|
2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
AFR 300 - Major Thinkers in Africana Studies: James Baldwin Instructor
Hucks
Major Thinkers in Africana Studies exposes students to classical and foundational figures whose works have helped to shape the disciplinary debates, theoretical contours, or methodological innovations of the field. This seminar is designed to engage larger conceptual issues in Africana Studies through the close study of the written corpus of a major thinker in the discipline. It is a topics course in intellectual history that enables students to gain competency in primary, secondary, biographical, theoretical, and/or literary works related to a single scholarly figure in Africana Studies. The course will draw upon notable scholars in both the African and African Diaspora intellectual traditions. The course can be repeated for credit given sufficiently distinct topics.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies
|
|
-
AFR 301 - Major Thinkers in Africana Studies: Zora Neale Hurston Instructor
Bowles
Through the lens of Zora Neale Hurston’s life and work as an anthropologist, this course examines the following: the politics of language and inequality, the perils and sanctity of segregation and the value of imagination in ethnographic writing. Works to be examined during the course are Hurston’s biography, excerpts from her autobiography, plays, short stories, critical essays and one of her many novels.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies and Anthropology.
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
|
|
-
AFR 371 - Critical Race Theory (=EDU 317, =SOC 371)
-
EDU 371 - Critical Race Theory (=SOC 371, =AFR 371) Instructor:
Kelly
Introduces students to the development of critical race theory as a specific theoretical framework to explain or to investigate how race and racism are organized and operate within the United States. The course will have a sociological focus with emphasis on critical race scholarship that includes, but is not limited to, an analysis of double consciousness, colorblindness, intersectionality, whiteness as property, racial microaggressions, and structures of power. Students will also explore central tenets and key writings advanced in the 1990s primarily by African American, Latino/a, and Asian American scholars in law, education, and public policy. The course is both reading intensive and extensive with a major writing assignment that addresses a theoretical problem that grows out of the course topics and discussions.
Satisfies a major requirement in Sociology and Africana Studies.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Educational Studies.
Satisfies a Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
|
|
-
AFR 395 - Seminar in Africana Studies Seminar in advanced Africana Studies
|
|
-
AFR 495 - Seminar in Africana Studies Advanced Seminar in Africana Studies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 206 - Contemporary Asian American Communities Instructor
Staff
This course explores the complex historical and cultural processes that form Asian American communities in the U.S. Students will learn about the constellation of push and pull factors impacting who migrates to the U.S. from Asia and the Pacific Rim, and the specific ways in which Asian American lives are affected by race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation and religion.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology.
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered in 2015-2016.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 219 - Reproduction and Childrearing: Biology and Culture An overview of the anthropology of pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing. Topics addressed include fertility and infertility (female and male), maternal and child healthcare systems, infant feeding, and motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood in cross-cultural and historical perspective.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Social-Scientific Thought
Meets the cultural diversity graduation requirement
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 227 - Environment and Culture in Latin America Instructor
Samson
This course addresses human-environment relations in Latin America from the standpoint of environmental history and ethnographic case studies in the region. Issues such as biodiversity, land use and agriculture, transnational flows of natural and food resources, ethnoecology, and social mobilization around environmental issues are examined using theoretical perspectives from cultural and political ecology. Particular attention is given to the relationship between indigenous peoples and the environment and to alternative models of “development” in Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Brazil.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology.
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered alternating years.)
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 233 - Performing Arts in West Africa Instructor
Staff
Course in traditional Ghanaian music and dance. Students learn singing, dancing, and drumming at the School of African Rhythm and Dance with a master drummer and several Ghanaian instructors. In addition to the historical and sociocultural perspectives taught by the master drummer, students will visit churches and celebrations that incorporate music and dance. Coursework will include lectures and reading assignments on African performing arts, a reflective and analytical essay, practices, appreciation of performing arts in contemporary sociocultural contexts, and a student performance at the end of the program. This course meets for a minimum of 50-60 semester hours. Graded on a P/F basis.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Co-requisite: ANT 232 Contemporary Ghanaian Society and Culture (Davidson in Ghana Summer Program). (2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 234 - Anthropology of Contemporary Africa Instructor
Bowles
Though ethnographic texts, this course explores the intersections of gender, ethnicity and class in African societies in the 20th and 21st centuries. This course also examines representations of Africa within the nation-state and transnationally. Topics of discussion include tourism, national identity and ethnicity, popular culture, the dichotomies of urban and rural Africa and the cultural politics of development and the state.
Required course for the major in Anthropology.
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 263 - Social Change Instructor
Ruhlen
This course examines issues in social activism from both a theoretical and ethnographic perspective. How do social activists think about and make social change happen? By examining theories and issues in social justice, from macro-level issues in the international arena to local mobilization for community issues, this course will introduce students to social movement and civil society theory. This course will study social movements, community activism, and the cultural practices of community groups.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 267 - Food and Culture Instructor
Lozada
This course introduces the ways in which food practices shape societies and cultures throughout the world. Food ways will be examined from an anthropological perspective for their social and cultural implications; this is not a survey of nutritional or dietetic sciences. Topics to be covered include: the use of food in social contexts, the symbolism of food, and the political economy of food.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 272 - Forensic Anthropology Instructor
Cho
The application of the techniques used in biological anthropology to the law. Various topics and methodologies related to the identification of human skeletal remains, including the excavation of human remains, estimation of age-at-death and sex, trauma analysis, cause and manner of death, and mass disasters are introduced.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 273 - Bioarchaeology Instructor
Cho
The study of human and non-human remains from archaeological sites to reconstruct past human behavior and biology, and their environmental and cultural conditions. Topics include human skeletal indicators of diet, activity level, and disease, and faunal skeletal indicators of ancient human behavior, such as hunting and paleoecology.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Historical Thought distribution requirement..
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 275 - Monkeys, Apes, Humans Instructor
Cho
Examination of the anatomy and social behavior of living primates. To better understand the human species, we will examine topics such as infanticide, mating systems, intelligence, locomotion, concealed ovulation, menopause, and extensive culture.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 290 - Millennial East Asia Instructor
Ruhlen
This course introduces students to the major themes in the anthropology of China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea. Through studying recent transformations in kinship, political economy, constructions of gender, and national identities, students will also gain a basic grounding in the geography and twentieth-century history of the region as a whole.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
|
|
-
ANT 291 - Digital Anthropology Instructor
Lozada
This course introduces students to the theories and methods necessary for doing research in digital anthropology. Digital anthropology is the study of the impact of information technology on social relationships and human culture. Because of advancements in information and communication technology (as well as globalization), the everyday life of the people and communities that we study are increasingly being shaped by cyberspace, digital media and communication, and online social groups. Throughout the semester, students will conduct fieldwork, communicate, and write commentary on the internet, including social media, websites, and digital media production. Emphasis is placed on developing the critical and methodological skills needed for doing fieldwork virtually, but no previous computer programming is expected or required.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years)
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 319 - Contradictions in Contemporary Motherhood: Culture, Biomedicine, Political Economy Instructor
Ruhlen
Contemporary mothering happens at the crossroads of conflicting forces and discourses. This seminar frames motherhood as a window on women’s changing rights and status, and as a fruitful topic for feminist theorizing. Readings will situate the topic in its historical, rhetorical, and cross-cultural contexts and will also explore the globalized networks of migration that increasingly affect motherhood.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
|
|
-
ANT 321 - Borderlands, Identity, and Rights Instructor
Samson
Advanced study of how borders and borderland regions shape social, religious, political, and economic relationships in Latin America, and examination of the tensions created when people and resources cross cultural and political borders. Particular emphasis on Mexico and Central America, as well as the Latino experience in the United States.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 323 - Human Rights in Latin America Instructor
Samson
Anthropological perspectives on human rights agendas in Latin America. Case studies examine the tension between universal and culturally relative conceptions of human rights in relation to issues such as state violence, violence directed toward minorities, and social justice movements.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 325 - Environment, Economy, & Culture Instructor
Samson
Cultural perspectives on human-environment relations and linkages between the environment and the global economy. Special emphasis on the integration of current knowledge in ecological anthropology, economic production, and the impact of human activity on the environment. Environmental justice issues and proposals for sustainable development are included.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 327 - Religious Pluralism in Twenty-first Century Latin America Instructor
Samson
The emphasis in this course is on the contemporary religious pluralism that has resulted from the encounter of the Old World with the New. Religious change in Latin America since Vatican II and the advent of liberation theology is examined alongside the burgeoning presence of Protestantism in the region during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Particular attention is given to indigenous and Afro-Latin American traditions. Case studies in the course are selected for their use of ethnographic methods, and the geographic focus centers on the Andean region, Mesoamerica, Brazil, and the Caribbean.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 343 - Feminist Anthropology Instructor
Bowles
Explores how gender ideologies shape the exercise of power upon men and women in different societies and cultures. Topics include the construction of masculinity and femininity, commodification and consumption of gender, social position, agency, and the political economy of gender. Emphasis on developing an understanding of different theoretical perspectives in the cross-cultural study of gender.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 351 - Anthropology of the Senses Instructor
Bowles
Guided by the premise that the body mediates human understanding about the world, this seminar examines anthropological investigations about the cultural production of the senses (sight, touch, taste, hearing and smell). The readings for the course focus on the diverse ways the senses are organized across cultures and shaped by context, language, identity and society. Students will have an opportunity engage in various sensory related projects through the semester.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 357 - Language Before History Instructor
Ringle
This course considers three questions concerning the early history of language: 1) at what stage of human evolution did language appear; 2) what were the reasons behind the spread of the major language families; 3) when and where did literacy first develop and under what circumstances.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 360 - Anthropology of Development and Environmental Sustainability Instructor
Samson
Issues of development and sustainability from the standpoint of environmental anthropology and anthropological approaches to development theory. Considers the human face of development, including local and global scales of analysis, environmental justice, and discourses of community sustainability.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 370 - Theory in Anthropology Instructor
Lozada
Theoretical and interpretive perspectives in modern cultural anthropology. Issues include functionalism, historical analysis, cultural evolution, ecology, cultural materialism, structuralism, and symbolic analysis. Writings of major thinkers, including Radcliffe-Brown, Harris, Levi-Strauss, Douglas, Geertz, Turner, Godelier, and Sahlins.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. (Fall)
|
|
-
ANT 371 - Ethnographic Writing and Research Instructor
Samson
Approaches to ethnographic and ethnohistorical research and analysis in cultural anthropology. Examination of selected studies that demonstrate a variety of approaches to the study of single cultures and to cross-cultural comparisons. Students design and complete research projects. With advance departmental approval, an off-campus ethnographic field school course may be substituted for credit toward the major.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
|
|
-
ANT 372 - Visualizing Anthropology Instructor
Lozada
Introduction to the theories and methods necessary for making ethnographic films. Students will conduct fieldwork and make a documentary film on a particular aspect of social and cultural behavior. Emphasis is placed on developing the critical skills needed for resolving some of the ethical, technical, and aesthetic problems that may emerge during the documentation of social and cultural behavior.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall; offered in alternating years.)
|
|
-
ANT 373 - Decolonizing Anthropology Instructor
Bowles
This course examines the theoretical and interpretive perspectives of contemporary anthropologists outside of the US and Europe. Disciplinary issues such as the “crises of representation” alongside the decolonization of the Global South will be explored. Writings that explore the tensions between the universal and particular, theory and practice, power and knowledge and the limits of objectivity and subjectivity will also be discussed.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
|
|
-
ANT 374 - Methods in Forensic Anthropology Instructor
Cho
This course concerns forensic taphonomy, the study of postmortem and postdepositional processes that occur in human and non-human animals in the medicolegal context. Students will design research projects on the decomposition process in piglets, and learn to collect, analyze, interpret, and present data.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016; offered alternating years.)
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 376 - Comparative Skeletal Anatomy and Function Inxtructor
Cho
A comparative study of animals in various taxa, including humans, and the reconstruction of diet, locomotion, and evolutionary history from skeletal anatomy. Applications in paleoanthropology, primatology, zoology, and biomechanics.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring, offered in alternating years.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 382 - Seminars in Anthropology: Renewable Natural Resources: Science & Policy (= BIO 366) Instructors
Lozada, Paradise
This interdisciplinary seminar course focuses on developing a scientific understanding of renewable natural resources such as fisheries and forests and how resources are then used, overused, managed, and conserved by humans. The course primarily considers modern methods of resource management, including adaptive and ecosystem-based management. The course builds upon knowledge gained in the foundation courses of Anthropology, Biology, and Environmental Studies. It addresses natural resource and environmental issues from ecosystem and policy perspectives. Through case studies, readings, class discussions, and knowledge construction, students gain deep knowledge of ecosystem ecology and management policies and approaches. Students then apply their knowledge to identify management principles that are consistent with a more holistic ecosystem approach and develop a case study of one natural resource and how it is managed.
Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of BIO 112/114, ANT 101, ENV 201, or ENV 202 is required. (Spring)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ANT 490 - Senior Colloquium in Anthropology Instructor
Staff
Advanced seminar required of all senior majors, exploring in depth an anthropological issue of critical importance. Students choose a topic related to this issue and prepare seminar presentations and a major research paper.
Required course for the major in Anthropology
Prerequisites & Notes Limited to senior majors and minors. (Fall)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ARB 101 - Elementary Arabic I (Sections A & B) Instructor
Botros or Joubin
Elementary Arabic I, the fall semester of a year-long intensive course in first year Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students with no previous exposure to the language. From the first semester of the course, there is a focus on gaining a strong foundation in the communicative skills of listening and speaking, as well as reading and writing. While the concentration is on Classical Arabic, there will be exposure to dialect through proverbs and music. Student participation and group activities encouraging conversation are vital to the course. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
|
|
-
ARB 102 - Elementary Arabic II (Sections A & B) Instructor
Botros or Joubin
In Elementary Arabic II, a continuation of Elementary Arabic I, we continue to develop the communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are further introduced to authentic texts from the Arab world. Presentations and group activities encouraging conversation are essential to the course. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 101 at Davidson or passing placement exam. (Spring)
|
|
-
ARB 179 - History of Syria Instructor
Staff
This course will provide a broad survey of the history of Syria in its larger Near Eastern setting. Through a combination of lectures and site visits, the physical and literary record of the human inhabitants and rulers of Syria will be examined. Lectures will be by local academics and experts providing background for students’ tours of Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt. Conducted in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
|
|
-
ARB 201 - Intermediate Arabic I Instructor
Botros
Intermediate Arabic 201, the fall semester of a year-long intensive intermediate course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students who have had one year of Arabic at the college level. Authentic supplementary reading material is introduced, with a focus on popular stories filled with wise sayings known throughout the Arab world. Discussion and presentations are centered on this material, which exposes students to important cultural elements of the Arab world. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic. Attendance at two AT (drill) sessions each week is required.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 102 or placement. (Fall)
|
|
|
|
-
ARB 231 - Contemporary Syrian Art and Culture Instructor
Staff
This course will provide a broad overview of Syrian at and culture. Lectures will be by leading Syrian intellectuals and artists. Themes will include contemporary Syrian literature, art, and drama. Conducted in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring 2012)
|
|
-
ARB 240 - Accelerated Persian for Arabic Speakers Instructor
Joubin
Accelerated Persian for Arabic Speakers is a one semester course for students who have already completed ARB 101. Because the Persian and Arabic languages share the same alphabet, on the first day of class students will be introduced to the few additional letters present in Persian. By the next class period, we will begin to focus on sentence structure, verb conjugation, and vocabulary building. Elementary Persian books often state that one of the main challenges of Persian is vocabulary building. However, students of Arabic will not find this to be the case. Arabic and Persian share about sixty per cent similar vocabulary and thus our class will progress at a rapid speed due to the Arabic language background that all students will have. It is expected that both languages will complement the other. Pre-requisite: Arabic 101 (Fall)
Satisfies a major requirement in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies’ Arab Studies major
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arab Studies
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Middle Eastern Studies
Satisfies an advanced Arabic course requirement.
|
|
-
ARB 250 - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East Instructor
Joubin
The objective of the course is to attain an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender and sexuality in the Middle East. During the past few decades Middle East Gender studies has expanded rapidly, and this course will introduce students to the milestone monographs that established the field. From a focus on women as a category of analysis, to gender and masculinity studies, the field has expanded rapidly. This course examines gender as a category of analysis and focuses on productions of knowledge of sexual difference in Middle East society. We will examine the implication of modernity on men and women in the Middle East, following scholarship that does not adhere to the tradition versus modernity dichotomy, and we will pay particular attention to studies that examine the ambiguity of modernity. The intersection of nationalist and gendered discourse is among the themes this course will focus on. This course is conducted in English.
Satisfies a major requirement in Center for Interdisciplinary Studies major in Arab Studies and in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arab Studies and in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in International Studies and in Middle East Studies.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
|
|
-
ARB 251 - Introduction to Arab Studies Instructor
Joubin
The objective of this course is to attain an interdisciplinary approach to Arab Studies. Students will be introduced to key monographs in the field of Arab Studies, and study issues related to Orientalism as well as the more complicated narrative of the native informer. Various artistic forms from past and present will be studied to engage with this phenomenon. We will pay special attention to those works that overcome the troubling paradigm of native informer. By the end of the semester, students will be able to articulate the leading theories in Orientalism and postcolonial theory from an interdisciplinary perspective. (Course will be conducted in English)
Satisfies a major requirement for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies major in Arab Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arab Studies
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement
|
|
-
ARB 295 - Studies in Arabic Culture Instructor
Joubin
Arabic 295, a one-semester course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students who have had two years of college level Arabic courses or the equivalent. The course, which is conducted entirely in Arabic, enhances the students’ understanding of Arabic culture and grammar through video clips, film, proverbs, television serials, music, and literature. Discussion and presentations are centered on this material. Class meets for one hour, three times per week. Conducted in Arabic.
|
|
-
ARB 321 - Contemporary Arabic Literature Instructor
Joubin
Advanced readings of novels by contemporary Arab authors such as: Ilyas Khouri, Naguib Mahfouz, Abdel Rahman al-Munif, Salwa Bakr, Ghassan Kanafani, Tawfiq Hakim, and Hanan al-Shaykh. Discussion topics include: modernity, civil war in Lebanon, gender relations, changing relations between Middle East and West, social transformations after independence, and the plight of the Palestinians. Presentations and compositions in Arabic are among the requirements. Conducted in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor and International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or permission of instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 322 - Media in the Arab World Instructor
Botros
This course focuses on various forms of news media in the Arab world such as newspapers, magazines, television commercials, video clips, television serials, and news broadcasts. Discussion includes themes such as gender issues, globalization, the Palestinian crisis, reconstruction in Iraq, the rise of Islam, and education, as well as evaluation of cartoons, advertisements, comic strips, television serials, and films. Students are taught to analyze, criticize, and evaluate media images consciously. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements. Conducted in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or permission of instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 325 - Contemporary Syrian Television Drama Instructor
Joubin
In this course, we will examine contemporary Syrian television drama dealing with gender constructions, marriage metaphors, notions of honor and shame, and social discourse. We will study different trends in Syrian drama such as old Damascene tales, which seek a return to the past. We will also study progressive trends. A large portion of this course will focus on reading newspaper and magazine articles written by critics in response to these serials. Students will also watch televised interviews of directors and writers of television drama. The purpose of this will be for students to grasp the nature of the impact of television drama on Syrian society. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements. Course is conducted entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 202 or permission of instructor required.
|
|
|
|
-
ARB 327 - Mediating Conflict: syrian Television Drama and Revolution Instructor
Joubin
Prior to the 2011 Revolution, by subtly deconstructing regime narratives, Syrian political parodies played a vital role in undermining the Asad regime while operating within a framework of government co-optation. Given the regime’s clamp down on oppositional writing, one would expect that Syrian drama would not have survived after the uprising. Yet, the contrary has been true. As the regime has created grand narratives to discount the revolution, drama creators have created storylines that expose hypocrisy and presented various sides of the conflict. In this course we will study miniseries from the commencement of the 2011 uprising, paying special attention to symbols and metaphors that have emerged in drama to serve as socio-political critique.
Satisfies a major requirement for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies major in Arab Studies
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arab Studies
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement
|
|
-
ARB 331 - Arabic Media & Society Instructor
Botros
This course is intended to give students an idea of the central issues that the Arab media is interested in covering. As is well-known, a country’s media is considered to be the window that overlooks society’s concerns and thus it provides the people with the tools to raise awareness of these issues as well as provide alternatives and/or solutions. Examining the media enhances one’s understanding of the country’s culture, as well. Important issues will be examined related to women, youth, family, children, and portrayal of homosexuality in the media, as well as the impact of Turkish serials on the Arab media including Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Bahrain, etc. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 202 or permission of instructor. (Spring)
|
|
-
ARB 335 - Contemporary Egyptian Society: Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present Instructor
Botros
Contemporary Egyptian Society is a one semester course, designed for students with the equivalent of two years study of Arabic. This course will explore the cultural history of modern Egypt. Through the study of politics, religion, art, language, and culture, the course will concentrate on societal changes that have occurred in Egypt during the last fifty years and the challenges that remain. The course is conducted entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, the International Studies Interdisciplinary Minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.
Satisfies a Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 202 or permission of instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 340 - Gender and Politics in Contemporary Syrian Literature Instructor
Joubin
This course will focus on the intersection of gender and politics in contemporary Syrian literature. Through an examination of the novels, short stories, autobiography, and poems of writers such as Hana Mina, Khayri al-Dhabhabi, Asima Darwish, Muhammad al-Maghut, and Khalid Khalifeh, students will be introduced to debates on the direction of society and politics in contemporary literature. Students will also be exposed to films and mini-series based on the literature and lives of several of the writers we will be studying. The goal of the course is for students to learn to comfortably read contemporary Syrian literature, and acquire the vocabulary necessary to discuss the key issues and themes relating to gender and politics. This course is taught entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies a major requirement in Gender Studies.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor, the International Studies interdisciplinary minor (Middle East sections), and Communication Studies interdisciplinary minor.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric distribution requirements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or permission of instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 341 - Gender Studies in the Arab World Instructor
Botros
The target of this course is to provide an overview of the key topics in the study of gender in the Arab world. This course provides a gendered understanding of prevailing ideologies, social practices, and trends for students interested in Arab politics and culture. Students will be presented with readings ranging from history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and media studies. The course is taught entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic.
Satisfies a major requirement in Gender Studies.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward the Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor, the International Studies interdisciplinary minor (Middle East sections), and the Communication Studies interdisciplinary minor.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric distribution requirements.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Arabic 202 or permission of instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 342 - Postcolonial Syrian Film Instructor
Joubin
This course will trace the development of postcolonial Syrian film from the 1960s until the present. We will begin with the political critiques of Muhammad al-Maghout and Durayd Lahham in the 1960s and 70s and end with films produced after the uprising in 2011. Topics include gender and family dynamics, political critique, the question of Palestine, and government co-optation of intellectuals. The course is taught entirely in Arabic.
Satisfies a major requirement for Center for Interdisciplinary Studies- Arab Studies major.
Satisfies a minor requirement for Arab Studies.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes ARB 202 or permission of the instructor.
|
|
-
ARB 395 - Independent Study for Advanced Students Instructor
Joubin
Advanced study under the direction of the faculty member, who approves the topic, determines meeting times, and decides the means of evaluating the students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor. (Fall and Spring)
|
|
-
ARB 396 - Independent Study for Advanced Students Instructor
Joubin
Advanced study under the direction of the faculty member, who approves the topic, determines meeting times, and decides the means of evaluating the students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor needed.
|
|
|
|
-
ART 101 - Basic Studio Instructor
Staff
Introduction through the studio to the work of the artist-tools, way of seeing, methods and media. Emphasizes basic principles of visual organization.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Open to first- and second-year students only.
(Not offered 2015-16.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
ART 203 - Basic Painting Instructor
Barkai
Provides foundation of painting principles in oil, acrylic and watercolor. Encourages examination of painting and image making in context of contemporary art practices and in correspondence with intellectual and critical explorations.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
|
|
-
ART 204 - Figure Painting Instructor
Barkai
Explores classical and contemporary approaches to figure painting. Provides foundation of painting principles in oil and acrylic using live models as well as photography and digital manipulations. Issues related to the body in contemporary art practices, art theory, and contemporary painting practices will be discussed and used as a catalyst for the painting process.
Satisfies a major requirement in Art.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite to Advanced Painting, ART 303.
(Fall)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
… Forward 10 -> 15 |
|
|