Prerequisites: FREN BC1203 or an appropriate score on the placement test.
Advanced work in language skills. Readings in French literature.
Prerequisites: (MATH UN1101 and MATH UN1102)
Vectors in dimensions 2 and 3, vector-valued functions of one variable, scalar-valued functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, optimization, Lagrange multipliers, double and triple integrals, line and surface integrals, vector calculus. This course is an accelerated version of MATH UN1201 - MATH UN1202. Students taking this course may not receive credit for MATH UN1201 and MATH UN1202.
Prerequisites: (see Courses for First-Year Students).
The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Multivariable calculus and linear algebra from a rigorous point of view. Recommended for mathematics majors. Fulfills the linear algebra requirement for the major. (SC)
“Re-vision—the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction—is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. “ Adrienne Rich, “When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision.”
This course offers a revisionist response to the constraints of "the canon," wherein women are often portrayed as peripheral characters, their power confined to the islands of classical witches and the attics of Romantic madwomen. The Women and Culture curriculum challenges traditional dichotomies that cast gender as an essential attribute rather than a cultural construction, and interrogates the categories of both "woman" and "culture" themselves. No two syllabi are exactly the same, but works studied in the fall term readings include
Hymn to Demeter
; Ovid,
Metamorphoses
; Sei Shonagon,
The Pillow Book
; Marie de France,
Lais
;
Kebra Negast
; Shakespeare, sonnets;
Beauty and the Beast
;
West African Bride Myth
; and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, selected poetry. Spring term readings include Milton,
Paradise Lost
; Mary Wollstonecraft,
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
; Luisa Valenzuela, selected stories; Eliza Haywood,
Fantomine
; Lady Hyegyong,
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong
; Emily Brontë,
Wuthering Heights
; Emily Dickinson, selected poetry; Virginia Woolf,
Mrs. Dalloway
or
A Room of One's Own
; Alice Walker,
In Search of Our Mother's Gardens
; and Yvette Christiansë,
Castaway.
Critical scholarship sources include Sara Ahmed, Gloria Anzaldua, Judith Butler, Laura Mulvery, and Michel Foucault.
"Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth." Isaac Watts,
Logic; or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth
(1802)
Where do our (often unconscious) assumptions about our world and our place in it come from? This course explores key intellectual moments in the literature of the Mediterranean world, whose ideas gave rise to the structures governing much of the Western world today -- structures that sustain and perpetuate ideas about power, authority, gender, and morality that influence our lives in ways both visible and invisible. We read these texts, primarily imaginative literature, to see how they reify, comment upon, resist and/or imagine alternatives to existing social and ideological structures; reading in this way allows us to consciously name and examine how ideology both shifts over time and, in vital ways, remains constant, inviting us to question the myth of progress at the heart of canonicity. No two syllabi are exactly the same, but works studied in the fall term include Homer,
The
Odyssey
;
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
; Euripides,
The Bacchae
; Virgil,
Aeneid
; Dante,
Inferno
; Chaucer,
The Canterbury Tales
; Margery Kempe,
The Book of Margery Kempe
; and Shakespeare. Works studied in the spring term include Milton,
Paradise Lost
; Voltaire,
Candide
; ; William Wordsworth (selected poetry); Mary Shelley,
Frankenstein
; Darwin, Marx, and Freud (selected essays); Joseph Conrad,
Heart of Darkness
; T. S. Eliot,
The Waste Land
; Virginia Woolf,
To the Lighthouse
; Zora Neale Hurston,
Of Mules and Men
and
Their Eyes Were Watching God
; Toni Morrison,
Beloved
; and Nella Larsen,
Passing.
Critical scholarship from a variety of traditions (feminist, queer, post-colonial) and thinkers (bell hooks, Christine Froula, Edward Said, Karen Horney, Toni Morrison) allows us to interrogate these texts and the traditions they support, complicate, challenge, etc.
This course transcends traditional and arbitrary distinctions separating Caribbean, North, South, and Central American literatures. The Americas emerge not as colonial subjects but as active historical and aesthetic agents. Emanating from what might be called the geographical site of modernity, American literature is characterized by unprecedented diversity and innovation. In addition to classic novels, short stories, and poetry, this multicultural curriculum features works ranging in scope from creation accounts to autobiographies, as well as indigenous genres including captivity and slave narratives that belie New World declarations of independence.
No two syllabi are exactly the same
, but works studied in the fall term include the
Popul Vuh
; William Shakespeare,
The Tempest
; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, selected poetry; Phillis Wheatley, selected poetry; William Apess,
A Son of the Forest
; Esteban Echeverria, "El Matadero"; Catharine Maria Sedgwick,
Hope Leslie
; Olaudah Equiano,
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself
; Herman Melville,
Benito Cereno
. Spring term readings include Mark Twain,
Pudd’nhead Wilson
; Frederick Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
; José Marti, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, selected poetry; T. S. Eliot,
The Waste Land
; Pablo Neruda,
The Heights of Macchu Picchu
; Machado de Assis,
Dom Casmurro
; William Faulkner, "The Bear"; Gabriel García Márquez,
One Hundred Years of Solitude
.
Prerequisites:
ITAL W1112
or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor.
Corequisites: Recommended:
ITAL V1201-V/W1202
or
ITAL W1201-W1202
.
Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements. Intensive practice in the spoken language, assigned topics for class discussions, and oral reports.
Prerequisites: BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, or BC1333. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
The beginning poetry workshop is designed for students who have a serious interest in poetry writing but who lack a significant background in the rudiments of the craft and/or have had little or no previous poetry workshop experience. Students will be assigned weekly writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, tone, irony, and others. Students will also read an extensive variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each other's original work.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Department approval NOT required.
The beginning poetry workshop is designed for students who have a serious interest in poetry writing but who lack a significant background in the rudiments of the craft and/or have had little or no previous poetry workshop experience. Students will be assigned weekly writing exercises emphasizing such aspects of verse composition as the poetic line, the image, rhyme and other sound devices, verse forms, repetition, tone, irony, and others. Students will also read an extensive variety of exemplary work in verse, submit brief critical analyses of poems, and critique each other's original work.
Prerequisites:
ITAL W1222
or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor.
Corequisites: Recommended:
ITAL V3335x-V3336y
.
Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements. Practice in the spoken language through assigned topics on contemporary Italian culture.
Open to all beginning dancers.
Prerequisites: NOTE:Students must register for a discussion section, ASCE UN1360
The evolution of Chinese civilization from ancient times to the 20th century, with emphasis on characteristic institutions and traditions.
Prerequisites: NOTE: Students must register for a discussion section ASCE UN1371
A survey of important events and individuals, prominent literary and artistic works, and recurring themes in the history of Japan, from prehistory to the 20th century.
This course seeks to introduce the sweep of Tibetan civilization and its history from its earliest recorded origins to the present. The course examines what civilizational forces shaped Tibet, especially the contributions of Indian Buddhism, sciences and literature, but also Chinese statecraft and sciences. Alongside the chronological history of Tibet, we will explore aspects of social life and culture.
Corequisites: ASCE UN1377
This course provides a survey of Vietnamese civilization from prehistoric origins to the French colonization in the 19th century, with special emphasis on the rise and development of independent kingship over the 2nd millennium CE. We begin by exploring ethnolinguistic diversity of the Red River plain over the first millenium BCE, culminating in the material bronze culture known as the
Dong Son
. We then turn towards the introduction of high sinitic culture, and the region's long membership within successive Chinese empires. We pay special attention to the rise of an independent state out of the crumbling Tang Dynasty, and the specific nation-building effects of war with the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty, in the 14th and 15th centuries respectively. Our class ends with the French colonization of the region, and the dramatic cultural and intellectual transformations that were triggered as a result. Our course will interrogate Vietnamese culture as a protean object, one that is defined and redefined at virtually every level, throughout a history marked by foreign interest, influence, and invasion.
Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern and Indian origin. Readings may include the Qur'an, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, Buddhist sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian epics and drama, and Gandhi's Autobiography.
Readings in translation and discussion of texts of Middle Eastern and Indian origin. Readings may include the Qur'an, Islamic philosophy, Sufi poetry, the Upanishads, Buddhist sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Indian epics and drama, and Gandhi's Autobiography.
This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.
This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: basic high school science and math.
Dinosaurs: a spectacular example of a common, highly successful form of life, dominant for 135 million years. Where did they come from? Why were they so successful? Why did they die out? A basic introduction to the interface between geology and biology.
The major theological and social concerns of 17th-century English colonists; the political and ideological process of defining an American; the social and economic forces that shaped a distinctive national identity; the nature of the regional conflicts that culminated in civil war.
Corequisites: MATH UN1101
Fundamental laws of mechanics, kinematics and dynamics, work and energy, rotational dynamics, oscillations, gravitation, fluids, temperature and heat, gas laws, the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Corequisite: MATH UN1101 or the equivalent.
Prerequisites: recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra.
The overall architecture of the solar system. Motions of the celestial sphere. Time and the calendar. Major planets, the earth-moon system, minor planets, comets. Life in the solar system and beyond. This course is similar to ASTR BC 1753. You cannot enroll in both courses and receive credit for both.
Corequisites: MATH UN1101
Preparation equivalent to one year of high school chemistry is assumed. Students lacking such preparation should plan independent study of chemistry over the summer or take CHEM UN0001 before taking CHEM UN1403. Topics include stoichiometry, states of matter, nuclear properties, electronic structures of atoms, periodic properties, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, introduction to quantum mechanics and atomic theory, introduction to organic and biological chemistry, solid state and materials science, polymer science and macromolecular structures and coordination chemistry. Although CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here, and from year to year. Students must ensure they register for the recitation that corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.
Corequisites: MATH UN1101
Preparation equivalent to one year of high school chemistry is assumed. Students lacking such preparation should plan independent study of chemistry over the summer or take CHEM UN0001 before taking CHEM UN1403. Topics include stoichiometry, states of matter, nuclear properties, electronic structures of atoms, periodic properties, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, introduction to quantum mechanics and atomic theory, introduction to organic and biological chemistry, solid state and materials science, polymer science and macromolecular structures and coordination chemistry. Although CHEM UN1403 and CHEM UN1404 are separate courses, students are expected to take both terms sequentially. The order of presentation of topics may differ from the order presented here, and from year to year. Students must ensure they register for the recitation that corresponds to the lecture section. Please check the Directory of Classes for details.
Prerequisites: PHYS UN1402
PHYS W1402
.
Corequisites:
MATH V1201
or the equivalent.
Classical waves and the wave equation, Fourier series and integrals, normal modes, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, basic principles of quantum mechanics, energy levels, reflection and transmission coefficients, applications to atomic physics.
Distances to, and fundamental properties of, nearby stars; nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution; novae and supernovae; galaxies; the structure of the universe and theories concerning its origin, evolution, and ultimate fate. You can only receive credit for ASTR UN1404 if you have not taken ASTR BC1754, ASTR UN1420 or ASTR UN1836.
Corequisites: CHEM UN1403
Recitation section for Chemistry UN1403
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I-LECTURES
TO BE ENROLLED IN 1403, YOU MUST REGISTER. FOR 1405