This course introduces students to the multiple disciplines that comprise the field of African American Studies and the most salient themes and topics that continue to guide scholars??? research interests.

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Examines African American history from 1865 to the present. Emphasizes regional, gender, and class distinction within African American communities, and the ways in which industrial transformations shaped African American life, thought, and resistance.

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Examines African American history from 1865 to the present. Emphasizes regional, gender, and class distinction within African American communities, and the ways in which industrial transformations shaped African American life, thought, and resistance.

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Relations between and within groups, and conflict and cooperation in light of a number of models of social interaction. Application of principles to racial, religious, and ethnic minorities.

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An exploration and analysis of the struggle for African American equality with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement's development, successes, failures and legacy.

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An exploration and analysis of the struggle for African American equality with an emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement's development, successes, failures and legacy.

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Students in this course will study representations of blacks in major forms of mass media, including newspapers, literature, radio, tv, and film. Students will explore the evolution of those representations and the impact of negative portrayals on the self-images of blacks and society at large.

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Development of religion among African Americans; trends and tendencies.

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Development of religion among African Americans; trends and tendencies.

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Politics of sub-Saharan Africa are examined, with emphasis on the major issues of social and political analysis as well as the African economic predicament and its political implications.

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Students will explore the various typologies of African American resistance movements, including civil rights liberalism, Black nationalism, Black power, Black feminism, Black conservatism, and LGBT movements in the post-emancipation period.

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Comprehensive examination of African American politics and its critical influence upon the American political system. Civil rights and black power movements; the voting rights act and redistricting; African American political participation, attitudes, and governance.

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Examines a variety of ethnic groups in terms of strengths as well as weaknesses, lodging these characterizations in historical socioeconomic contexts and focusing on the structure and functioning of family life.

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Political, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan African civilizations, from the rise of the Sudanic empires through the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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This course explores the historical relationship between Blacks and chief executives and the range of presidential attitudes and actions pertaining to the problems of slavery and emancipation, segregation, discrimination, and economic exploitation.

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This course explores the ideological and structural foundations of race in American political culture.

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An in-depth study of the current historical knowledge of 19th century slavery in the southern United States; and how slavery has been depicted in popular culture, films and literature in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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This course surveys and analyses the factors shaping the U.S. response in the 20th and 21st centuries to human rights, domestically and globally. Writing requirement.

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This course surveys and analyses the factors shaping the U.S. response in the 20th and 21st centuries to human rights, domestically and globally. Writing requirement.

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This course will explore the development of international law, international consciousness and U.S. foreign policy on the two distinct but often related issues of war crimes and genocide during the late 19th and throughout the 20th centuries.

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This course will explore the development of international law, international consciousness and U.S. foreign policy on the two distinct but often related issues of war crimes and genocide during the late 19th and throughout the 20th centuries.

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This course will examine the ways in which the twentieth-century black Civil Rights Movement and the movement for LGBT rights have intersected through the activism of black LGBT activists in the city of Atlanta. Students will conduct ground-breaking research in Atlanta's black LGBT community

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This course will examine the ways in which the twentieth-century black Civil Rights Movement and the movement for LGBT rights have intersected through the activism of black LGBT activists in the city of Atlanta. Students will conduct ground-breaking research in Atlanta's black LGBT community

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Spring. Multidisciplinary in nature, the readings of the senior seminar reflect the centrality of the historical and cultural contributions of African Americans to American history and culture.

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Spring. Multidisciplinary in nature, the readings of the senior seminar reflect the centrality of the historical and cultural contributions of African Americans to American history and culture.

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Examination of culture areas, language distributions, and social organization of societies south of the Sahara. Colonialism and modern African issues.

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Traces the gradual incorporation of Africa into an expanding world economy and examines the impact of this incorporation on the development of African societies and modern nation states.

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Anthropological perspectives on the people and cultures on different regions of the world. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. HSC, may be repeated when topic changes.

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Culture is viewed as distinctive symbolic patterns through which a worldview is built. Human behavior as symbolic action; human knowledge as partly a creation of cultural patterns.

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Introduction to the evolution, diversity, and social significance of human diet and nutrition.

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The varied experience of women in Africa, with attention to the impact of colonization and decolonization on women's lives and cultures.

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Politics of sub-Saharan Africa are examined, with emphasis on the major issues of social and political analysis as well as the African economic predicament and its political implications.

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This course will examine sexual violence and gender in conflict, transitional justice, and post-conflict.

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This course is a systematic and empirical journey through the economic, political and governance landscapes of Europe, Middle East and North Africa through a comparative assessment of the evolution of state institutions and markets.

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This course is a systematic and empirical journey through the economic, political and governance landscapes of Europe, Middle East and North Africa through a comparative assessment of the evolution of state institutions and markets.

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Political, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan African civilizations, from the rise of the Sudanic empires through the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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Political, social, economic, and cultural history of sub-Saharan African civilizations, from the rise of the Sudanic empires through the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore issues in economic development viewed from the perspective of sub-Saharan Africa from the impact of slavery and colonialism to the modern era of globalization.

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This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore issues in economic development viewed from the perspective of sub-Saharan Africa from the impact of slavery and colonialism to the modern era of globalization.

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Evolution of South Africa from a society based on the principle of systematic racial segregation to a multiracial democracy. Origins of racial segregation and apartheid, nationalist struggles, challenges of post-apartheid development.

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May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

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May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

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Social, anthropological, and cultural aspects of two or more ancient Mediterranean cultures from a comparative perspective.

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Cultural history of the ancient Mediterranean through an examination of the materials, methods, and history of archaeology.

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Survey of the study of the human species: its evolution, prehistory, language, and comparative social and cultural systems. Satisfies GER area: HSC

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Basic concepts and theories of cultural anthropology and linguistics. Comparative economic and political systems, social organization and the family, belief systems, and modes of communication. Diverse levels of sociocultural complexity from primitive tribes to industrial societies.

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Basic concepts and theories of cultural anthropology and linguistics. Comparative economic and political systems, social organization and the family, belief systems, and modes of communication. Diverse levels of sociocultural complexity from primitive tribes to industrial societies.

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An introduction to the systematic study of human language, surveying the fields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, child language acquisition, and historical linguistics.

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Principles of archaeological analysis and field excavation.

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An introduction to the overall field of global health, its history, methods, and key principles, with case studies illustrating the burden of disease in nations with strikingly different political-economic contexts.

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Comparative study of disease ecology and medical systems of other cultures; sociocultural factors affecting contemporary world health problems; cultural aspects of ethnomedicine and biomedicine; ethnicity and health care.

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Comparative study of disease ecology and medical systems of other cultures; sociocultural factors affecting contemporary world health problems; cultural aspects of ethnomedicine and biomedicine; ethnicity and health care.

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This course introduces the evidence base for the science of health and emphasizes STEM educational translations to the population, clinic and individual levels. Innovative efforts are needed to drive changes in health care from a reactive, disease-focused system to a proactive health-focused one.

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Study of language in context, focusing on relations between language and culture, thought, social identity, and political process.

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Study of language in context, focusing on relations between language and culture, thought, social identity, and political process.

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Course surveys cultural diversity in the contemporary world through current ethnographies from different world areas.

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Course surveys cultural diversity in the contemporary world through current ethnographies from different world areas.

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Anthropological perspectives on the people and cultures on different regions of the world. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. HSC, may be repeated when topic changes.

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Introduction to the evolution, diversity, and social significance of human diet and nutrition.

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Cross-cultural examination of how language reflects, maintains, and constructs identities related to gender and sexuality. Topics include: differences in male and female speech, the grammatical encoding of gender, childhood language socialization, and language and desire.

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Cross-cultural ethnographic study of women's religious lives, including ritual and leadership roles, forms and contexts of religious expression, and negotiations between dominant cultural representations and women's self-representations.

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Cross-cultural ethnographic study of women's religious lives, including ritual and leadership roles, forms and contexts of religious expression, and negotiations between dominant cultural representations and women's self-representations.

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Focuses on cultural approaches to mental health and illness.

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Exploration of issues pertaining to women's bodies and health, juxtaposing Western women's health problems with those faced by women in the non-Western (i.e., developing) world. The disciplinary/analytical perspectives of medical anthropology and feminist scholarship will be compared.

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This class explores issues such as what makes for a healthy self or person, the role of religious practices and belief in healing, and the relationship of body and mind.

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This course studies relations between language and society, relations between language and sociocultural context. Topics may include: language variation; multilingualism; verbal interaction; discourse analysis; ethnography of communication; sociolinguistics of Spanish.

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This course studies relations between language and society, relations between language and sociocultural context. Topics may include: language variation; multilingualism; verbal interaction; discourse analysis; ethnography of communication; sociolinguistics of Spanish.

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Examines the social, cultural, and linguistic features of modern media technologies and explores their implications for far-reaching transformations in the ways we talk, think, and interact.

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Explores the sociocultural dynamics of media institutions and the everyday use of different media in diverse societies.

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Explores the sociocultural dynamics of media institutions and the everyday use of different media in diverse societies.

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Anthropological perspectives on social change and economic development in the Third World today. Population growth, agricultural development, political instability, colonialism, imperialism, and urban problems in cultural context.

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Anthropological perspectives on social change and economic development in the Third World today. Population growth, agricultural development, political instability, colonialism, imperialism, and urban problems in cultural context.

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This course explores the changing shape of the global economy and its relationship to

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This course explores the changing shape of the global economy and its relationship to

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Culture is viewed as distinctive symbolic patterns through which a worldview is built. Human behavior as symbolic action; human knowledge as partly a creation of cultural patterns.

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Survey of the significance and functions of ritual in human life. Ethnographic accounts of sacred ritual followed by more theoretical readings dealing with the structure and function of human ritual, viewed as a special and primitive form of communication.

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Close reading of selected plays of Shakespeare in which ritual and other performance genres become central issues and problems. Readings in performance theory parallel reading of the plays.

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Examination of the history of cooperative efforts between classics and anthropology, and focuses on ongoing efforts in studies of ritual and religion, kinship studies, and archaeological theory.

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Examination of the history of cooperative efforts between classics and anthropology, and focuses on ongoing efforts in studies of ritual and religion, kinship studies, and archaeological theory.

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The course provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the universal human experience of death. It covers themes such as the process of death (biological and cultural), the human cadaver, grief and mourning, ritual responses, mass death, suicide, ethical issues, etc.

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The course provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the universal human experience of death. It covers themes such as the process of death (biological and cultural), the human cadaver, grief and mourning, ritual responses, mass death, suicide, ethical issues, etc.

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This course examines the social and cultural-political dimensions of law, discipline, and disorder in a wide variety of human societies, providing cross-cultural perspectives on how people manage conflict, construe justice, and organize and experience power, discipline, and resistance.

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This course examines the social and cultural-political dimensions of law, discipline, and disorder in a wide variety of human societies, providing cross-cultural perspectives on how people manage conflict, construe justice, and organize and experience power, discipline, and resistance.

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Arabic dialects have been spoken continuously from Mauritania in the west to Iraq in the east. This course combines a broad introduction to the field with concrete experience working with Arabic dialects, exploring the historical development of the dialects and their relationship to Literary Arabic.

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The material culture of the Greek Bronze Age architecture. ceramic, glyptic, sculpture, and metalwork; an investigation of the human activities surrounding these artifacts, the cultural systems in which they operated, the conditions and methods of production use and exchange.

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Architectural styles and urban design in such centers as Rome, Venice, Turin, Paris, Versailles, London, Bath, Dublin, Vienna, Berlin, and Leningrad. Architects include Bramante, Sansovino, Palladio, Michelangelo, Bernini, Boromini, Cortona, Longhena, Mansart, Wren, von Erlach, Neumann, and Gabriel.

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Painting in Italy, Spain, France, Flanders, Holland, and England to the time of the French Revolution. Emphasis on the production of such artists as Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, El Greco, Velasquez, Hals, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Vermeer, Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, and Greuze.

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The cultural context of selected traditions of European art and architecture, from ancient Mediterranean to eighteenth century, exploring the interplay of culture with historical circumstances. May be repeated when topic changes.

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The cultural context of selected traditions of European art and architecture, from ancient Mediterranean to eighteenth century, exploring the interplay of culture with historical circumstances. May be repeated when topic changes.

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Topics could include the treasures of Tutankhamun; images of women in Egyptian art; and the art of New Kingdom Egypt. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics could include ancient sanctuaries; early Greece: real and imagined and religious festivals; myth and art in ancient Greece; and Greek architecture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics could include ancient sanctuaries; early Greece: real and imagined and religious festivals; myth and art in ancient Greece; and Greek architecture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics include: Medieval Monumental Stained Glass, Hagiography,and Manuscript Illumination. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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The cathedral is a symbol of the Heavenly Jerusalem, masterpiece of structural engineering, reflection of Scholastic ideals, visual Bible for the illiterate, and house of worship. This course will explore all these aspects in the earliest French monuments that gave birth to Gothic architecture.

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Topics in Italian or Northern art, ranging from Giotto to Pieter Bruegel. From artistic centers such as Florence, Rome, and Venice, to Bruges, Antwerp, and Haarlem. May be repeated for credit when topic changes up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics in Italian or Northern art, ranging from Giotto to Pieter Bruegel. From artistic centers such as Florence, Rome, and Venice, to Bruges, Antwerp, and Haarlem. May be repeated for credit when topic changes up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics could include problems in the study of Rubens; poetics and painting; the Carraci reform of art and its consequences; and problems in the study of Rembrandt. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Possible topics include Post-Impressionism and its consequences; Matisse & Picasso; Art and Politics between the Wars; Dada and Surrealism; the Avant-Garde; Abstract Art; What is Art?; Theories of Modernism. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Possible topics include Post-Impressionism and its consequences; Matisse & Picasso; Art and Politics between the Wars; Dada and Surrealism; The Avant-Garde; Abstract Art; What is Art?; Theories of Modernism. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Knowledge of Russian is not required. Introduction to the study of twentieth-century Russian visual arts and literature, with special focus on the intersection of art and politics in Symbolist, Suprematist, Constructivist, and Socialist and Realist practices. In English.

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Topics could include romanticism in England and the United States, issues in American painting; African diaspora ritual arts; and African American painting and sculpture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Topics could include African art and architecture; colonial and contemporary African art; and arts of ancient Africa. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.

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Advanced seminars dealing with various specialized problems in the history of art from antiquity to modern times, such as individual artists, genres (e.g. portraiture, landscape); themes (e.g. theory, iconography); artistic movements and museum studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. Permission from instructor required.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. Permission from instructor required.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.

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Open to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. For requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.

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Open to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. For requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.

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Examines mass media (photography, film, music, news reporting, radio, TV, video games) through a variety of approaches in the humanities and social sciences. This course is required for the minor in Media Studies.

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Credit, four hours. Offered once a year during the fall semester. This capstone course is required of all graduating IVAC co-majors and focuses on professional practices including documentation, research, development of an individual body of work situated in contemporary theory and methodology.

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Open only to undergraduate students by permission of the instructor. Additionally, this course is required for all students seeking to apply for the fellowship in Community Building and Social Change.

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Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

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Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

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This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

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This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

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This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

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This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

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This course is a general introduction to Chinese history, culture and literary tradition. It is designed to acquaint the students to ideas, institutions, aspects of life, literature and arts that are essential to an educated understanding of the Chinese world.

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Spanning the period that covers the First Sino-Japanese War (1895) through present, this course will explore the major transformations reshaping and reinventing cultural, political, and economic life in China through the shifting meanings of "revolution" and "republic."

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Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

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Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

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East Asian martial arts are often portrayed as ancient, timeless, and even mystical, but they have a history. In this course we explore how military techniques intended for use in war, policing, and banditry came to be practiced as methods of moral, spiritual, and physical self-cultivation.

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East Asian martial arts are often portrayed as ancient, timeless, and even mystical, but they have a history. In this course we explore how military techniques intended for use in war, policing, and banditry came to be practiced as methods of moral, spiritual, and physical self-cultivation.

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This course will examine the impacts of Confucianism, Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism in shaping the social experiences, roles and images of women in twentieth-century China and Taiwan.

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This course will examine the impacts of Confucianism, Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism in shaping the social experiences, roles and images of women in twentieth-century China and Taiwan.

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This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

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This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

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Study of Chinese language, literature, thought or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

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Study of Chinese language, literature, thought or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

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An introduction to the archaeological evidence of ancient Greek culture.

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An introduction to the urban life and city planning of the ancient world, including the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

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A general survey of ancient Greek literature and culture. Study of the major texts of ancient Greece in their social, historical and archaeological context.

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A survey of ancient Rome, from its origins in legend and myth to late antiquity, as seen through its principal literary texts in their historical, social, and cultural context.

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Introduction to the religions of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds: ritual types, forms of evidence, and methods of investigation, from the Bronze Age to the early Christian era.

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Greek and Roman Historians: A survey of Greek and Roman history-writing, with attention to its development, narrative styles, and historical aims.

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A survey of major intellectual developments in ancient Greece and of the individual thinkers that contributed to them.

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The material culture of the Greek Bronze Age architecture. ceramic, glyptic, sculpture, and metalwork; an investigation of the human activities surrounding these artifacts, the cultural systems in which they operated, the conditions and methods of production use and exchange.

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Literature, art, and culture from Homer??s time to the early Presocratics. Includes examination of archaic conceptions of death, cosmos, community, beauty, justice, and intelligence as reflected in the art, literature, and philosophy of the period.

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Greek literature, art, and culture in the time of Pericles and Socrates. The development of tragedy and comedy, participatory democracy, oratory, history and philosophy, painting, architecture, and sculpture in fifth-century Athens.

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Greek literature, art, and culture in the time of Pericles and Socrates. The development of tragedy and comedy, participatory democracy, oratory, history and philosophy, painting, architecture, and sculpture in fifth-century Athens.

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A study of Golden Age literature, art, and culture during the reign of Rome's first emperor.

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A study of Silver Age literature, art, and culture during the reign of Nero.

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Survey of social, cultural, and religious interaction during the Hellenistic and Roman period.

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A comparative investigation of the relationship between science in the ancient world and the practice of science today.

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A comparative investigation of the relationship between science in the ancient world and the practice of science today.

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Study of one ancient literary genre in depth (genre topic varies).

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A comparative study of Greek and Roman law systems.

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The roles and images of women in Greece and Rome as presented in literary, artistic, and documentary sources.

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Development of an integrated understanding of social, cultural, and religious interaction during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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A study of the archeological, artistic, literary, and historical evidence for the ancient symposium (or drinking party) and its impact on ancient society.

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Study of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome through the examination of texts and material culture.

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Studies in warfare, both as it was practiced and as it was imagined in the Greek and Roman worlds, with examination of its cultural and social impact.

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Greek and Roman Law: Introduction to the sources, principles, and development of Greek and Roman law.

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Greek and Roman Historians: Reading of one or more books by ancient historians with attention to narrative styles, critical methods, and historical aims.

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Advanced study of topics in Greek archaeology.

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A study of the role of the Greco-Roman legacy during formative decades of the American republic and in shaping civic values in the United States.

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A study of the role of the Greco-Roman legacy during formative decades of the American republic and in shaping civic values in the United States.

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Topic changes to meet current interest of students and faculty. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.

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Topic changes to meet current interest of students and faculty. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.

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Development of an integrated understanding of social, cultural, and religious interaction during the Hellenistic and Roman periods with a thematic focus.

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Examination of the history of cooperative efforts between classics and anthropology, and focuses on ongoing efforts in studies of ritual and religion, kinship studies, and archaeological theory.

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Examination of the history of cooperative efforts between classics and anthropology, and focuses on ongoing efforts in studies of ritual and religion, kinship studies, and archaeological theory.

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Advanced study of themes and topics from the Greek New Testament and the Latin Vulgate.

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Greek and Latin Biography: Reading of one or more works by ancient biographers, with attention to historical and literary issues.

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This course traces the development of Western concert dance from 19th century Romantic Ballet to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the development of American modern dance, post modern dance, and current trends and dance artists. This course is required for all dance and movement studies majors and minors. Students wishing to enroll must be a declared dance and movement studies major or minor, or obtain permission of the instructor.

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Thematic study of at least two Asian religious traditions. Thematic emphasis may include relationships of text and context, pilgrimage, gender, epic performance, religious institutions, visual arts, or colonial and post-colonial identities.

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This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

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This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

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This course explores various aspects of life and society in Japan, including writing, gender, memory and history, geography and the environment, aesthetics, and the formation of national identity.

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This course explores various aspects of life and society in Japan, including writing, gender, memory and history, geography and the environment, aesthetics, and the formation of national identity.

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This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

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This course is an examination of twentieth-century Chinese society through cinematic productions and a critical reading of the writings of major Chinese writers in translation. Emphasis on self and society in a changing culture and the nature and function of literature in modern nation-building.

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This course is a general introduction to Chinese history, culture and literary tradition. It is designed to acquaint the students to ideas, institutions, aspects of life, literature and arts that are essential to an educated understanding of the Chinese world.

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In this seminar we will follow the travails of Europeans, Asians, and Americans in their searches for riches, influence, employment, adventure, or spiritual gratification. Our aim is to examine the historical origins of the ideas that continue to shape our understanding of Chinese civilization.

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Spanning the period that covers the First Sino-Japanese War (1895) through present, this course will explore the major transformations reshaping and reinventing cultural, political, and economic life in China through the shifting meanings of "revolution" and "republic."

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The development of Buddhism in China and Japan, including examination of monasticism, ritual, ideas of Buddhahood, Zen, Pure Land, and Buddhist relations to the state and to other religions.

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Suggested prerequisite: POLS 110 or 120. Intro to the contemporary politics of SE Asia. Focus on capitalist developing countries of the region - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore. Approach is comparative, with focus on democratization, economic growth, and environmental issues.

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Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. Examines politics of contemporary Japan, with stress on political bases of Japanese economic growth and in comparison with other East Asian economic successes (e.g., Taiwan, South Korea).

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Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identity based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and the ideologies that shape language use in China and the global Chinese diaspora.

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Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identity based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and the ideologies that shape language use in China and the global Chinese diaspora.

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This class explores issues such as what makes for a healthy self or person, the role of religious practices and belief in healing, and the relationship of body and mind.

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East Asian martial arts are often portrayed as ancient, timeless, and even mystical, but they have a history. In this course we explore how military techniques intended for use in war, policing, and banditry came to be practiced as methods of moral, spiritual, and physical self-cultivation.

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East Asian martial arts are often portrayed as ancient, timeless, and even mystical, but they have a history. In this course we explore how military techniques intended for use in war, policing, and banditry came to be practiced as methods of moral, spiritual, and physical self-cultivation.

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This course will examine the impacts of Confucianism, Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism in shaping the social experiences, roles and images of women in twentieth-century China and Taiwan.

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This course will examine the impacts of Confucianism, Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism in shaping the social experiences, roles and images of women in twentieth-century China and Taiwan.

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This course will use the text of the Tale of Genji as a centerpoint from which to explore various issues in poetry, aesthetics, the visual arts, religion, history, politics, and gender in Japanese cultural history.

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This course will use the text of the Tale of Genji as a centerpoint from which to explore various issues in poetry, aesthetics, the visual arts, religion, history, politics, and gender in Japanese cultural history.

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An examination of the image of the warrior in Japan through literature and its effect on many areas of Japanese culture, including philosophy, literary history, religion, music, and the visual arts. Emphasis is on the exploration of primary texts.

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An examination of the image of the warrior in Japan through literature and its effect on many areas of Japanese culture, including philosophy, literary history, religion, music, and the visual arts. Emphasis is on the exploration of primary texts.

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This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

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This course offers an introduction to the culture and literature of late imperial China. We will discuss a wide selection of literary works from the late 16th to 18th centuries as a prism to reflect on the broader intellectual, social, and cultural history of the period.

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This seminar examines the main tenets of Orientalism and exoticism in exploring the hybridization of cultural practices in musical, theatrical, and cinematographic genres from the eighteenth century to the present.

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This seminar examines the main tenets of Orientalism and exoticism in exploring the hybridization of cultural practices in musical, theatrical, and cinematographic genres from the eighteenth century to the present.

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Open to all students regardless of Chinese language ability, basic language skills will be taught. This course examines the historical, social, and individual aspects of Chinese musical cultures through the use of English and Chinese sources.

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Open to all students regardless of Chinese language ability, basic language skills will be taught. This course examines the historical, social, and individual aspects of Chinese musical cultures through the use of English and Chinese sources.

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This course explores how music creates differences between countries in East Asia and, at the same time, ties them together to create a distinct East Asian identity.

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This course explores how music creates differences between countries in East Asia and, at the same time, ties them together to create a distinct East Asian identity.

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An introductory survey of modern Japan (1850-1950), covering the late Tokugawa shogunate, the creation of the Meiji state, and the rise and fall of the Japanese empire.

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Examines contemporary Chinese politics, covering regime institutions and processes, policies and their effects, and the dynamics of political development, including Chinese Communist party and central government, as well as the role of subnational government.

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This course reconstructs the encounter between Chinese natural studies and European science from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. We will examine the forces that have shaped the modern science in China and the factors influencing the migration of ideas across cultures.

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This course reconstructs the encounter between Chinese natural studies and European science from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. We will examine the forces that have shaped the modern science in China and the factors influencing the migration of ideas across cultures.

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This course examines the postwar Japanese experience through film, television, magazines, newspapers, music, and manga. We will explore the ways in which Japanese society has narrated its experiences of recovery after World War II, and the role these media sources have played in this reconstruction.

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This course examines the postwar Japanese experience through film, television, magazines, newspapers, music, and manga. We will explore the ways in which Japanese society has narrated its experiences of recovery after World War II, and the role these media sources have played in this reconstruction.

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China since the Opium War. Nineteenth-century dynastic decline, Western impact, and modernization efforts; Republican, Nationalist, and Communist revolutions of the twentieth century; and the development of the People's Republic of China since 1949.

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This course explores the origins of Korea's division system, the developmental path or each Korea, as well as the contemporary events that have been at the center of international debates, thereby challenging students to rethink the conventional framework based on binaries.

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Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

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Study of East Asian literature, history, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.

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Fall or Spring. An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to Korean culture and society. No knowledge of Korean is required. Topics to be announced each semester.

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Fall or Spring. An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to Korean culture and society. No knowledge of Korean is required. Topics to be announced each semester.

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Prerequisite: none. Introduction to the theory of markets, including consumer and producer choice and how they interact to determine prices and resource allocations. Applications include price controls, production, market structures, environmental economics, governmental regulation of the economy, labor and capital markets, and international exchange.

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Covers current debates on the workings of the aggregate economy, including unemployment, inflation, economic growth, the national debt, financial markets, money and the banking system, and international trade.

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Introduction to the role of various financial markets in an economy. Topics include the stock market, bonds, futures, options, and other derivative assets.

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An introduction to international trade, capital flows, and finance. Topics include the impact of public policy decisions concerning protectionism, balance of payments, and foreign exchange markets on economic activities.

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Applies microeconomic theory to both market and non-market phenomena, including crime, sports, family, and sexuality. Explores facts and trends, theoretical and empirical studies, and the role of public policy.

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Applies microeconomic theory to both market and non-market phenomena, including crime, sports, family, and sexuality. Explores facts and trends, theoretical and empirical studies, and the role of public policy. (May be taught as a post-freshman writing requirement)

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Economic analysis and public policy. Discussion of selected issues such as the economics of discrimination, environment, medical care, cultural arts, education, and social responsibility of business.

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Economic analysis and public policy. Discussion of selected issues such as the economics of discrimination, environment, medical care, cultural arts, education, and social responsibility of business.

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Topics related to economic change outside the United States or in which the U.S. is only one area of comparison. Slave trade, global economies, economic thought, colonialism, or comparative economic systems.

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Topics related to economic change outside the United States or in which the U.S. is only one area of comparison. Slave trade, global economies, economic thought, colonialism, or comparative economic systems.

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Economic development in the nineteenth century and the spread of a world economy; economic consequences of the world wars; economic aspects of socialism and fascism; and economic nationalism and internationalism in the twentieth century.

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Economic history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the development of the antebellum economy, Reconstruction, and the twentieth-century resurgence of the Southern economy.

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Economic history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the development of the antebellum economy, Reconstruction, and the twentieth-century resurgence of the Southern economy.

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Examines the post-1800 development of industrial America. Topics covered include the rise of manufacturing, banking, the labor movement, agriculture, and foreign trade. Special attention is paid to the role of the government sector in the economy.

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Introduction to theory of economic growth. The nature of economic development; factors influencing capital formation and technological advance; role of government in promoting development; relationship of international trade to growth; international economic policies.

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Analysis of the evolution of economic development and underdevelopment in Latin America; and application of development paradigms to country-specific examples.

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Introduction to the economics of natural resources and the environment. The course will focus on major resource and environmental problems and their economic solutions.

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This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore issues in economic development viewed from the perspective of sub-Saharan Africa from the impact of slavery and colonialism to the modern era of globalization.

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This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore issues in economic development viewed from the perspective of sub-Saharan Africa from the impact of slavery and colonialism to the modern era of globalization.

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Credit, four hours. Selected contemporary problems and issues; the contributions of history, philosophy, sociology, and other disciplines.

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Theories and principles of human learning and their application to instruction.

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