
Theatre Courses WOMEN’S STUDIES
TH 324 Directing II: Problems in Visiting Lecturer: Andrea Schaefer
Directing (Spring)
This is a course for the upper level theatre stu EL/WS 114 Reading Women’s Writing
dent with previous experience in directing. Stu (Fall)
dents will read, reflect on, analyze, and direct See Department ofEnglish listings for descrip
works from segments of various historical pe tion. (Ms. Schaefer)
riods and in a variety of styles and techniques;
simultaneously, significant attention will be WS 200 Introduction to Women’s
given to the director/designer collaboration, Studies (Spring)
working with actors and the pragmatic aspects ART SOC (Ms. Faraone)
of mounting a production. (TH 214,additional
directing experience or by waiver) (Ms.
Faraone)
[TH 325 Costume Design and Figure
Illustration II]
[TH/RU 354 Chekhov (In English)]
Offered as RU 354. See Department of
Russian listings.
TH 425 Special Topics: Costume
Design for Actors and Directors
(Spring)
The relationship between an actor and his cos
tume is undeniable. This course will endeavor
to increase each actor’s ability to support fu
ture characterizations through an educated ma
nipulation of costume and increased under- *
standing of his/her own physical type. Our work
will include the psychology of dress and exer
cises in body image, as well as workshops in
stage makeup and audition dress. Screenings and
performances will be used to enhance each
student’s critical understanding of costume de
sign. (TH 102 and waiver by instructor) (Ms.
Emerson)
Dance Courses
TH 260 Intermediate/Advanced Dance
I (Fall)
ART (Ms. Campbell)
Film/Video Courses
[TH/JA 237 Japanese Film]
[TH/AC 242 Film Comedy]
USA
TH 243 Boxer in Hollywood Film:
Archetype and Genre (Spring)
The class will examine the representation of
boxing and the boxer in American film. At
tention will be paid to issues of genre, mascu
linity, social mobility, race, and ethnicity that
have shaped popular images of “the fight” and
“the fighter.”The influences from painting,lit
erature, popular culture, and Hollywood in
stitutions upon the evolution of the boxer will
be studied.The formal conventions that orga
nize such representations and, in turn, affect
audience response will also be investigated. On
the Waterfront, Rocky, Raging Bull, among
others, will be studied. USA ART (Mr.
Grindon)
8 August 1998
V SUPPLEMENT TO THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CATALOG 1998-1999
Since the catalog was published, some re GN 402 The Age of Classicism BIOLOGY
finements have occurred in Middlebury’s (in English) (Spring)
academic program for 1998-99. The mate A representative selection of Goethe’s early and Assistant Professor: Helen Young; Visiting Scholar:
rial below provides the most up-to-date in mature works will provide the frame of the Christopher L. Fastie
formation to use in conjunction with the course.The students will be given insight into
catalog in registering for classes offered in the artistic development of a single great fig Guidelines and Restrictions Relevant to the
spring term, 1999. ure and the surrounding minor literary fig Selection of Courses for the Major:
The College is pleased to confirm the ures. Readings will include an early novel of Change paragraph 6 to:
addition of several new faculty members, Goethe’s, lyrics from throughout his career, and • A maximum of three courses taken off
whose names you will see. Changes in instruc several plays. Some of Schiller’s poems, essays, campus may be credited toward the comple
tors and terms are indicated after the number and plays will be used to counterpoint Goethe’s tion of the major (two toward the completion
and title of the appropriate courses. A few intellectual and artistic development. This of a joint major). This includes courses taken
courses that appeared in the catalog will not course will also be taught in German. See at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods
be offered in spring, 1999; their numbers and GN401 LIT EUR (Mr. Huber) Hole and at the Center for Northern Studies.
titles appear in brackets. For several courses
and programs, you will find new descriptions, Italian Department BI 195 Genetics and Evolution
which were not available when the catalog
(Fall, Spring)
went to press.
IT 298 Italy in World War II: Memory, SCI DED (Mr. Dick, Ms.Young)
Myth, and Martyrdom in Literature
Emeriti Professors and Film (in English) (Spring) BI 250 Organelles and Cells:
Add the follounng names: This course explores how Italian writers and An Introduction to Concepts and
Robert Pack
filmmakers in the period 1945-1960 repre Methodology (Spring)
Stephen Rockefeller sented the nation’s experience ofWorld War (Mr. Saul, Mr. Watters)
George B. Saul, II II. After a historical overview of Italy’s plight
John Spencer in the conflict, we will discuss the images and BI 395 Advanced Evolution (Spring)
underlying interpretations of the war, pre (Ms.Young)
COLLEGE WRITING sented in biographies and songs, as well as
PROGRAM poetry, short stories, and the canon of Resis BI 500 Independent Study
tance novels, includingVittorini’s Men and Not (Fall, Winter, Spring)
Men, Calvino’s The Path of the Nest of Spiders, Individual projects involving laboratory and/
Economics and Rossellini’s Open City and Paisan. We will or field research or extensive library study on a
Delete:
focus on martyrdom as a central theme in col topic chosen by the student and a faculty ad
EC 240 An Introduction to International lective memory and national mythmaking in viser. For biology majors, joint majors, and mo
Economics (CW 15) Spring our study. LIT HIS EUR (Mr. Perry) lecular biology and biochemistry majors. Waiver
required. (Prior to registering for BI 500, a stu
Political Science dent must have discussed and agreed upon a
Delete: AMERICAN LITERATURE project topic with a member of the Biology
PS 310 American Public Policy (CW 8) AND CIVILIZATION department faculty.) 3 hrs. disc. (Staff)
Spring
American Literature Semester Program at Woods
Sociology/ Anthropology Hole Marine Biological
Add: AL/LI 250 Cultural Crossings: Studies Laboratory
SA 311 Sociology and Sexual Politics (CW 5) In literary Influence (Spring)
(Spring) Focusing on a range of American fictions, Change first paragraph to:
this course will explore the impact of ear The Marine Biological Laboratory is a research
lier literary models on the work of 19th- and teaching facility in Woods Hole, Massachu
FOREIGN CULTURES IN
and 20th-century authors, tracing out lines setts, on Cape Cod.The 14-week fall semester
TRANSLATION
of artistic influence and assessing the larger program in ecosystem science offers students
implications of the imaginative reworking. an opportunity to take four upper-level courses
German Department Authors to be considered this semester will that emphasize laboratory and field investiga
include F. Scott Fitzgerald and Petronius; tions on diverse aspects of aquatic and terres
GN 322 Modern German Novel Herman Melville and Carlyle; Gertrude trial ecosystems. Students live in dormitories
(in English) (Spring) Stein, Willa Cather, and Flaubert; Ernest that are part of the Marine Biological Labora
Analyzing works originally written in Ger Hemingway and Turgenev, Ralph Ellison and tory campus and interact extensively with the
man along one of the major intellectual fault Dostoevsky. LIT(Mr. Donadio) faculty of the MBL.The semester involves three
lines of the twentieth century, students will core courses required of each student (WH 301,
explore the triumphs and tragedies of the hu AL/EL 309 Contemporary Literature WH 302, and WH 303) plus one elective cho
man condition. Readings will include Tho (IV) (Spring) sen from among WH 310, WH 311, andWH
mas Manns The Magic Mountain and Franz LIT (Mr. Cohen) 312. Applications may be obtained from the
Kafka’s The Trial, as well as selections from other biology department chair.
writers of the period. Students will investi AL 355 African-American Narrative
gate the various ways modern authors have (Spring)
portrayed common people’s reactions to the LIT USA (Mr. Lindholm) CHEMISTRY AND
complex and confusing ways in which our BIOCHEMISTRY
political and social structures have developed. AL 380 The Modernist Moment in
How do people cope with situations they find Twentieth-Century American Fiction Professors:]efSrey Byers (chair), Stephen Sontum
themselves in, either as victims or as perpetra (Spring) (on leave academic year); Assistant Professors:
tors of events - or as both at the same time? 3 LIT USA (Mr. Buckeye) Richard Bunt; Visiting Assistant Professor. David
hrs. lect./disc. LIT EUR (Mr. Huber) Weis
October 1998
1
C(FHal l,1 0S3p rFiunng)damentals of Chemistry I spectives on issues relating to gender studies, numbers have been changed: EC 310
such as how the image(s) of women changed (Economics of Investing in Securities) is now
DED SCI (fall: Mr. Byers; spring: Mr. Bunt) throughout Chinese history, what types of fe EC 205, EC 365 (Environmental Econom
male heroines were favored by Chinese writ ics) is now EC 265, EC 440 (International
CH 170 Chemistry for Citizens ers, and whether “women" becomes a literary Trade) is now EC 444.
(CW 15) (Spring)
trope for Chinese society in the imperial
SCI (Mr.Weis)
China. (Some prior exposure to Chinese lit New course title:
erature or society, e.g., at least one previous EC 225 Theories of Economic
CH/GL 283 Environmental Geochem- course in Chinese literature, Chinese history, Development in Latin America
istry (CW 15) (Spring)
Chinese society, or Chinese art, or alternatively (Spring)
SCI (Mr.Weis/Mr. Ryan) some background in women’s studies is rec SOC OTH (Mr. Kelly)
ommended.) LIT OTH (Ms. Wang)
CH 312 Inorganic and Physical
Chemistry Laboratory (Spring) Dtuiiuirac a males:
(Ms. Choi, Mr. Bunt) CLASSICAL STUDIES liberating Economics from “Homo
Economicus” (Spring)
PROGRAM
This course examines the role gender plays
CHINESE both in our methods of economic analysis and
Honors (page 42) Change (Note:...) to:
in our economic systems. Four topics selected
{Note: A student who does an optional Senior
The Major in the Chinese Language, highlight the importance of gender issues in
Essay, CL 700, or Independent Senior Project,
Literature, and Culture the development of economic theory and in
CL 505, may offer that grade in lieu of the
Change: CS 250 to CS/TH 250 the analysis of contemporary issues: (1) the
grade on CL 420 for the calculation of de
Neoclassical model of “homo economicus”
partmental honors.)
Senior Independent Work (economic man); (2) the role of gender in
Change first sentence to: American economy; (3) families and work, in
Required for the Major in Classical Stud
All students taking a full major in Chinese are ies (page 42) cluding New Home Economics, women in
required to do senior independent work: (a) an management, child care, and the feminization
honors senior thesis or (b) a one-semester se Change B as follows: of poverty; and (4) gender in the economics
nior essay or (c) a one-semester senior transla B. Five additional courses in classical studies curriculum. (EC 150 or EC 155 or permis
tion project (CS 500). chosen from the following: sion) (Ms. Woos)
and
Changef irst sentence of second paragraph to: delete: CL 450 History of Classical Litera EC 230 Comparative Transitions
ture from the list of courses (Spring)
Whether an honors thesis, a senior essay, or a
translation project, etc. Change E. to: This course examines the economic transition
occurring in Russia and other former Soviet
CL 701 History of Classical Literature: Gen
Senior Thesis eral Examination for Classics/Classical Studies republics in a broader geographic and interdis
Add to end off irst paragraph: ciplinary context. Emphasis is placed upon the
Optional (page 43)
and must submit an acceptable written proposal nature and legacies of die Soviet-type economic
Change (Note:...) to:
with a detailed outline and bibliography of system, the political economy of the ensuing
{Note: Students who wish to do an optional
sources in Chinese and in English by the end post-communist transition, and the ways in
of September. senior essay or independent senior project must which this transition is playing itself out in dif
secure the sponsorship of a member of the Clas ferent countries. Economic developments in
sics department in the semester before the es
Change second to last sentence in second paragraph to: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Baltic
say or project is to be undertaken.)
At least two members of the department (i.e., states are afforded particular attention.The les
the primary adviser and the secondary adviser/ sons offered by the experiences of other coun
reader) shall be present.... CLASSICS tries and regions in transition, especially East
ern Europe, China, and Latin America, are also
Joint Major in Chinese Required for the Major in Classics (page 43) considered. (EC 150 or EC 155 or permission)
In the list of courses after “at least two of the SOC (Mr. Horlacher)
Change 4 to:
following:" Change CS 250 to: CS/TH 250.
Add: CS 340 CL 701 History of Classical Literature: Gen EC 240 An Introduction to Interna
eral Examination for Classics/Classical Stud tional Economics (Spring)
Minor in Chinese ies Majors (Ms. Craven)
Optional: Change (Note:...) to:
Change: CS 250 to CS/TH 250
{Note: Students who wish to do an optional EC 265 Environmental Economics
senior essay or independent senior project must (Spring)
CS 130 The Chinese Literary Tradition
secure the sponsorship of a member of the Clas (Ms. Judge)
(in translation) (CW 5) (Spring)
sics department in the semester before the es
(CW 5 rather than 6)
say or project is to be undertaken.) EC 428 Population Growth and the
Global Future (Spring)
[CS 220 Twentieth-Century Chinese
Literature, Art, and Politics] ECONOMICS This course will show how economic analysis
LIT OTH can be used to assess the impact of rapid popu
lation growth on economic development, the
Visiting Associate Professors: Anthony Becker,
CS 302 Advanced Chinese Rebecca Judge; Visiting Assistant Professors: environment, and economic inequality. It will
(Modern Chinese) (Spring) Carolyn Craven, Joanna Woos analyze the rapid “greying” of the industrial
(Ms. Wang) ized countries and their struggle to cope with
international migration. It will assess the causes
I. Required for the Major
CS 330 Women in Chinese Literature Note: It is important, especially for those of urban decay in the North and the explosive
(Spring) growth of cities in the South. The course will
planning to study abroad, that the above three
This course examines various modes of rep sequences be completed preferably by the end consider household-level decision-making pro
resentation by which women have been por of the sophomore year, or by the end of the cesses; the effects of changing family structures;
and the need to improve the status of women.
trayed in traditional Chinese literature. fall term,junior year. As of the 1998-99 Cata
Through our close reading of a wide range of log, please be advised that macroeconomic (EC 250 or EC 255 or permission) (Mr.
Horlacher)
materials, including poetry, fiction, essays, and theory and microeconomic theory have been
drama from 600 B.C. to the end of thel9th renumbered as EC 250 and EC 255 respec
century, the course seeks to explore new per tively. In addition, a few other course [EC 430 The Post-Communist
Economic Transition]
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