An introduction to the artistic practice of experimental video production, with a special emphasis on the practical, aesthetic and ethical issues associated with creating new artworks which use pre-existing or “found” material: archival documents, advertisements, pop cultural detritus, etc. Special attention will be paid to works of moving image art bridging boundaries between the art world, experimental cinema, amateur or “outsider” art and/or popular cultural production. Technical skills in image-based research, collection, curating and editing are introduced in hands-on labs and further developed through a series of short assignments and exercises. This course focuses on editing, sound design and other aspects of post-production; video production (camera) skills will not be emphasized. Equipment is provided by the department. ARTS 222 is designed to complement ARTS 221; the two courses emphasize different aspects of artistic creation in video and can be taken sequentially (in any order).
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: ARTS 222L Prerequisites:
Credits: 0.00 Corequisite: ARTS 222 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 225 - Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe (AH)
A study of painting, sculpture, manuscripts, and prints of the 15th and 16th centuries produced in the Low Countries, the Austrian Habsburg lands, France, and the Baltic states. The course concentrates on style developments and the changing religious and social context of works of art. Themes explored include the emergence of panel painting, new forms of devotional imagery, the role of symbols in the art of Van Eyck and Bosch, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, cross-influences between northern Europe and the Italian Renaissance, and the roles of Dürer, Holbein, and Brueghel in creating the humanistic Renaissance of the 16th century.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 226 - Nature’s Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750 (AH)
European painting and sculpture ca. 1550-1750 in its cultural, political, and social settings. Themes include the impact of the Counter-Reformation on the visual arts; Caravaggio and international Caravaggism; “realism” and “verisimilitude”; the intersection of mysticism, spirituality, and art; art and science; theatricality; art as propaganda.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
An introduction to the study and practice of painting. Problems related to composition and the formal properties peculiar to this medium are investigated through both prescribed and self-directed studio assignments. Questions related to content and subject matter are explored in studio, class lectures, critiques, and visits by outside lecturers who share their professional expertise in studio art, art history, and art criticism. The student’s cost for materials is $150-$350.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 233 - Revolutionary Forms: 100 Years of Art and Politics in Latin America (AH)
This course surveys modern and contemporary Latin American art within the context of regional socio-political and intellectual concerns. It considers a wide variety of visual media, including exhibitions and artists’ texts, focusing on local and global events that prompted their production. Students will examine how artworks embodied, challenged, and helped to shape Latin American history by creating a visual modernity that simultaneously incorporated and rejected Europe.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 236 - Realism and Impressionism: Global Styles (AH)
Realist and Impressionist tendencies shaped global visual culture from the 1820s to 1880. Artists working on traditional media such as painting and sculpture, as well as on new ones such as photography, engaged everyday life in an environment transformed by industrialization, urbanization, and imperialism. In this period modern art developed some of its characteristic strategies, such as an emphasis on originality, an ambivalent relation with tradition, problematic ties with cultural and economic institutions, and a strained allegiance to radical politics. This course explores the exhibitions, institutions, and discourses supporting the circulation of art, with particular regard to the impact of nationalism and globalization on the production and dissemination of art objects.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This is a critical and historical survey of the visual arts from 1880 to 1920, examining how modern art transformed in reaction and response to radical technological, social, and political change. Particular attention will be paid to the roles played by industrialization, political and sexual revolution, rapid urban growth, and an expanding consumer culture in defining a wide range of visual culture. The course examines problems of representation, abstraction, and modernism as they are exemplified in painting, drawing, and sculpture, alongside the newer media of photography, assemblage, film, and collage.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
World war, totalitarianism, and revolution form the backdrop for this study of art and artists during the middle of the 20th century. The course begins with an examination of the challenges to rationalism raised by the Dada and Surrealists groups in the context of World War I and its aftermath. The course also considers the so-called “Return to Order” that coalesced as a reaction to the shifting political landscape of the interwar years. The reemergence and eventual dominance of abstract painting at mid-century is considered in relation to the theoretical formation of modernist criticism and the tensions of the Cold War.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Surveys international art movements since 1950 that questioned the definition of art, the status of the art object, and the role of the artist in the late 20th century. The crisis of modernism serves as a point of departure for consideration of shifting modes of production and interpretation in art and criticism. Varied theoretical paradigms that have informed artistic practice are examined in the context of rapid and radical social change, the emergence of new media, the breakdown of conventional artistic boundaries, the impact of post-colonial thinking, and the explosive growth of art circulation.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: ARTS 339
An introduction to analog black and white photography, emphasizing creative expression and critical engagement with photography as a form of art. Students learn the basics of operating a 35mm camera, the principles of film exposure and processing, fundamental darkroom technique, and select alternative processes. Through study and experimentation students gain a material understanding of photography as the manipulation of light and time. Thematic projects push students to cultivate their powers of perception, analysis and expression. Students must provide a camera (35mm) with manual focusing, aperture, and shutter speed adjustments and a light meter. The student’s cost for materials is $300-$500.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Students learn the basics of color digital photography, studio lighting, digital workflow, and inkjet printing. Special attention is paid to the ideas most closely linked to the emergence of digital photography, including artificial realities, social constructs, and image as information. Through critique, discussion, and writing students are asked to articulate the ideas, issues and visual qualities that animate their work. Each student must provide a digital SLR camera with manual control of focus, aperture, shutter speed and a light meter. The student’s cost for materials is $200-400.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course focuses on the artistic outburst in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Breaking away from the traditional chronological survey of art along a Europe-US axis, students will study themes and issues such as relational aesthetics, collaboration, and globalization to understand how art has been reinvented within the contemporary period. Along with studying particular artists and art practices, students will be discussing the increased importance of curators and exhibitions, especially the biennial system, as central to the circulation and networking of contemporary· art.
Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 244 - The Art and Architecture of India before 1300: Temples, Caves, and Stupas (AH)
This course begins with South Asia’s most ancient civilization (ca. 2500 BCE) and then tracks the classic forms of Buddhist stupas, rock-cut cave temples, early mosques, and the increasingly grand stone temples dedicated to the worship of Hindu gods. Elegant figures, carved in an aesthetic language that persists in Indian dance, guide visitors through these monuments, teaching them about the nature of the divine. Special attention in this course is devoted to analyzing elements that lend South Asian art its distinctive character.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 245 - The Art and Architecture of India since 1300: Palaces and Paintings (AH)
As South Asian temple complexes expand, they become entire cities and they share the form of kings’ palatial fort-complexes. Expanding outward in concentric rings from their sacred, private cores, these temples and palaces, as well as garden-tombs and houses of government for the British Raj, create visions of divine transcendence on earth, transformative spaces where every visitor has a chance to engage with the ultimate order of creation. This course also explores the paintings made for the people who inhabited these palaces, with special attention to delicate Mughal portraits, impassioned love lyrics favored by Rajput princes, and spaces magically transformed by the presence of the sacred–Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Muslim. Special attention in this course is devoted to analyzing elements that lend South Asian art its distinctive character.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 246 - From Emperors to Anime: Pictorial Practices in China and Japan (AH)
A focus on East Asia’s pictorial arts–especially paintings and prints, but also film and new media–from prehistoric times through the 21st century. This chronological survey begins with China, switches to Japan after the mid-term break, and spends the last few classes comparing these regions and taking a longer view of each. Student work focuses upon close analysis of visual materials and scholarly essays, and on the challenges of integrating visual and verbal information.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Previous coursework in art history or Asian studies is helpful Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
A study of the principal art styles of sub-Saharan Africa, this course gives attention to both the formal and cultural aspects of indigenous art. The manufacture and usage of art objects is examined within the contexts of local religious, social, and political systems, as well as within the larger framework of language and cultural areas. Traditional art styles are analyzed as products of both collective aesthetics and individual innovation. Attention is given to transmission of art forms from culture to culture and to the persistence of traditional art in the face of social change.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ANTH 248 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 249 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas (AH)
Examines the principal art styles of the pre-Columbian cultures of South and Middle America, while also considering their impact on the art of indigenous cultures of North America. Relying on archaeological and art historical sources, students discover the usefulness of art and architecture in reconstructing the cultures of the pre-Columbian past. The course also considers the relationship of art and architecture to the environment; the effects of migration, trade, warfare, and technological innovation on the development of art styles; and the use of art in maintaining social hierarchies, political institutions, and religious systems.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ANTH 249 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Relying on archaeological, art historical, and ethnographic sources, this course examines the principal art styles of the indigenous cultures of North America. The course explores such issues as the usefulness of art objects in reconstructing cultures of the past and as historical documents for living peoples; gender roles in art production; the relationship between art, technology, and utility; the use of art as educational tools, memory aids, and religious devices; the relative importance of tradition and innovation; and the role of contemporary art in Native North American life today.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ANTH 250 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Introduces a range of printmaking media. Students are expected to develop a series of prints based on studio research, an understanding of formal visual issues, and a carefully considered individual approach to the projects introduced in class. Historical and contemporary prints introduce a range of aesthetic concerns. The student’s cost for materials is about $150.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course introduces, through a series of directed projects, basic sculptural concepts and processes, both analog and digital, in a contemporary critical context. There will be a focus on understanding form and space, including direct modeling, digital design and scanning, 3D printing, moldmaking and additive techniques.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course introduces, through a series of directed projects, basic sculptural concepts and processes, both analog and digital, in a contemporary critical context. There is a focus on a range of processes – construction, casting, welding, digital design, 3D printing – and materials – wood, plaster, metal and plastics.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This studio-based course introduces students to the basic elements of architectural research and design. Beginning with basic exercises in the construction and arrangement of all given shapes, students progress to increasingly more complex design challenges. They learn about programming, circulation, structure, and form in architecture. Design exercises are accompanied by regular lectures on relevant techniques and problems in architecture. Most importantly, students are challenged to address the social implications of the design factors and skills they focus on in this course. Priority is given to juniors, seniors, and students concentrating in art and art history.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 100 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course offers a critical and historical exploration of art museum architecture since the French Revolutionary era. Emphasis will be on museums since World War II, but all students will become familiar with iconic museums of the 19th and early 20th Centuries, such as the Altes Museum in Berlin, the British Museum in London and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. As a way of gaining a robust understanding of spatial design factors, students will model a historical museum using CAD software before designing a gallery installation using the same software.
Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
The American Campus, a distinctive planning and architectural tradition, is the focus of this course. In the course of its study, students gain an overview of the evolution of American architecture from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis is on stylistic evolution of structures and the accommodation of shifting educational priorities in campus organization and planning. Analysis of the Colgate campus and its history is part of the course.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Experience of ARTS 105 is valuable but not necessary Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course studies the emergence of a self-consciously modern architecture in European and the United States at the turn of the 20th Century, follow its maturation in the interwar period, and explore its international proliferation following World War II. Students will become familiar with many key buildings and architects as well as the theory associated with them.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Experience of ARTS 105 is valuable but not necessary Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Through a close analysis of cultural production and ideological statements, this course will examine the relationship between the politics of fascism and its visual practices, analyzing the role of art in the formation of the regimes’ self-identity and in the formation of the fascist subjects. Students will consider the related but diverse manifestations of fascist culture in Japan, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy in order to compare and contrast the heterogeneous modes of fascist visual culture in the interwar period. As well as examine responses to fascism in countries such as Great Britain, the United States, and Mexico, in order to understand the ways in which liberal regimes reacted to the visual propaganda of totalitarianism. Materials will include painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, graphic design, film, and forms of public spectacle and pageantry.
Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This survey of the history of cinema examines all aspects of filmmaking, the development of cinematic language, and film theory in relation to intellectual thought in the 20th century. Emphasis is on the development of film analysis as well as individual visual thinking. All students enrolled in the course are required to attend the Tuesday evening Alternative Cinema series.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:ARTS 287L Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Credits: 0.00 Corequisite:ARTS 287 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Digital Studio II builds on the aesthetic investigations and technical skills introduced in ARTS 201 or ARTS 202. Discussion, critical reading, and evaluation of contemporary works are incorporated into the course. Students create advanced works of art that demonstrate a significantly more sophisticated use of both theoretical and technical aspects of digital art.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 201 or ARTS 202 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 311 - The Arts in Venice during the Golden Age (Venice Study Group) (AH)
The republic of Venice offers a special opportunity to study the interaction of the various fine arts that flowered simultaneously at the peak of one of Europe’s greatest cultural centers. The course examines artistic achievements of the Renaissance and early Baroque ages (ca. 1400-1700), chiefly in architecture and music. Students make frequent excursions to exemplary churches and palazzi, may attend local concerts, and learn to sing some Italian Renaissance music. Does not count toward 300-level elective requirement for majors, but may count towards period elective.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:MUSI 311 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
The fundamental skills and the various approaches introduced in ARTS 211 form the basis for ARTS 312. Additional modes of expression, approaches to image making, and drawing technique are introduced. Working at this level presupposes a willingness to synthesize information and work with more sophisticated problems and solutions. The student’s cost for the materials is $150.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 211 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course is an extension of ARTS 221. Students are expected to make one or two works of art in video. These individual projects should reflect, upon completion, a level of sophistication that supersedes the project executed in ARTS 221. All equipment is provided by the department. All students enrolled in the course are required to attend the Tuesday evening Alternative Cinema series.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:ARTS 322L Prerequisites:ARTS 221 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Credits: 0.00 Corequisite:ARTS 322 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course is a continuation of ARTS 231 and is designed for the advanced study of painting. The class is directed through assigned projects, lectures, and independent studio hours, and is supported by individual and group critiques. Directed assignments develop increased technical proficiency and an understanding of formal issues of painting, while research and experimentation in both traditional and nontraditional media will aid students in the process of defining a conceptual focus and refining a body of work based on these ideas. The student’s cost for materials is $150-$300.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 231 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 340 - Contemporary Issues in Native American Art (AH)
Examines the responses of Native American artists and critics to issues that face Native American and First Nations peoples of the United States and Canada today. The course first considers the political, social, and economic milieu in which modern and contemporary indigenous art developed. It evaluates terms such as “traditional” and “contemporary” in discussing indigenous art. The course then focuses on Native artists of the last twenty-five years and the issues addressed in their work.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ANTH 340 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
An intermediate level course in photography that includes lecture-demonstrations, reading, writing, discussions, critiques, studio, field, and lab work. Assignments are structured to reinforce foundations and introduce specialized techniques in image control and manipulation. The course encourages students to use the photographic processes as a means of both investigation and expression. Students learn to integrate a sophisticated conceptual framework with technical skills and a distinct personal vision. The student’s cost for materials is $300–$500.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 241 or ARTS 242 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 344 - Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture (AH)
From rock-cut halls carved into cliffs to elaborately ornamented constructions with multiple interior spaces, the buildings that have housed worship of the Goddess Shiva, Vishnu, and other deities of the Hindu pantheon honor the ideals of the divine palace and of the silent caves embedded in a mountain. This course explores what characteristics the wide range of Hindu temples share, how they vary from one region to another, and how they changed from the 3rd century BCE to 12th century CE. What do they share with structures for Buddhist, Jaina, and Muslim worship? How did ritual shape buildings and sculpture, and can we reconstruct ritual from material remains?
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 345 - Exhibiting the New: Artistic Practice and Institutions 1960-2000 (AH)
With an eye to geopolitics in the art world, this course examines key exhibitions that have displayed new artistic practices. The course analyzes how new art challenged traditional displays of art, breaking away from the famous “white cube” gallery display to transform the exhibition space into a more fluid environment, resembling artists’ studios. It shows how contemporary art practices affected art institutions that, in turn, prompted new exhibition formats and institutional discourses. This class pays special attention to large international exhibitions from the documenta in Kassel, Germany, to the biennial boom in the Global South of the 1990s to reveal the importance of these venues in making art a more global phenomenon.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course explores the history of group exhibitions of modern art and related debates on the nature of display. Using visual, historical, and theoretical materials to study select case studies from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, the course will focus on how the history of art display impacts our understanding of modernism today, studying installations as creations that manifest ideologies and aesthetics. By analyzing a selection of test cases, students will trace important changes in curatorial practices and assess art exhibitions as a form of discourse.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Examines the form and transmission of art and architecture in the eastern and southeastern borderlands of Europe from the 15th through the early 19th centuries. By focusing on early modern “cultural fault lines” students study the ways in which traditions and identities particular to the area shaped visual expression and the built environment. The course draws on examples chiefly from within the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Venetian Republic. Students will consider what is particular about the arts and architecture in the borderlands, and by extension the impact of geography on visual culture.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
As an intermediate-level offering, this course introduces the use of a more advanced range of conceptual and technical tools involved in the making of sculpture. Seminar discussions on selected readings and group and private critiques encourage the student to attain greater independence in the execution of assigned projects. The student’s cost for materials is $175-$200.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 263 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Museums are didactic institutions which manifest implicit judgments about the structure of history and the value of culture. They are also political institutions, responsive to the priorities of the municipalities and private patrons that support them. In this course, students gain insight into the professional practices of museums, as well as their identity as cultural institutions that operate for the public good. As of spring 2018 course renumber to ARTS 270.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
ARTS 372 - Great Cities: Urban Form and Meaning (AH)
Cities function as series of forms and spaces that direct people’s movements and states of mind. Some urban forms arise unplanned, from patterns of usage and individual need. Some are planned to produce specific kinds of impact. Sometimes those plans succeed; always they remain to some degree unfinished. In all cases, the spatial arrangements of cities tell important stories that we cannot help but experience and that we can learn to understand. Each offering of the course focuses on a single city, such as London or Rome.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: At least one Art History course at the 100- or 200-level Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course explores specialized themes as they relate to the interdisciplinary practice of art, not restricted to a single medium or media. This interdisciplinary approach, with students working in different media and forms, complements and combines disciplinary rigor in preparation for independent work that is firmly grounded in a broader context of ideas, reception and execution. Required of all Studio Art concentrators.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 201 or ARTS 202 or ARTS 211 or ARTS 221 or ARTS 231 or ARTS 241 or ARTS 242 or ARTS 251 or ARTS 263 or ARTS 264 orARTS 271 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Studio Arts Emphasis majors must take before the fall of their senior year. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This is an umbrella course designed to utilize the expertise of the Art History staff and to explore specialized themes as they relate to the art of diverse cultures, geographical areas, and/or historical periods.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This is an umbrella course designed to utilize the expertise of the Art History staff and to explore specialized themes as they relate to the art of diverse cultures, geographical areas, and/or historical periods.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
The student works closely with a faculty member to develop and realize a body of studio work suitable for presentation that serves as a capstone for the concentration. Students meet twice a week as a group to critique work in progress. These critiques are led by the senior projects professor and include the critical language acquired in ARTS 375. Work from the project is shown as part of a senior exhibition at the end of the term, and nominations for departmental honors are based on the quality of the work done. All students with a studio arts emphasis are required to take and complete this course in the fall of the senior year.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only
Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 375 and (ARTS 240 or ARTS 243 or ARTS 339) or 200-level ARTS course Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Art & Art History Majors and Minors Class Restriction: Only Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
The student works closely with a faculty member to develop and complete a substantive independent research paper. Majors with an art history emphasis are required to take and complete ARTS 475 in the fall of their senior year.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only
Corequisite: None Prerequisites:ARTS 474 Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Art & Art History Majors and Minors Class Restriction: Only Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None
This survey course provides an overview of the literary expressions of oppression in the West, from antiquity to the present and covering various events within history such as manifestations of ethnocentrism in classical antiquity; the philosophy of domination and social inequality; the era of discovery, conquest, and colonization; the Women’s Movement; American slavery; the Holocaust; and the Gay Rights Movement. As students analyze the literary works of people writing within these social and cultural contexts and shifting political views, they are forced to question the nature of oppression. Who does the oppressing? Who are the oppressed? What is the nature of such a relationship? What are the structures of oppression? How does the voice of the oppressed find expression in the language and literary constructs of the dominant culture? What narrative techniques and strategies are employed by oppressors and oppressed in the quest for self-representation? This course allows students to explore the themes of power, self-representation, and language, while developing some important critical reading and analytical writing skills.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: HUMN 220
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
ASIA 313 - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China
Explores China’s complex environmental issues, their historical roots, and social implications. It also examines the rise of environmental social activism in China. The course will utilize pedagogical methods from InterGroup Relations (IGR) to provide students with the intellectual tools to analyze issues of power, privilege, and identity and by extension, their own position in the world in relation to these environmental issues. This course is linked to an extended study to China. Students will travel to the People’s Republic of China, where they will examine sites of environmental problems, but also meet activists and see their work in progress. The trip will also bring to the forefront some of the issues of power, privilege, and race issues that were discussed in the course.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ENST 313 & SOCI 313 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None
ASIA 313E - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China (Extended Study)
This extended study is linked to the on-campus course ASIA 313. Students will travel to the People’s Republic of China, where they will examine sites of environmental problems, but also meet activists and see their work in progress. The trip will also bring to the forefront some of the issues of power, privilege, and race issues that were discussed in the course.
Credits: 0.50 Crosslisted:ENST 313E & SOCI 313E Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Students pursuing honors research enroll in this course.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course deals with the exploration of the solar system through ground-based observations and spacecraft missions. Topics include motions of solar system objects, properties of the solar system, origin and evolution of the solar system, uncovering the nature of objects in our solar system through comparative planetology, detection techniques and characteristics of planets orbiting other stars, and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Evening observing and Ho Tung Visualization Lab sessions supplement lectures.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only
Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course explores our modern view of the universe. Building on several basic observational techniques and physical principles, this course demystifies the science of astronomy and illuminates the evidence that establishes our physical understandings of stars and planetary systems, galaxies, and the universe. Students seek evidence-based answers to questions including: Of what stuff are stars made? What powers the Sun and other stars? How do stars and planetary systems form and evolve? Do other Earth-like planets exist? What determines the distribution and nature of galaxies in the universe? How did the universe begin and what is its future? Ho Tung Visualization Lab and observing sessions supplement lectures.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Spring semester only
Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
The last 20 years is often characterized as the Golden Age of modern astronomy due to the number of paradigm-shifting discoveries that have revolutionized our vision and understanding of the universe. This course explores several of these ground-breaking discoveries in great detail by focusing on the physical concepts and observations as well as the historical narrative that traces the progression of the scientific endeavor that made these discoveries possible. This course is distinctly different from ASTR 101 and ASTR 102, and allows for the interested non-science student to delve more deeply into the many discoveries that lead us to conclude that the universe is 13.77 +/- 0.059 billion years old; a number, by cosmological standards, that is staggeringly precise. No prior course work in physics, astronomy, or mathematics is required for this course.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
ASTR 210 - Intermediate Astronomy and Astrophysics
A discussion of the fundamental physical principles of astronomy and astrophysics emphasizing topics of current interest such as stellar structure, evolution, neutron stars, black holes, and the interstellar medium.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite: None Prerequisites: (MATH 111 or MATH 161) and PHYS 233 (PHYS 233 may be taken concurrently) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
ASTR 220 - Deciphering the Sky: Practical and Historic Astronomy
An investigation of the observed motions of the stars, Sun, Moon and planets in the celestial sky. Study of the physical models that explain these motions. The historic and cultural development of our understanding of celestial motions will be considered. Using the planetarium capabilities of the Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, observations will be made of the night sky from different locations on Earth over time intervals ranging from minutes to centuries. Basic algebra, trigonometry and graphs will be used to quantify and visualize these motions. Additional outdoor observing sessions will supplement the class instruction.
Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course deals with the development of astronomy and, in a more general sense, with the relationship between the natural world and people in different societies and walks of life. The course examines the role of the sky in shaping religions and political ideologies in various kinds of cultures, among them hunter-gatherers, agrarian societies, and dynasties. Specific goals of the course include 1) gaining familiarization with the sky as seen with the naked eye, 2) understanding how various ways of comprehending the sky shapes a society’s world view, and 3) examining where cross-cultural parallels exist by seeking out the similarities and differences between the development of techno-assisted Western science and the so-called “ethno-sciences” in other cultures, both ancient and contemporary. Lectures are accompanied by sessions in the planetarium of the Ho Tung Visualization Lab, as well as out of doors, weather permitting.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:ANTH 230 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: SOAN 230
A laboratory course introducing students to basic astronomical observations,methods of data acquisition and reduction using the university’s 16-inch telescope, CCD electronic camera, and image-processing workstation. Students are instructed in methods of astronomical imaging including detector calibration and atmospheric effects; in fundamentals of photometric reductions, including obtaining a light curve for a selected variable star; and in astronomical spectroscopy and spectral classification.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only, in alternate years
Credits: 0.25 When Offered: Fall semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite:ASTR 312 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Study of the solar system with emphasis on physical processes. Topics include formation of the solar system, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, meteorites, orbital mechanics, tides, atmospheric structure, planetary surfaces and interiors, impact cratering, and rings. Although challenging in breadth, this course is intended to be accessible to juniors and seniors majoring in physics, astronomy-physics, astrogeophysics, chemistry, or geology.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Fall semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite: None Prerequisites: MATH 111 or MATH 161 or MATH 112 or MATH 162 or MATH 113 or MATH 163 and (PHYS 232 or any two GEOL courses) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
A study of stellar atmospheres and interiors, this course develops a fundamental understanding of stars and their evolution from the application of several basic principles found in atomic physics, electricity and magnetism, Newtonian mechanics, and statistical mechanics. Topics include fusion processes, reaction rates, stellar structure, the formation of spectral lines, opacity and optical depth effects, and radiative processes in the interstellar medium.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Spring semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite: None Prerequisites:PHYS 334 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Study of the astronomical techniques, methods, and fundamental data relating to the Milky Way Galaxy and objects located outside our galaxy, such as normal galaxies, radio galaxies, and quasars. Topics include galactic stellar populations, large-scale structure and rotation of the galaxy, the structure and content of other galaxies, galaxy classification, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, quasars, and the large-scale structure of the universe. The physical processes responsible for the radio, infrared, visual, and x-ray radiation from these objects are studied in detail.
Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Spring semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite: None Prerequisites:PHYS 233 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year, Sophomore Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course introduces students to the complexities of biodiversity, from the ecosystem to the genetic level. By examining the factors affecting the structure and function of terrestrial, marine, and freshwater communities students learn about the diversity of organisms in these systems. Students gain an appreciation for the roles of evolutionary and ecological history, as well as modern ecological interactions, in shaping biodiversity across the globe. This course also exposes students to the many ways that human activities affect biodiversity.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: First-year students and non-science majors. May be beneficial for entering students who do not have extensive biology background in preparation for enrollment in the foundation courses (BIOL 181 and BIOL 182). Not intended for students who have completed a biology foundation course. Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Human beings are composed of nearly 100 trillion cells of over 200 different specialized types. For an individual to remain alive and healthy, these cells must be effectively organized into tissues and organs that perform specific functions. This course examines external and internal factors that influence both normal and abnormal cell, tissue, and organ function, providing students without an extensive science background with exposure to the biology of human health and disease. Course topics include human diet and nutrition and the cell biology of disease. Students examine how biologists address issues relating to health and disease and how our understanding of basic biology contributes to enhancing human health. The course is composed of lectures and discussions, and may include in-class laboratory-based exercises.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Designed for first-year students and non-science majors. May be beneficial for entering students who do not have extensive biology background in preparation for enrollment in the foundation courses (BIOL 181 and BIOL 182). Not intended for students who have completed a biology foundation course. Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Concentrates on the evolutionary biology of organisms and the ecological processes that influence the distribution and abundance of plants and animals, as well as their interactions. The history of biological diversification (including the origin of life; the evolution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes; and the invasion of land by plants, fungi, and animals) is discussed. In addition, the mechanisms of evolution, including natural selection, adaptation, and extinction, are studied. Topics in population ecology as they relate to evolutionary processes including physiological and behavioral ecology, population growth, and species interactions (e.g., competition, predation, mutualism) are also covered; there is a strong focus on the physical, chemical, and biological factors that affect populations.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 181L Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: BIOL 211
Required corequisite to BIOL 181. Projects in the laboratory and field include experiements designed to understand evolutionary principles and to test ecological hypotheses.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 181 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: BIOL 211L
At the level of molecules and cells, the different forms of life on earth are surprisingly similar. This course introduces aspects of life at the cellular and molecular level that are broadly applicable to all living things. The course begins by examining the basic chemistry of life. Building on this chemical foundation we develop an appreciation for cellular structure, the central role of cellular membranes, cellular energetics, and cell growth and reproduction. Special emphasis is placed on proteins and nucleic acids as the informational macromolecules, and how cells use these molecules to encode and express a genetic program. Mechanisms of inheritance are examined from both a classical and a modern molecular perspective.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 182L Prerequisites:CHEM 101 or CHEM 111 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: BIOL 212
This course uses the study of evolutionary biology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, this course focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. The course also provides for a study of how evolutionary theory illuminates and unifies our vast and growing knowledge of the biological world and affects many aspects of our lives. Emphasis is on the observations and experiments that have led to our current understanding of evolutionary processes and on the dynamic nature of evolutionary research.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 201L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Required corequisite to BIOL 201. The laboratory includes investigative experiments that familiarize students with the approaches used to address questions in evolutionary biology.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 201 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course uses the study of genetics to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, this course focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. This course also provides students with a firm foundation in classical, quantitative and molecular genetics and covers topics in population genetics. Emphasis is on understanding how organisms encode, regulate and inherit their genomes, current genetic applications and the social and ethical issues that result from these technologies.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 202L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Required corequisite to BIOL 202. The laboratory includes investigative experiments that familiarize students with the techniques used to analyze problems in genetics.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 202 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course uses the study of ecology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, this course focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. The course emphasizes the quantitative aspects of ecology by exploring concepts of population and community ecology including competition and predation, the use of diversity and community similarity indices, population regulation models, island biogeography, food web analysis, and community and ecosystem-level processes. In addition to textbook readings, students also read papers from the primary literature on topics covered in class.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 203L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Required corequisite to BIOL 203. The laboratory includes field trips to examine terrestrial and aquatic communities, exposing students to field methods that quantitatively measure population and community parameters.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 203 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course uses the study of molecular biology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, this course focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. The course also provides for a study of biological processes at the molecular level, including transcription, RNA processing, translation, DNA replication and recombination. Emphasis is on understanding the experiments that have led to our current knowledge of molecular processes and, in particular, the means by which these processes are regulated.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 204L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Required corequisite to BIOL 204. The laboratory includes investigative experiments that familiarize students with the molecular techniques used to analyze problems in molecular biology.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 204 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Cells are the basic units of life. This course uses the study of cell biology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, this course focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. Course topics include regulation of the cell cycle and cell division, cell structure and motility, inter- and intracellular communication, and organelle structure and function. Students learn how to critically read and evaluate primary journal articles and will integrate content from the course and published literature into multi-week, lab-based investigative research projects.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 205L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 205 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Organismal biology is the study of how structure and function of individual organisms shape ecology, evolution, and biological diversity . This course uses the study of organismal biology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like all 200-level courses, BIOL 206 focuses on the “process” of exploring biology. Students focus on physiological and ecological problems that arise as organisms interact with their environment, and examine these interactions between and within major groups of organisms.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 206L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Required corequisite to BIOL 206. Includes field trips to terrestrial and aquatic environments that expose students to local diversity and to techniques frequently used in the field.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 206 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Introduces students to the range of eukaryotic organisms that cause parasitic diseases in humans. The focus is on globally important helminths, protozoans, and arthropods. The latter will be covered as both agents and vectors of human parasitic diseases. Topics covered include the biology, geographical distribution, sources of infections, life cycles, route(s) of transmission, clinical disease, and control/preventive measures. The basic principles of laboratory diagnosis and treatment of parasitic diseases are included in the course to enhance the practical parasitology knowledge of the students. The course includes reading of the primary literature, and requires oral and written critical analysis of the literature.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 301L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
Parasitology labs will provide to students with an opportunity to identify and study the various developmental stages of common parasites of the human. Labs will focus on examining preserved specimens and prepared slides. Required corequisite to BIOL 301.
Credits: 0.25 Corequisite:BIOL 301 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None
Systems biology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that focuses on system level understanding of complex interactions of biological processes using quantitative approaches. The course focuses on the applications of mathematical techniques such as differential equations, network structure measures, machine learning and modeling (e.g., Boolean and stochastic modeling) to the study of gene regulation, synthetic gene circuits, small- and large-scale biological networks, and signal transduction pathways. Students also learn how to use computer software that is designed for biological data analysis such as GenePattern and COPASI.
Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted:MATH 302 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: (MATH 111 or MATH 161 or MATH 112 or MATH 162) and (BIOL 182 or MATH 113 or MATH 163 or PHYS 204 or COSC 101 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
BIOL 303 - Australia Biogeography and Biodiversity (Study Group)
This course is about the making of modern Australia. Australia has, arguably, one of the most distinctive biotas on Earth. Indeed, every American school child knows many species endemic to Australia. This course outlines the various historical processes - including dispersal, adaptive radiation, and human hunting - that have shaped life in Australia and on nearby islands. The course begins in ancient Gondwana and ends with modern efforts to conserve Australia’s native plants and animals. Some attention is paid to the relationship between people, both aboriginal and those of European descent, and nature in Australia. This course includes several required field trips in New South Wales.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
This course covers the biology of the major animal groups. Attention is given to the phylogenetic history, functional morphology, development, physiology, medical importance, and ecology of representative invertebrates.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite:BIOL 304L Prerequisites:BIOL 181 or BIOL 211 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: BIOL 254