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 W1221
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.
In a society governed by markets and economic competition, which human traits flourish and which decay? Through an examination of four novels and some classic writings in social theory we seek to understand how modern capitalism builds on an unchanging set of human needs and aspirations, yet reshapes both their expression and the relative importance they possess in individual lives and across social groups.Our readings comprise Dickens, Oliver Twist, Gissing, The Odd Women, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes, Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and Communist Manifesto, Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Wharton, The House of Mirth. The seminar’s practical goal is to develop your communication, presentation, and expository writing skills.
What if humans were only capable of caring for their own interests? What kind of economic world could we expect to find? One in which the common good would be attained by market forces, or one in which many would be left behind? This course uses a diversity of sources to examine the interplay of culture, ethics and economics. The starting point is Adam Smith's work. Economists and policy makers have focused on one side of Adam Smith's work represented by self-regarding behavior and the supremacy of the invisible hand in market functioning. However, Adam Smith also pointed out that one of humans' central emotions is "sympathy", a natural tendency to care about the well-being of others. In light of the recent events as well as research this other side of Adam Smith's work appears now more relevant. We analyze evidence of cooperative versus self-regarding behaviors and its relationship with the economy, human evolution and cultural values in a variety of settings. Readings include works from Adam Smith, Milton Freedman, Charles Dickens, David Rockefeller and Chris Gardner.
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,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202
This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (
PHYS UN
1201 - PHYS UN1202
) 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.
Emergence of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary mass political movements; European industrialization, nationalism, and imperialism; 20th-century world wars, the Great Depression, and Fascism.
Prerequisites: ITAL UN2102 or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor.
Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements.,This course is designed for students who have attended four semesters of Italian language, mastered the grammatical structure of the language and are ready to expand and enlarge their language skills. A particular emphasis will be put on oral production, on listening and on reading: in class and at home the students will analyze various kinds of text and genres. In-class time is dedicated to speaking and practicing Italian through a combination of group-based and individual activities, focusing on a wide range of contemporary cultural themes through the use of varied materials such as newspaper articles, advertising material and short film clips. We will focus also on grammatical structures, language functions and activities to expand the vocabulary.
A student may place into a higher level of this course by passing an examination given on the first day of the class. V1312 is an introduction to basic skills in sight reading. Instruction includes reading rhythms in simple meter, solfege recitation, and sight-singing simple melodies.
Open to all beginning dancers.
From ancient Greece to "Wicked," the figure of the witch has fascinated and frightened, compelled and repulsed. In this seminar, we'll analyze written and visual texts from Homer to The Brothers Grimm and beyond to develop a deeper understanding of the witch and the anxieties about gender and power that she represents.
Of late, much attention has been given to the political role of feminist anger. However, not all feminist anger is received or interpreted in the same way; not all women have had the same freedom to express or represent anger. This course asks us to think critically about expressions and perceptions of anger. How do race, sexuality, gender identity, class, and ethnicity shape who is perceived as “angry” and whose anger is taken seriously? What other affects circulate and interact with anger: from rage and irritation to wonder and joy? We’ll begin with the figure of the “feminist killjoy,” as theorized by Sara Ahmed and will consider texts by authors including Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, June Jordan, Susan Stryker, and Nella Larsen, alongside manifestos, comics, film, visual art, and zines.
What defines a child? What do children know? How much autonomy can children have: for example, should a two-year old represent herself in court? (This just happened.) Before the nineteenth century, children occupied the status of legal property, owned by their fathers. How, when, and why did we start thinking of children as people in their own right and how did children’s literature participate in that change? In our seminar, we’ll consider these questions and their implications through an interdisciplinary exploration with a particular focus on the literature of childhood. We’ll dip into philosophy, psychology, and law in order to examine some of the classics, such as
Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland
. We will also make time to consider contemporary issues in our country, such as the migrant children crisis. Authors may include John Locke, the Brothers Grimm, Lewis Carroll, Harriet Jacobs, Freud, and Hillary Rodham.
This course takes an object-centered approach to explore the meaning of gender, power, and identity of women in Bronze Age China, whose names are unsurprisingly omitted and lives are unfortunately stereotyped through the patriarchal prism of the written history. Thanks to modern archaeology, we have been afforded the opportunity to see the complexity and richness of the material and ritual life of ancient women long hidden underground. We focus on such a woman named Fu Hao and rediscovery her extraordinary life as a queen, a mother, a high priestess, and a royal military commander of the Late Shang Dynasty (ca. 1300-1045 B.C.E.). Through examining the life histories of the objects buried in her tomb and their interactions with Fu Hao, in life and in death, we delineate and analyze the ways that gender roles, political power, and cultural identity were and are still entangled in women’s life.
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.
Prerequisites: NOTE:Students must register for a discussion section, ASCE UN1366
The evolution of Korean society and culture, with special attention to Korean values as reflected in thought, literature, and the arts.
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.