4225 AAS 209 S06-07 LA Introduction to African-American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to Present During the Harlem Renaissance, the poet Countee Cullen famously asked "What is Africa to me?" and Langston Hughes wrote verse affirming, "I, too, am America" even as he critiqued the nation's oppression of its "darker brother. In this introductory course, we will analyze how these and other twentieth century African American writers have explored racial and national identity as defined by and negotiated in relation to the ideas of both America and Africa. To engage these questions, we will consider aesthetic forms and locate literary texts in social and political contexts. 4226 AAS 340 S06-07 LA Shades of Passing This course studies the trope of passing in 20th century American literary and cinematic narratives in an effort to re-examine the crisis of identity that both produces and confounds acts of passing. We will examine how American novelists and filmmakers have portrayed and responded to this social phenomenon, not as merely a social performance but as a profound intersubjective process embedded within history, law, and culture. We will focus on narratives of passing across axes of difference, invoking questions such as: To what extent does the act of passing reinforce or unhinge seemingly natural categories of race, gender, and sexuality? 4227 AAS 345 S06-07 Celluloid Mammy Combining film history with African American studies, this seminar explores the cinematic evolution of the mammy stereotype, a history that commences virtually with the birth of cinema itself. Defining the mammy as an ideological tool whose function has profound historical and contemporary cultural and political implications, the course moves from mammy's seminal appearances in early films through to problematic, potent visions and treatments of the figure in more recent motion pictures. 4228 AAS 352 S06-07 HA Black Protest in 20th Century America This course examines the evolution of African American political mobilization in the twentieth century. It explores the various ways that African Americans articulated their political demands and affirmed their citizenship, using worker's rights, the church, feminism, education, war, grassroots organizations, the federal bureaucracy, international allies, and the law as tools for political action. For example, how did World War One or the Vietnam war transform black radicalism in America? The readings for this course draw heavily from personal narratives, oral testimonies, and historical scholarship. 4229 AAS 368 S06-07 EM Topics in African American Religion: Black Religion and Black Political Thought Scholars of the African America experience have located the black church as the cultural, social, and political womb of the black community. This research tends to think of the church as a structure that brings actors into contact with one another; it has paid less attention to the church as a place that brings actors into contact with ideas. This course will use a variety of classic and contemporary texts about black political thought as an entry into investigating the connections between black religious ideas and political activism. The class links the work on religion to an intensive introduction to black political thought. 4230 AAS 383 S06-07 The Black Atlantic World: Black Encounters with Europe, Asia, and the Americas This course explores the experiences of African Americans overseas and examines how they led transnational lifestyles throughout the 20th century. We will investigate how African Americans established lives that defied borders and transformed national and local politics in North America, Europe, and Asia. How did African American soldiers and intellectuals in Paris shape the post-World War I Negritude movement? What role did the conception of blackness and 'negrophobia' play in Nazi Germany and Hitler's party in particular? How did W.E.B. Du Bois forge a partnership between African Americans and Japan during the Great Depression? 4231 AAS 391 S06-07 EC Race, Class, and Intelligence in America The course explores relationships among race, class, and intelligence measurements. The history of the measurement of intelligence is analyzed. Historical and contemporary conceptualizations of race, ethnicity, and social class in America, including gender inequality, are examined. The "nature versus nurture" IQ heritability controversy is given thorough examination, as are analyses of works such as The Bell Curve. Attention is given to the educational system in America, expectancy and labeling effects, stereotype threat effect, and to public policy. 4232 AAS 403 S06-07 EM Race and Medicine In 1998, then-President Clinton set a national goal that by the year 2010 race, ethnic, and gender disparities in six disease categories would be eliminated. While the agenda, called Healthy People 2010, is a noble goal there, is one major hurdle. No study has definitively determined the cause of health disparities. This course examines the role culture plays in reproducing health inequalities in the United States. For a final project, students will be asked to propose their own solutions for eliminating health disparities. 4233 AAS 477 S06-07 HA The Civil Rights Movement This course examines the evolution of African American political mobilization from 1945 to 1975. It explores the various ways that African Americans articulated their political demands and affirmed their citizenship, using worker' rights, the church, feminism, education, war, grassroots organizations, the federal bureaucracy, and the law as tools for political action. The readings for this course draw heavily from personal narratives, oral testimonies, and historical scholarship. 4234 AAS 500 S06-07 Introduction to African-American Intellectual Tradition: Studies in Black Feminism This interdisciplinary seminar introduces graduate students from many departments to past and contemporary scholarship in black feminist thought. Through readings of works of literature and theoretical texts from a variety of disciplines, we will explore how black feminist writers, scholars and activists address and represent interlocking constructions of race, gender, socioeconomic status, sexuality and citizenship. 4235 AFS 200 S06-07 SA Introduction to African Studies The course offers a unique opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of Africa in a truly multi-disciplinary setting. A dozen of Princeton's distinguished faculty collaborate in an effort to shed light on both the huge potential of Africa and its peoples and the enormous challenges the continent faces. Topics include politics, economics, conservation, biodiversity, climate change, the environment, health and disease and written and oral literature. 4236 AFS 301 S06-07 SA African Economic and Political Culture This seminar focuses on the causes and aspects of the underdevelopment of Africa. After briefly examining the historical origins of African underdevelopment, the focus shifts to the continent's cultural and social environments, as well as the problem of governance in select African countries. The seminar will address a wide range of problems: the debt crisis, the impact of structural adjustment policies, the problems of access to the international financial markets and how they relate to Africa's current state of development. Some scholars, including Cornel West, will join me for certain sessions. 4237 AMS 302 S06-07 SA Disasters, Culture, and Society Big disasters are with us as never before. September 11, Katrina, and the 2004 Tsunami loom large and have brought to the fore the importance of understanding how and why the world falls apart sometimes. Most people are barely aware of the meaning of disaster, but there are resources, academic and literary, that we can draw upon. This course will survey the major ideas in the inherently interdisciplinary field called "disaster research." The course will be case-based, meaning that we will use specific cases as material for our conceptual inquiries. 4238 AMS 304 S06-07 HA American Business History: The Rise of Corporate America This class will study the growth and development of business in American history. It will look at how and why corporations were initially established and what factors made them appealing. It will also explore how the corporation has changed over time and what led it to become such a dominant force in American society. We will focus on some major industries and individuals, but also strive to gain a greater understanding of the development of business in general. The topic will be explored through books, primary sources, and films. 4239 AMS 326 S06-07 SA Regulation of Sexuality This course explores the many ways in which the American legal system directly and indirectly regulates sexuality, sexual identity, and gender, and considers such regulation in a number of substantive areas of law including marriage, child custody, employment, education, and criminal law and constitutional rights such as free speech, equal protection, and due process. Readings include excerpts from reported cases, trial transcripts, and law review articles together with excerpts from work by journalists and scholars in a variety of disciplines. 4240 AMS 375 S06-07 LA Defining Moments in American Culture A focused look at three key turning points in American history: 1800, 1850, and 1900. The course will study selected expressions in art, politics, literature , and science or technology to see how they embody national aspirations or anxieties of each period. Two continuing themes will receive special attention: the consciousness of self and of nature in American culture. One three-hour seminar. 4241 ANT 206 S06-07 EC Human Evolution An investigation of the evidence and background of human evolution. Emphasis will be placed on the examination of the fossil and other evidence for human evolution and its functional and behavioral implications. 4242 ANT 207 S06-07 SA The American Family in Law and Society The course will focus on the conflicts occasioned by changing family patterns, the role of technology in conflicts over procreation and rights of the fetus, the meaning of property and its impact on divorce settlements, and the comparative development of laws of inheritance and incest. Multicultural issues will also figure prominently in the course. 4243 ANT 220 S06-07 SA Cultures of Globalization The global economy is now characterized by an almost instantaneous flow and exchange of information, capital, and cultural communication. This course explores the structures of power and situated cultural processes that come with globalization. The global is not a given--it is made through intense and often contradictory, violent, and unequal encounters and negotiations. The course draws from political economy, media, and ethnography, and familiarizes students with critical debates on globalization and local responses to globalizing processes. We will bring empirical insights to bear on theories of social justice and human agency. 4244 ANT 322 S06-07 HA Cross-Cultural Texts Ethnographers cross cultures; so do many novelists and journalists. The past, historians say, is "another culture," with different myths and narratives. Like colonial officials earlier, global intellectuals today ponder multicultural circumstances; often observers move quickly, sometimes they linger. Complex styles and politics of cross-cultural encounter -- travel writing, fieldwork description, evocative fiction -- deserve close reading. 4245 ANT 336 S06-07 SA The Anthropology of Selected Regions: Social Change in Contemporary India This course introduces students to the debates that have defined the anthropological study of India. It explores classic and recent theories of caste and hierarchy, focusing in particular on the ethnography of change in everyday "Indian life." The course also considers the emergence of identity politics in India, surveying debates about communal violence and its representation in popular culture and films. Since communal identities and power relations in India are often expressed and challenged in popular religious practices, the course will explore everyday Indian religiosity with reference to debates about Hindu reformism and nationalism. 4246 ANT 360 S06-07 The Uses of Deception: Perspectives on Magic and Science While "deception" usually has negative connotations, scientists and magicians use it in service of truth, justice, and entertainment: for a magician's trick to induce doubt and delight, an audience's attention must be misdirected. Likewise, biomedicine and many other fields use deception (e.g., the placebo) as a research tool. Topics include: the 'real' as objective truth or cultural construct; social fictions in daily life; the tangled histories and present day alliance of science and magic; fraudulent vs. legitimate deception; popular access to science. Guest magicians may visit; research projects may involve fieldwork and multimedia. 4247 ANT 390 S06-07 HA History of Anthropological Theory We will survey the development of social anthropology as a discipline through theoretical debates related to kinship (ways in which peoples of different cultures marry and relate within and outside the family; means by which generations relate within and outside the family). We begin with discussion of what kinship means to the social anthropologist as distinct from the biologist and consider different ways to approach the subject within social anthropology itself. We will also explore how recent work on gender, person and the body have challenged and modified earlier assumptions about, for example, descent, succession and familial alliances. 4248 ANT 405 S06-07 SA Topics in Anthropology: Global Pharmaceuticals: Science, Political Economy, Ethics This course is a foray into the social studies of science and technology. It explores the scientific and regulatory strategies of drug development in the United States and the political and social implications of new global pharmaceutical markets. We will discuss the ethics of clinical trials and the politics of access to new drugs, and inquire into how the production of pharmaceuticals is reshaping models of public health and ideas of well-being in rich and poor contexts. The course draws from medical literature, media, and ethnography and familiarizes students with critical debates on globalization. 4249 ANT 406 S06-07 SA Theoretical Orientations in Cultural Anthropology: The Anthropology of Memory The anthropology of memory explores issues surrounding the organization of experience in dealing with the past, and the use of narrative tools in the analysis of culture and structuring of memory generally. This course takes up three major approaches to memory: social organization (Halbwachs), psychoanalysis (Freud), and associative temporalities(Sebald). A better understanding of memory will improve our approaches to cultural observation, documentation, analysis, and interpretation. 4250 ANT 416 S06-07 SA Culture and International Order Anthropological perspectives are used to illuminate the formation of unstable international orders, especially those intending to develop people economically and politically. Our focus is on accounting for the empirical forms of interaction of peoples and international regimes (e.g., human rights, conflict, democracy, wealth and poverty). We pay particular attention to uneven patterns of violence and domination, to variations in experience and social identification, and to the possibilities and limits of our representations. 4251 ANT 502 S06-07 Proseminar in Anthropology We build on the work of the first semester pushing the exploration of the notions of culture, structure, meaning, hermeneutics, interpretation, consensus & conflict. We try to map how these concepts have been applied to non-Western societies as well as western ones & what we can learn from these implementations regarding generation & elaboration of anthropological knowledge. Finally we examine the ongoing debate on transnational circulations & transnational reconfigurations with special references to their redefinings of self, identity, ethnicity, nation & power. 4252 ANT 570 S06-07 Interdisciplinary Research: Explanation and Interpretation in Anthropology A close analysis of the criteria of validity that have, in the past and present, been applied to anthropological interpretations. Topics will include: case studies in conflicting interpretations, rethinking societal taxonomies, narrative styles and validity, and claims to scientific explanation. 4253 AOS 537 S06-07 Atmospheric Chemistry Natural gas phase and heterogeneous chemistry in the troposphere and stratosphere, with a focus on elementary chemical kinetics; photolysis processes; oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen chemistry; transport of atmospheric trace species; tropospheric hydrocarbon chemistry and stratospheric halogen chemistry; stratospheric ozone destruction; local and regional air pollution, and chemistry-climate interactions are studied. 4254 AOS 547 S06-07 Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Convection Thermodynamics of water-air systems. Overview of atmospheric energy sources and sinks. Planetary boundary layers. Closure theories for atmospheric turbulence. Cumulus convection. Interactions between cumulus convection and large-scale atmospheric flows. Cloud-convection-radiation interactions and their role in the climate system. 4255 AOS 572 S06-07 Atmospheric and Oceanic Wave Dynamics Observational evidence of atmospheric and oceanic waves; laboratory simulation. Surface and internal gravity waves; dispersion characteristics; kinetic energy spectrum; critical layer; forced resonance; instabilities. Planetary waves: scale analysis; physical description of planetary wave propagation; reflections; normal modes in a closed basin. Large-scale barclinic and barotropic instabilities. Eady and Charney models for barclinic instability, and energy transfer. 4256 AOS 575 S06-07 Numerical Prediction of the Atmosphere and Ocean Barotropic and multilevel dynamic models; coordinate systems and boundary conditions; finite difference equations and their energetics; spectral methods; water vapor and its condensation processes; orography, cumulus convection, subgrid-scale transfer, and boundary layer processes; meteorological and oceanographic data assimilation; dynamic initialization; verification and predictability; and probabilistic forecasts. 4257 AOS 578 S06-07 Chemical Oceanography The chemical composition of the oceans and the nature of the physical and chemical processes governing this composition in the past and present. The cycles of major and minor oceanic constituents, including interactions with the biosphere and at the ocean-atmosphere and ocean-sediment interfaces. 4258 APC 509 S06-07 Methods and Concepts in Electronic Structure Theory This course derives how and why chemical bonds between atoms form, leading to the creation of molecules and condensed matter. State-of-the-art electronic structure theory methods are discussed and compared in terms of strengths, weaknesses, and numerical implementations. Students will learn how to predict molecular structure, qualitative character of the electron distribution (hybridization), and relative chemical bond strengths directly from a simple multi-electron wavefunction. Condensed matter electronic structure will be introduced via band theory, followed by an analysis of the pros and cons of modern density functional theory methods. 4259 APC 518 S06-07 Applied Stochastic Analysis and Methods An introduction to stochastic models in the physical sciences with emphasis on numerical methods, asymptotics and connection with partial differential equations. After a brief introduction of the basics of probability theory, Markov process and stochastic differential equations, the course concentrates on Fokker-Planck equations, invariant distributions, path integrals, large deviation and rare events. Numerical methods for computing transition pathways and transition rates, kinetic Monte Carlo methods will be discussed. Prerequisite: Elementary differential equations. 4260 APC 596 S06-07 Topics in Applied Mathematics This course will discuss current areas of interest in Applied Mathematics. Topic for Spring 2007 is MULTISCALE MODELING: Multi-scale modeling has quickly become a very popular tool in many areas of science and engineering. This course is designed to provide a systematic introduction to this new area. Emphasis will be placed on building a solid foundation for multi-scale modeling. Basic issues of formulation, relationships between different physical models, algorithms and representative applications will be discussed. 4261 ARA 102 S06-07 Elementary Arabic II This course continues the study of Modern Standard Arabic commenced in Arabic 10l. Emphasis is placed on grammatical analysis; writing and reading of increasingly longer, unvocalized texts; further vocabulary acquisition, and continued practice in listening and speaking Modern Standard Arabic. 4262 ARA 107 S06-07 Intermediate Arabic II Study of Arabic grammar and syntax, and use of the language in functional contexts. Reading of extra material from articles, newspapers, short stories. Discussions are held in the Arabic langauge to enhance the students' speaking skills. 4263 ARA 113 S06-07 Colloquial Arabic II 4264 ARA 302 S06-07 Advanced Arabic II Modern Standard Arabic language acquisition through reading, listening, writing, and speaking with emphasis on grammar, exposure to philology, and utilization of translation from and into Arabic, supplemented by readings from literary figures and modern media. 4265 ARA 402 S06-07 Advanced Arabic Skills Workshop II Classical Arabic sciences of grammar, morphology, and rhetoric, supplemented by expository writing and poetry from classical scholars and literary figures. Emphasis on translation from Arabic and on memorization and oral recitation of texts. 4266 ARC 204 S06-07 LA Introduction to Architectural Design The first in a series of design studios offered to students interested in majoring in architecture. The course will introduce architecture as an "impure'' plastic art, inseparable from a network of forces acting upon it. The student will be confronted with progressively complex exercises involving spatial relations in two dimensions, three dimensions, and time. The course will stress experimentation while providing an analytical and creative framework to develop an understanding of structure and materials as well as necessary skills in drawing and model making. Two three-hour studios with lectures included. 4267 ARC 305 S06-07 LA Urban Studies: Analysis of Contemporary Urban Form This course will focus upon Chicago's expansive "urban jungle" in order to examine the intersections forged among space, form, and ideology. Topics will intertwine Chicago's rich architectural and urban trajectories in an effort to understand the contemporary reverberations caused by democracy, capitalism, and aesthetics. Readings and discussions will integrate primary source material with contemporary analyses of Chicago. 4268 ARC 308 S06-07 HA History of Architectural Theory Architectural theory, criticism, and historiography from the Renaissance to the present, emphasizing the transformations of the classical Vitruvian tradition and theories of modern architecture from the end of the 17th century to the 1930s. Architectural thought in its institutional and cultural context and as it relates to design method and practice. Two one-hour lectures, one preceptorial. 4269 ARC 403 S06-07 LA Topics in the History and Theory of Architecture We will consider that a successful thesis entails the meeting of a socio-cultural problematic with a specific disciplinary issue, that the confluence and exchange between these external and internal situations can instigate an original contribution to architectural knowledge and technique. The "newness" of this contribution comes through a particular kind of repetition, a wily swerve within the established canon. The seminar will introduce disciplinary methods and themes through close readings of architectural texts and objects and will provide a workshop for the testing and elaboration of architectural polemics through directed research. 4270 ARC 408 S06-07 Infrastructure and Design: Design, Disaster and Southern California This seminar uses design tools to gain an understanding of how physical infrastructure can influence social organization and ideologies. The seminar will be organized in two parts --the first will survey general topics and specific case studies to develop an understanding of the contexts and forms of civil works and infrastructures. The second part will focus on the infrastructure of the Southern California region. 4271 ARC 502 S06-07 Architecture Design Studio Part two of a two semester sequence in which fundamental design skills are taught in the context of the architect's wider responsibilities to society, culture and the environment. Students acquire a command of the techniques of design and representation through a series of specific architectural problems of increasing complexity. Both semesters are required for three-year M.Arch. students. 4272 ARC 504 S06-07 Integrated Building Studios Integrated design studios approach architecture from a synthetic perspective. Considerations of structure, environmental technology, building materials and systems, exterior envelope, and site design are integrated directly into the design process through the participation of technical faculty and outside advisors in critiques and reviews. Projects are developed to a high level of detail. At least one course is required for professional M.Arch. students. 4273 ARC 506A S06-07 Architecture Design Studio Vertical Design Studios examine architecture as cultural production, taking into account its capacity to structure both physical environments and social organizations. Projects include a broad range of project types, including individual buildings, urban districts and landscapes. 4274 ARC 506B S06-07 Architecture Design Studio Vertical Design Studios examine architecture as cultural production, taking into account its capacity to structure both physical environments and social organizations. Projects include a broad range of project types, including individual buildings, urban districts and landscapes. 4275 ARC 508 S06-07 Thesis Studio The Master of Architecture Thesis is an independent design project on a theme selected by the student. The student begins with a thesis statement outlining an area of study or a problem that has consequences for contemporary architectural production. Marking the transition between the academic and professional worlds, the thesis project is an opportunity for each student to define an individual position with regard to a specific aspect of architectural practice. As an integral part of the design process, it is intended that the thesis project will incorporate research, programming and site definition. 4276 ARC 509 S06-07 Integrated Building Systems As an introduction to building systems and the methods of construction utilized to realize design in built form, the focus of the first half of the course is to expose students to the primary systems, materials and principals utilized in construction of buildings and the fabrication of elements. Once the basic principals have been introduced through lectures and the accompanying lab sessions, the focus will shift to explaining the means by which information is communicated from designers to fabricators, and current standards that exist in the practice of architecture and its relation to changes in methods of fabrication and project delivery. 4277 ARC 511 S06-07 Structural Design Introduction to the design of building structures of steel, timber and reinforced concrete. 4278 ARC 513 S06-07 Contemporary Facade Design, Procurement and Execution The course will introduce students to the current state of facade design and engineering as an emerging integrated discipline and for students to develop an understanding of the global facade industry. Discussion will focus on the multi-faceted and changing role of the architect in enabling and leading the necessary collaborative process that is required to collectively achieve common goals in a discipline that is both essential to the artistic expression of building and which is highly technical in every regard. 4279 ARC 515 S06-07 The Environmental Engineering of Buildings, Parts I and II Study and evaluation of mechanical and electrical system applications for different building types, including air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and telecommunications. Emphasis on design integration with architecture and structure within the construction process including sustainable design and energy conservation. Introduction to vertical transportation, life safety systems, and intelligent buildings. Emphasis on a conceptual approach using case studies and field trips. 4280 ARC 516 S06-07 Architectural Acoustics and Lighting A study of the needs and means of environmental control, including the luminous and acoustic aspects of buildings and urban developments. It examines daylight and electric light in relation to architectural spatial relations as well as materials and construction that affect our aural experience in the environment. 4281 ARC 549 S06-07 Histories and Theories of Architecture: 20th Century An overview of the major themes running through the various strands of modern architecture in the twentieth century. While overarching in scope, the seminar is based on a close reading of selected buildings and texts by prominent figures of the modern movement and its aftermath. Special emphasis is given to the historiography and history of reception of modern architecture, as well as the cultural, aesthetic and scientific theories that have informed contemporary architectural debates, including organicism, vitalism, functionalism, historicism and their opposites. 4282 ARC 563 S06-07 Starting, Building, and Operating an Architectural Practice: Business and Legal Issues in Architectural Practice Review and analysis of the dynamics and process inherent in starting, developing, managing and operating an architectural practice, including marketing, finance, human resources, project process, liability, insurance, and general management. 4283 ARC 569 S06-07 The Plan as Discipline and Event in Architecture and Urbanism For the last half-century modernism has "survived" only through the critiques of its myriad discontents, uniformly accused as offering only homogenous and reductive forms of language and knowledge. This seminar proposes to renew the projective ambitions of modernism against the varied consensus of a design politics underwritten by difference and diffidence. Rather than celebrating legible or diverse fragments, the class will generate a counter-indifference that seeks to put a singular thing into the world that attracts disparate interests, establishing the terms for the possibilities of a graphic, as opposed to geometric, design protocol. 4284 ARC 570 S06-07 The Sociology of Contemporary Design The seminar will address special characteristics of American architecture. Our focus will be on how this nation has shaped design preoccupations and building production. Among the forces to be examined are the influence of the capitalist model in setting the production agenda, the institutionalization of the separation of architecture from building, the contest between criticism and theory, and the democratization of the design process. Special attention will be given to the rise of the culture industry, the sources of its hegemony, and its transformative influence. 4285 ARC 572 S06-07 Research in Architecture This course is an advanced pro-seminar that will examine the spatial histories and representational forms of the modern city. Students will read architectural, urban and theoretical texts and conduct individual research on how spatial theory affects the manner in which cities and architectural forms have been written about, envisioned and built. 4286 ARC 574 S06-07 Computing and Imaging in Architecture This seminar will explore digital fabrication, parametric-associative modeling and projectively constrained formal armatures using CATIA, Gehry Technologies Digital Project and the CNC Mill. A series of formal experiments will be carried out, each culminating in the fabrication of milled artifacts, explicitly challenging conventional modes of practice and seeking insight into new forms of organization, techniques and operative procedures. 4287 ARC 577 S06-07 Topics in Contemporary Architectural Theory The seminar will explore topics of mutual interest to architects and artists over the last 100 years-sites where they have interacted productively and/or conflicted tellingly. Among our concerns will be new artistic languages (e.g., Cubism and de Stijl), and their impact on architecture, and new artistic procedures (e.g., Constructivism and Surrealism), and their intersection with architecture. We will examine the ubiquity of design in art and architecture; the impact of various mass media; critiques of representation; applications of structuralism; variants of minimalism; and art and architecture's shared critical and theoretical literature. 4288 ARC 597 S06-07 On the Methodology of Architectural History Architectural authors are rarely aware of the methodologies that they use. This overview of the major historical writings on architecture from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries aims to raise that awareness. While following a chronological order, the class is structured according to dominant historiographic themes such as origin, influence, world-view, anachronism, survival, classification, symbolism, iconology and typology, projection, crisis, and cultural memory. The course will include a workshop in which doctoral students will compile bibliographies and review the existing literature on the topics of their particular interest. 4289 ART 101 S06-07 LA Introduction to the History of Art: Renaissance to Contemporary An introduction to selected periods and works of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the present as well as an introduction to the discipline of art history. Two lectures, one preceptorial. 4290 ART 205 S06-07 LA Medieval Art in Europe ART 205 explores the conceptual character of medieval European art from late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages with an emphasis on methodological, historiographical, and theoretical issues. Using selected monuments and objects from a wide geographical range and dating from the 4th to the 14th centuries as case studies, students will familiarize with the methodological developments of art historical research. The course will particularly focus on the "anthropological turn" of medieval art history and medieval image theory. 4291 ART 212 S06-07 LA Neoclassicism through Impressionism A broad study of nineteenth-century European painting and sculpture created in the void left by the collapse of Ancient Regime religious and governmental patronage. The century's range of artistic roles will be examined, including the artist as revolutionary, entrepreneur, isolated genius, and impassive observer. The century's formative movements and major artists, such as Goya, Canova, Delacroix, Turner, Courbet, Rodin, Monet, and Van Gogh, will be discussed. 4292 ART 216 S06-07 LA Chinese Painting Thematic introduction to the role of painting in Chinese cultural history, with attention to the interaction of stylistic standards, materials, and techniques; the impact of regional geographies on landscape painting; the influence of class, gender, and social behavior on figure painting; the engagement of art with traditional philosophies and 20th-century socialism; and the shape of time in art-historicial development. 4293 ART 217 S06-07 LA Early Japanese Art and Archaeology Survey of Japanese art from its beginnings to the end of the 12th century. Neolithic pottery, Buddhist and secular arts will be examined. Emphasizes the relationship between the continental culture of China and Japan, as well as the native Japanese tradition. 4294 ART 270 S06-07 LA Photography and Society What is the role of photography in contemporary society? By looking at familiar photographic forms, ranging from commercial portraits, ID cards, family albums, and fashion and advertising photography to newspaper and magazine illustrations, this course explores the diverse ways that photographs have come to define and challenge the "real." Students will talk with professionals in the fields of journalism and fashion, examine recent controversies over digital manipulation and politically charged photos, and consider the historical sources of contemporary styles. One three-hour seminar. 4295 ART 330 S06-07 LA Venice and the Mediterranean This course explores the art and architecture of Venice's Mediterranean empire, known as the stato da mar, from its beginnings in 1204 to the loss of Crete in 1669. Our particular focus will be the artistic and cultural geography of "Venetian Crete" as it underwent a series of transformations from Byzantine to Venetian to Ottoman rule, with an emphasis on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Following a trip to Crete during Spring recess, students will participate in the construction of an interactive website mapping the island and its cities and monuments. 4296 ART 333 S06-07 LA Renaissance and Baroque Architecture European architecture from 1420 to the mid-18th century with particular emphasis on its historical and social background. Various architectural styles - Renaissance, baroque, and rococo - are studied in terms of important architects and buildings especially of Italy, France, and England. 4297 ART 343 S06-07 LA Masters and Movements of 19th-Century Art Topic for Spring 2007: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. The course will focus on later 19th-century painters including Monet, Degas, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin, and Matisse. We will explore the new forms of painting developed by these artists to represent their experience of the modern world. Themes will include the image of Paris and its suburbs in Impressionism; the relation between painting and the new media of photography and cinema; the rise of abstraction; the idea of the "primitive" in Post-Impressionism; and the gendered nature of modern art. Visits to museums in Princeton and New York will be arranged. 4298 ART 366 S06-07 LA Pre-Columbian Art: Ancient Mexico and Peru DECIPHERING ANCIENT BOOKS FROM SOUTHERN MEXICO. Part II. An introduction to ancient Mexican art through the study of pictographic books made by Indian people on the eve of the European entrada. The Codices were made of animal hide and covered with a white-plaster-like foundation upon which the figures were painted in a distinctive pictographic style. They were folded so that they could either be stored compacity or opened to reveal all of the pages of one side. Differences in content, ritualism and style have led to the determination of two separate manuscript groups. (see below in "Reading Assignments") 4299 ART 373 S06-07 LA History of African American Art This course introduces the history of African American art and visual culture from the colonial period to the present. Artists and works of art will be considered in terms of their social, intellectual, and historical contexts and students will be encouraged to consider artistic practices as they intersect with other cultural spheres, including science, politics, religion, and literature. Topics and readings will be drawn from the field of art history as well as from other areas of inquiry such as cultural studies, critical race theory, and the history of the Atlantic world. 4300 ART 420 S06-07 LA Seminar in Asian Art: Zen Painting for Novices The seminar will focus on figure paintings of Zen and Zen-related themes in conjunction with the Japan Society Galleries' exhibition, "Awakening: Zen Figure Painting," some 50 paintings on loan from American, European, and Japanese collections of mid-13th- and early 17th-century Chinese and Japanese works. Each student will select and write a descriptive entry on three paintings. As the seminar participants complete their selection of three works, the weekly class will maintain its own schedule to keep up with the history of art historical discourse on Zen-inspired painting to secure background knowledge for the individual students' projects. 4301 ART 428 S06-07 LA Seminar in Islamic Art: Perceptions of the Body in Persian Art This seminar will explore the various philosophical, aesthetic, and religious ideas that shaped the ways humans and animals were painted in Persian art from the 12th to the 18th centuries. Popular opinion holds that Islam bans the representation of living beings, although there is no Quranic prohibition of painting. Debates about the legality of images appeared in theological literature from the 8th century on and placed artists in a complex position. Contending notions found their artistic expression in painting and were manifested in Islamic traditions of figurative art. 4302 ART 436 S06-07 LA Topics in Medieval Art, Architecture, and Theory: Concepts for the Depiction of God Discusses the conditions of image making and theory in the Middle Ages. Class will focus on how to represent God in the visual arts, introducing iconographic concepts and their reception. Single image-types will be analyzed on the basis of sociological and intellectual history and from different historiographic view points. For each class, a group of readings will raise questions and suggest approaches to the iconographic material. Issues covered in this course: institutionalizing christianity in Late Antiquity, the idea of authenticity for various types of icons, iconoclasm, the image of God in Scholasticity, and allegorical imagery. 4303 ART 440 S06-07 LA Seminar. Renaissance Art Exhibiting the Old Masters: This course focuses on the 16th-century paintings and sculpture in the recently renovated Renaissance-Baroque Galleries in the Princeton University Art Museum. The class will produce extended wall labels for the 16th-century gallery. We will be meeting in the museum and will also go behind the scenes to explore holdings in the museum storage. Readings and discussion will consider the rise of collecting, theoretical issues of selection and display, conservation and attribution, how museums organize knowledge and create a vision of history, and the functions of a university art museum. 4304 ART 443 S06-07 LA Global Exchange in Art and Architecture Examines the global exchange in art and architecture between and among the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the period 1492-1800. The course focuses on the geographical, historical, religious, anthropological, and aesthetic aspects of issues such as cultural encounters, diffusion, transculturation, regionalism, and related topics. 4305 ART 444 S06-07 LA Architecture and Ritual: Methodological Approaches This seminar will examine the relationship between ritual behavior and the architectural/urban contexts designed to facilitate modes of communal activity. Architecture and urban spaces are viewed as instruments of rule in support of political elites and existing power structures. Special emphasis will be given to theoretical readings and methodological models for interpreting ritual architecture. Student research projects from all periods and cultures are welcome. 4306 ART 520 S06-07 Greek Art of the Iron Age and the Orientalizing Periods Examination of problems in the relationship of Greek and Near Eastern art in the early centuries of the first millennium B.C. 4307 ART 547 S06-07 Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Architecture Architecture and Urban Planning in Rome, 1580-1750 - Advanced research in the history of architecture from 1400 to 1750. Topics will vary, with the focus each year placed on important European centers and architects, and on issues related to architectural theory and practice. 4308 ART 564 S06-07 19th-Century Art: Theorizing Rupture: Modernism & its Pasts 19th and early 20th-century modernism is marked by a deep ambivalence about its relation to tradition: calls for a clean break from the past, e.g., are invariably accompanied by divergent and conflicting continuities with the past. We will explore this contradiction by examining historical and theoretical texts that move beyond simplistic notions of originality and imitation. The work of relevant artists (among others: David and his pupils, Manet, Gauguin, Matisse) will be analyzed alongside a range of theoretical investigations of rupture/continuity (Marxist, structuralist/post-structuralist, psychoanalytic). 4309 ART 573 S06-07 Topics in Early Chinese Art and Archaeology The topic will be the historiography of Chinese bronzes, with particular focus on the application of western art-historical methods to ancient non-western material culture. 4310 AST 203 S06-07 QR The Universe This specially designed course targets the frontier of modern astrophysics. Subjects include the planets of our solar system, the birth, life, and death of stars; the search for extrasolar planets and extraterrestrial life; the zoo of galaxies from dwarfs to giants, from starbursts to quasars; dark matter and the large-scale structure of the universe; Einstein's special and general theory of relativity, black holes, worm holes, time travel, and big bang cosmology. This course is designed for the non-science major and has no prerequisites past high school algebra and geometry. High school physics would be useful. 4311 AST 204 S06-07 QR Topics in Modern Astronomy This course will provide a broad overview to modern astronomy and astrophysics for students in the sciences. Topics include historical developments; overview of the solar system; the structure and evolution of stars; supernovae, neutron stars and black holes; formation, structure and evolution of galaxies; cosmology and the early universe; and life in the universe. 4312 AST 403 S06-07 Stars and Star Formation Stars form by the gravitational collapse of interstellar gas clouds, and as they evolve, return some of their gas to the interstellar medium, altering its physical state and chemical composition. This course discusses the properties and evolution of the gaseous and stellar components of a galaxy: the theory and observations of star formation; stellar structure; the production of energy by nucleosynthesis; stellar evolution; stellar end states; and the interpretation of observations of the diffuse and dense interstellar medium. We will discuss how major telescopes and space missions might tackle these problems. 4313 AST 517 S06-07 Diffuse Matter in Space Subject of course is the astrophysics of the interstellar medium: theory and observations of the gas, dust, plasma, energetic particles, magnetic field, and electromagnetic radiation in interstellar space. Emphasis will be on theory, including elements of: fluid dynamics; excitation of atoms, molecules and ions; radiative processes; radiative transfer; simple interstellar chemistry; and physical properties of dust grains.The theory will be applied to phenomena including; interstellar clouds (both diffuse atomic clouds and dense molecular clouds); HII regions; shock waves; supernova remnants; cosmic rays; interstellar dust; and star formation. 4314 AST 542 S06-07 Seminar in Observational Astrophysics Students will prepare and deliver presentations and lead discussion about topics of current interest in observational astrophysics and techniques. The topic for this academic year will be instrumentation, optics, and techniques. 4315 AST 552 S06-07 General Plasma Physics II Introduction to Plasma Physics at the Graduate level. Principles and applications of magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic theory. These principles are fundamental to Plasma Science, and the illustrative applications are relevant to current magnetic fusion research. 4316 AST 554 S06-07 Irreversible Processes in Plasmas Introduction to theory of fluctuations and transport in plasma. Origins of irreversibility. Random walks, Brownian motion, and diffusion; Langevin and Fokker-Planck theory. Fluctuation-dissipation theorem; test-particle superposition principle. Statistical closure problem. Derivation of kinetic equations from BBGKY hierarchy and Klimontovich formalism; properties of plasma collision operators. Classical transport coefficients in magnetized plasmas; Onsager symmetry. Introduction to plasma turbulence, including quasilinear theory. Applications to current problems in plasma research. 4317 AST 558 S06-07 Seminar in Plasma Physics Advances in experimental and theoretical studies or laboratory and naturally-occurring high-temperature plasmas, including stability and transport, nonlinear dynamics and turbulence, magnetic reconnection, selfheating of "burning" plasmas, and innovative concepts for advanced fusion systems. Advances in plasma applications, including laser-plasma interactions, nonneutral plasmas, high-intensity accelerators, plasma propulsion, plasma processing, and coherent electromagnetic wave generation. 4318 AST 560 S06-07 Computational Methods in Plasma Physics Analysis of methods for the numerical solution of the partial differential equations of plasma physics, including those of elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic, and eigenvalue type. Topics include finite difference, finite element, spectral, particle-in-cell, Monte Carlo, moving grid, and multiple-time-scale techniques, applied to the problems of plasma equilibrium, transport and stability. Basic parallel programming concepts are discussed. 4319 AST 562 S06-07 Laboratory in Plasma Physics Develop skills, knowledge, and understanding of basic and advanced laboratory techniques used to measure the properties and behavior of plasmas. Representative experiments are: cold-cathode plasma formation and architecture; ambipolar diffusion in afterglow plasmas; Langmuir probe measurements of electron temperature and plasma density; period doubling and transitions to chaos in glow discharges; optical spectroscopy for species identification; microwave interferometry and cavity resonances for plasma density determination; and momentum generated by a plasma thruster. 4320 CEE 105 S06-07 ST Lab in Conservation of Art This course examines how environmental factors (acid, rain, ice, salts, and biota) damage sculpture and monuments made of stone and masonry, paintings on wood, and sculptures in bronze. We examine campus buildings that illustrate each type of damage and visit the Cloisters Museum to learn how those medieval buildings are protected. Lectures on structure and properties of materials and mechanisms of attack. Labs include quantifying water movement through stone, damage from freezing and salts, strength of mortars, protective effects of sealants and consolidants, effect of moisture on wood. 4321 CEE 262A S06-07 Structures and the Urban Environment This course focuses on structural engineering as a new art form begun during the Industrial Revolution and flourishing today in long-span bridges, thin shell concrete vaults, and tall buildings. Students study the works and ideas of individual structural artists through their elementary calculations, their building mentality and their aesthetic imagination. Students examine contemporary exemplars that are essential to the understanding of 21st century structuring of cities with illustrations taken from New York, Boston, and New Orleans and urban areas elsewhere such as Japan and the Netherlands. 4322 CEE 262B S06-07 ST Structures and the Urban Environment This course focuses on structural engineering as a new art form begun during the Industrial Revolution and flourishing today in long-span bridges, thin shell concrete vaults, and tall buildings. Students study the works and ideas of individual structural artists through their elementary calculations, their building mentality and their aesthetic imagination. Students examine contemporary exemplars that are essential to the understanding of 21st century structuring of cities with illustrations taken from New York, Boston, and New Orleans and urban areas elsewhere such as Japan and the Netherlands. 4323 CEE 303 S06-07 STX Introduction to Environmental Engineering This course examines various forms of environmental pollution, including air pollution, acid rain, water pollution and hazardous wastes. We focus on the quantitative approaches used by environmental engineers to model the chemistry and movement of pollutants in the atmosphere, rivers, lakes, soil, and groundwater. A portion of the course is dedicated to environmental sustainability of cities with a focus on energy consumption and pollution generation in urban environments. In this context, we introduce the concepts of energy balances, green buildings, and sustainable water management. 4324 CEE 306 S06-07 Hydrology Analysis of fundamental processes affecting the dynamics of the hydrologic cycle. These include precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, runoff, and ground water flow. Governing equations will be developed and applications will be considered for a range of hydrologic systems. Concepts and techniques for design of water projects will also be covered. 4325 CEE 308 S06-07 Environmental Engineering Laboratory Designed to teach experimental measurement techniques in environmental engineering and their interpretations. Analytical techniques to assess biodegradation of wastes, lake eutrophication, non-point source pollution, and transport of contaminants in surface and groundwater, as well as hydrologic measurements to determine river and groundwater discharges, and soil-moisture dynamics in response to precipitation events will be conducted. 4326 CEE 365 S06-07 Soil Mechanics General introduction to physical and engineering properties of soils. Soil classification and identification methods. Soil exploration, sampling, and in-situ testing techniques. Permeability, seepage, and consolidation phenomena. Bearing capacity. Stress Distributions and Settlements. Slope stability, Lateral Pressures. 4327 CEE 366 S06-07 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures Materials in reinforced concrete. Flexural analysis and design of beams. Shear and diagonal tension in beams. Short columns. Frames. Serviceability. Bond, anchorage and development length. Slabs. Special topics. Introduction to design of steel structures. 4328 CEE 376 S06-07 Independent Research Project Independent research in the student's area of interest. The work must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member, and must result in a final paper. 4329 CEE 462 S06-07 Design of Large-Scale Structures: Bridges The design of bridges is considered from the conceptual phase up to the final design phase. The following issues are addressed in this course: types of bridges, design codes, computer modeling of bridges, seismic analysis and design, seismic retrofit design, inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges, movable bridges, bridge aerodynamics, organization of a typical engineering firm, marketing for engineering work. Several computer codes are used in this course. 4330 CEE 472 S06-07 Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing The structure and evolution of precipitation systems are examined, including the dynamical and microphysical processes that control the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation. The fundamentals of radaor and lidar remote sensing of clouds and precipitation are introduced. Related topics in hydrology and hydraulics are covered. 4331 CEE 478 S06-07 Senior Thesis A formal report on research involving analysis, synthesis, and design, directed toward improved understanding and resolution of a significant problem. The research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member, and the thesis is defended by the student at a public examination before a faculty committee. The senior thesis is equivalent to a year-long study and is recorded as a double course in the Spring. 4332 CEE 507 S06-07 Master Project I Under the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out a Master project and presents the results. Master Project I is offered during the fall and spring semesters of the M.E. or M.S.E degree. 4333 CEE 508 S06-07 Master's Project II This course is a continuation of CEE 507. Each student carries out a master's project, writes a report, and presents the results. Master's Project II is offered in the fall and spring of the M.E. or M.S.E. degree. 4334 CEE 509 S06-07 Directed Research Under the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out research and presents the results. Directed research is normally taken during the first year of study. 4335 CEE 510 S06-07 Research Seminar This seminar is a continuation of CEE 509. Each student writes a report and presents research results. For doctoral students, the course must be completed one semester prior to taking general examinations. 4336 CEE 512 S06-07 Design of Large-scale Structures: Bridges The design of bridges is considered from the conceptual phase up to the final design phase. The following issues are addressed in this course: types of bridges, design codes, computer modeling of bridges, seismic analysis and design, seismic retrofit design, inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges, movable bridges, bridge aerodynamics, organization of a typical engineering firm, marketing for engineering work. Several computer codes are used in this course. 4337 CEE 525 S06-07 Applied Numerical Methods The goal of this course is to introduce students to a broad spectrum of numerical methods for the analysis of typical mathematics, physics, or engineering problems. Topics covered include: error analysis, interpolation and polynomial approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, ordinary differential equations, and partial differential equations. 4338 CEE 532 S06-07 Advanced Finite-element Methods The course emphasizes techniques for solving classes of linear and nonlinear elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic and eigenvalue problems encountered in structures and mechanics. It explores implicit, explicit, and implicit-explicit elements and subdomain strategies in transient analysis; stability, consistency, and accuracy of integration procedures; error estimates; approximation properties; and computer implementation. Prerequisite: working knowledge of a scientific computer language. 4339 CEE 540 S06-07 Special Topics in MMS: Special Topics in MMS Advanced topics in structures and mechanics or the investigation of problems of current interest. 4340 CEE 558 S06-07 Random Fields and Random Media Synthesis of methods to describe, analyze, and, where appropriate, predict and control random fields or distributed disordered systems. Second-order analysis of space-time processes. Spectral parameters, level excursions, and extremes. Discrete-unit stochastic processes. Fractal random fields. Simulation, parameter estimation, prediction, and optimal sampling. Applications to a wide range of problems in engineering and the sciences. Lectures and guided self-study with a term project. 4341 CEE 576 S06-07 Water Quality Modeling and Analysis The course explores construction and solution of water-quality models for transport and transformation of pollutants in surface runoff, streams, lakes, estuaries, and groundwaters; and the basic principles of water quality modeling. It reviews existing models and the utility and appropriateness of various modeling techniques for analysis and prediction. 4342 CEE 586 S06-07 Physical Hydrology The course develops model parameterization for land surface water and energy models based on the underlying physics and mechanisms of surface and subsurface runoff generation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and snow accumulation and melt. A goal of the course will be the development of a land surface model. Numerical issues related to land surface modeling will be discussed. 4343 CEE 591 S06-07 Radar Hydrometeorology The structure and evolution of precipitaion systems are examined, including the dynamical and microphysical processes that control the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation. The fundamentals of radar and lidar remote sensing of clouds and precipitation are introduced. Related topics in hydrology and hydraulics are covered. 4344 CHE 199 S06-07 QR Great Inventions That Changed the World We study many great inventions in history, from the stone ax to the World Wide Web, and how they have changed the way that we work and live. We examine the human conditions before the inventions, the inventors and their methods, and the science and technology involved. The class will discuss their impacts on society, both positive and negative. The students will organize teams to study particular inventions, and to make oral presentations and written reports. Quantitative skills with Excel will be introduced to solve growth equations, and to do trends and statistics. 4345 CHE 201 S06-07 QR An Introduction to Scientific Computing An introduction to computer programming emphasizing numerical modeling and problem solving. The programming environment is Visual Basic .NET, an object-oriented programming language that is "friendly" to beginner programmers and permits the rapid development of applications with a graphical user interface. The MATLAB data analysis, visualization, programming and symbolic mathematics system is also utilized. Examples include numerical integration, solution of systems of non-linear equations and composition of high-level macros for numerical work within spreadsheets. 4346 CHE 246 S06-07 STX Thermodynamics Basic concepts and principles governing the equilibrium behavior of macroscopic fluid and solid systems of interest in modern chemical engineering. First law: energy conservation in open and closed systems. Second law: temperature, entropy and reversibility. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances and mixtures. Phase equilibrium and introduction to reaction equilibrium. Introduction to the microscopic and statistical basis of thermodynamics. 4347 CHE 250 S06-07 STX Separations in Biotechnology and Chemical Process Engineering This course covers the fundamental thermodynamic principles & transport processes that govern separations in biotechnology & chemical processing. Appropriate background in biochemistry will be presented as a basis for understanding Bioseparations. Thermodynamical principles are used to model partitioning between phases & crystallization. Coupling these principles with mass balances leads to staged operations such as distillation & chromatographic separations. Transport processes driven by electric fields, centrifugal fields, or hydrodynamics provide the basis for understanding ultracentrifugation, membrane process & electrophoresis. 4348 CHE 346 S06-07 Chemical Engineering Laboratory An intensive hands-on practice of engineering. Experimental work in the areas of separations, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, process dynamics and control, materials processing and characterization, chemical reactors. Development of written and oral technical communication skills. 4349 CHE 352 S06-07 Independent Work Permits selected students to work independently upon projects of interest to them and related to their departmental studies. This course represents a one-term project in the spring of the junior year. 4350 CHE 423 S06-07 Biologically Inspired Materials This course will focus on the pathways utilized by biological systems to produce hierarchically structured inorganic/organic nanocomposites such as bone, teeth, diatoms, and sea-shells. These structures form through template-assisted self-assembly, in which self-assembled organic materials (proteins, lipids, or both) serve as the structural scaffolding. The outcome is multifunctional composites with self-healing, sensing, and actuating properties. The course will critically evaluate the potential of biologically-inspired materials in future applications. 4351 CHE 432 S06-07 Dynamics of Cellular Processes The goal of this class is to present a framework for the analysis of cellular responses, such as proliferation, migration, and differentiation. The emphasis is on mechanistic models of biotransformation, signal transduction, and cell-cell communication in tissues. The first section of the class will focus on unit operations of cell physiology transcription, translation, and signal transduction. Models of these processes will rely on tools of reaction engineering and transport. Then, we will use process dynamics and control to analyze the regulatory structure of networks of interacting genes and proteins. 4352 CHE 441 S06-07 Chemical Reaction Engineering Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and chemical reactor design. Concepts of chemical kinetics for both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Coupling of physical and chemical rate processes. Reaction network analysis. 4353 CHE 452 S06-07 Independent Work This is a one-term independent work for seniors in Chemical Engineering. This is to be selected only by students doing one-term independent work in the spring of the senior year. Students doing a two-term thesis should register for ChE 454. 4354 CHE 454 S06-07 Senior Thesis This is a two-term independent work/thesis for seniors in Chemical Engineering. Students doing one-term independent work should register for ChE 451 (fall) or ChE 452 (spring). 4355 CHE 501 S06-07 Incompressible Fluid Mechanics Self-contained treatment of incompressible fluid mechanics including conservation laws and constitutive relations for Newtonian and non-Newtonian flows, dimensional analysis, unidirectional and creeping flows, self-similar flows, asymptotic approximations to complex flows, and lubrication and boundary layer phenomena. Time permitting, we introduce concepts and approximations relevant to hydrodynamic instabilities, turbulent flows and two-phase flows. Familiarity with vector analysis and solution techniques for ordinary and partial differential equations assumed. 4356 CHE 505 S06-07 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer This course will survey modeling and solutions methods for processes involving heat and mass transfer. Topics will include convective and diffusive transport, conservation equations, scaling principles and approximation techniques, forced convection, multi-component energy and mass transfer as well as buoyancy and turbulent dirven transport. Time permitting, we will investigate selected flow instabilities induced by gradients in temperature or concentration. 4357 CHE 508 S06-07 Numerical Methods for Engineers Applications of numerical methods to problems of engineering and scientific significance. 4358 CHE 527 S06-07 Nonlinear and Mixed-Integer Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of convex analysis, nonlinear programming, duality theory, mixed integer linear and nonlinear optimization. The theory is complemented by a variety of application in process synthesis design, and operations. An introduction to deterministic global optimization and its applications will be provided. 4359 CHE 534 S06-07 Emerging Technologies in Bioengineering Graduate seminar and class. Discussion of new challenges and opportunities for ChE's in research and manufacturing arising from the biological revolution. 4360 CHE 591 S06-07 Seminar in Complex Materials Discussion and study of current research in complex materials. 4361 CHE 592 S06-07 Seminar in Chemical Engineering Discussion and study of current research in chemical engineering. 4362 CHI 102 S06-07 Elementary Chinese II Continuation of Chinese 101. To develop basic competence in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Chinese. 4363 CHI 107 S06-07 Intermediate Chinese II Continuing the intensive study of modern spoken and written Chinese, this course shifts the emphasis to the reading of modern cultural and social issues. Three classes, two hours of drill and conversation. 4364 CHI 108 S06-07 Intensive Intermediate Chinese An intensive course covering 105 and 107 in one semester for students who have finished 103 which covers 101 and 102. The course will emphasize reading and writing skills and the analysis of grammar. After 108, students are ready for third year courses. 4365 CHI 302 S06-07 Introduction to Classical Chinese II To train students to read classical Chinese by introducing them to its grammatical structure through close study of carefully selected passages from ancient texts, giving special emphasis to syntactical analysis and the usage of particles. Since modern Chinese will be used as the medium of instruction, students will have plenty of opportunity to maintain (and even improve) their proficiency in modern Chinese. 4366 CHI 304 S06-07 Third-Year Modern Chinese II A continuation of CHI 303, designed to improve the student's facility in written and oral expression through a close study of newspaper essays and commentaries. Two classes, two hours of drill, conducted in Chinese. Prerequisite: CHI 303 or instructor's permission. 4367 CHI 306 S06-07 Intensive Third-Year Modern Chinese II A continuation of 305, designed to further improve the student's facility in written and oral expression through a close study of essays published in contemporary Chinese newspapers and magazines. Two classes, two hours of drill, conducted in Chinese. Prerequisite: 305 or instructor' s permission. 4368 CHI 402 S06-07 LA Advanced Classical Chinese II Continuation of 401. Readings in Qin & Han philosophical and historical texts and essays written from Tang to Qing. 4369 CHI 404 S06-07 Fourth-Year Modern Chinese II A continuation of 403. Reading and discussion of scholarly writings in the fields of Chinese literature and modern Chinese intellectual history. A weekly written assignment will be required. Two classes, two hours of drill, conducted in Chinese. Prerequisite: 403, or instructor'ss permission. 4370 CHI 412 S06-07 LA Readings in Classic Chinese Short Stories Focuses on reading and discussing selections from Feng Menglong's Sanyan, the most popular and well-known collection of Classic Chinese short stories published in the late sixteenth century. One class, two hours of discussion, conducted in Chinese. Prerequisite: three or more years of modern Chinese, or instructor's permission. 4371 CHM 202 S06-07 ST General Chemistry II CHM 202 is a continuation of CHM 201. Topics will include chemical kinetics, acid/base equilibrium, colligative properties, electrochemistry, and inorganic chemistry. 4372 CHM 233 S06-07 ST An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences II An integrated, mathematically and computationally sophisticated introduction to physics and chemistry, drawing on examples from biological systems. This year-long 4 course sequence is a multi-disciplinary course taught across 4 departments with the following faculty involved in teaching the course: W. Bialek, D. Marlow (PHY); D. Botstein, E. Wieschaus (MOL); B. Chazelle, O. Troyanskaya (COS); C. Schutt, J. Groves, (CHM). 5 hours of lecture, one 3 hour laboratory, one 3 hour computational laboratory, one optional evening problem session. 4373 CHM 234 S06-07 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences II An integrated, mathematically and computationally sophisticated introduction to physics and chemistry, drawing on examples from biological systems. This year-long 4 course sequence is a multi-disciplinary course taught across 4 departments with the following faculty involved in teaching the course: W. Bialek, D. Marlow (PHY); D. Botstein, E. Wieschaus (MOL); B. Chazelle, O. Troyanskaya (COS); C. Schutt, J. Groves (CHM). 5 hours of lecture, one 3 hour laboratory, one 3 hour computational laboratory, one optional evening problem session. 4374 CHM 236 S06-07 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences IV An integrated, mathematically and computationally sophisticated introduction to biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, and evolution. This is the second course in the year-long multidisciplinary integrated science sequence. Four faculty will be involved over the year: D. Botstein, E. Wieschaus (MOL), J. Rabinowitz (CHM), L. Kruglyak (EEB). 2 hrs. and 40 min. of lecture, one precept (1 hr 50 min.), evening problem sessions are optional. 4375 CHM 302 S06-07 ST Organic Chemistry II CHM 302 begins with aromatic compounds and the role of orbital symmetry in organic chemistry. The centerpiece of the course is a study of carbonyl chemistry --- the reactions of aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, and amides. Finally, molecules of biological interest, the carboyhydrates, are considered. CHM 302 will NOT be taught in the conventional lecture format. It will focus almost entirely on group problem solving. 4376 CHM 304 S06-07 ST Organic Chemistry II - Biological Emphasis Continuation of Chemistry 303 (or 301). The concepts introduced in 303 will be extended to the structures and reactions of more complex molecules, with an emphasis on how organic chemistry provides the framework for understanding molecular processes in biology. The fundamental concepts of organic chemistry will be illustrated, as often as possible, with examples drawn from biological systems. 4377 CHM 306 S06-07 Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics At the center of this course is the recognition of entropy as a fundamental quantity describing physical processes. From this, we will develop concepts of thermodynamics and kinetics, and illustrate them with examples from chemistry and biology. 4378 CHM 406 S06-07 Advanced Physical Chemistry: Chemical Dynamics and Thermodynamics This course is an introduction to statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, and molecular reaction dynamics. Following a review of classical thermodynamics, the statistical mechanics of molecular systems is developed. The course emphasizes a microscopic view of the properties of matter and of chemical reactions. Short discussions of transport properties, chemical kinetics, and reaction dynamics form the rest of the course. 4379 CHM 408 S06-07 STX Inorganic Chemistry: Reactions and Mechanisms Structure-reactivity correlations for inorganic complexes will be emphasized. Ligand substitution and electron transfer processes will be presented. The course will highlight applications of inorganic and organometallic chemistry to areas of current interest to both organic and inorganic chemists. These areas will include organic synthesis, "redox" reactions, catalysis, and materials. 4380 CHM 412 S06-07 Applied Quantitative Analysis: Molecular Recognition Introduction to contemporary thinking about the nature of biomolecular recognition from a chemical and biochemical viewpoint. We will begin with the study of simple chemical systems, and derive lessons that can be compared and contrasted with more complex biological systems. Familiarity with the concepts of bonding, energy, and equilibrium from general chemistry will be assumed. We will review other aspects of chemistry and mathematics as needed. 4381 CHM 502 S06-07 Advanced Quantum Chemistry Selected advanced topics in quantum mechanics including: time-dependent quantum mechanics, angular momentum theory, scattering theory, and radiation-matter interactions. 4382 CHM 507 S06-07 Solid State Chemistry Elementary crystallography; structural principles of extended solids; introduction to solid state physics, lattice dynamics, band theory and optical properties, surfaces and nanostructures. 4383 CHM 516 S06-07 Biophysical Chemistry II Introduction to chemical reactions in living systems, including their kinetics and organization in networks, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles and evaluation of primary literature evidence. Topics include enzyme catalyzed reactions, reaction networks for energy generation and biomolecule synthesis, and intergrated biochemical functioning of cells and organisms. Includes discussion of techniques used to study the concentraions and reactions of biological molecules with a focus on quantitative and/or highly parallel (genomic-type) methods. 4384 CHM 525 S06-07 Production of Renewable Fuels and Energy This course aims to present the scientific basis behind the current technological approaches used for the production of fuels from renewable sources and the barriers that need to be overcome to enable such technologies. The purpose is to learn scientific principles needed to solve a "grand challenge" of society. The material will be introduced through readings taken from the current literature, as well as by focused seminars from experts in these topics. Topics include: Fossil Fuel Reserves; SynFuels from coal; REforming of natural gas; Hydrogen from water splitting; (Continued in "Other Information.") 4385 CHM 534 S06-07 Modern Methods for Organic Synthesis This course will expose you to many types of carbon-based molecular structures, the transformations they undergo, and many kinds of chemical reactions and strategies that are important to the field of organic synthesis. Recent advances in asymmetric catalysis, cascade and other complexity-generating structural transformations, and powerful strategies for chemical synthesis that evolved from ideas about the structural origins of important, biologiclaly active molecules such as steriod hormones, cofactors, and alkaloids will be addressed. (Continued in Other Information) 4386 CHM 538 S06-07 Topics in Biological Chemistry: Biological Chemistry This course is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It will cover the uses of organic and materials chemistry in the study of biological problems. Topic will incude combinatorial chemistry, proteina dn DNA microarrays, natural product biosynthesis, fluorescent probes, and covalent modification of proteins. The focus will be on reading and understanding the primary literature. 4387 CHM 542 S06-07 Principles of Macromolecular Structure Structures and properties of biological macromolecules. The forces and interactions that direct biological polymers to adapt particular 3-dimensional structures are discussed from a structural, functional, and thermodynamic perspectives. Special emphasis is placed on recent advances aimed at the design of proteins de novo. 4388 CHM 544 S06-07 Metals in Biology Life processes depend on over 25 elements whose bioinorganic chemistry is relevant to the environment (biogeochemical cycles), agriculture, and health. Chem 544 surveys the bioinorganic chemistry of the elements. In-depth coverage of key transition metal ions including manganese, iron, copper, and molybdenum focuses on redox roles in anaerobic and aerobic systems and metalloenzymes that activate small molecules and ions, including hydrogen, nitrogen, nitrate, nitric oxide, oxygen, superoxide, and hydrogen peroxide. Appreciation of the structure and reactivity of metalloenzyme systems is critical to understanding life at the molecular level. 4389 CLA 211 S06-07 EC Rhetoric: Classical Theory, Modern Practice Stylish, seductive, surreptitious, and scorned, the ubiquitous art of persuasion will be the focus of this course. We will first approach rhetoric through the classical tradition, learning to recognize basic figures of speech and thought with an eye towards identifying what is persuasive and why. We will then consider how rhetoric continues to thrive, despite abundant moral and philosophical attacks, in public self-presentation, whether of household products, of politicians or, institutions such as Princeton. 4390 CLA 215 S06-07 LA The Literature of the Romans An introduction to the literature of the Romans, covering major genres of particular importance for the later European literary tradition -- historiography, epic, comedy, love poetry, and tragedy. The course will equip students with a basic idea of the main lines of Roman literary history, while enabling them to begin setting their reading of later European literature against an informed background of understanding. 4391 CLA 218 S06-07 HA The Roman Republic A study of the causes and consequences of one small city-state's rise to world empire, through analysis of primary sources in translation. Emphasis on the development of Roman society, and the growth and demise of the Republican form of government. 4392 CLA 235 S06-07 LA Antiquity After Antiquity: Homer This course looks at how Homer has been approached across the centuries, from his reception in Athens, in Rome, and in late antiquity, until new attention to Greek brought back old questions about Homer in new ways in the modern period. These include questions about Homer the person (one or many, he or she), the writer (written vs. oral), and the historian. Other themes are archaeology; afterlife in visual arts; translating Homer; Homer for the late twentieth century: and the current state of Homer in America (from the movie "Troy" to the claim that Homer, in the universities, has been killed). 4393 CLA 326 S06-07 HA Topics in Ancient History and Religion: The Fall of the Roman Republic The Fall of the Roman Republic is one of the most important periods in the history of Rome. It has fascinated commentators and historians from ancient times to the present. This course will cover the Fall of the Roman Republic from 133BC (Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus) to 44BC (Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March), and will offer an opportunity to study selected topics in detail. 4394 CLA 335 S06-07 LA Studies in the Classical Tradition: Ancient Satirists and the Satiric Imagination Readings in the ancient Greek and Roman satirists, from Aristophanes to Juvenal, and their medieval and modern reception. We shall study the nature, context, and origins of classical satire and compare the adaptation, imitation, translation, and parody of classical models in writers such as Walter of Châtillon, Chaucer, John Marston ("Scourge of Villanie"), Dryden, Pope, Samuel Johnson ("London"), and F. Scott Fitzgerald ("The Great Gatsby"). Some attention will also be given to theories of satire from antiquity to the present. 4395 CLA 500 S06-07 Greek Prose Composition An in-depth study of greek grammar and style based on weekly prose composition exercises. 4396 CLA 506 S06-07 Greek Tragedy: Sophocles We will read three plays of Sophocles, 'Antigone', 'Philoctetes', 'Electra' in detail with an emphasis on critical analysis. 4397 CLA 514 S06-07 Problems in Greek Literature: Ancient Prose Fiction A survey of Lucian's work, with special emphasis on his witty and penetrating appropriation of the ancient rhetorical tradition. Close readings of selected texts of the corpus, to be contextualized by a range of texts that represent the system of ancient rhetoric and its problematic relationship to philosophy in general and ethics in particular (esp. rhetorical handbooks, Plato, Aristotle). Suggested topics: philosophical truth vs. rhetorical power; rhetoric authorship; style and character; ecphrasis and iconic language. Further suggestions welcome. Attention will be paid to the textual tradition of Lucian's corpus. 4398 CLA 522 S06-07 Problems in Greek History: The Greek East in the Roman Era This seminar focusses on the political and social history of the Greek-speaking east in the period of Roman domination, concentrating especially on Asia Minor in the years 133 BCE through 235 CE. A wide variety of sources-literary, sub-literary, and non-literary (especially numismatic and epigraphical)¿are brought to bear on various historical problems relevant to civic and intellectual life in the numerous cities of Rome¿s various provinces in Asia Minor, with due attention also to the contemporary situation of villages, estates, temple lands, and unurbanized areas. 4399 CLA 534 S06-07 Roman Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: Horace's Odes and Epodes Horace's iambic and lyric poetry. 4400 CLA 546 S06-07 Problems in Roman History: The Age of Tiberius This course will examine important aspects of the social and cultural history of Rome from the death of Augustus to the death of Tiberius. Though the period is often overlooked between the glories of Augustan Rome and the gaudy times of Nero, the reign of Tiberius was not only crucially important in political terms but also produced or nurtured cultural developments that were to be long-lived and influential. 4401 CLA 548 S06-07 Problems in Ancient History: Ancient and Medieval Numismatics A seminar covering the basic methodology of numismatics, including die, hoard and archaeological analysis. The Western coinage tradition will be covered, from its origins in the Greco-Persian world through classical and Hellenistic Greek coinage, Roman imperial and provincial issues, the coinages of Byzantium, the Islamic world and medieval and renaissance Europe. Students will research and report on problems involving coinages related to their own areas of specialization. Open to undergraduates by permission of the instructor. 4402 CLA 599 S06-07 Dissertation Writers' Seminar A practical and theoretical introduction to scholarly writing at the dissertation level and beyond. This seminar is normally required of all post-generals students and will provide information and guidance on the proposal and dissertation writing process; the seminar will meet every two or three weeks throughout the year, providing a forum for dissertators to circulate work in progress for feedback, and to discuss issues that arise in their work. 4403 CLG 102 S06-07 Beginner's Greek: Attic Prose Designed to enable the student to read classical Attic Greek with facility; at the end of the year short selections of Attic prose will be read. Equal emphasis on acquiring a vocabulary and an understanding of the structure of the language. 4404 CLG 103 S06-07 Ancient Greek: An Intensive Introduction This is an intensive introduction to Greek grammar. It covers in one semester material usually done in the standard two-semester introductory sequence (CLG 101/102). Students who complete this course and then take CLG 105 in the fall will be able to complete the usual three semesters' sequence in two and can fulfill the language requirement by taking only one additional course, typically CLG 108. This course aims at providing a reading knowledge of Classical Greek, quickly. 4405 CLG 108 S06-07 Homer To learn to read Homer with pleasure. Introduction to Homeric dialect, oral poetry, and meter; discussion of literary technique, historical background to the epics, and Homer's role in the development of Greek thought. 4406 CLG 310 S06-07 LA Topics in Greek Literature: Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns Hesiod (Theogony; Works and Days) and the Homeric Hymns together represent canonical Greek views about the birth of the gods, the ordering of the universe, hierarchies of divine power, relations between gods and mortals, and the early history of humankind. Studying these texts from literary, mythic, ritual, philosophical, political, and anthropological perspectives, we will situate them within the cultural milieu of the archaic period and gauge their influence in later periods as founding the genres of theogonic, didactic, and hymnic forms. Selections from Hesiod and emphasis on the four major hymns (Aphrodite, Demeter, Apollo, Hermes). 4407 COM 206 S06-07 LA Masterworks of European Literature In this course we will examine the major forms and themes of Western Literature since the Renaissance: the drama, essay, lyric and novel. We shall read major works by British, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, and American authors, considering the unique contributions of specific nations and languages and the transformations of themes and genres over a span of five hundred years. 4408 COM 235 S06-07 LA Fantastic Fiction This course is devoted to different varieties of modern fantastic fiction. Our readings will include a tale told by a dead dreamer (or his double), a counterfactual history, an animal fable, a hybrid science fiction-detective novel, and several surreal political satires. We will discuss the literary conventions that govern fiction, ranging from the banally implausible to the studiedly outrageous, and address the particular cultural contexts that produce and sustain these works. 4409 COM 237 S06-07 LA Comedy A class in both drama and theater. Students will read a range of dramatic comedies, from pre-modern to modern times, including the work of such playwrights as Shakespeare, Moliere, Chekhov, and Ionesco. One day a week there will be a lecture on the play, while in the next class students will observe actors performing scenes from the play so as to demonstrate different interpretive approaches. Topics of interest will include the relation between stage and page, the nature of laughter, the place of comedy in the history of culture, and the varying styles in which comedies have been both written and performed. 4410 COM 301 S06-07 LA Theory and Methods of Comparative Literature: Critical and Literary Theory A course in the foundational texts of contemporary critical theory. The relationships among literature, philosophy, aesthetics, and linguistics will be investigated as they come to the fore in the intellectual development of the following, among others: modern philology, New Criticism, hermeneutics, structuralism, speech act theory, Marxist and cultural criticism, historical-epistemological aesthetics, rhetorical criticism, and poststructuralism. 4411 COM 303 S06-07 LA Comparative History of Literary Theory An historical introduction to literary theory from Plato to the present. By reading philosophers, critics and creative writers, students consider issues such as mimesis, imagination, religion, sexuality, & ethics, noting how each casts light on our understanding of literature and its cultural roles. Past terms and current problems are related to an inquiry into the nature - and the power - of literature through the ages. Critical works from Plato and Aristotle, through Nietzsche, Beauvoir, Benjamin, Derrida and Achebe will be read. Also poetry and plays by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Eliot & Brecht. 4412 COM 311 S06-07 LA Reading Medieval Culture Medieval culture, literature and literary theory, as well as Modern critical debates currently being staged, highlight the diversity of cultural production in the European Middle Ages. This course explores such topics as Medieval textuality and reading, text and image, subjectivity and spirituality, premodern sex and gender, and myths and realities of Medieval nation-building. 4413 COM 314 S06-07 LA The Renaissance: Michelangelo: Artist, Poet, Genius Michelangelo was one of the greatest visual artists who ever lived. He was also one of the greatest poets of the Italian Renaissance. Finally, he was, and remains, one of Western culture's preeminent models for the genius tortured by his talent, his sexuality, and the need to live in the world. We will begin with some overview of Michelangelo's great artistic achievements. But we will concentrate on the two most intimately revealing media --his drawings and his writings -- seeking to understand their interconnection and the way they reveal the work and the man, both in his own time and in later times. 4414 COM 338 S06-07 LA Forms of Short Fiction This course introduces students to some of the masterpieces of short fiction in European and American writing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though seemingly more accessible than the longer works that constitute the canonical history of the novel, short stories are (at their best) peculiarly difficult to analyze and to pin down. The aim of the course is to provoke discussion and a degree of understanding of the techniques of short story writing, and to approach the issue of underlying form from a practical but not entirely untheoretical perspective. 4415 COM 362 S06-07 EM Stolen Years: Youth Under the Nazis in World War II This course examines the experiences of childhood and adolescence under the Nazis in World War II as witnessed, remembered, and represented, through a variety of means & genres in text and image. Among these are historical studies, diaries, testimonies, memoirs, fiction (semi-autobiographical or otherwise), and film (documentary and feature) of 1st and 2d generations. Although we focus on the fate of Jewish youth, who were specific targets of genocidal policy, not just unintended victims, we will also attend to others in the occupied countries as well as in Germany itself. In final projects, students may elect to study other theaters of war. 4416 COM 370 S06-07 LA Topics in Comparative Literature: African Texts Through Orality This interdisciplinary course explores societies, cultures and literatures of West Africa. An examination of the critical issues involving Africans from the 13th century through the present, with an emphasis on orality. Topics include: the role of the oral historian or [griot], the epic as an African tradition, the praise song, the verbal art of women, and their role in society. This course will critically examine and at the same time confront issues that define or limit this literature within the context of world literature.. 4417 COM 373 S06-07 LA The Old and the New in 1913 Covers the emergence of pre-war modernism by focusing on a single year. 1913 marked the irruption of the new in literature and the arts. It was the year of the "Rite of Spring", the Armory Show, Tagore's Nobel prize, and many other achievements. We will ask what the effort to be modern entailed for artists as diverse as G. Stein, P. Mondrian, M. Duchamp, T. S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats and E. Pound. After a series of synthetic explorations of the new sciences, of the "invention of Asia and Africa", and of early globalization, we will focus on six texts by G. Apollinaire, F. Kafka, W. Cather, M. Proust, A. Biely, and E. Wharton. 4418 COM 375 S06-07 What is a Body? Philosophy, Gender, Queer Theory What are the senses? How many do we have? Can we trust our senses? What happens when we cannot? Philosophy, feminism, and queer theory have shared a vital preoccupation with the body, because it is the threshold of experience--the meeting place of self and world--and also the site that is most manifestly marked by difference. We will read philosophical texts (Plato, Descartes, Freud, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre) alongside feminist and queer engagements with those texts, and explore the question of embodiment as a conversation among philosophers, feminists, and queer theorists. 4419 COM 408 S06-07 LA Character It seems natural that we should talk about characters in fiction. Why do we assume this? We talk about the characters of the characters. We feel we "know" characters in novels as well as people we meet in our everyday lives. Is this a phantasm created by reading words on a page? To what extent is character an indispensable illusion? How does fiction both subvert and maintain the impression of characters as real people like you and me? What are the ethical implications of the fact that fiction relies on characters? Critical and theoretical readings analyzing the effects of character in literature, and close analysis of examples from fiction. 4420 COM 535 S06-07 Contemporary Critical Theories: Theory of Piracy This seminar will investigate the shifting place of the pirate in legal and political theory, from the ancient to the medieval and modern periods. In close readings of selected philosophical and literary works, we will explore some of the questions that piracy has posed to the notion of the enemy, the relations between political and criminal categories, and the law of war. Topics to be discussed include the just and unjust foe; common things and things that belong to no one; the freedom of the seas; corsairs and the problem of State piracy; and the affinities between pirates and other outlaws, such as bandits, partisans, and war criminals. 4421 COM 560 S06-07 The Novel and Romance The seminar will explore the cultural stakes and literary meanings of tensions among "romance," "novel," and the crucial third term in the ongoing negotiation of narrative genre: "history." Readings will include texts from ancient Greek to current literature and theory. There will be some emphasis on the 17th and 18th centuries, when the emerging European "novel" was defined in opposition to romance, and on gothic fiction as a subgenre arising in response to the contested nexus of history, novel, and romance. Students may opt to introduce texts of particular interest for their own research that engage with these generic tensions. 4422 COM 562 S06-07 20th-Century Narrative The course will be devoted to reading Proust and Joyce side by side. There are numerous parallels between Ulysses and In Search of Lost time, and we will use several approaches: genetic and structural, theoretical and practical. We will define Proust¿s and Joyce¿s esthetics, we will then provide an account of the semiology involved in Ulysses and La recherche. Finally, we will focus on a few topics like gender and sexuality, mythology and contemporary history so as to assess differences in tone, outlook and style. 4423 COS ST05 S06-07 Animation This course will cover animation techniques from both the traditional and computer processes. The seminar will culminate in a semester long animation project done by the students in small groups. The course will focus on each step as we move through the animation process. There will be readings on the current topic, followed by a discussion on the theoretical background, and finally how to implement it into our animated film. 4424 COS 116 S06-07 ST The Computational Universe Computers have brought the world to our fingertips. We will try to understand at a basic level the science--old and new--underlying this new Computational Universe. Our quest takes us on a broad sweep of scientific knowledge and related technologies: propositional logic of the ancient Greeks (microprocessors); quantum mechanics (silicon chips); network and system phenomena (internet and search engines); computational intractability (secure encryption); and efficient algorithms (genomic sequencing). Ultimately, this study makes us look anew at ourselves--our genome; language; music; "knowledge"; and, above all, the mystery of our intelligence. 4425 COS 126 S06-07 QR General Computer Science An introduction to computer science in the context of scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. The goal of the course is to teach basic principles and practical issues, while at the same time preparing students to use computers effectively for applications in computer science, physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and other disciplines. Topics include: hardware and software systems; programming in Java; algorithms and data structures; fundamental principles of computation; and scientific computing, including simulation, optimization, and data analysis. Two lectures, two precepts. 4426 COS 217 S06-07 QR Introduction to Programming Systems Introduction to programming systems, including modular programming, advanced program design, programming style, test, debugging and performance tuning; machine languages and assembly language; and use of system call services. 4427 COS 226 S06-07 QR Algorithms and Data Structures This course surveys the most important algorithms and data structures in use on computers today. Particular emphasis is given to algorithms for sorting, searching, and string processing. Fundamental algorithms in a number of other areas are covered as well, including geometric algorithms, graph algorithms, and some numerical algorithms. The course will concentrate on developing implementations, understanding their performance characteristics, and estimating their potential effectiveness in applications. 4428 COS 320 S06-07 Compiling Techniques Understand the design and construction of compilers. Concepts include syntax analysis, semantics, code generation, optimization and run-time systems. Problems in processing imperative languages, such as C and Pascal, as well as modern functional languages such as ML, will be examined. A complete compiler for a small language will be implemented. 4429 COS 325 S06-07 LA Transforming Reality by Computer Capturing and transforming sound by computer for artistic purposes. Emphasis is on the student's own creative use of aural material from real world, on providing a basic foundation in the signal processing theory and technique most useful for computer music, and on the interaction between the artistic and scientific aspects of the endeavor. 4430 COS 333 S06-07 Advanced Programming Techniques This is a course about the practice of programming. Programming is more than just writing code. Programmers must also assess tradeoffs, choose among design alternatives, debug and test, improve performance, and maintain software written by themselves & others. At the same time, they must be concerned with compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications. Students will have the opportunity to develop these skills by working on their own code and in group projects. 4431 COS 398 S06-07 Junior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Provides an opportunity for a student to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. The final choice must be approved by the faculty advisor. 4432 COS 423 S06-07 Theory of Algorithms Design and analysis of efficient data structures and algorithms. General techniques for building and analyzing algorithms. Introduction to NP-completeness. 4433 COS 424 S06-07 Interacting with Data Computers have made it possible, even easy, to collect vast amounts of data from a wide variety of sources. It is not always clear, however, how to use that data, and how to extract useful information from it. This problem is faced in a tremendous range of business and scientific applications. This course will focus on some of the most useful approaches to this broad problem, exploring both theoretical foundations and practical applications. Students will gain experience analyzing several kinds of data, including text, images and biological data. Topics will include classification, clustering, prediction, and dimensionality reduction. 4434 COS 426 S06-07 Computer Graphics Introduction to computer graphics. Topics include image synthesis, 3D modeling, image processing and animation. Encourage hands-on experience. 4435 COS 444 S06-07 SA Internet Auctions: Theory and Practice The goal of this course is to connect theory to real-world electronic auctions. Basic results will be derived and tested, in class and by observing Internet auctions. Topics include: Vickrey auctions, revenue equivence, optimal auctions, multiple-unit auctions, mechanism design, current Internet auctions, modeling auction behavior and agent-based simulation. 4436 COS 461 S06-07 Computer Networks This course studies computer networks and the services built on top of them. Topics include packet-switch and multi-access networks, routing and flow control, congestion control and quality-of-service, Internet protocols (IP, TCP, BGP), the client-server model and RPC, elements of distributed systems (naming, security, caching) and the design of network services (multimedia, file and web servers). 4437 COS 479 S06-07 STX Pervasive Information Systems The course covers devices and systems that provide information anywhere and any time. The underlying goals of pervasive information systems will be explored: business, entertainment, government, etc. Students will become familiar with all components of pervasive information systems such as lowpower electronics, audio/video, networking, and will consider human/computer interaction and geographically distributed systems. 4438 COS 498 S06-07 Senior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Provides an opportunity for a student to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. The final choice must be approved by the faculty advisor. 4439 COS 522 S06-07 Computational Complexity Introduction to research in computational complexity theory. Computational models: nondeterministic, alternating, and probabilistic machines. Boolean circuits. Complexity classes associated with these models: NP, Polynomial hierarchy, BPP, P/poly, etc. Complete problems. Interactive proof systems and probabilistically checkable proofs: IP=PSPACE and NP=PCP (log n, l). Definitions of randomness. Pseudorandomness and derandomizations. Lower bounds for concrete models such as algebraic decision trees, bounded-depth circuits, and monotone circuits. 4440 COS 557 S06-07 Analysis & Visualization of Large-Scale Genomic Data Sets Introduces students to computational issues involved in analysis and display of large-scale biological data sets. Algorithms covered will include clustering and machine learning techniques for gene expression and proteomics data analysis, biological networks, joint learning from multiple data sources, and visualization issues for large-scale biological data sets. No prior knowledge of biology or bioinformatics is required; an introduction to bioinformatics and the nature of biological data will be provided. In depth knowledge of computer science is not required, but students should have some understanding of programming and computation. 4441 COS 594 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Theory of Algorithms: Approximation Algorithms & Complexity Focus on current research in approximation algorithms and combinatorial optimization. Topics will be drawn from applications of linear programming and semidefinite programming techniques to optimization problems, metric embeddings and results on hardness of approximation. Other topics may be included depending on the interests of participants. 4442 COS 598B S06-07 Advanced Topics in Computer Science: Modeling & Using Complex Networks Complex networks are used in a wide range of domains to model interacting nodes. A node might be anything from a person (social network) to a hardware router. We will read recent research papers addressing models of complex networks and algorithms that analyze and use network properties (e.g., link analysis in search, cooperation in peer-to-peer systems). Background will be developed as needed. Course participants will have input as to the exact topics covered. 4443 COS 598D S06-07 Advanced Topics in Computer Science: High-Level Recognition in Computer Vision Computer vision deals with the recognition & understanding of images. In recent years it has enjoyed important breakthroughs in the area of high-level recognition, such as object identification, object categorization, & scene categorization. An increasing trend in the field is the utilization of advanced machine learning techniques such as graphical models, various inference algorithms, etc. We will survey recent developments in computer vision by reading both classical and recent papers. We will focus on key topics in high-level vision, in particular how different machine learning techniques have been applied to specific vision questions. 4444 CWR 202 S06-07 LA Creative Writing (Poetry) Practice in the original composition of poetry supplemented by the reading and analysis of standard works. Criticism by practicing writers and talented peers encourages the student's growth as both creator and reader of literature. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. 4445 CWR 204 S06-07 LA Creative Writing (Fiction) The curriculum allows the student to develop writing skills, provides an introduction to the possibilities of contemporary literature and offers a perspective on the place of literature among the liberal arts. Criticism by practicing writers and talented peers encourages the student's growth as both creator and reader of literature. 4446 CWR 206 S06-07 LA Creative Writing (Translation) Practice in the translation of literary works from another language into English supplemented by the reading and analysis of standard works. Criticism by professionals and talented peers encourages the student's growth as both creator and reader of literature. 4447 CWR 302 S06-07 LA Advanced Creative Writing (Poetry) Advanced practice in the original composition of poetry for discussion in regularly scheduled workshop meetings. The curriculum allows the student to develop writing skills, provides an introduction to the possibilities of contemporary literature and offers perspective on the places of literature among the liberal arts. 4448 CWR 304 S06-07 LA Advanced Creative Writing (Fiction) Advanced practice in the original composition of fiction for discussion in regularly scheduled workshop meetings. The curriculum allows the student to develop writing skills, provides an introduction to the possibilities of contemporary literature and offers perspective on the place of literature among the liberal arts. Criticism by practicing writers and talented peers encourages the student's growth as both creator and reader of literature. 4449 CWR 306 S06-07 LA Advanced Creative Writing (Translation) Practice in the translation of literary works from another language into English supplemented by the reading and analysis of standard works. Criticism by professionals and talented peers encourages the student's growth as both creator and reader of literature. 4450 DAN 209 S06-07 LA Introduction to Movement and Dance A mix of movement techniques, improvisation, and composition. Students with no previous dance training will learn how to recognize their own movement potential and how to build their own dances. The essential principles and evolution of 20th-century modern and post-modern dance will be studied through readings and viewings of live and videotaped dance performances. 4451 DAN 211 S06-07 LA The American Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices A studio course introducing students to American dance aesthetics and practice, with a focus on how American dance has been influenced by African American choreographers and dancers. Ongoing study of movement practices from traditional African dances and those of the African diaspora. Work in American jazz dance, modern dance, and American ballet will be complemented by readings, video viewings, guest speakers, and dance studies. 4452 DAN 220 S06-07 LA Modern Dance: Beginning/Intermediate Technique and Choreography The practice of primarily modern dance and some ballet techniques designed to further expand movement vocabulary and expressive range. Students will be introduced to the influence of Modernism on choreographic practices through structured improvisations, choreographic studies, viewing videotapes and readings. Two two-hour classes in technique, one two-hour class in choreography. 4453 DAN 311 S06-07 LA Dancing East to West: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Debates in World Dance AA studio course introducing students to historical and evolving dance traditions - Kathak of North India and Flamenco of Spain. We shall study these movement languages and dance forms as well as their historical, social and cultural contexts. Lectures, readings, class discussions and video viewings will complement regular visits by dance specialists in these traditions as we examine the contemporary gender and identity issues they raise as well as the emergence of new, hybrid forms and internationalist, postmodern practices. 4454 DAN 321 S06-07 LA Special Topics in Dance History, Criticism, and Aesthetics This course addresses the interaction between music and choreography in late modern ballet, contemporary dance, and postmodern dance. To establish a context for analysis and interpretation, the course will be taught chronologically, beginning with the late collaborations between Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, Aaron Copland and Martha Graham, and John Cage and Merce Cunningham. It then extends up through the recent reliance on ambient and natural sound by Pina Bausch, the handling of popular music genres by Twyla Tharp, and Mark Morris's re-interpretations of classical song cycles. 4455 DAN 409 S06-07 LA Contemporary Dance: Advanced Technique and Choreography Advanced dance technique and choreography, with an emphasis on contemporary practices. In technique, students will be challenged to expand their movement range and increase their technical mastery in ways required by today's dance world. In Choreography, students will explore the new territory pioneered by our leading choreographers. Selected readings and viewing of live and videotaped dance from the late 20th Century will supplement studio work and expand knowledge of contemporary trends in the arts. 4456 EAS 231 S06-07 LA The Chinese Classics: A Comparative Approach This course is based on the intensive study of the body of texts which form the canonic core of traditional Chinese literary civilization (i.e., the so-called "Five Classics" and "Four Books"). One aim is to bring the experience of exegesis and analysis of Western scriptural and classical writings to bear on the interpretation of the Chinese materials. 4457 EAS 240 S06-07 HA The Perception of China and Asia in the West This course has three goals: 1) to present some of the major themes in the Western perception of China since 1250, "from Marco Polo to Chairman Mao", 2) to introduce the student to the nature of history and historical writing, 3) to challenge the student to do some critical historiographical analysis of his/her own. Readings will focus on primary sources in translation and relevant secondary studies. 4458 EAS 313 S06-07 LA The Ecological Worlds of Japanese Culture This course examines products of Japanese culture (live-action films, anime, literary texts, music, etc.) and asks how these products can help us think about ecology in the context of what might be called a planetary rather than global context. How do our modern ways of thinking affect the way we treat the environment and all forms of life on this planet? What would a planetary ethics look like? We will venture beyond commonly accepted divisions of knowledge (for example, modern-pre modern, high culture-popular culture, global-local, human-machine) to question the validity and origins of the act of making such divisions in the first place. 4459 EAS 318 S06-07 LA The Supernatural in Japanese Fiction, Film, and Animation This course begins by examining the role of the supernatural in Buddhist tales, popular legends, and lyric poetry from early Japan. We will then explore the supernatural as it appears in the literary and visual arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) and make our way to contemporary fiction, film, and animation. Major themes and topics of discussion include: realism and fantasy; tradition and modernity; war, trauma and innocence; and the uncanny and the gothic. 4460 EAS 320 S06-07 HA Early Japanese History The World of the Tale of Heike. Using the translation of the Heike Monogatari (Tales of the Heike) as a central text, will explore the transition from court to warrior dominated society in Japan between the 12th and 15th centuries. Themes of war, love, heroism, betrayal, religion and values, politics, society and economy. Immersion in early Japanese culture. 4461 EAS 331 S06-07 LA Chinese Poetry Close study of classical Chinese poetry from different historical periods; discussion of Chinese theories of poetry and comparison of Chinese and Western poetic traditions. Knowledge of written or spoken Chinese not required or expected. 4462 EAS 350 S06-07 LA Art and Culture in Contemporary Tibet Since Tibet was absorbed into the People's Republic of China some 50 years ago, it has undergone a turbulent and contested history. The years of conflict over its status have increasingly given way to argument sabout culture, tradition, and heritage, with many saying that Tibetan culture has been wiped out or replaced by a simulacrum. In this course, primarily a seminar led by students, we study films, poems, stories, paintings, and pop songs made by Tibetans since 1950 and discuss questions of identity, survival, history, and cultural politics. 4463 EAS 366 S06-07 HA Understanding North Korea This course seeks to facilitate a better understanding of contemporary North Korea by examining the history of Korea's colonial legacies and national division, and investigating the ways in which knowledge about North Korea is collected, produced, and consumed in the West. Students will learn to analyze current perceptions and debates by applying an understanding of how historical processes have informed multiple representations and narratives--ranging from "propaganda" to documentary films--of North Korea. This course is intended primarily for undergraduates who wish to deepen their historical and historiographical understanding. 4464 EAS 434 S06-07 LA Modern Chinese Literature in Chinese Reading and class discussion of selected Chinese literary works from 1918 to the present. Class discussions conducted in Chinese. 4465 EAS 447 S06-07 SA Introduction to Japanese Linguistics This course teaches interconnections between Japanese language and culture. The course involves structural analysis of the key grammatical concepts and their relevance to cultural notions of uchi (inside) and soto (outside). 4466 EAS 508 S06-07 Chinese Intellectual History Methods, sources, and problems of research in Chinese thought, including examination of some broad interpretations of intellectual development of China. A reading knowledge of Chinese or Japanese is required for the study of selected problems areas through seminar discussion, oral reports, and research papers. 4467 EAS 523 S06-07 Research in Japanese History Students in this seminar will produce a significant research paper on any period of Japanese history. In addition, some time will be devoted to close, guided readings of selected Tokugawa and Meiji texts. 4468 EAS 533 S06-07 Readings in Chinese Literature Medieval Chinese Prose Genres: Analysis of important non-poetic genres of medieval literature, including letters, memorials, essays, prefaces, encomia, and funerary forms. Emphasis will be on historical contexts for genres; coursework will focus on translation and scholarly annotation. 4469 EAS 534 S06-07 Readings in Chinese Literature Close readings and analysis of Zuozhuan and its classical commentaries. 4470 EAS 536 S06-07 Studies in Modern Chinese Culture Rhythm, Metaphor, and Politics in Contemporary Chinese. Studies of how meaning and "rightness" are conveyed consciously and unconsciously. 4471 EAS 572 S06-07 Readings in Modern Korean History This course provides a survey of major issues and debates in the historiography of modern Korea, and introduces the major English language works on modern Korean history. Topics include: "opening" of Korea, Japanese colonialism, space of liberation, the Korean war, issues of gender and labor, and U.S.-Korean relations. No previous knowledge of Korean history or language is necessary, but basic knowledge of twentieth century East Asian history is expected. 4472 ECO 100 S06-07 SA Introduction to Microeconomics This course explores the advantages and disadvantages for allocating scarce resources among producers and economic privilege among members of society. 4473 ECO 101 S06-07 SA Introduction to Macroeconomics The theory of the determination of the level of national income and economic activity, including an examination of the financial system. Emphasis on economic growth and such economic problems as inflation, unemployment and recession, and on appropriate policy responses. Some attention is also paid to international issues. 4474 ECO 202 S06-07 QR Statistics and Data Analysis for Economics An introduction to probability and statistical methods for empirical work in economics. Probability, random variables, sampling, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation and hypotheses testing, introduction to the regression model. Economic applications are emphasized. 4475 ECO 301 S06-07 SA Macroeconomics This course covers the theory of modern macroeconomics in detail. We will focus on the determination of macroeconomic variables -- such as output, employment, price, and the interest rate -- in the short, medium, and long run, and we will address a number of policy issues. We will discuss several examples of macroeconomic phenomena in the real world. A central theme will be to understand the powers and limitations of macroeconomic policy in stabilizing the business cycle and promoting growth. 4476 ECO 310 S06-07 SA Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach This course presents the economic theory of individual and firm behavior using mathematical tools including calculus. The course will emphasize applications of microeconomic theory to consumer choices, output and production of firms, market interaction and equilibrium. 4477 ECO 311 S06-07 SA Macroeconomics: A Mathematical Approach This course examines the determinants of long-run economic growth, short-run business cycle fluctuations, and the conduct of monetary and fiscal policy. The first part of the course develops a framework for the analysis of households' consumption and savings behavior and firms' production decisions, and uses that to analyze long-run growth in closed and open economies. The second part of the course extends that analysis to examine business cycle fluctuations, including inflation and unemployment. Current issues in macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy are discussed throughout. 4478 ECO 313 S06-07 QR Econometric Applications This course provides hands-on experience in econometric analysis designed to help students to acquire the skills necessary to carry out their own empirical research in economics. Various aspects of empirical research in economics will be covered including 1) development of testable economic models, 2) appropriate use of data, 3) specification and estimation of econometric models. A range of applications will be presented and discussed in class. 4479 ECO 315 S06-07 SA Topics in Macroeconomics: Inflation, Productivity, and the Business Cycle This course uses macroeconomic theory at the ECO 301/311 level to study important current topics. For Spring '07, the topics are: Part I: The Political Economy of Central Banking (instructor: Prof. Alan Blinder) Part II: Speculative Bubbles and Financial Panics (instructor: Prof. Chris Sims) Please see blackboard for complete info (in particular under "syllabus"). 4480 ECO 321 S06-07 SA Industrial Organization This course applies microeconomics to understand the nature of markets and industries. The emphasis is on employing analytic models that have empirical relevance to explain behavior of firms and the consequences for the role of an industry in the economy. One perspective of the course is on the forces that shape business strategies towards rivals and consumers. The other perspective of the course is on the rationales and designs of anti-trust and regulatory public policy towards business. 4481 ECO 341 S06-07 SA Public Finance The main goal is to learn to think analytically about government policy problems. 4482 ECO 342 S06-07 SA Money and Banking This course explores the role that money, monetary institutions, and monetary policy play in shaping the economic environment. For more detailed information, please see syllabus posted on Blackboard. 4483 ECO 351 S06-07 SA Economics of Development This course surveys economic issues faced by developing countries. We will cover the following topics in detail: the definition of development; the theory of economic growth; geography, institutions, and development; social conflict; human capital (education and health); technology and innovation; economic policy; international migration; and economic shocks. In addition, we will discuss program evaluation (with a focus on educational interventions), and sustainable development (with a focus on microfinance). The course also includes in-class debates related to the paper assignments. 4484 ECO 352 S06-07 SA International Trade This course concerns the microeconomics of international trade and trade policy. The first part of the course focuses on trade theory. We explore the motives for and implications of trade patterns by studying successively more general models of trade. The second part of the course focuses on trade policy. We study various instruments of trade policy and arguments for and against free trade. We discuss regional integration, strategic trade policy, and trade policy in developing countries. 4485 ECO 363 S06-07 SA Corporate Finance and Financial Institutions This course investigates the financing decisions of companies and financial institutions in the wider context of the workings of financial markets. Topics include capital budgeting, capital structure choice, risk management, liquidity, corporate governance, and the interactions between corporate finance and the workings of financial institutions and markets. 4486 ECO 370 S06-07 HA American Economic History Modern economic theory is used to analyze growth and fluctuations in U.S. output from colonial times to the present. The course examines the role of labor markets, property rights in land and labor, financial institutions, transportation, innovation and other factors in economic growth. Before examining twentieth century fluctuations, a week is spent on business cycle theory. Then particular emphasis is placed on The Great Depression. 4487 ECO 371 S06-07 SA Topics in Country and Regional Economics: Economics of Russia and Eurasia The rise and fall of communism is the greatest social science experiment of the 20th century. The goal of this course is to analyze the experience of the economies of Eurasia, the problems encountered in transition, and the present challenges. Our geographic focus will be Russia, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet republics. We will also examine the unique experience of China. Students interested in Russia and Eurasia will gain a better understanding of the complex economic environment in the region. 4488 ECO 418 S06-07 SA Strategy and Information Explores basic themes in modern game theory and information economics. Non cooperative solution concepts for games will be developed and applied to the study of repeated games and dynamic interaction in oligopolistic industries, reputation formation, auctions, and bargaining. 4489 ECO 463 S06-07 SA International Financial Markets This course studies the assets and institutions of international financial markets. A key difference between these markets and others is the role of exchange rates relating the value of two or more national currencies. The course studies the market-making institutions, the market conventions and market practices. It also studies the interrelationships between different assets, their pricing, their trading and their use by corporations. 4490 ECO 464 S06-07 SA Corporate Restructuring This course applies topics from microeconomics (Economics 310) and corporate finance (Economics 363) to study corporate restructuring. Topics include mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestiture and share repurchases. Each of these is discussed in the context of the relevant economic theory, institutional and regulatory environment, and with a focus on shareholder value. 4491 ECO 465 S06-07 SA Options, Futures and Financial Derivatives The objective of this course is to study the essential techniques of pricing financial derivatives. These techniques include the Black-Scholes formula (awarded 1997 Nobel Prize in economics), binomial tree method and risk-neutral valuation method. We will also discuss extensively trading strategies, associated financial derivatives for different purposes, and potential problems that can arise in the application of financial derivatives. This course is technical by nature, and requires extensive use of calculus, statistics, and Excel spreadsheet programming. 4492 ECO 468 S06-07 Behavioral Finance and Economics Traditional economics and finance typically assume efficient financial markets and use the simple "rational actor" model, where people maximize perfectly. We will present models that are psychologically more realistic than this standard model. About 30% of the course will be devoted to economics, 70 % to finance. Applications to economics will include decision theory, happiness, fairness, and neuroeconomics. Applications to finance will include theory and evidence on investor psychology, predictability of the stock market and other markets, limits to arbitrage, bubbles and crashes, experimental finance, and behavioral corporate finance. 4493 ECO 502 S06-07 Microeconomic Theory II 4494 ECO 504 S06-07 Macroeconomic Theory II This course is the second term of a two-term sequence in macroeconomics. Topics include classical and Keynesian theories of cyclical fluctuations; the determination of employment and real wages; credit markets and financial stability; and stabilization policy. 4495 ECO 511 S06-07 Advanced Economic Theory I Topics vary from year to year reflecting, among other things, current developments and the instructor's interests. Topics covered in past years have included expected and nonexpected utility theory, intertemporal general equilibrium theory, evolutionary game theory, dynamic games, contract theory, theory of organizations, and bounded rationality. 4496 ECO 518 S06-07 Econometric Theory II This course begins with extensions of the linear model in several directions: (1) pre-determined but not exogenous regressors; (2) heteroskedasticity and serial correlation; (3) classical GLS; (4) instrumental variables and generalized method of movements estimators. Applications include simultaneous equation models, VARS and panel data. Estimation and inference in non-linear models are discussed. Applications include nonlinear least squares, discrete dependent variables (probit, logit, etc.), problems of censoring, truncation and sample selection, and models for duration data. 4497 ECO 519 S06-07 Advanced Econometrics: Nonlinear Models This is half of the second-year sequence in econometrics methodology (Econ. 513 is the other). The course covers nonlinear statistical models for the analysis of cross-sectional and panel data. It is intended both for students specializing in econometric theory and for students interested in applying statistical methods to statistical data. Approximately half of the course is devoted to development of the large-sample theory for nonlinear estimation procedures, while the other half concentrates on application of the methods to various econometric models. 4498 ECO 522 S06-07 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory II Part 1: macro implications of microeconomic imperfections such as incomplete contracts, (e.g., "holdup" problems) or the lack of insurance markets. The "cleansing" effect of recessions and the impact of allocative verus aggregate shocks. Recent models of consumption and empirical tests of risk-sharing. Part 2: how the distribution of income or wealth affects aggregate growth and fluctuations. Role of imperfect credit markets, distributional conflict and political economy. 4499 ECO 524 S06-07 Public Finance II This course examines the economics of the public sector, with a focus on externalities, transfer programs, social insurance, and publicly provided goods. Special attention is given to study of research designs and econometric methods used in applied analysis. 4500 ECO 526 S06-07 Financial Economics II Review of probability and stochastic processes, stochastic integrals, reduction to martingale gains from trade, change of variable (Ito's lemma, local time, generalized Ito's formula, Girsanov's theorem), stochastic differential equations, the Black-Scholes model, the term-structure of interest rates, equilibrium assest pricing, an introduction to the optimal control of diffusions and some applications. 4501 ECO 532 S06-07 Topics in Labor Economics The course surveys both the theoretical literature and the relevant empirical methods and results in selected current research topics in labor economics. 4502 ECO 552 S06-07 International Trade II A continuation of Economics 551, with emphasis on current research issues. Topics vary from year to year. 4503 ECO 554 S06-07 International Monetary Theory and Policy II Advanced topics in monetary economics, with an emphasis on open economies. Money demand and currency substitution; price-level and exchange-rate determination under alternative monetary policy rules; real effects of monetary disturbances; exchange-rate policy and macroeconomic stability; welfare consequences of inflation and exchange-rate stabilization; advantages and disadvantages of monetary union. 4504 ECO 563 S06-07 Economic Development II Selected topics in the economic analysis of development beyond those covered in 562. Topics are selected from the theory and measurement of poverty and inequality; the relationship between growth and poverty; health and education in economic development; saving, growth, population, and development; commodity prices in economic development. Prerequisite: 562. 4505 ECO 572 S06-07 Research Methods in Demography Source materials used in the study of population; standard procedures for the measurement of fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration, and nuptiality; and uses of model life tables and stable population analysis and other techniques of estimation when faced with inaccurate or incomplete data are studied. Prerequisite: 571 or instructor's permission. 4506 ECO 575 S06-07 Topics in Financial Economics The course surveys both the theoretical and empirical methods and results in selected research topics in financial economics. Topics vary from year to year reflecting current developments and the instructor's interests. 4507 ECO 577 S06-07 Laboratory Experiments in Economics and Political Science Introduction to laboratory experimentation in Economics and Political Science for the graduate level. Survey of laboratory studies in Economics and Political Science with many applications. Topics include: auctions, markets, bargaining, voting, abstract games, collective action, and decision theory. Students will design an experiment. Prerequisites: ECO 501 and 502 or equivalent. 4508 ECO 581A S06-07 Microeconomics Theory Workshop Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4509 ECO 581C S06-07 Macroeconomics/International Finance Workshop Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4510 ECO 581D S06-07 Labor Economics/Industrial Relations Seminar Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4511 ECO 581E S06-07 Research Program in Development Studies Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4512 ECO 581F S06-07 Trade Workshop Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4513 ECO 581G S06-07 Econometric Research Seminar Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4514 ECO 581H S06-07 Civitas Foundation Finance Seminar Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4515 ECO 581I S06-07 O.P.R. Seminars Drafts of papers, articles, and chapters of dissertations or books, prepared by graduate students, faculty members, or visiting scholars, are exposed to critical analysis by a series of seminars organized by field. The chief objectives are for the writers to receive the benefit of critical suggestions, for all participants to gain experience in criticism and uninhibited oral discussion, and for students and faculty members to become acquainted with the research work going on in the department. Third- and fourth-year graduate students are expected to attend; first-and second-year students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4516 ECO 581J S06-07 Behavioral Economics Workshop Seminar led by different guest professors each week to discuss their current research in the field of Behavioral Economics 4517 ECO 581K S06-07 Political Economy Workshop Seminar led by different guest professors each week to discuss their current research in the field of Political Economy. Third and fourth year graduate students are expected to attend; first and second year graduate students and faculty members are invited to attend. 4518 ECS 209 S06-07 LA Cultural Interpretation The goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of political rhetoric and to study the rhetorical structure of classical works in political theory and political speeches. 4519 ECS 321 S06-07 HA Cultural Systems: The Enlightenment and Its Post-/Modern Critics "El sueño de la razón produce monstruos" (Goya) -- Is it the "sleep" or the "dream" of reason that produces monsters? Not even the authors of the Age of Reason were certain about the answer. They asked the same questions that are raised with fresh vigor today: What is Enlightenment? What are the implications of science, universalism, tolerance? In order to develop our own approaches, we will explore key texts of the 18th century on the intertwined issues of religion, universalism and colonialism, and we will juxtapose them with the critical inquiries of the 20th century into the -- finished or unfinished? -- project of the Enlightenment. 4520 ECS 330 S06-07 LA Communication and the Arts: The Documentary Avant-Garde Covers the documentary avant-garde from the 1920s through the 1970s across a variety of media (literature, film, photography) and in multiple geopolitical contexts (Soviet Union, Germany, France, England, the U.S.). It examines numerous guises of experimental documentary, from Soviet factography and Surrealist ethnography to British Mass Observation and the FSA archive in New Deal America. Topics discussed: the boundary between science and literature; industrialization and the primitive 'other' of ethnographic documentary; the archive and the death of the author; and the postwar preoccupation with witnessing and trauma. 4521 ECS 331 S06-07 LA Communication and the Arts: On Landscape, or, Hedging Your Bets This is not a course about gardens, though some notable examples of the same will be discussed. Instead, it examines a series of improbably defined "landscapes," with the intention of arriving at a working definition of this difficult term. Interpretive emphasis will be placed on the notion of the (man-made) landscape as the unfinished product of restless change. The operation of chance occurrence will not be ruled out as one important agent of this historical process. The loci of discussion represent so many climacterics, the scale, scope, and shape of which we will map, measure, and survey. 4522 EEB 210 S06-07 ST Evolutionary Ecology This is a course that examines the origins of biological breakthroughs as well as the processes that have enabled them to proliferate creating patterns of biodiversity and the functioning of the biosphere. It will trace the history of life on the planet as a series of innovations. The origins of life, the genetic code, biochemistry, sex, cooperation, physiology, body plans, ecosystems and variants on these themes will be discussed. 4523 EEB 301 S06-07 STX Evolution and the Behavior of the Sexes This course will use principles of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology to examine reproductive strategies and their effect on social systems. We will draw examples from group-living mammals, particularly nonhuman primates, and from human populations. Topics will include mate selection, attachment, parenting, sexual diversity, and intersexual conflict and aggression. An optional precept will be offered. 4524 EEB 308 S06-07 Conservation Biology A detailed application of ecological principles to the conservation of biological resources, including island biogeography, populations genetics and viability, and landscape ecology. Analysis of case studies in conservation. 4525 EEB 314 S06-07 Comparative Physiology This course explores the mechanisms of animal function in the contexts of evolution, ecology and behavior. We will cover the physiological bases of osmoregulation, circulation, gas exchange, digestion, energetics, motility, and neural and hormonal control of these and other processes in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, thereby revealing general principles of animal physiology as well as specific physiological adaptations to differing environments. 4526 EEB 320 S06-07 Molecular Evolutionary Genetics How and where did life evolve? On Earth or Mars or elsewhere? This course will discuss the evolution of the molecules that sustain life (DNA, RNA and proteins) at both the micro and macroevolutionary levels. We will explore the role of these molecules in the origin and continued evolution of life. Topics inlcude the origin of eukaryotes and organelles, the evolution of development, comparative genomics, molecular population genetics, quantitative genetics and human evolution. Two 90-minute lectures, one preceptorial. 4527 EEB 328 S06-07 Ecology and Epidemiology of Parasites and Infectious Diseases An introduction to the biology of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, worms, arthropods, and plants that are parasitic upon other animal and plant species. The major emphasis will be on the parasites of animals and plants, with further study of the epidemiology of infectious diseases in human populations. Studies of AIDS, anthrax, and worms, and their role in human history will be complemented by ecological and evolutionary studies of mistletoe, measles, myxomatosis, and communities of parasitic helminths. Two lectures, one preceptorial. 4528 EEB 332 S06-07 SA Pre-Columbian Peoples of Tropical America and Their Environments The pre-European history of Amerind cultures amd their associated environments in the New World tropics will be studied. Topics to be covered include the people of tropical America; development of hunting/gathering and agricultural economies; neotropical climate and vegetation history; and the art, symbolism, and social organization of native Americans. Field and laboratory experiences will incorporate methods and problems in field archaeology, paleoenthnobotany and paleoecology, and archaeozoology. Limited to juniors in the Tropical Ecology Program in Panama. Prerequisites: 210 or 211, and 321. 4529 EEB 338 S06-07 ST Tropical Biology "Tropical Biology" is an intensive, three-week field course given at four sites in Panama, examining the origins, maintenance and major interactions among terrestrial plants and animals. The course provides the opportunity to appreciate (1) floral and faunal turnover among four rainforest sites (beta-diversity); and (2) floral and faunal turnover along vertical gradients, from ground to upper canopy, at two rainforest sites (vertical stratification). Students carry out group and individual projects at the sites. Fieldwork is supported by six orientation walks that introduce participants to common orders and families of plants and arthropods. 4530 EEB 346 S06-07 ST Biology of Coral Reefs This field and lecture course provides an in-depth introduction to the biology of tropical coral reefs, with an emphasis on reef fish ecology and behavior. Each day begins with a lecture, followed by six to eight hours on the water, and ends with data analysis, reading and a discussion of recent papers. Students learn to identify fishes, corals and invertebrates, and learn a variety of field methods including underwater censusing, mapping, videotaping and the recording of inter-individual interactions. Each year group projects will vary depending on previous findings and the interests of the faculty. 4531 EEB 350 S06-07 Vertebrate Tropical Ecology This field course will address the life history characteristics of tropical vertebrates and the physiological traits that underlie those. Students will learn how tropical life histories differ from those in the temperate zone and will use eco-physiological techniques while conducting experiments and observations at a Smithsonian Institute field station. In particular, students will trap wild vertebrates, conduct baseline behavioral and physiological measurements, attach radio transmitters to individuals and monitor them over time in the forest. Students will then analyze the data and write a scientific manuscript. 4532 EEB 352 S06-07 ST Restoration Ecology Open cast mining causes severe environmental damage, and regulating this process is difficult, especially in developing countries. Students will study the role of corporate responsibility in managing mining to achieve economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The course will highlight principles of ecological rehabilitation for restoring ecological functions while enhancing economic value. Topics include: biological and environmental controls of vegetation; community composition and succession; and restoration of ecological functions, biological diversity and ecosystems. Students will gain an in-depth view of the economics involved. 4533 EEB 354 S06-07 ST Landscape Diversity in Tropical Forest Vertebrates and Habitats In this course we will develop an appreciation for the landscape-scale diversity of the tropical forests in Panama. We will examine the climate, geology, soils and hydrology, and explore the implications of landscape diversity for plant and animal communities, with a special focus on vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles) and how and why different groups vary across the landscape with different habitats. We will use GIS and remote sensing and analyze aerial photos and satellite images of local forests, focusing on the anthropogenic changes in the landscape, and analyze how these changes affect vertebrate communities. 4534 EEB 380 S06-07 ST Ecology and Conservation of African Landscapes Only six percent of Africa's land area (containing a fraction of its biodiversity) is protected, and these areas are rarely large enough to sustain 'charismatic megafauna'. Mostly, wildlife must share land with people also facing survival challenges. This course will explore how wildlife and people interact in the Ewaso Ecosystem in central Kenya where new approaches to conservation are being developed. Lectures will cover the ecology of tropical grasslands and first principles underlying the forces shaping biodiversity patterns. Field trips and projects will examine the dynamics between human actions and biodiversity patterns. 4535 EEB 404 S06-07 ST Natural History of Mammals Introduction to concepts, methods, and material of comparative natural history, with African mammals as focal organisms. Perspectives include morphology, identification, evolution, ecology, behavior and conservation. Observations and experiments on a variety of species in different habitats and at a range of scales will provide insights into the adaptive value and underlying mechanistic function of mammalian adaptations. This course will be taught in Kenya, alternately at the Mpala Research Centre (Rubenstein) or Amboseli National Park (Altmann). 4536 EEB 422 S06-07 Evolutionary Developmental Biology What makes a butterfly different from a fly, a banana different from a bananaquit, and a chimpanzee different from a human? This course explores how the genetic mechanisms that control development have evolved to generate the diversity of life on earth and how conserved genes and genetic networks can produce a stable phenotype and yet generate diversity. Topics: body-plan evolution, developmental microevolution, life-history evolution, phenotypic plasticity, allometry, canalization, developmental constraints, and evolvability. An intensive lab will introduce students to embryonic diversity and methods of comparative gene expression analysis. 4537 EEB 505 S06-07 Seminar in Professional Topics Being a professional scientist in ecology and evolutionary biology requires talents in a variety of spheres that cut across traditional disciplines and subjects. The first six weeks of this seminar will focus on fellowships and research grants. Topics during the remainder of the term will include choosing an advisor and conducting thesis research, ethical issues in EEB science, publishing-technical and general, presenting a seminar or public lecture, life after graduate school. 4538 EEB 521 S06-07 Tropical Ecology Intensive three week field course during December/January in a suitable tropical locality. Readings, discussions, and individual projects. The content and location are varied to suit the needs of the participants. Students provide their own travel funds. 4539 EEB 522 S06-07 Colloquium on the Biology of Populations Discussion of the central problems of population biology and approaches that have proved fruitful. Topics ranging throughout ecology, evolution, biogeography, and population genetics are usually related to presentations by visiting speakers and students. (This is a core course.) 4540 EEB 524 S06-07 Topics in Evolution One goal of evolutionary biology is to elucidate processes that underlie the generation and diversification of phenotypes. Since biological diversity has been generated by genetic changes and their expression through development, an understanding of evolutionary change requires determining how genetic variation alters organismal form and function. In this course we will explore the theory, methods and recent progress in the analysis of the genetic basis of quantitative traits; the most prevalent class of phenotypic diversity. 4541 EGR 193 S06-07 ST An Integrated Introduction to Engineering, Mathematics, Physics Taken concurrently with EGR/MAT/PHY 194. These two courses will address the material of PHY 104 and offer an introduction to the various disciplines of engineering. The physics part of the course covers the basic laws of electricity, magnetism, and optics, from Coulomb's law to Maxwell's equations and the prediction of electromagnetic waves. The course concludes with an introduction of quantum theory with a treatment of matter waves, quantization, and the Schroedinger equation. Students who were enrolled in both EGR/MAT/PHY 191 and 192 concurrently in the fall semester will continue in the spring in both EGR/MAT/PHY 193 and 194. 4542 EGR 194 S06-07 ST An Integrated Introduction to Engineering, Mathematics and Physics Taken concurrently with EGR/MAT/PHY 193. These two courses will address the material of PHY 104 and offer an introduction to the various disciplines of engineering. The engineering part of the course is a project-based sequence (Energy Conversion and the Environment, Robotic Remote Sensing, and Wireless Image & Video Transmission) that covers engineering disciplines and their relationship to the principles of physics and mathematics. Students who were enrolled in both EGR/MAT/PHY 191 and 192 concurrently in the fall semester will continue in the spring in both EGR/MAT/PHY 193 and 194. 4543 EGR 250 S06-07 STX Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community. 4544 EGR 350 S06-07 STX Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community. 4545 EGR 450 S06-07 STX Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community. 4546 ELE 102 S06-07 ST New Eyes for the World: Hands-On Optical Engineering This hands-on lab course introduces students to several modern topics of engineering optics. Teams of students will choose and carry out four different projects: (i) holography, (ii) lasers (iii) free-space optical communication, and/or (iv) nanotechnology. The course teaches the foundations and broader societal issues of these technologies. The laboratory sessions involve hands-on instructional training, as well as individual experimentation and exploration. Skills acquired in this course include computer programming of user interfaces, data acquisition and interpretation, wet chemical processing, and electronics design assembly. 4547 ELE 206 S06-07 ST Introduction to Logic Design Introduction to basic concepts in logic design. Digital logic gates, two and multi-level combinational logic. Memory elements-latches, flip-flops, SRAM and DRAM cells. Timing methodologies. Synchronous and asynchronous designs. Counters. Finite state machines. Programmable logic. Basic computer organization. 4548 ELE 208 S06-07 ST Integrated Circuits: Practice and Principles This course will examine what is inside a microchip, how it works, and how it is made, with a goal to establish the relationship between chip fabrication capability and the fundamental performance parameters of digital and analog electronic systems. Operating principles of semiconductor devices and their function in circuit applications such as digital gates and analog amplifiers. Devices to include p-n junction diodes, metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (MOSFET's) and optoelectronic devices. (continued see other information) 4549 ELE 302 S06-07 System Design and Analysis Comprehensive, laboratory-based course in electronic system design and analysis. Covers formal methods for the design and analysis of moderately complex real-world electronic systems. Course is centered around a semester-long design project involving a computer-controlled vehicle designed and constructed by teams of two students. Integrates microprocessors, communications, and control. 4550 ELE 342 S06-07 Physical Principles of Electronic Devices This course is designed to provide an understanding of the basic principles that govern the operation of modern solid state and optoelectronic devices. The emphasis is on fundamentals rather than applications. The major portion of the course will be devoted to quantum mechanics and statistical physics with examples from solid state and materials physics and quantum electronics. This provides the basic background needed to understand the physics of device operations and also prepares the student for more advanced courses in solid state and quantum electronics (such as ELE 441, 442 and 453). 4551 ELE 352 S06-07 Physical Optics Fundamental and practical aspects of physical optics. Wave propagation, interference, diffraction, Fourier optics and applications to fiber optical systems and imaging are considered. 4552 ELE 386 S06-07 STX Cyber Security This course describes the technology underlying secure transactions and safe interactions in a public Internet and wireless world. Related policy, economic and social issues are also discussed. Humans interact daily with each other, with information, and with services through cyberspace. We discuss cyber security needs such as confidentiality, data integrity, user authentication, trust, non-repudiation, availability, privacy and anonymity. Topics may include case studies in electronic commerce, e-voting, denial of service attacks, viruses and worms, digital rights management, spam and cyber-terrorism 4553 ELE 396 S06-07 Introduction to Quantum Computing This course will introduce the matrix form of quantum mechanics and discuss the concepts underlying the theory of quantum information. Some of the important algorithms will be discussed, as well as physical systems which have been suggested for quantum computing. 4554 ELE 398 S06-07 Junior Independent Work Provides an opportunity for a student to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in electrical engineering. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. The final choice must be approved by the faculty member. 4555 ELE 442 S06-07 Solid-State Physics II Electronic structure of solids. Electron dynamics and transport. Semiconductors and impurity states. Surfaces. Dielectric properties of insulators. Electron-electron, electron-phonon, and phonon-phonon interactions. Anharmonic effects in crystals. Magnetism. Superconductivity. 4556 ELE 454 S06-07 Photonics and Light Wave Communications Introduction to fiber optic communication systems. Optical transmitters and receivers. System design and performance. Multi-channel lightwave systems. Optical amplifiers. Dispersion compensation. 4557 ELE 482 S06-07 Digital Signal Processing The lectures will cover: (1) Basic principles of digital signal processing. (2) Design of digital filters. (3) Fourier analysis and the fast Fourier transform. (4) Roundoff errors in digital signal processing. (5) Applications of digital signal processing. 4558 ELE 486 S06-07 Digital Communications and Networks Historical overview of digital communications. Introductory information theory. Data compression. Error detection and correction code. Baseband transmission systems and optimum reception. Digital modulation and demodulation. 4559 ELE 491 S06-07 High-Tech Entrepreneurship This "hands-on" practical course introduces students to the analysis and actions required to launch a successful high tech company. Using several conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques, it addresses the challenges of evaluating technologies for commercial feasibility, determining how best to launch a new venture, attracting the resources needed to start a company (e.g. people, corporate partners, and venture capital), preparing comprehensive business plans, structuring business relationships, and managing early stage companies toward "launch velocity" and sustainable growth 4560 ELE 498 S06-07 Senior Independent Work Provides an opportunity for a student to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in electrical engineering. A student may propose a topic and find a faculty member willing to supervise the work. Or the student may select a topic from lists of projects obtained from faculty and off-campus industrial researchers,subject to the consent of the faculty advisor. 4561 ELE 514 S06-07 Extramural Research Internship Full-time research internship at a host institution, to perform scholarly research relevant to student¿s dissertation work. Research objectives will be determined by advisor in conjunction with outside host. A mid-semester progress review and a final paper are required. Enrollment limited to post-generals students for up to two semesters. Special rules apply to international students regarding CPT/OPT use. Students may register by application only. 4562 ELE 519 S06-07 Seminar in Information Sciences and Systems This is a forum of graduate students, staff, and distinguished outside speakers presenting their recent research in signal processing, communication and information theory, decision and control, and systems theory. Attendance by ISS students is required. 4563 ELE 526 S06-07 Digital Communications and Systems The course deals with digital communications and data transmission. Topics include: source coding, signal encoding, representation, and quantization; methods of modulation, synchronization, and transmission; optimum demodulation techniques; channel equalization and echo cancellation; communications through random channels. 4564 ELE 530 S06-07 Theory of Detection and Estimation The subject of signal detection and estimation is concerned with the processing of information-bearing signals for the purpose of making inferences about the information that they contain. The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the fundamental theoretical principles underlying the development and analysis of techniques for such processing. The level of this course is suitable for research students in communications, control, signal processing, and related areas. 4565 ELE 539A S06-07 Special Topics in Informations Sciences and Systems: Optimization of Communication Systems Study how problems in point-to-point and networked communication systems can be formulated and solved as optimization, covering both classic results and current research. Introduce the methodologies of linear program, convex optimization, Lagrange duality, and study their theoretical properties and computational algorithms. Sample application topics: information-theoretic and queuing-theoretic problems, coding and equalization, antenna beamforming, network resource allocation and utility maximization, optical network bandwidth allocation, wireless network power control, Medium Access Control schemes, IP routing, TCP congestion control. 4566 ELE 539B S06-07 Special Topics in Information Sciences and Systems: Algebraic Coding Theory A broad introduction to the mathematics of coding theory and its applications in electrical engineering and computer science. Topics will include algebraic error correcting codes such as Reed-Solomon codes and applications to data storage; block and convolutional codes and their applications in wireline and wireless communication; fountain codes for content distribution; quantum error correction and quantum computing; and waveform design for radar and remote sensing. 4567 ELE 542 S06-07 Surface Properties of Electronically Active Solids This course explores the physical, chemical, and electronic properties of surfaces; surface energy band structure, space charge region, impurity phenomena, and crystallography; and electron emission. It examines experimental techniques for surface analysis; electron beam probe instrumentation, diffraction, spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy. Interface phenomena and contact effects are studied. 4568 ELE 554 S06-07 Solitons in Photonic and Quantum Systems Aspects of solitons in homogeneous and discrete (lattice) systems will be considered, with examples from a variety of fields. Physical insight will be stressed throughout, and particular emphasis will be given to the relation between optics/photonics and correlated quantum systems. Topics to be covered include the propagation of beams and pulses in linear and nonlinear media, waveguides and WG coupling, scalar and vector solitons, soliton interactions, solitons in photonics, and solitons in noisy and statistical systems. 4569 ELE 571 S06-07 Digital Neurocomputing The course will focus on Machine Learning for Bioinformatics, for graduate students in engineering, biologic & genomic sciences. It covers machine learning techniques & explains how can they apply to bioinformatics. Topics are: (a) Overview of molecular biology, (b) Adaptive techniques for feature selection & dimension reduction include PCA, ICA, FDA, etc. (c) Adaptive cluster discovery: K-means, EM, SOFM, hierarchical clustering & genomic applications. (d) Adaptive classifiers such as BP, GMM, SVM, & genomic applications. (e) Multi-modal fusion to combine information from multiple biological & algorithmic modalities. 4570 ELE 577 S06-07 Low Power IC and System Design Sources of power consumption; simulation power analysis, probabilistic power analysis; circuit and logic level power optimization; power analysis and optimization at the register-transfer, behavior and system levels; power management; software power estimation and optimization; hardware-software co-synthesis for low power. 4571 ELE 579 S06-07 Pervasive Information Systems Devices and systems that provide information anywhere, anytime. Goals of pervasive information: business, entertainment, government, etc. Components of pervasive information systems: low power electronics, audio/video, networking, etc. Human/computer interaction. Geographically distributed systems. 4572 ELE 580 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Interconnection Networks This course will introduce students to the design of interconnection networks, networks that connect components within a system. The course will explore design case studies of different interconnection networks, ranging from on-chip networks to telephone switching networks, Internet router backplane networks etc. The course will start off with basics of interconnection network architecture, looking into topologies, routing, flow control, microarchitecture and network interface in turn, before applying these concepts in understanding the design of each case study system. 4573 ELE 591 S06-07 High Tech Entrepreneurship This "hands-on" practical course introduces students to the analysis and actions required to launch a successful high tech company. Using several conceptual frameworks and analytical techniques, it addresses the challenges of evaluating technologies for commercial feasibility, determining how best to launch a new venture, attracting the resources needed to start a company (e.g. people, corporate partners, and venture capital), preparing comprehensive business plans, structuring business relationships, and managing early stage companies toward "launch velocity" and sustainable growth. 4574 ELE 598 S06-07 Electrical Engineering Master's Project Spring course number to be used by Master of Engineering students who will be doing a project in lieu of a course. 4575 ENG 200 S06-07 LA Reading Literature: Poetry This course will introduce students to the art, science, and pleasure of poetry written, spoken and sung in English over the course of nearly a millennium. Surveying forms as various as limericks and sestinas, and writers as various as Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss, we will consider what poetry is, how it works, how to read it. 4576 ENG 205 S06-07 LA Introduction to English Literature: From the 14th to the 18th Century An introduction to English literary history, centered on five great writers--Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Pope, and Swift. Each was a deep student of his predecessors; for the next three hundred years, almost every ambitious writer in the language had read them all. We will study their major works, the lines of influence among them, and the ways in which they helped to shape modern literature. We will also study our principal authors in relation to their contemporaries and in relation to political, religious, social, and scientific ideas and events. -- not a tragedy if it's too late. 4577 ENG 211 S06-07 LA Knowing Innocence If you know innocence, you've already lost it. This course explores ideas of innocence (theological, sexual, judicial, and psychological) from Eden to Haight-Ashbury, concentrating on representations in fiction, poetry, politics, and anthropology. Readings include some great English authors (Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth) and some oddballs, too. We meet charming characters and scary ones (noble savages, wild boys, homicidal girls) and ask what cultural work innocence does in movies, photographs, advertisements, and other products of our fallen state. Terms to interrogate include: pastoral, primitivism, utopia, nature, nostalgia, and guilt. 4578 ENG 217 S06-07 LA Gore and Glory: Early Heroic Literature This course introduces major ancient and medieval heroic texts, texts which tell of the deeds of men larger than life: the actions of impinging gods, giants, and monsters; and the awe of mortals whose fortunes depend on how all of this heroically-proportioned rage plays out. Working chronologically, we will compare formal elements that heroic narratives share, building a repertoire of literary features like boasts, battles, and journeys. We will consider how culture and history shape textual specificity: oral vs. literate poetry, the evolving warrior ethic, the hero's relation to his people, and the bearing of women upon heroic forms. 4579 ENG 307 S06-07 LA Chaucer This course introduces Chaucer´s poetry, particularly The Canterbury Tales. Known as a love poet, a philosophical poet, and a bawdy poet, Chaucer is most intriguing and most funny when he plays on traditions, whether literary, religious, or philosophical. By studying Chaucer´s poems as well as his literary, cultural and political milieu, we´ll hone an appreciation for such play as it is displayed by Chaucer´s quarrelsome pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. We´ll work toward understanding what it means to "get" the complexities of his dirty jokes, the breathtaking zing of his irony, and the far reaching effects of his literary touch. 4580 ENG 311 S06-07 LA Shakespeare II We read a selection of Shakespeare's greatest plays, from early to late in his career, and in each genre: comedy, history, and tragedy. We'll think about the plays as scripts for the stage (or even film) as well as texts for reading. We'll consider such topics as the nature of Shakespearean subjectivity; erotic politics; time as destroyer and time as redeemer; Shakespearean poetics; Shakespeare in his time and in ours. 4581 ENG 313 S06-07 LA The 16th Century Poetry, prose and drama particularly during the reign of Elizabeth I. Questions of religious reformation; nationalism; new audiences for the printed book and the public theaters; genre, form and linguistic innovation. We will immerse ourselves in the fictions of an age whose appetite for experiment beggars our own. (Authors include More, Wyatt, Nashe, Sidney, Marlowe, Spenser.) 4582 ENG 315 S06-07 LA Milton We will explore John Milton's entire career both as writer and thinker; a lifelong effort to unite the aims of intellectual, political, and literary experimentation. In doing so, Milton made himself the most influential non-dramatic poet in the English language. 4583 ENG 326 S06-07 LA Topics in 18th-Century Literature: Liberty and Love in English Literature An exploration of some of our greatest classics in the English canon, written in the period between 1660 and 1730, a time when English literary values were first extensively discussed. This was an era of unparalleled sexual freedom, the birth of commercial society, and the emergence of the independent female author. 4584 ENG 331 S06-07 LA 19th-Century Fiction This course will acquaint students with the distinctive features of the nineteenth century novel, from Austen to Hardy. Lectures will seek to illuminate relations between social and aesthetic dimensions of the texts we read. We will consider how these fictional imaginings of things like love, sex, money, class, and race help shape the ways we live now. 4585 ENG 332 S06-07 LA 19th-Century Poetry In Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, the main character asks, "What form is best for poems?" This survey of 19th century British poetry will explore the ways that Victorian poetry and poetic form influenced and was influenced by national movements: education, empire, voting reform, gender relations, the rise of technology. We will consider how the afterlife of 19th century poetry haunts our interpretation of early 20th century poetry, and re-historicize Victorian poetics amid the vibrant and complicated tapestry of the 19th century. 4586 ENG 334 S06-07 LA Literature of the [Fin de Siecle] This course will study the literature of the Fin de Siècle, with forays into its afterlife in Edwardian England. We will be concerned especially with how these texts embody and illuminate various crises--aesthetic, linguistic, sexual, metric, ethnic, economic--that occupied the culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 4587 ENG 336 S06-07 LA The South in American Literature and Culture What is it that we talk about when we talk about the "South"? Sin in a nation of innocence; poverty in a land of plenty; race in a color-blind society? Chivalry and sexual deviance; strong family ties and incest; authentic folk culture and social retardation? This imaginative realm of trouble and paradox, so central to modern and postmodern American identity, has been the subject of some of the most breathtaking literary experimentation of the 20th century. We'll survey a range of extraordinary fiction, using images, film, and music clips in order to think about the literature of the South as part of a broader popular culture field. 4588 ENG 341 S06-07 LA 20th-Century Fiction This course explores the uses of fiction in English in the 20th century both to represent the contemporary world and to explore the territories of the imagination. We shall pay close attention to experiments with narrative form, but always with a view to understanding how form reflects and shapes content, and how fiction constantly seeks to extend its own horizons. 4589 ENG 360 S06-07 LA American Literature before 1825 This is a course in the origin myths of U.S. culture. At what point can we identify distinctively American literary registers, styles, genres--and what is it that makes them "American"? How do the politics of tradition-building dovetail with the politics of nation-building? In a survey that begins in the sixteenth century and ends in the nineteenth, we will give particular attention to: descriptions of the New World imperial project; the writing of American colonial selves; the rhetoric of the Revolution; and the fiction of the early Republic, in all its gothic weirdness. 4590 ENG 366 S06-07 LA Topics in American Literature: American Best Sellers Seduction, betrayal, adventure, moral outrage, mystery, romance: these are the narrative engines of American's most popular texts. In this course--a literary and historical survey of American best sellers--we will seek to understand not just which texts have been popular but why, paying close attention to both their aesthetic qualities and their cultural contexts. What can our reading of these works today tell us about the societies that produced and then, by the millions, consumed them? 4591 ENG 371 S06-07 LA Contemporary Literary Theory Survey of central debates in cultural and literary studies focusing on texts in contemporary theory that formulate an understanding of the subject. Course follows shifts between structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, and marxism. As we begin to disentangle the meanings of what we mean when we say "I", we will inevitably analyze the relationships between subject and subjection, ideology and power, language and authorship, theory and politics. We will ground our analyses within particular literary, visual, and theoretical works, learning how to read cultural production as theory, rather than "applying" theory to selected texts. 4592 ENG 376 S06-07 EM Topics in Literature and Ethics: Reading Ethically, Reading Aesthetically A study of the role that moral education should play in literary study, with examples drawn from American fiction, photography, and film. The possibility of an "ethics of reading" will be tested through various questions: Are there limits to what should be represented (sexual explicitness, violence)? Should offensive depictions of race, or class, or gender be challenged? What is lost through an "inauthentic" voice, or through paraphrase, or through an imposed cultural style? 4593 ENG 382 S06-07 LA Topics in Literature and Nationality: Contemporary Irish Poetry A seminar devoted to close readings of poems by Yeats, Kavanagh, MacNeice, Kinsella, Montague, Heaney, Longley, Mahon, Durcan, Carson, Paulin, McGuckian, and Ni Dhomhnaill. 4594 ENG 383 S06-07 LA Topics in Literature and Nationality: Postcolonial Cities In this course we will focus on the literature and cinema of three cities that have been central to the shaping of the modern imagination and the transformation of global spaces: London, Lagos, and Bombay. Why have these cities generated major writing and become the hubs of a new type of cinema? How have migrant writers transformed an old city like London since the 1950s? How does writing on newer cities such as Lagos and Bombay transform the meaning of the urban landscape and our understanding of cultural spaces? What does it mean to live in a postcolonial city? 4595 ENG 387 S06-07 LA Topics in Black Literature: Toni Morrison We will read Morrison's fiction (short story and children's books as well as novels) in relation to her cultural and literary criticism. We will consider how Morrison exposes the power of language to both fracture our sense of common humanity and bind us into a shareable existence. 4596 ENG 411 S06-07 LA Major Author(s): August Wilson: African American Life in the 20th Century August Wilson completed what many consider the most ambitious project of any American playwright. His cycle of ten plays, one for each decade, chronicles African American life in the 20th century. We will explore all ten plays as individual drama and depictions of history. We will see a number of productions to help us understand how the plays work dramatically, and we will read standard histories to gain background and context. 4597 ENG 501 S06-07 Old English Period Sovereignty. The very title of Carl Schmitt's influential [Political Theology] alludes to the foundational position of medieval political theory in current thinking about sovereignty, just as his focus on "secularization" indicates the importance of medieval/modern periodization to this topic. This course examines concepts of political and personal sovereignty in Old English and other significant early medieval texts, and considers their historical and theoretical importance to the challenges posed by the work of Schmitt and other theorists of sovereignty today. Students need not have prior knowledge of Old English. 4598 ENG 521 S06-07 Spenser A course on Sidney's [Arcadia] and Spenser's [Faerie Queene], with particular attention to the question of why we should (or shouldn't) call them romances. Answering that question will demand attention, on the one hand, to the tradition behind them, from the [Odyssey] to [Orlando]; on the other, to the theory of literary kinds, in the Renaissance and today. 4599 ENG 522 S06-07 The Renaissance in England: Compassionate Fictions How did early modern subjects represent and conceptualize compassion? We will be especially interested in compassion as a complex point of intersection for literary, political, theological, and devotional discourses and practices. Put another way, we will ask how fictions, the poor, and Christ, to take a few examples, were distinguished--or conflated--as objects of compassion. The importance of fiction and fictionalizing to the development of compassion as a social, moral, and political category will be a persistent concern. 4600 ENG 545 S06-07 Special Studies in the 18th Century: Swift, Pope, Fielding, Sterne The 18th C. is fascinating because it is undecided. Both modern and pre-modern; committed to scientific revolution yet wedded to old beliefs; vigorously pressing for secular learning but still locked in religious enmity. Skepticism and superstitions go hand in hand; rationality and sentiment are bedfellows. In the midst of all this walk four 18th-C. giants: Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne. Their writings determined the course of 18th C. intellectual history, but they also reveal to us the radical divisions and complex uncertainties of any age trying to live by the maxim "whatever is, is right." 4601 ENG 559 S06-07 Studies in the American Novel: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism This course examines a range of American texts written over a century in order to clarify connections between their informing philosophies, narrative strategies, and historical moments. Movements identified as "romanticism," "realism," "naturalism" and "modernism" identify supposedly greater or lesser degrees of verisimilitude, and we will attend to innovative fictional strategies associated with those terms. 4602 ENG 563 S06-07 Poetics: Portrait and Figuration in Literature and Visual Art What are our means and forms for representing persons in literature and visual art? Studying a range of historical examples, from ancient sculpture to recent figurative painting, from elegies to modernist experiments with portraiture, we will be asking questions about the depiction of emotion, thought, identity, action and character. Our emphasis will be on poetry, but with a frame taken from other literary genres and two and three-dimensional art forms. 4603 ENG 567 S06-07 Special Studies in Modernism: Collaboration in Modernist Literature and Culture A seminar in modernist literature from the perspective of its collective forms. Examines how signal texts of modernism were produced, circulated, and promoted collaboratively; but also studies the character of such collective forms of cultural production as the coterie, the movement, the school of thought (Imagism, the New Negro movement, Objectivism). We will consider literary forms that are particular to these kinds of literary formations (the manifesto, the anthology, the roman-à-clef); and we will also ask about the relationship of larger literary and cultural institutions to these movements and writers. 4604 ENG 571 S06-07 Literary and Cultural Theory: Race and Psychoanalysis This course investigates how psychoanalytic concepts may offer productive corollaries for analyses of socio-racial phenomena. The first part of the course, "Science, Law, and Fiction" introduces the problem of "psychology" in the history of American desegregation. Part Two, "Freud and other Encryptions of Grief," studies theorizations of grief and traces their potential dialogues with the legacies of racial injury. Part Three, "Lacan and the Ethics of Psychoanalysis," explores the tension between ethics and politics in contemporary formulations of social subjects. 4605 ENG 572 S06-07 Selected Topics in Criticism and Theory: Between Philosophy and Literature An exploration of some of the relations between philosophy and literature, as well as a study of writers as philosophers, and philosophers as writers. 4606 ENV ST02 S06-07 Farm to Fork: The State of America's Food System Today The process by which food travels from farm to fork is no longer as simple and safe as it used to be. This course will examine the state of America's food system today, following food as it travels from its origins as a crop or an animal to its processing, transportation, and eventual consumption. Topics will include the local/organic movement, conventional farming, governmental involvement and regulation, nutrition, and food's impact on culture, including meals themselves. . 4607 ENV 202A S06-07 Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Climate, Air Pollution, Toxics, and Water This course will focus on the interaction between human activities and natural systems. We will consider the scientific, technical, social, political, and economic dimensions of three areas of significant concern: the atmosphere including climate change, ozone depletion, and long range pollutant transport; environment in developing countries (population, poverty, role of institutions and natural resource wealth); and infectious diseases (avian influenza, economics of disease control, malaria and other vector borne diseases, drug resistance). 4608 ENV 202B S06-07 ST Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Climate, Air Pollution, Toxics, and Water This course will focus on the interaction between human activities and natural systems. We will consider the scientific, technical, social, political, and economic dimensions of three areas of significant concern: the atmosphere including climate change, ozone depletion, and long range pollutant transport; environment in developing countries (population, poverty, role of institutions and natural resource wealth); and infectious diseases (avian influenza, economics of disease control, malaria and other vector borne diseases, drug resistance). 4609 ENV 305 S06-07 Topics in Environmental Studies: Environmental Writing This course focuses on writing about environmental topics and issues. Readings trace varieties of natural encounter, historical and contemporary. Nonfiction genres examined include the personal essay, the policy essay, reportage and reviews, long-form narratives, and profiles of people and places. 4610 ENV 310 S06-07 SA Environmental Law and Moot Court Examining the relationship between law and environmental policy, this course focus on cases that have established policy principles. The first half of the seminar will be conducted using the Socratic method. The second half will allow students to reargue either the plaintiff or defendant position in a key case, which will be decided by the classroom jury. One three-hour seminar. 4611 ENV 524 S06-07 Environmental Issues Seminar: TBA Current problems in environmental sciences. Element cycles; geochemistry-biotic interactions, human impacts on the environment. A new topic is chosen every semester. Recent topics have included: the global carbon cycle, alternative energies, biodiversity, and genetically modified organisms. 4612 ENV 526 S06-07 Environmental Issues Seminar: Water, Savannas, and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa Eliminating poverty in sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the most vexing problems facing the world today. In semi-arid regions in particular, livestock herding along with occasional subsistence horticulture provides limited economic gain, often creating feedbacks that lead to landscape degradation. As a consequence of global change, some of the more water-starved regions of Africa are expected to experience significant decreases in rainfall and/or a significant increase in the variability of portions of the water cycle. This course will explore the consequences of these forces on conservation and development. 4613 EPS 300 S06-07 SA European Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century The course aims to cover the critical developments of twentieth-century Europe and the consolidation of democracy in European countries. It will deal with the legacy of the two world wars, Nazism, Stalinism, the Cold War, the legacy of colonialism and decolonization, the birth and development of the European Community, the development of the welfare state, the problems confronting the European Union (immigration, enlargement, political institutions, military role), and the varieties of democratic institutions in Europe. 4614 FIN 502 S06-07 Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting Modern financial theory and its implications for decisions faced by corporate financial officers. We will focus on investment decisions and capital budgeting under various assumptions about the investment environment (for example, certain or uncertain outcomes) and the legal/regulatory environment (such as different types of tax regimes). We also examine financing decisions concerning the type of securities to be issued, amount of dividends to be paid, etc., plus a selection of additional topics, such as convertible/hybrid securities, real options, or corporate structure and control will also be covered. 4615 FIN 518 S06-07 International Financial Markets This course studies the assets and institutions of international financial markets. A key difference between these markets and others is the role of exchange rates relating the value of two or more national currencies. The course studies the market-making institutions, the market conventions and market practices. It also studies the interrelationships between different assets, their pricing, their trading and their use by corporations. Meets concurrently with ECO463. Master students will complete extra assignments. 4616 FIN 519 S06-07 Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions This course applies topics from microeconomics (Economics 305) and corporate finance (Economics 318) to study corporate restructuring. Topics include mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestiture and share repurchases. Each of these is discussed in the context of the relevant economic theory, institutional and regulatory environment, and with a focus on shareholder value. Meets concurrently with ECO464. 4617 FIN 521 S06-07 Fixed Income: Models and Applications This course will deal with no-arbitrage models of contracts based on interest rates including bonds, forward and future contracts, swaps, options and other derivatives. We will develop the theory of arbitrage-free pricing of financial assets in discrete and continuous time, as well as many special models that can be used to price and hedge fixed income securities. 4618 FIN 522 S06-07 Options, Futures and Financial Derivatives Derivative securities are assets whose value depends on the value of other more basic underlying assets. Derivative securities are not only an important asset in their own right, but the central intuition provided by derivative securities pricing--the no-arbitrage principle--ties together many areas in finance. This course discusses the consequences of no-arbitrage for asset pricing and corporate finance. This course meets concurrently with ECO465. 4619 FIN 561 S06-07 Master's Project II Under the direction of a Bendheim affiliated faculty member, students carry out a master's project, write a report, and present the results in the form of a poster or an oral presentation in front of an examining committee. 4620 FIN 568 S06-07 Behavioral Finance and Economics Traditional economics and finance typically use the simple "rational actor" model, where people perfectly maximize, and efficient financial markets. We will present models that are psychologically more realistic than this standard model. About 30% of the course will be devoted to economics, 70% to finance. Applications to economics will include decision theory, happiness, fairness, neuroeconomics. Applications to finance will include theory and evidence on investor psychology, predictability of the stock market and other markets, limits to arbitrage, bubbles and crashes, experimental finance, and behavioral corporate finance. 4621 FRE 102 S06-07 Beginner's French II This course continues developing the use and comprehension of French structures and vocabulary begun in FRE 101. We emphasize the use of all four language skills: speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Classroom activities focus on practicing these French skills in a cultural context. 4622 FRE 103 S06-07 Intensive Beginner's and Intermediate French FRE 103 is an intensive beginning and intermediate language course designed for students who have already studied French (typically no more than 2-3 years). Covering in one semester the material presented in FRE 101 and FRE 102, this course prepares students to take French 107. Classroom activities include comprehension and grammar exercises, conversation, skits, and working with a variety of audio-visual materials. 4623 FRE 107 S06-07 Intermediate/Advanced French Continued presentation and review of grammar. Development of an active command of spoken and written French through class discussion and compositions. Acquisition of reading skills through progressively longer readings. 4624 FRE 108 S06-07 Advanced French An intensive course to develop active command of the language through close reading of short literary texts, grammar review, oral and written exercises. 4625 FRE 207 S06-07 Studies in French Language and Style A study of French contemporary culture and society. Intensive oral and written study of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions prepares students for advanced courses in French literature and civilization and for working programs in French-speaking countries. Small class format. Strong emphasis on discussion. Film series. Intensive practical training in oral and written French. 4626 FRE 215 S06-07 French for the Modern World Economy This course is designed to develop students' linguistic skills and broaden their knowledge of contemporary French society. Discussions and essays will cover a wide range of topics drawn from economic, political, social and cultural aspects of France and the francophone world. Current affairs will be discussed in class on a regular basis. The course will provide intensive language practice and students will improve their communication skills by completing a research project, to be presented orally and in writing, on a topic of their choice. Course material include readings, videos, films, francophone television and web-based activities. 4627 FRE 222 S06-07 LA The Making of Modern France: French Literature, Culture, and Society from 1789 to the Present This course examines the major historical and cultural developments that have shaped France since the Revolution. By studying a series of classic texts (from Balzac to Beckett), important films (by Wajda and Malle), seminal paintings (e.g. Delacroix, Manet, Picasso), and original essays (by Constant, Zola, Fanon), we will undertake an interdisciplinary tour through two centuries of French cultural history, addressing issues such as nationhood, colonialism, democracy, modernity, and consumer society. The focus will be on the relations between artistic renovation, social change, and historical events. 4628 FRE 224 S06-07 LA French Literature: Approaches to the Language of Literary Texts This course is meant to introduce students to great works of French literature from a range of historical periods and to provide them with methods for literary interpretation through close reading of these texts. The course syllabus is organized around common themes and generic categories. This course is invaluable preparation for more advanced and specialized 300-level literature courses. Classroom discussion, free exchange encouraged. 4629 FRE 307 S06-07 LA Advanced French Language and Style To improve spoken and written French through comparative study of English and French grammatical and syntactic structures, literary translation, and reading of non-literary texts. 4630 FRE 330 S06-07 LA Topics in French Culture and History: Paris in the Twentieth Century "Paris sera toujours Paris" goes the song. But since the Industrial Revolution the image of the French capital has changed dramatically ¿ from baron Haussmann's drastic urban works to current mayor Delanoë¿s trendy initiatives, from the outlandish World Fairs, through the dark years of the Occupation, to the eruption of the suburbs. Works of all arts (literature, film, architecture, photography, music...), along with historical references, will reveal beyond ¿la plus belle ville du monde¿ a city that, as it has become home to new peoples and new visions, has grown ever stranger. And yet, somehow, often seems immutable. 4631 FRE 352 S06-07 LA Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century French Literature: Dreams and Magic in Early Modern France While the Enlightenment is often described as the Age of Reason, it is also a period filled with stories of dreams and magical events. Through texts from Descartes to the French Revolution, this course addresses debates concerning reason and subjectivity, belief and proof, the nature of imagination, and the status of fiction. We will also consider how art and science intersected in the period's fascination with other objects of wonder such as fireworks, spectacular theatrics, and illusionism. 4632 FRE 366 S06-07 LA Modern French Fiction French fiction from 1850 to the present in translation. 4633 FRE 391 S06-07 LA Topics in French Cinema: French Cinema from its Origins to Today This course will explore the history of French cinema from its origins to today. From the shorts by the Brothers Lumières, to poetic realism and the New Wave: how does film dialogue with other arts? How does it define itself in relation not only to literature, theater, painting, but also to the world it represents? We will examine how film, from its modest origins to its contemporary forms, remains in France a space of contestation, that questions any strict opposition of fiction/documentary, high/low art, "haves and have-nots", and reinvents itself in the process. French film theory readings include Barthes, Bazin, and Deleuze. 4634 FRE 401 S06-07 LA Topics in French Literature and Culture: An Introduction to Literary Theory This course will combine a general introduction to literary theory with the in-depth study of a small number of representative original texts. One session per week will be dedicated to a survey of the field using a teaching anthology, the other will concentrate on 3 or 4 texts on a theme such as 'Melancholy and Spectrality' or 'Others and Alterity', using authors such as Freud, Levinas, Derrida, and Butler. Classes will be in English; some readings may be done in French. 4635 FRE 513 S06-07 Seminar in French Literature of the Renaissance: Montaigne,Descartes,Pascal A study of Montaigne's "Essais" (1581-1595) and of Descartes's and Pascal's responses to the great essayist's philosophy and literary form. 4636 FRE 515 S06-07 The Classical Tradition: Praise and Blame in the Age of Absolutism Praise and blame, celebration and denunciation, flattery and mockery (the two faces of "epideictic" rhetoric) were dominant modes of public speech in Early Modern Europe and pervaded all literary production to varying extent. This course will examine the laudatory and critical-satirical strategies of a few major writers of French classicism, focusing on Boileau, Molière, La Fontaine, and Bossuet. Genres discussed will include comedy, verse satire, epistles, odes, portraits, funeral orations, academic eulogies, epigrams, etc. 4637 FRE 524 S06-07 20th-Century French Narrative Prose: Reading Proust A study of Marcel Proust's work and imaginaire along with readings of some of his most remarkable readers (artists, literary critics, philosophers, and writers). 4638 FRE 525 S06-07 20th-Century French Poetry or Theater: Valéry, Apollinaire, and Ponge A study of theory and practice of 20th-Century poets whose work represents distinctly different concepts of poetic writing. Emphasis will be placed on detailed analysis of poetic texts. 4639 FRE 527 S06-07 Seminar in French Civilization: Romain Gary A study of the prose fiction of Romain Gary in the context of European literature and thought. Topics of special concern include linguistic invention, self-translation, the forms and uses of irony, and the fantasy of life as art. 4640 FRE 1027 S06-07 Intensive Intermediate and Advanced French FRE 102-7 is an intensive double course designed to help students develop an active command of the language. Focus will be on reading and listening comprehension, oral proficiency, grammatical accuracy, and the development of reading and writing skills. A solid grammatical basis and awareness of the idiomatic usage of the language will be emphasized. Students will be introduced to various Francophone cultures through readings, videos and films. 4641 FRS 102 S06-07 LA Romani (Gypsy) Culture in Russia and Eastern Europe See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4642 FRS 104 S06-07 QR What Do Your DNA and Your iPod Have in Common? See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4643 FRS 106 S06-07 LA The Discovery of Art See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4644 FRS 108 S06-07 HA The World in 1872-73: Through Japanese Eyes See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4645 FRS 110 S06-07 LA The Invention of the New World: Writing on Early Colonial Spanish-America See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4646 FRS 112 S06-07 QR Retail Information Systems See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4647 FRS 114 S06-07 LA Eye of the Tiger: Reading Buildings See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4648 FRS 116 S06-07 SA The Benefits and Dangers of Federalism: Experience in the United States, Canada, and Beyond See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4649 FRS 118 S06-07 EM Who is My Neighbor? Globalization and the Good Samaritan See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4650 FRS 120 S06-07 SA Life on Mars -- Or Maybe Not See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4651 FRS 122 S06-07 LA Cinema and History: Fascism in Film See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4652 FRS 124 S06-07 ST Evolution and the Galapagos Islands See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4653 FRS 125 S06-07 LA Architects in Quest of the Ideal City See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4654 FRS 126 S06-07 ST The Chemistry of Chocolate See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4655 FRS 128 S06-07 SA Modern Financial Markets See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4656 FRS 130 S06-07 LA Film and Authorship See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4657 FRS 132 S06-07 EM History and Memory: Inventing the Past, Constructing the Present See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4658 FRS 134 S06-07 SA Let's Eat: Food in Contemporary American Culture See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4659 FRS 136 S06-07 SA Wildlife, Wilderness, and Development in the American West See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4660 FRS 138 S06-07 LA Cultural Revolutions of the Sixties See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4661 FRS 140 S06-07 SA The Ghetto as a Socio-Historical Problem See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4662 FRS 142 S06-07 ST Where's Waldo? The Science and Application of GPS See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4663 FRS 144 S06-07 HA Dream Interpretation from Antiquity to Freud See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4664 FRS 146 S06-07 LA Underworlds See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4665 FRS 148 S06-07 LA Into the Woods! What Disney Didn't Tell You About Fairy Tales See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4666 FRS 150 S06-07 EM Neuroethics: The Intersection of Neuroscience with Social and Ethical Issues See Freshman Seminar booklet or http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4667 FRS 152 S06-07 ST The Chemistry of Magic See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4668 FRS 154 S06-07 HA Democracy in the Ancient Greek World See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4669 FRS 156 S06-07 LA Literature and Human Rights See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4670 FRS 157 S06-07 SA Economics of Environmental Protection See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4671 FRS 158 S06-07 HA Empires and Diasporas: International Trade in the Premodern World See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4672 FRS 160 S06-07 LA The Idea of Black Music See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4673 FRS 162 S06-07 SA Exploring the Limits of the Market See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4674 FRS 164 S06-07 EM Great Books: Ideas and Arguments See Freshman Seminar booklet or www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/fs/ 4675 GEO 202A S06-07 Oceanography: An Introduction to the World's Oceans An interdisciplinary introduction to oceanography, including biological, chemical, geological, and physical processes. Covers topics such as origins and structure of planet Earth and its oceans; plate tectonics, liquid water and the hydrologic cycle, salinity and elemental cycles, ocean circulation; waves and tides; primary production and nutrient cycles, marine ecosystems; life on the sea floor, near shore and estuarine communities, potential environmental issues for the world's oceans. Three 50 minute lectures. 4676 GEO 202B S06-07 ST Oceanography: An Introduction to the World's Oceans An interdisciplinary introduction to oceanography, including biological, chemical, geological, and physical processes. Covers topics such as origins and structure of planet Earth and its oceans; plate tectonics, liquid water and the hydrologic cycle, salinity and elemental cycles, ocean circulation; waves and tides; primary production and nutrient cycles, marine ecosystems; life on the sea floor, near shore and estuarine communities, potential environmental issues for the world's oceans. Three lectures, one laboratory. 4677 GEO 210B S06-07 ST Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Hazards Natural hazards and the importance of public understanding of the issues related to them. Emphasis on the processes which underly these hazards with some discussion of the policy issues involved. Principal topics: earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, landslides, impacts, limits to growth of population and its use of natural resources. * Use of "clickers" in class in lieu of quizzes. 4678 GEO 316 S06-07 ST Structural Geology and Tectonics The nature and origin of the deformed rocks composing the crust of Earth considered at scales ranging from atomic to continental. Tectonics and regional geology of North America. Two ninety minute lectures and one three-hour laboratory, and three-day field trip in Appalachians. Prerequisite: 210, 225, or instructor's permission. 4679 GEO 322 S06-07 Biogeochemical Cycles and Global Change An examination of the natural cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and other biologically active elements. Major themes include the physical processes and biological requirements that underlie biogeochemical cycles on Earth; the biogeochemistry of land-based, freshwater, and marine environments, and their integration into global cycles; changes in these cycles over Earth history and their recent alteration by human activities. Prerequisite: CHM 201 and 202 and MAT 101 and 102, or instructor's permission. Three one-hour classes. 4680 GEO 417 S06-07 Environmental Microbiology The study of microbial biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Beginning with the physical/chemical characteristics and constraints of microbial metabolism, we will investigate the role of bacteria in elemental cycles, in soil, sediment and marine and freshwater communities, in bioremediation and chemical transformations. 4681 GEO 422 S06-07 QR Data, Models, and Uncertainty in the Natural Sciences No more being puzzled by dots on a graph! This course is for those who want to turn observations into models and subsequently evaluate their uniqueness and uncertainty. Three main topics are elementary statistics, heuristic time series analysis, and model parameter estimation via matrix inverse methods. While the instructor's and textbook examples will be derived mostly from the geosciences, students are encouraged to bring their own data sets for classroom discussion and in-depth analysis as part of their term papers. Problem sets and computer exercises form integral parts of the course. Contents may be tailored to meet student demands. 4682 GEO 450 S06-07 Earth Surface Processes This course presents a treatment of the physical processes that shape Earth's surface, such as solar radiation, deformation of the solid Earth, and the flow of water (vapor, liquid, and solid) under the influence of gravity. In particular, the generation, transport, and preservation of sediment in response to these processes is studied in order to better read stories of Earth history in the geologic record and to better understand processes involved in modern and ancient environmental change. 4683 GEO 501 S06-07 Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Materials Concepts of solid state physics and inorganic chemistry relevant to the study of minerals with emphasis on the application to study of planetary interiors. Topics include: crystal chemistry, phase transitions, equations of state, dynamic and static compression, elasticity, lattice dynamics, and transport properties. 4684 GEO 506 S06-07 Fundamentals of the Geosciences II A survey of fundamental papers in the Geosciences. Topics include present and future climate, biogeochemical processes in the ocean, geochemical cycles, orogenies, thermochronology, rock fracture and seismicity. This is the second of two core graduate courses. 4685 GEO 515 S06-07 Metamorphic Petrology Determination of the physical conditions of metamorphism and their relation to tectonic events and deformation based on thermodynamic calculations, experimental phase equilibria, and field relations. Two lectures a week - TBA. 4686 GEO 526 S06-07 Geochemical Reactions at the Natural Interfaces Course will provide fundamental information on the chemical properties of interfaces we see in Nature. 4687 GEO 544 S06-07 Structural Geology Seminar: Climate and Tectonics 4688 GEO 552 S06-07 Global Seismology The use of seismic data to determine large-scale, three-dimensional earth structure and earthquake source parameters is examined. Moment-tensor representation of sources, free oscillations, surface-wave dispersion, and seismic tomography are studied. 4689 GEO 567 S06-07 Geochemistry A review of the chemical composition of Earth's major realms, the governing processes, & their temporal evolution. This course will examine the origin & chemistry of the solar system; chemistry of the core, mantle, and oceanic crust, and continental crust; the origin and evolution of the oceans and atmosphere, the modern cycles of nutrients, carbon, and O2; and weathering. These topics will be reviewed through the prisms of the theory of the origin of the solar system, geodynamics, biogeochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry, and radiogenic isotope geochemistry. Each week there will be a 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour seminar in which student 4690 GER 102 S06-07 Beginner's German II Continues the goals of German 101, focusing on increased communicative proficiency (oral and written), effective reading strategies, and listening skills. Emphasis on functional language tasks: learning to request, persuade, ask for help, express opinions, agree and disagree, negotiate conversations, and gain perspective on German culture through readings and discussion. Participants eligible to apply for Princeton-in-Munich, GER 105-G, June, 2007. The afternoon section follows the basic syllabus with added emphasis on reading skills for graduate students and seniors. 4691 GER 107 S06-07 Advanced German Continues improvement of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing using news magazines, electronic media, and literary texts as a basis for class discussion. Grammar review is included. 4692 GER 208 S06-07 Studies in German Language and Style: Contemporary Society, Politics, and Culture This course examines diverse cultural production (literature, film, art, philosophy, critical theory) from German-speaking Central Europe after the War, placing a special emphasis on works made between 1961 and 1979. Topics discussed will include: the legacy of World War II and National Socialism, the divided Germany, the neo-avant-garde's relationship to its Weimar predecessor, the reconstruction of the German economy, terrorism and the student revolt of 1968. 4693 GER 210 S06-07 EC Introduction to German Philosophy German thought from the Enlightenment to the present, its major authors (Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Heidegger, Arendt, Habermas.) The course will offer a survey of German intellectual history, but also engage directly and closely with theoretical texts. We will not only focus on the core disciplines of philosophy, but on aesthetics, social, and political thought as well. All readings in English. 4694 GER 211 S06-07 LA Introduction to Media Theory Through careful readings of a wide range of media theoretical texts from the late 19th to the early 21st century, this seminar will trace the development of critical reflection on media ranging from the birth of single-point perspective to photography, from gramophones to radio, from pre-cinematic optical devices to film and television, and from telephony and typewriters to cyberspace. Topics will include the relationship between representation and technology, the historicity of perception, the interplay of aesthetics, technics and politics, and transformations of reigning notions of imagination, literacy, communication, reality, and truth. 4695 GER 315 S06-07 German Stylistics Study of literary and non-literary models of style, development of advanced proficiency in expository writing and skill in oral presentation and argumentation, pronunciation work as needed, brief survey of literary styles from the 17th through the 20th centuries. 4696 GER 320 S06-07 LA Masterworks of European Literature: The Romantic Quest To explore in a series of European dramatic, epic, and philosophical works the representation of an extraordinary individual who himself or herself puts into question the nature and possibility of greatness. Special attention to the interplay of narrator and hero or heroine and to the way that many of the works in the series cunningly allude to one another. 4697 GER 321 S06-07 LA Women in War Zones: Gender and Power in Medieval Epics This course explores the place, function, and meaning of women as characters, authors, and cultural symbols in a variety of medieval epics. Focus is on wives, sisters, mothers, and lovers of fighting heroes, on avenging hosts and injured guests, on cross-dressed warrior women and the men they challenge, and finally on the conceptual communities created by shared or conflicting gender expectations. Fundamental questions also concern both women's and men's relation to structures of power and authority, as well as the way in which these texts establish a relationship for the reader between an epic present and a national/mythic past. 4698 GER 322 S06-07 LA Theater of Fate: A Prehistory of Psychoanalysis This course focuses on a specific dramatic genre, called Schicksalsdrama, which was popular at the beginning of the 19th century during Napoleonic wars -- a crucial turning point in European history. In characteristically horrid scenes, this genre presents a world caught between chance and necessity. These highly improbable and lurid plots constitute a riddle finally to be resolved by Sigmund Freud when he developed his conception of psychoanalysis at the very end of the 19th century. 4699 GER 324 S06-07 LA Topics in Germanic Literatures: Utopia: On the History of a Literary Figure of Thought Utopia has long been one of the forms in which society reflects in a systematic manner about a better future. At least since Thomas More's Utopia it has been one of the important genres of European literary and intellectual history. Following its apogee in the late 18th century, the genre takes a self-critical turn. The strict ordering of all relations is no longer understood as a guarantee for the best state. As a result, the grand project of an all-encompassing social engineering is thrown into doubt. This seminar will explore this complex relationship between a belief in--and scepticism about--progress. 4700 GER 511 S06-07 German Literature in the 17th Century The ferocious conflicts that characterized the Thirty-Years War (1618-1648) left unmistakeable marks on the Protestant Baroque drama---the so-called mourning play ("Trauerspiel"). Written by Silesian lawyers and diplomats, these plays were staged in highschools and thus became part of the basic education of civil servants. The seminar provides an introduction to Baroque poetics and to the historical situation in 17th century Silesia. Students will also discuss several of these plays first as literary artefacts and then in terms of the way they were used both as proof of erudition and as political statements. 4701 GER 512 S06-07 German Literature in the 18th Century: The Epic in the Age of the Novel -- an Impossible Genre? In the 18th century, the novel unquestionably becomes the dominant literary genre and yet the 1797 verse epic, [Hermann und Dorothea], written in hexameter, is Goethe's most successful work. The seminar takes up this literary conundrum and will explore the reasons for this anachronism by juxtaposing the history of the novel with the epic tradition. Our focus will be on the period stretching from "around 1800" to Hegel and his canonical definition of the epic. Links to the present will be inevitable. 4702 GER 519 S06-07 German Literature after 1945: Rhetorics of Temporality In German Culture, 1960-2000 In the final four decades of the twentieth century, German cultural producers were confronted with unusually complex historical and temporal structures, as "the German past" came increasingly to serve as the horizon against which a variety of contemporary understandings of temporality emerged. This seminar will explore a representative range of cultural objects drawn from literature, philosophy, and the visual arts in an attempt to understand concepts of "German time" in the neo-avantgarde, the student movement, the "new subjectivity," and the "Wende." 4703 GER 521B S06-07 Topics in German Intellectual History: Nietzsche,Kafka,Heidegger:Umwertung der Werte Together with Freud and Benjamin, these writers are the central figures in modern German intellectual culture. We shall treat them as iconoclasts of religious tradition; as annunciators of a breakthrough, a new beginning; and as critics of a scientific or rationalistic model of explanation. We shall study the notion of the "poet-philosopher"; Kafka and Heidegger as readers of Nietzsche; and key cultural and political elements figuring in the work, especially Nietzsche's quarrel with the nihilism of Wilhelmine Germany, Kafka's quarrel with Judaism (especially with Herzl, whom we shall read), and Heidegger's quarrel with humanism. 4704 GER 525 S06-07 Studies in German Film: Early German Cinema This seminar in media history, theory and criticism will subject a rediscovered cache of rare silent films to a variety of critical interrogations, exploring the complex intermedial dynamics (relations to theater, variété, literature), establishment of key legitimation discourses (film criticism and theory, the Autorenfilm), development of new narrative forms ("birth" of the feature film, the serial detective genre), work of ignored pioneers (the Brothers Skladanowsky, Oskar Messter), gender and class dynamics in the transformation of the public sphere, and issues of technology, politics and the historicity of perception. 4705 GER 1025 S06-07 Intensive Intermediate German Intensive training in German, building on German 101 and covering the acquisitional goals of two subsequent semesters: communicative proficiency in a wide range of syntax, mastery of discourse skills, and reading strategies sufficient to interpret and discuss contemporary German short stories and drama. Intensive classroom participation/language lab required. Successful completion provides eligibility for German 107 or, in exceptional cases, for 200 level courses. Participants are eligible to apply for the Princeton-in-Munich program (107-G), June, 2007. 4706 HEB 102 S06-07 Elementary Hebrew II Continuation of HEB 101 focusing on the structure, the grammar and vocabulary of the Hebrew language. We'll be reading easy texts from Israeli newspapers, from our textbooks. We'll be writing more compositions and be giving presentations about various topics in Hebrew. 4707 HEB 107 S06-07 Intermediate Hebrew II Completion of two-year textbook, Ha-Yesod, and reading and discussion of selected additional texts (newspaper, stories, poems, etc.) Extensive practice in conversation, writing and reading and tasting Hebrew literature. 4708 HEB 302 S06-07 LA Advanced Hebrew Language and Style II Readings in Hebrew culture, exploring the underlying tensions in identity among Israeli Jews: tensions in religious identity (ie. Ashkenazim versus Sephardim/Ultra Orthodox (Chareidim) versus Secularists), political identity, age/generational identity, and personal identity. We will analyze these issues within the context of contemporary short stories, modern poetry, newspaper articles, and cinema/theater. 4709 HIN 102 S06-07 Elementary Hindi II Elementary Hindi 102 provides the second semester of training in spoken and written Hindi. Our primary objective is to continue to increase understanding, speaking, reading and writing Hindi. Classroom activities include comprehension, grammar exercises, role-plays, and conversation. Some attention to the cultural context of northern India. Depending on interest, Urdu script will also be taught. 4710 HIN 107 S06-07 Intermediate Hindi II A continuation of the second year of intermediate Hindi language training, this course focuses on improving skills in the following areas: reading expository texts and extended narratives, writing descriptive informative texts of three to four pages, verbal communication on a range of topics, and expanding analytical understanding of the structure of the Hindi language. Special attention is paid to the cultural context of South Asia. 4711 HIS 208 S06-07 HA East Asia since 1800 An introduction to the key political, social, and cultural developments in modern East Asia, with emphasis on China and Japan. Major topics include the contrasting responses of China, Japan, and Korea to confrontation with the West; dilemmas of modernization; cooperation and confrontation wartime East Asia; the post-World War II East Asian world. 4712 HIS 280 S06-07 HA Approaches to American History An intensive introduction for history concentrators, particularly those who plan to take their independent work seriously. Students will immerse themselves in documents of three historical events: the Little Rock school integration crisis, the Denmark Vesey slave revolt conspiracy, and the Salem witchcraft trials. Interpretation of documents, the framing of historical questions, and the construction of historical explanations will be stressed. Lectures will introduce a basic vocabulary of analysis: e.g., culture, class, gender, race, society. 4713 HIS 282 S06-07 HA Approaches to Asian History An intensive introduction to the methods and practices of history, designed to prepare students for future independent work. The focus is on interpreting primary sources on three topics that embed Japan within the wider context of Asian and world history: (1) reform and revolution in Japan's customs, religion, gender roles, and political system following the Meiji Restoration (1868), (2) the domestic and international impact of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5), and (3) Japanese efforts in World War II to create a "Co-Prosperity Sphere" in Asia and the responses of the occupied peoples. 4714 HIS 291 S06-07 HA The Scientific Revolution and European Order, 1500-1750 The Scientific Revolution considered as the beginning of modern physical science (astronomy, mechanics, optics, and physiology) and as the emergence of science as an independent, institutionalized cultural activity. Attention is divided between major figures (Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton) and the social and intellectual milieu in which they worked. Two lectures, one preceptorial. 4715 HIS 293 S06-07 HA Science in a Global Context: 15th to 20th Century Science and technology have literally changed the world. This course examines how, with an emphasis on understanding the place of scientific knowledge in the history of European exploration and expanding global power. How did the sciences go out into the world? How did certain disciplines and practices take shape in global interactions since 1400? How does knowledge become universal? What instruments, institutions, and activities made this possible? 4716 HIS 304 S06-07 HA Modern Latin America since 1810 This course surveys the main themes of Latin American History from independence to the present. The main focus is on changing social relations, political regimes and economic development. 4717 HIS 343 S06-07 HA The Civilization of the Early Middle Ages The course will explore the emergence and development of medieval civilization from the end of the Roman Empire to the end of the Viking Age (11th century). It will highlight the role and impact of Christianity on societies both established and emergent, 'civilized' and 'barbarian'. Further to this end, it will examine the development and advance of Christianity in Western Europe as compared to neighboring Byzantium. The course will also explore early medieval societies through individual expressions of agriculture, trade, family, hierarchy, kingship, and war. Language and the development of writing will also be emphasized. 4718 HIS 351 S06-07 HA France, 1815 to the Present The history of France in the 19th and 20th centuries appears a rapid and perplexing turnover of regimes and administrations. This course has two interrelated aims: (1) to account for France's peculiar political instability in terms of social struggles which were played out in one form or another in all European states, and thereby, (2) to set France's unique pattern of development in its European context. Topics will include: the Restoration and the legacy of the French Revolution; 1848 and Bonapartism; popular revolt in the fin de siecle and the triumph of the Third Republic, etc. 4719 HIS 360 S06-07 HA Imperial Russia, 1700-1917 This course is a survey of Russian political, social, economic and cultural history from the twilight of Muscovite Russia in the late 1600s to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in the February Revolution of 1917. Over this period of a little over two hundred years, we will pay particular attention to major changes in political ideology and methods of government, while tracing the territorial expansion of the empire and analyzing how the multinational character of the empire affected Russia's development. We will be learning throughout about the successes and limitations of reform and about the everyday of life of ordinary Russian people. 4720 HIS 370 S06-07 HA Britain 1815-1945: Dominance, Democracy and Decline This course is for both students new to British history and those with some background in it. We explore how Britain operated as the prime imperial and economic power in the 19th century and claimed dominion of a quarter of the world as late as the 1930s. We look at its social, cultural and political workings, relations with Ireland, at male and female struggles for the vote, and at the impact of war. We will also consider throughout the meanings of world power status and of national decline. 4721 HIS 380 S06-07 HA The United States and World Affairs To provide a framework for interpreting the course of United States foreign relations from the 1890s to the present. The course examines not only the international context but also the domestic factors--political, economic, and social--that shaped America's role in world affairs. 4722 HIS 382 S06-07 HA The Russian-Jewish Diaspora in Comparative Perspective: US, USSR, Israel This course surveys the impact of transnational migration on the making of three of the largest Jewish communities in the twentieth century, in Israel, the US, and the USSR. Forged in the aftermath of the break-up of the Russian empire and radically transformed by war, revolution, secularization, economic restructuring, and national politics, Israeli, American, and Soviet Jewries have displaced European Jewry from the cultural map. Through a variety of primary and secondary sources, we will examine the history and contemporary legacy of this momentous shift in Jewish experience and expression. 4723 HIS 385 S06-07 HA The Role of Law in American Society This course offers an opportunity to explore the social and cultural meanings of legal texts. The focus is on methodology: on how to locate cases, statutes, treatises, trial records, and legal lives in their historical contexts, and on the differing ways historians have used legal texts as historical artifacts. In the course of this course, students will be exposed to a number of differing and contending perspectives on American legal history. It should offer students an opportunity to think broadly about the role of law in the wider culture and to try their hand at doing legal history. 4724 HIS 387 S06-07 HA African American History from Reconstruction to the Present This course explores African American history from 1865 to the present. It analyzes the social, political, legal, and cultural dimensions of the African American experience in the United States throughout critical historical moments such as Reconstruction, suffrage, the Great Migration, war, the Great Depression, the New Deal, the Civil Rights era, the black power movement, and contemporary racial politics. 4725 HIS 400 S06-07 Junior Seminars A special section of History 400 for junior majors returning from study abroad and for sophomores intending to major in History and to spend the fall term or year abroad. Normally required of all juniors in the fall term, the seminar serves to introduce majors to the tools, methods and interpretations employed in historical research and writing. This seminar will concentrate on readings of comparative empires. Students interested in taking this course must contact History's Undergraduate Administrator (etta@princeton.edu). 4726 HIS 418 S06-07 HA Imagined Cities An undergraduate seminar about the urban experiences and representations of the modern city as society. Beginning with the premise that the "soft city" of ideas, myths, symbols, images, and psychic expressions is as important as the "hard city" of bricks and mortar, this course explores the experiences and imaginations of modern cities in different historical contexts. Among the cities we will examine are Manchester, London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Algiers, Bombay, and Hong Kong. The course will use a variety of materials, but will focus particularly on cinema to examine different imaginative expressions of the urban experience. 4727 HIS 421 S06-07 HA Women of the Renaissance This course introduces students to the cultural and intellectual history of women who lived during the Renaissance (c. 1350-1650). Students will read dialogues, treatises, and letters written by women from diverse backgrounds, in conjunction with the writings of their male contemporaries and with recent scholarship in this field. We will explore intriguing phenomena, including the family as an intellectual nucleus, identity as self-fashioning, and the emergence of two new characters in literary society: the "university woman" and the "politically-correct man." 4728 HIS 437 S06-07 HA Byzantium in the 10th Century: The Age of Reconquest This course introduces the social, political, and military history of the 10th-century Byzantine state at the height of its power, and seeks to understand the background to the recovery of Byzantine political strength at that time. These dynamics will be studied in the context of internal social, economic, and administrative developments, as well as in the context of the wider political world. In particular, we will focus on relations with the Abbasid Caliphate and the regional emirates of Syria and Iraq, as well as with the various western powers with which Byzantium had dealings. 4729 HIS 450 S06-07 HA The Spanish Empire from the 15th Century to 1898 An examination of the Spanish Empire from its beginnings in the Age of Exploration to its demise in the Spanish-American War. The seminar will consider the effects of empire both at home and abroad. Topics will include the conversion and colonization of indigenous peoples, the making of creole society, slavery and the plantation economy, and the transition from Spanish to American rule. 4730 HIS 463 S06-07 HA Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century The experience of 20th century intellectuals engaged in politics has been at once exhilarating and sobering. In both Europe and America, intellectuals have viewed themselves as writers and thinkers responsible for bringing their rhetorical and literary gifts into the public arena. But intellectuals have also been both victims of and complicit with totalitarian movements and regimes. Focusing on the memoirs of German, French, East European, Russian, and American intellectuals and a few films, this course will discuss a selection of key figures whose lives were determined by their political choices. 4731 HIS 472 S06-07 HA The United States in the Age of Jefferson An exploration of American political, cultural, and intellectual history, 1790-1812. Topics covered include partisan politics during the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, the construction of a Jeffersonian-Republican government after the election of 1800, the expansion of the west, and the debate on a proper foreign policy and economic system for the young nation. These will be seen against the Enlightenment ideals that Jefferson represented. Within these topics, we will look at the struggles, tensions, and failures that resulted from the policies adopted. Emphasis on primary sources--letters, speeches, newspapers. 4732 HIS 503 S06-07 Slave Emancipation: The United States in Hemispheric Perspective This seminar is designed to combine common readings and a guided research experience on any aspect of the history of slave emancipation. Although the assigned texts take up only a selection of cases drawn from the United States & the Caribbean, research interests in any part of the process in the hemisphere are welcome. In terms of method, the course pursues a parallel process of reading and analyzing primary & secondary sources and of researching and writing individual research papers (which will fulfill department requirements). Reading will be comparatively light to allow for significant research and writing during the term. 4733 HIS 505 S06-07 The Atlantic System, 1750-1850 The ideas about the political rights of colonial peoples changed vis à vis with those that legitimated empires all along the great transformations of XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. The seminar will attempt to follow two lines of interpretation in respect to this key point in the political history of European empires. We will try to identify the diverse elements that compose the whole idea of political rights. Among them we should take into account several aspects that changed over time and places, such as, political representation through colonial bodies of different kind (state or colony-based; municipal or local); political representation . 4734 HIS 520 S06-07 Colloquium in Community College Teaching This course, open to Fellows from New Jersey Community Colleges, focuses on issues in community college administration and education. 4735 HIS 554 S06-07 The World of Books in 18th Century France and England This seminar offers a guided tour of the world of books in France and England during the 18th century. It will investigate general questions of book history, such as copyright, censorship, state regulations, the organization of the book trade, authorship, publishing, printing, marketing, and reading. From the outset, there will be room for considering theoretical issues; but the emphasis will be on the concrete experience of book people, and the bulk of the reading will be in primary sources. 4736 HIS 563 S06-07 20th Century European History: The End of Communism The seminar will explore circumstances which contributed to the collapse of Communist party rule in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Social movements or their absence, intellectuals and "dissidents," ideological crisis and the behavior of the Communist establishment, planned economy performance, the media, as well as international context will be among the topics considered. A well known participant in these events, who played a central role in the emergence of Solidarity and in the 1989 transition in Poland and contributed much by way of analytical commentary on the then current events, Adam Michnik, will join the class occasionally. 4737 HIS 571 S06-07 The English Colonies in America Intensive readings on the interaction among English, Dutch, French, & Spanish settlers, traders, and missionaries with Indians and Africans in North America from the Age of Exploration through the Great Awakening of the 1740s. 4738 HIS 573 S06-07 Readings in American Legal History, 1607-1977 This course addresses the issues and methods in the study and interpretation of American legal history. Students may elect to take this as a research seminar. 4739 HIS 579 S06-07 Empire: British and American versions compared, c. 1750-c.1945 The alleged parallels between US global power in the present & British global power in the past have been the subject of much recent polemic. This seminar seeks to investigate how far these two overland & overseas imperial experiments shaped each other, & how far studying them comparatively and in tandem is a useful & legitimate scholarly enterprise. The seminar is organized thematically. Some themes: "the frontier," indigenous peoples & the construction of race, military & maritime power, the roles of commerce, investment & technologies, cultural visions of empire, the nationalization/imperialization of the masses, imperial cities, etc. 4740 HIS 590 S06-07 Readings in American History: World War I to the Present The fourth in a sequence of core courses in United States history, designed as a comprehensive introduction to the literature and problems of American history since World War I. 4741 HLS 102 S06-07 Elementary Modern Greek II To provide the basis for acquiring a command of written and spoken Modern Greek. 4742 HLS 107 S06-07 Advanced Modern Greek Advanced composition and oral practice aimed at developing idiomatic written and spoken style. Discussions entirely in Greek. Introduces students to contemporary Greek culture and literature through the study of works by Cavafy, Sikelianos, Seferis, Elytis, Ritsos, and Anagnostakis, among others. Readings from articles on current Greek topics. Four classes. 4743 HLS 361 S06-07 LA Special Topics in Modern Greek Civilization: Narratives of Displacement/Displaced Narratives This course will examine varieties of "narratives of displacement" and investigate the voice of subject that emerges from this experience. While our main focus will be on twentieth century Greek literature, writings from other national traditions will provide a basis for critical comparisons. We will approach the term "displacement", voluntary or involuntary, as a geographical separation from the homeland. Four main types of displacement will be examined: the traumatic and uprooting experience of war, the theme of the political exile, the narrativization of the immigrant experience, and the position of the cosmopolitan writer. 4744 HLS 500 S06-07 Topics in Hellenic Studies: Greek Paleography This course is designed as a general introduction to the use of primary documents pertinent to Mediterranean history and culture during the ancient and medieval periods. It will address issues of paleography, codicology, textual tradition, and the critical edition of sources. The main focus will be on Greek documents, but the issues covered will be of interest to anyone interested in the manuscript culture of the medieval Mediterranean even beyond these two languages. We will mainly study books, but will also refer to administrative documents. 4745 HOS 599 S06-07 Special Topics in the History of Science This course explores scientific communication from antiquity to the present through the tool of literary genre. While much recent attention in the history of science has been trained on the production of knowledge, relatively little study has been conducted on its distribution and communication. We will survey several genres of scientific communication (monographs, journals, encyclopedias, poetry, dialogues, and classified material), to explore the utility and the limits of a literary-genre approach. 4746 HUM 207 S06-07 LA The Bible as Literature The Bible will be read closely in its own right and as an enduring resource for literature and commentary. The course will cover its forms and genres, including historical narrative, uncanny tales, prophecy, lyric, lament, commandment, sacred biography, and apocalypse; its pageant of weird and extraordinary characters; and its brooding intertextuality. Students will become familiar with a wide variety of biblical interpretations, from the Rabbis to Augustine to Kafka and Kierkegaard. Cinematic commentary will be included--Bible films, from the campy to the sublime. One 90-minute lecture, one 90-minute preceptorial. 4747 HUM 218 S06-07 LA From the Renaissance to the Modern Period: Literature and the Arts This course, taken simultaneously with 219, forms the second part of an intensive, four-course (216-219) interdisciplinary introduction to Western culture. These courses bring together students and several faculty members to discuss key texts, events, and artifacts of European civilization. Readings and discussions are complemented by films, concerts, museum visits, and other special events. Students must enroll in both 218 and 219. Prerequisites: 216-217 or instructor's permission. One lecture, one seminar. 4748 HUM 219 S06-07 EC From the Renaissance to the Modern Period: History, Philosophy, and Religion In combination with 218, this is the second half of a year-long interdisciplinary sequence exploring Western culture from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Prerequisite: 216-217 or instructor's permission. One lecture, one seminar. 4749 HUM 234 S06-07 EM East Asian Humanities: The Classical Traditions An introduction to the literary, philosophical, and artistic traditions of East Asia. Readings are focused on primary texts in translation. Lectures and discussions will be enriched by a variety of materials from East Asian film and the other visual arts. Lectures involve faculty from East Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Art and Archaeology, and Religion. Two lectures, one discussion. 4750 HUM 496 S06-07 LA Making Music for Dance Are dancers playing second fiddle to conductors? Do conductors and musicians find themselves overly under the sway of the choreographer? The experience of working with dance is not part of the typical music conservatory curriculum. David LaMarche, conductor for American Ballet Theatre, and choreographer, Jonathon Appels, collaborate with student musicians and conductors on a new work. A multi-track score consisting of a variety of musical styles will provide the basis for students' work in the areas of transcription, arrangement and sound structure. Students will perform sections of the new score alongside dancers from ABT. 4751 HUM 499 S06-07 LA Theatre for One Fascinated by the power of one-on-one exchanges in private spaces--peep shows, magic shows, phone booths, confessionals--set designer Christine Jones, actor and magician Steve Cuiffo, and Prof. Michael Cadden will lead an Atelier exploring the audience-performer dynamic in a Theatre for One. With the guest artists, teams of students will construct private booths and create one-on-one drama, magic, music, and spoken word performances. 4752 ITA 102 S06-07 Beginner's Italian II Further study of Italian grammar and syntax with increased emphasis on vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. Skills in speaking and writing (as well as understanding) modern Italian will also be further developed. Some aspects of Italian culture and civilization will be touched upon. 4753 ITA 208 S06-07 Introduction to Italy Today This course is designed to familiarize the student with major features of contemporary Italy and its culture. Its purpose is to develop the student's ability to communicate effectively in present-day Italy. The course emphasizes Italian social, political, and economic institutions, doing so through the analysis of cultural and social differences between Italians and Americans in such everyday concerns as money, work and leisure. 4754 ITA 304 S06-07 LA Dante's "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso" This course is a continuation of 303 and provides an occasion for close collaborative study of the final "cantiche" of the "Commedia". Half the semester will be devoted to the "Purgatorio", half to the "Paradiso". 4755 ITA 309 S06-07 LA Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization: The Poets of United Italy This course will explore the problems faced by Italy from its unification in 1860 until World War I through the writings of its three major poets: Carducci, Pascoli, and D'Annunzio. Issues to be investigated include the myth of Rome and the rise of nationalism, fascism, colonialism, and the problem of linguistic unity. 4756 ITA 310 S06-07 LA Topics in Modern Italian Cinema: Fascism in Italian Cinema A study of Fascist ideology through selective films from World War II to the present. Topics include: concept of Fascist normality, Racial Laws, the role of women, the opposition of the intellectual Left. Among the films seen: Bertolucci's "The Conformist", Fellini's "Amarcord", Salvatores' "Mediterraneo", Rosi's "The Truce". The approach is interdisciplinary and will combine the analysis of socio-historical themes with a cinematic reading of the films. 4757 ITA 319 S06-07 LA The Literature of Gastronomy This course studies Italian novels and poems in English translation, works of visual art, and films which thematize food as reality and metaphor, examining how eating functions within ideological and mythological structures of modern society. Topics will include 'Futurist' cuisine as an aesthetic experience and a prophetic vision, the theme of the 'Last Supper', and the "interrupted dinner". Precepts in English and Italian. 4758 ITA 1027 S06-07 Intensive Intermediate and Advanced Italian Italian 102-7 is an intensive double credit course designed to help students develop an active command of the language. Reading comprehension and oral proficiency as well as reading skills and grammatical accuracy will be developed through various activities. A solid grammatical basis and awareness of the idiomatic usage of the language will be emphasized. Students will be familiarized with various cultural aspects of Italy through readings, cultural videos, and films. 4759 JDS 315 S06-07 SA The Family in Jewish Tradition This seminar will examine the historic flexibility and variability of the Jewish family in the context of selected times and places: Biblical period, early Common Era Diaspora, 20th Century Europe, contemporary United States and Israel. The major emphasis in this course will be on the different protocols and forms that may collectively be called the "Jewish Family." 4760 JDS 316 S06-07 EM The Ten Commandments in Modern America In contemporary America, few issues are as hotly debated as religion, especially when it comes to the Ten Commandments. Drawing on literature and the media (both old and new), the arts and the law, this course contextualizes and historicizes the current debate, which has reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It explores the variety of ways in which this ancient text has left its mark on the America of the 20th and 21st centuries. 4761 JDS 345 S06-07 HA "Eye-For-An-Eye": The Nature of Law, Justice, and Legal Literature in the Bible & Ancient Near East Historically, the law of literal retribution, "an eye for an eye," has given the Bible a black eye. With one eye trained on ancient Near Eastern counterparts, we will examine the distinct lives this and other biblical laws--like slavery and sacrificial altars--led in literature and in practice. 4762 JDS 381 S06-07 HA The Biblical King David - Between Myth and History Shepherd, hero; bandit, international power; musical therapist, prophetic liturgist; home-wrecker, dynastic and cultic founder--David plays the Bible's richest role. Yet far from confirming his monumental accomplishments, archaeology barely acknowledges his very existence. We will explore these two poles and the historiographical space in between them. 4763 JPN 102 S06-07 Elementary Japanese II Continuation of JPN 101, which emphasizes the basic four skills to achieve survival proficiency level. 4764 JPN 107 S06-07 Intermediate Japanese II The course aims at a thorough mastery of modern colloquial Japanese by consistent review and reinforcement of major grammatical points covered in JPN 101, 102, and 105. It is also intended to give students advanced vocabulary and expressions through aural-oral drills, readings, and written exercises. Emphasis will increasingly be on reading, but oral work will still comprise fundamental aspect of the course. 4765 JPN 302 S06-07 Advanced Japanese II The course is designed to further students proficiency in four skills aiming at ACTFL-ETS advanced level. 4766 JPN 306 S06-07 Integrative Advanced Japanese II Four skills approach to advanced Japanese with a focus on reading, writing, speaking and listening. 4767 JPN 402 S06-07 Readings in Modern Japanese II One or two short novels will be used to read for critical thinking. Reading is under focus but speaking, listening and writing (including translation) are intensively practiced. 4768 JRN 440 S06-07 LA The Literature of Fact Nonfiction literature can take many forms, and the ways to render fact almost rival the number of facts themselves. This course looks at a variety of approaches to the presentation of recent and/or contemporary experience. Largely, though not entirely, journalistic, the examples differ widely in style, content, even medium. The aim is for students to appreciate better the richness of the nonfiction genre and to develop techniques for practicing it themselves. 4769 JRN 445 S06-07 SA Investigative Journalism An inside look at how the nation's top newspapers and television networks overcome barriers to expose abuses of power, particularly in the world of business, that cheat or endanger the public. Students will follow major investigations from beginning to end as well as experience what it is like to build a story using public records, on-the-record interviews, and confidential sources. 4770 JRN 448 S06-07 EM The Media and Social Issues: Journalism that Matters During this intensive writing course, students will learn the basics of journalism against the backdrop of social justice issues. We will look at how different media--television, magazines, newspapers, online--cover, civil rights, racial justice, economic disparity, environmental justice, and more; how these issues have been covered historically; what the key issues and main sources are; and some of the ethical conflicts reporters face covering social justice today. 4771 JRN 449 S06-07 SA International News: China's Mass Media This course is about contemporary Chinese media, and China as seen through its media. Students will monitor Chinese and American media and compare media coverage of the latest events in China. We will see how Chinese rulers as far back as the 8th century have used the media to influence the masses and how public dissent has persevered. By studying China's official media, independent documentaries, investigative journalism, and Internet blogs, students will explore how today's media shapes and depicts Chinese history in the making. 4772 JRN 452 S06-07 SA Journalism on the Screen: Inside Television News The fundamentals of broadcast news as told by insiders: including basic production techniques; an exploration of the profession's changing face; ethical and legal issues facing journalists today; and the step by step decision making process that goes into getting a news program on the air. Includes guest speakers: prominent media professionals and media subjects in the spotlight. Strong focus on applying ethical standards to news reporting today. Opportunity to produce a news story in class. 4773 KOR 102 S06-07 Elementary Korean II A continuation of KOR 101. Continued develoment of proficiency in basic communication. Students who complete class 2.0 with excellence may be recommended for KOR 301. 4774 KOR 107 S06-07 Intermediate Korean II A continuation of KOR 105. Continued development of four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) in Korean. Complex grammatical structures and irregularities will be taught while the basics are reviewed. Idiomatic expressions will be introduced; journals will be kept for writing practice. 4775 KOR 302 S06-07 Advanced Korean II A continuation of KOR 301. Continued development of proficiency in speaking and reading through class discussion and short readings. Vocabulary learning and discourse skills are emphasized. 4776 KOR 402 S06-07 LA Contemporary Korean Language and Culture II A continuation of KOR 401. Reading and discussion of Korean thoughts and issues in contemporary Korea. Readings drawn from a variety of cultural and historical topics. Class discussions will be conducted in Korean. 4777 LAS 402 S06-07 HA Latin American Studies Seminar: Introduction to Caribbean Studies An introduction to the Caribbean region through seminal texts and principal debates in Caribbean Studies, providing a general knowledge of the region's complex and diverse social history in its local, regional and global interconnections. The Caribbean is studied in relation to colonial and neo-colonial powers, and as a central -- and somehow contradictory -- part of the "West". The course examines how colonialism shaped the region's history and how socio-political developments in the region influenced metropolitan powers. 4778 LAS 406 S06-07 HA Brazil: Culture, Society, Politics (1930-1980) This course will explore the interconnections between the cultural, social, and political history of Brazil between the 1930s and the 1970s. During this period, industrialization, an intense urbanization process, nationalism, populism, dictatorships, and Modernism were all key elements in the shaping of contemporary Brazil. In an interdisciplinary manner, we will explore these topics while giving special attention to how the Brazilian popular classes experienced these transformations. In this overall context, US-Brazilian relations will also be addressed. We will make extensive use of films, music, and images. 4779 LAT 102 S06-07 Beginner's Latin Continued: Basic Prose Continues Latin grammar from LAT 101. The second half of the semester will be devoted to reading continuous Latin poetry and prose. 4780 LAT 103 S06-07 Latin: An Intensive Introduction This is an intestive introduction to Latin grammar. It covers in one semester material usually done in the standard two-semester introductory sequence (LAT 101/102). Students who complete LAT 103 move on to LAT 105 in the fall and then LAT 108, thereby completing in three semesters the usual four-course introductory sequence. This course aims at providing a reading knowledge of Latin, quickly. 4781 LAT 108 S06-07 The Origins of Rome: Livy and Vergil We will read selections from Livy and Vergil, the masters of prose and poetry respectively in the period of Augustus. Our objectives are: to develop the ability to read Latin with greater ease and enjoyment; to improve sight-reading skills; to experience the artistry of Latin prose and poetry; and to examine some of the questions associated with the Romans' interpretation of their history. 4782 LAT 203 S06-07 LA Introduction to Augustan Literature A reading course in Augustan poetry, introducing the student to Latin elegy and Ovidian epic. The chief objectives are (1) to develop ability to read and appreciate Latin verse; (2) to become familiar with the literary themes of the age; and (3) to learn about the social and cultural world of Augustan Rome. Readings, though focusing on Ovid, will include for comparison passages from other Augustan writers. 4783 LAT 330 S06-07 LA Cicero To acquaint students with Cicero as a statesman and man of letters. Selections from his orations, philosophical works, and letters will be read. We will focus Cicero's attempts to articulate a vision for Rome's future in his De re publica, Pro Sestio, and contemporary letters. 4784 LAT 335 S06-07 LA Roman Literature: Selected Author or Authors: Roman Elegy from Catullus to Ovid We shall study the origins, development, significance, and decline of Roman love elegy as a genre. Selected readings from the major elegists, with emphasis on the poems of Propertius and Ovid. 4785 LIN 201 S06-07 EC Introduction to Language and Linguistics Introduction to the major areas, problems and techniques of modern linguistics, providing an overview of what is known about human language: its unique nature, structure, universality and diversity. 4786 LIN 215 S06-07 EC Linguistics and Language Acquisition We investigate the development of language from infancy to adulthood, focusing on the hypothesis that major parts of the language system are learned rather than innate. The class examines naturalistic and experiemntal data about the acquisition of phonology, syntax semantics in light of current linguistic themes. 4787 LIN 225 S06-07 QR Experimental Syntax In modern linguistics it is assumed that a speaker's knowledge of syntactic structure can be accessed via introspection about whether a linguistic expression is or is not deviant. This yes/no task has always been limited in the kind of information it provides about the underlying structure of language. We will look at various more probing experimental methods that have been proposed for accessing speakers' knowledge of grammar via judgment tasks, and then try them for ourselves. In the end, we will study a small part of the grammar by using an appropriate technique in an experiment to see if we can learn something new about language. 4788 LIN 302 S06-07 EC Syntax An introduction to the syntax of human languages -- the universal principles and mechanisms of sentence construction. Focus is on the structure of English with some side-trips to other languages. Designed for students interested in a scientific approach to human language and/or a better understanding of the structure of language. 4789 LIN 315 S06-07 EC Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Children learn languages almost effortlessly. Why should adults, with more highly developed cognitive abilities and greater linguistic experience, learn new languages with difficulty, rarely achieving native ability? We examine recent psycholinguistic research on the nature of "second" (non-native) language acquisition. How is knowledge of a second language mentally represented? How is it acquired? What are the differences and similarities between first and second language knowledge and acquisition? 4790 LIN 325 S06-07 EC Language, Culture, and Communication Course examines the interconnection between linguistics, structure, and language use. By studying how real people use language in concrete situations, we will identify general principles that govern verbal interaction in speech, writing, and electronic discourse. Using material from various languages we will address: presupposition, inferencing, and implicature; managing information flow in general discourse; conversational strategies; the nature and purposes of non-literal language; language variation and change; linguistic politeness; language and gender; language and power; and linguistics and cultural relativity. 4791 LIN 412 S06-07 EC Advanced Syntax Explication and evaluation of the Minimalist Program for linguistics theory, covering key texts and recent work. 4792 MAE 206 S06-07 QR Introduction to Engineering Dynamics Formulation and solution of equations governing the dynamic behavior of engineering systems. Fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics. Two and three dimensional kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies. Motion relative to moving reference frames. Impulse-momentum and work-energy relations. Free and forced vibrations of mechanical systems. Introduction to dynamic analysis of mechanical devices and systems. 4793 MAE 222 S06-07 Mechanics of Fluids Introduction to the physical and analytical description of phenomena associated with the flow of fluids. Topics include the principles of conservation of mass, momentum and energy; lift and drag; open channel flow; dynamic similitude; laminar and turbulent flow. 4794 MAE 224 S06-07 ST Integrated Engineering Science Laboratory Students will conduct a series of prepared experiments throughout the year that will culminate in an independent project of the students' design, involving fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and data acquisition tools. Preliminary experiments focus on pressure and Bernoulli's equation. Concepts learned will be applied in subsequent labs involving expanding flows and lift and drag measurements. Experiments will include internal and external viscous flows. Digital electronics including combinatorial and sequential logic, analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, digital telemetry. Coupled oscillators will be covered. 4795 MAE 305 S06-07 QR Mathematics in Engineering I A treatment of the theory of ordinary differential equations. The objective is to provide the student with an ability to solve standard problems in this field. 4796 MAE 306 S06-07 Mathematics in Engineering II The first half of the course will introduce the theory of complex variables leading to its application for evaluating integrals by methods of contour integration, and using conformal mapping techniques to solve harmonic problems. The second half of the course will be an introduction to partial differential equations with emphasis on their solution by separation of variables and transform methods. 4797 MAE 322 S06-07 Mechanical Design This course builds on the technical foundations established in MAE 321, and extends the scope to include the various technical and business components that support the complete design cycle. The concept of entrepreneurial design will be introduced and developed along with the supporting elements of market analysis and positioning, manufacture and delivery, distribution, and basic finance and forecasting. Emphasis will be placed on dealing with the continuous and myriad tradeoffs that occur when cost and technology are coupled. Impact of globalization will be discussed. (Description continued in "Other Information") 4798 MAE 328 S06-07 Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World This course addresses, in technical detail, the challenge of changing the future global energy system to accommodate constraints on the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Energy production strategies are emphasized, including renewable energy, nuclear fission and fusion, the capture and storage of fossil-fuel carbon, and hydrogen and low-carbon fuels. Efficient energy use is also considered, as well as intersections of energy with economic development, international security, local environmental quality, and human behavior and values. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 221 and 222, or instructor's permission. 4799 MAE 332 S06-07 Aircraft Design This course will explore methods for the design of aircraft and space planes, and in particular hypersonic aircraft powered by scramjet engines. Topics in aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, propulsion, and structural design in flight performance, and multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) are emphasized in the context of a design project. Students will be required to complete a design project to fulfill the requirements of this class as part of an integrated design team. 4800 MAE 340 S06-07 Independent Work Student selects subject and advisor - defines problem to be studied and proposes work plan. A list of possible subjects of particular interest to faculty and staff members is provided. Written report and oral presentation at end of semester to faculty, staff, fellow students and guests. Independent work is intended for juniors or seniors doing only a one term project. 339 Fall Term project; 340 Spring Term project. 4801 MAE 340D S06-07 Independent Work with Design Course similar to MAE 339-340. Principal difference is that the project must incorporate aspects and principals of design for a system, product, vehicle, device, apparatus, or other design element. Written report and oral presentation at end of semester to faculty, staff, fellow students and guests. Independent work with design is intended for juniors or seniors doing only a one term project. 339D Fall Term project; 340D Spring Term project. 4802 MAE 344 S06-07 Introduction to Bioengineering and Medical Devices An introduction to the fundamental concepts required for the design and function of implantable medical devices, including basic applications of materials, chemistry and biology to bone/implant systems. The class will discuss the interfaces between cells and the surfaces of synthetic biomaterials, and biosensors for disease detection. An introduction to bio-nanotechnology will also be presented. Classroom sessions will be complemented by lab demonstrations and seminars by outside lecturers. 4803 MAE 399 S06-07 ST Faster & Higher: The Romance and Reality of Space Flight An introductory aerospace engineering course for non-engineers. This course provides an elementary technical understanding of what it takes to explore and operate in outer space. We will cover the history of space flight, the space environment, rockets, orbits, launches, re-entries, spacecraft subsystems, and human factors. Students will work with the technical tradeoffs in space mission design in weekly computer labs. Guest lecturers from the engineering and scientific communities will present case studies. Toward the end of the course students will lead critical evaluations of realistic science fiction and visionary non-fiction. 4804 MAE 412 S06-07 Microprocessors for Measurement and Control Introduction to microcomputers for measurement and control. This is a hardware course in the area of electro mechanical systems. Students design and build microcomputer controllers and apply them to the automation of various aspects of a model railroad. 4805 MAE 423 S06-07 Heat Transfer This course will cover fundamentals of heat transfer and applications to practical problems in energy conversion and conservation, electronics, and biological systems. Emphasis will be on developing a physical and analytical understanding of conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfer, as well as design of heat exchangers and heat transfer with phase change. Students will develop an ability to apply governing principles and physical intuition to solve problems. 4806 MAE 426 S06-07 Rocket and Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology The study of principles, flight envelopes, and engine designs of rocket and ram/scramjet propulsion systems. Topics include jet propulsion theory, space mission maneuver, combustion control, and system components of chemical and non-chemical rockets (nuclear and electrical propulsion), gas turbine, ramjet, and scramjet engines. Characteristics, optimal flight envelopes, and technical challenges of combined propulsion systems will be analyzed. 4807 MAE 433 S06-07 Automatic Control Systems To develop an understanding of feedback principles in the control of physical systems and to gain experience in analyzing and designing control systems. 4808 MAE 436 S06-07 Special Topics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Global Technology An introduction to key ideas in science, technology, humanities, and social sciences that are relevant to global development. The course will highlight essential needs in the rural environment and consider how to develop environmentally-friendly scientific and technological solutions to satisfy these needs. The course will also examine the potential role of global technology in the development of rural and urban areas within the developing world. Morning lectures will be followed by field activities and group projects. The course will be taught at the Mpala Research Center as part of the Tropical Biology Program in Kenya. 4809 MAE 440 S06-07 Senior Project The senior project is a year long independent study intended for students who choose to work in teams of two or more. Work begins in the fall, but enrollment is only in spring term when a double grade is awarded. Groups develop their own topic or select a topic from a list of topics prepared by the faculty. Groups develop a work plan and select an advisor and a second reader for their work. A written progress report is expected at the end of the fall term. Groups submit a written final report and make an oral presentation to faculty, staff, fellow students, and guests at the end of the spring term. 4810 MAE 440D S06-07 Senior Project with Design Similar to 440 with the principal difference that the team or group project must incorporate aspects and principals of design, whether for a system, product, vehicle, device, software, or apparatus. The year-long senior project with design may be used to satisfy a portion of the department's design requirement. 4811 MAE 442 S06-07 Senior Thesis The senior thesis is an independent study for individual students. Work begins in the fall, but enrollment is only in spring term when a double grade is awarded. Students develop their own topic or select a topic from a list of topics prepared by the faculty. Students develop a work plan and select an advisor and a second reader for their work. A written progress report is expected at the end of the fall term. Students submit a written final report and make an oral presentation to faculty, staff, fellow students, and guests at the end of the spring term. 4812 MAE 442D S06-07 Senior Thesis with Design Similar to 442 with the principal difference that the thesis must incorporate aspects and principals of design, whether for a system, product, vehicle, device, software, or apparatus. The year-long senior thesis with design may be used to satisfy a portion of the department's design requirement. 4813 MAE 502 S06-07 Mathematical Methods of Engineering Analysis II A complementary presentation of theory, analytical methods, and numerical methods. The objective is to impart a set of capabilities commonly used in the research areas represented in the Department. Standard computational packages will be made available in the courses, and assignments will be designed to use them. Topics will include Complex variables, PDE, Fourier and Laplace Transforms, and a brief introduction to numerical methods. 4814 MAE 512 S06-07 Experimental Methods II A lecture/laboratory course on experimental methods in fluid mechanics and combustion. The principle focus is on optical techniques beginning with those based on particle scattering (Laser Doppler Velocimetry), refraction (Schlieren), and moving to more complex approaches including Rayleigh scattering, Raman scattering, and Laser-induced fluorescence, as well as nonlinear processes including flow tagging and coherent four-wave mixing spectroscopy. There will be an emphasis on those techniques which yield quantitative images of critical phenomena. 4815 MAE 514 S06-07 Master of Engineering Independent Project II Continuation of MAE 513. Directed study for Master of Engineering students. The topic is proposed by the student and must be approved by the student's research advisor and have received approval from the MAE Graduate Committee. 4816 MAE 529 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Applied Physics I: Linear Non-linear Wave Physics This course is intended to serve as a grounding study, for students from various disciplines of physical science, in the therory and modern applications of linear and nonlinear wave physics. Topics include: fundamentals of oscillations and wave motion, propagation and mathematical representation, mechanical waves, radiation and electromagnetic waves, plasma waves and instabilities, waves in nonuniform media, interference, diffraction, dispersion, Fourier and Laplace transforms, nonliner oscillations, nonlinear waves and solitons. 4817 MAE 530 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Applied Physics II: Engineering Applications of Quantum Optics The course will consist of introductory lectures on the basics coupled with topical seminars on the same subjects. Material covered will include: Phase coherent matter (Phaseonium): Lasing w/out inversion. Ultraslow & trapped light. Applications to magnetometry, microscopy & detection of trace impurities. Raman effect: Conventional & resonance. Coherent Anti-Stokes Spectroscopy & extensions. Quantum & classical noise limits to CARS: Langevin operator formalism. Quantum noise suppression. Maximizing quantum coherence via quantum control. Application to detection of anthrax and CARS microsopy... 4818 MAE 532 S06-07 Combustion Theory Theoretical aspects of combustion: the conservation equations of chemically-reacting flows; activation energy asymptotics; chemical and dynamic structures of laminar premixed and nonpremixed flames; aerodynamics and stabilization of flames; pattern formation and geometry of flame surfaces; ignition, extinction, and flammability phenomena; turbulent combustion; boundary layer combustion; droplet, particle, and spray combustion; and detonation and flame stabilization in supersonic flows. 4819 MAE 533 S06-07 Rocket and Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology Characteristics and fundamentals of aircraft and spacecraft chemical propulsion systems are studied. The characteristics explain their optimal operating ranges. The fundamentals elucidate their limitations and potentials. The organization and extent of the material are similar to those of standard textbooks. Important details are pursued with the help of specialized references. 4820 MAE 546 S06-07 Optimal Control and Estimation An introduction to stochastic optimal control theory and application. It reviews mathematical foundations and explores parametric optimization, conditions for optimality, constraints and singular control, numerical optimization, and neighboring-optimal solutions. Least-squares estimates, propagation of state estimates and uncertainty, and optimal filters and predictors; optimal control in the presence of uncertainty; certainty equivalence and the linear-quadratic-Gaussian regulator problem; frequency-domain solutions for linear multivariable systems; and robustness of closed-loop control are all studied. 4821 MAE 552 S06-07 Viscous Flows and Boundary Layers An introduction to the mechanics of viscous flows. The kinematics and dynamics of viscous flows. Some solutions of the Navier Stokes equations. The behavior of vorticity. The boundary layer approximation. The laminar boundary layer with and without pressure gradient. Separation. Integral relations and approximate methods. Compressible laminar boundary layers. Introduction to instability and transition. Turbulent free shear flows. Turbulent boundary layers. Effects of Reynolds number. Bluff body flows. 4822 MAE 557 S06-07 Simulation and Modeling of Fluid Flows Numerical methods are applied to solve the equations that govern fluid motion. Fluid flow problems involve convection, diffusion, and source terms. The governing equations are non-linear and coupled. Finite-difference and finite volume methods are considered, together with concepts of accuracy, consistency, stability, convergence, conservation, and shock capturing. A range of current methods is reviewed with emphasis on multidimensional steady and unsteady compressible flows. Homework topics include writing codes to solve the conservation equation for a scalar, boundary layer flow, shock tube flow, application to curvilinear coordinates. 4823 MAE 570 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Materials and Mechanical Systems II: Materials for energy storage and conversion processes This class will examine the structures and properties of materials used in a variety of energy storage and energy conversion devices. The focus will be on fundamental issues of multiscale transport as well as their nano, micro, and macro structure in these technologically important materials. Electrochemical devices such as batteries, fuel cells, capacitors and photovoltaics will be emphasized, but material selection and design of other systems will be discussed. Finally, we will explore strategies and techniques for device fabrication. 4824 MAE 598 S06-07 Graduate Seminar in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering A seminar of graduate students and staff presenting the results of their research and recent advances in flight, space, and surface transportation; fluid mechanics; energy conversion; propulsion; combustion; environmental studies; applied physics; and materials sciences. There is one seminar per week and participation at presentations by distinguished outside speakers. 4825 MAT 102 S06-07 QR Calculus Continuation of MAT 101. Methods of integration, computing areas and volumes, infinite series, etc. MAT 102 is slower paced and less in-depth than MAT 103, although the same basic topics are covered. 4826 MAT 104 S06-07 QR Calculus The object of the course is mastery of the calculus of one variable and skill in solving calculus problems with understanding and efficiency. 4827 MAT 190 S06-07 QR The Magic of Numbers This course will explore some of the intriguing and beautiful mathematics that underlie the arts, technology, and everyday life. This interactive course will cover materials ranging from prime numbers and encryption codes to Escher drawings, musical rhythms, games of chance, and mathematical designs in nature. Emphasis will be placed on discovering and analyzing patterns in a variety of contexts. 4828 MAT 200 S06-07 QR Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus for Economists Systems of linear equations, Gaussian elimination, matrices, and determinants. Differential multivariable calculus. Constrained optimization, and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions. 4829 MAT 201 S06-07 QR Multivariable Calculus Vectors in the plane and in the space, vector functions and motion, surfaces, coordinate systems, functions of two or three variables and their derivatives, maxima and minima and applications, double and triple integrals, vector fields and Stoke's theorem. 4830 MAT 202 S06-07 QR Linear Algebra with Applications Euclidean spaces, vector spaces, systems of linear equations, matrices and linear transformations, determinants, orthogonality, Eigen values and applications to systems of differential equations, symmetric matrices and Quadratic forms. 4831 MAT 203 S06-07 QR Advanced Multivariable Calculus This course is an introduction to multivariable calculus and its applications. Its goal is to cover the fundamental results of Vector Calculus known as Green's, Stokes' and Gauss' theorems, and to show how to use them to solve problems. We attempt to explain the theory behind the techniques so that "WHY" they work is understood. The level of rigor is midway between MAT 201 and 217. The course is designed for science and engineering students with a good mathematical aptitude and for mathematicians with applied math interests. 4832 MAT 204 S06-07 QR Advanced Linear Algebra with Applications This is the linear algebra part of the MAT 203-204 sequence, which is harder and more theoretical than the 201-202 sequence. 4833 MAT 214 S06-07 QR Numbers, Equations, and Proofs An introduction to classical number theory, to prepare for higher-level courses in the department. Topics include Pythagorean triples and sums of squares, unique factorization, Chinese remainder theorem, arithmetic of Gaussian integers, finite fields and cryptography, arithmetic functions and quadratic reciprocity. There will be a topic, chosen by the instructor, from more advanced or more applied number theory: possibilities include p-adic numbers, cryptography, and Fermat's Last Theorem. This course is suitable both for students preparing to enter the Mathematics Department and for non-majors interested in exposure to higher mathematics 4834 MAT 215 S06-07 QR Analysis in a Single Variable The rigorous epsilon-delta treatment of limits, convergence, and uniform convergence of sequences and series. Continuity, uniform continuity, and differentiability of functions. The Heine-Borel Theorem. The Rieman integral, conditions for integrability of a function and term by term differentiation and integration of series of functions, Taylor's Theorem. 4835 MAT 217 S06-07 QR Honors Linear Algebra Rigorous introduction to linear algebra and matrices, with emphasis on proofs rather than on applications. 4836 MAT 218 S06-07 QR Analysis in Several Variables Rigorous introduction to calculus in several variables. 4837 MAT 306 S06-07 QR Introduction to Graph Theory This course will cover the fundamental theorems and algorithms of graph theory. The main topics are: connectivity, matchings, graph coloring, planarity, the four-color theorem, extremal problems, network flows, and related algorithms. 4838 MAT 307 S06-07 Combinatorial Mathematics 307 introduces students to Combinatorics, a fundamental mathematical discipline as well as an essential component of many mathematical areas. While in the past many of the basic combinatorial results were obtained by ingenuity and detailed reasoning, modern theory has grown out of this early stage and relies on deep, well-developed tools. The course covers over a dozen virtually independent topics including Ramsey Theory, Turan Theorem and Extremal Graph Theory, Probabilistic Arguments, Algebraic Methods and Spectral Techniques, chosen to illustrate several such techniques. This is a fun course, showcasing the gems of modern Combinatorics. 4839 MAT 308 S06-07 Theory of Games The mathematical concept of a game is an abstraction which encompasses conflict-cooperation situations in which strategy (not just chance) plays a role. Central topics of the theory and some of its applications will be discussed. 4840 MAT 312 S06-07 QR Mathematical Logic Propositional and predicate calculus. Godel completeness theorem. Finitary methods. Godel incompleteness theorem. 4841 MAT 317 S06-07 QR Complex Analysis with Applications Calculus of functions of one complex variable, power series expansions, residues, and conformal mapping. Although the theory will be given adequate treatment, the emphasis of this course is the use of complex analysis as a tool for solving problems. 4842 MAT 324 S06-07 Topics in Algebra Continuation of algebra, with emphasis on advanced topics in Galois theory, and the theory of local fields. 4843 MAT 325 S06-07 QR Topology An introduction to point set topology, the fundamental group, covering spaces, methods of calculation and applications. 4844 MAT 328 S06-07 QR Differential Geometry Differential geometry is at the basis of modern physical theories, not only of general relativity, Einstein's geometric theory of gravitation, but also of the gauge theories of electromagnetic and nuclear interactions. The aim of the course is to develop a working knowledge of the fundamental concept of differential geometry and of their physical realizations. 4845 MAT 330 S06-07 Analysis I: Fourier Series and Partial Differential Equations Basic facts about Fourier series, Fourier transforms, and applications to the classical partial differential equations will be covered. Also Fast Fourier Transforms, finite Fourier series, Dirichlet characters, and applications to properties of primes. 4846 MAT 332 S06-07 Analysis III: Integration Theory and Hilbert Space The theory of Lebesgue integration in n-dimensional space. Differentiation theory. Hilbert space theory and applications to Fourier transforms, and partial differential equations. Introduction to fractals. 4847 MAT 342 S06-07 QR Numerical Methods Introduction to numerical methods with emphasis on algorithms, applications and computer implementation issues. Solution of nonlinear equations. Numerical differentiation, integration, and interpolation. Direct and iterative methods for solving linear systems. Numerical solutions of differential equations, two-point boundary value problems. Topics in approximation theory. Lectures are supplemented with numerical examples using MATLAB. 4848 MAT 391 S06-07 Random Processes (1) Wiener measure. (2) Stochastic differential equations. (3) Markov diffusion processes. (4) Linear theory of stationary processes. (5) Ergodicity, mixing, central limit theorem of processes, Gibbs random field. If time permits, the theory of products of random matrices and PDE with random coefficients will be discussed. 4849 MAT 405 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Geometry Introduction to differential manifolds, including differential forms, fibre bundles, and geometric methods. 4850 MAT 504 S06-07 Selected Topics in Logic This course covers areas of current interest in mathematical logic. 4851 MAT 518 S06-07 Introduction to Analysis A mini-course continuing from the fall semester. 4852 MAT 526 S06-07 Fourier Analysis on Euclidean Spaces Harmonic analysis, several complex variables, and sub-elliptic operators. This course will deal with the applications of singular integrals and their variants to problems related to complex analysis. 4853 MAT 530 S06-07 Several Complex Variables and Partial Differential Equations The course will be concerned with explaining and exploring the connections between the PDE approach to several complex variables, CR geometry, and algebraic geometry. 4854 MAT 537 S06-07 Topics in Analysis Continuation from Fall 2006. 4855 MAT 550 S06-07 Differential Geometry This course concerns problems in differential geometry. The course will start with an introduction on basic concepts and tools in geometry and then go on to discuss in details selected topics in geometry. The topics include the Hodge theory, Curvature and topology of manifolds, Vanishing theorems, Gauge theory, Geometric equations and geometric flows, Einstein metrics and special holonomy, Complex manifolds. There will be one or two selected topics each semester. The topics may vary in each semester. 4856 MAT 556 S06-07 Analytical Methods in Algebraic Geometry Arithmetic algebraic geometry, number theory, and arithmetic aspects of differential equations are studied. The course usually treats topics of current student interest in arithmetic algebraic geometry and number theory. 4857 MAT 558 S06-07 Topics in Geometry: Introduction to Complex (K\"ahler) Geometry This is an introductory course on the subject of complex K\"ahler geometry, including the following topics: 1. Kahler Manifolds and various curvatures: Ricci and Scalar, 2. Yau's work on the Calabi Conjecture, 3. Hormander's L2 estimates for the ¿-bar operator, 4. Complex manifolds and Complex Vector Bundles (with emphasis on examples), 5. Connections and curvature. Bochner-Type formulae, 6. Line Bundles and projective embeddings: The Kodaira Embedding Theorem, 7. Bott Chern Classes and K-Energy Maps, 8. Geodesics in the space of Kahler Metrics and Tians' K-Stability, and 9. Coherent Sheaves and Multiplier Ideals. 4858 MAT 560 S06-07 Topics in Representation Theory Continuation from Fall 2006 4859 MAT 564 S06-07 Dynamical Systems Topics in differential dynamical systems, singularities of mappings, structures on manifolds, and related areas. 4860 MAT 570 S06-07 Gauge Theory and Low Dimensional Topology Continuation of Fall Semester 2006 4861 MAT 574 S06-07 Topics in Ergodic Theory New topics for Spring 07 semester. Details to follow. 4862 MAT 578 S06-07 Automorphic Forms & Number Theory This course will focus on applications of the theory of automorphic forms to problems in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry. 4863 MAT 595 S06-07 Topics in Discrete Mathematics: Discrete Math This course will survey the theory of combinatorial optimization. Some familiarity with basic graph theory will be assumed. For more details, check course posting or contact leclair@princeton.edu. 4864 MOL 205 S06-07 SA Genes, Health, and Society What should students know about their genes (and genomes)? Today, the field of Human Genetics is explored and debated like no other. To understand the medical applications and ethical implications of Human Genetics, one must grasp its scientific foundations. We will approach these topics using: lectures, textbook, journal and newspaper readings, precept discussions, and patient interviews. We will consider the following subjects: gene structure and function; the genetics and genomics of populations and of selected human disorders (cancer, mental illness, metabolic diseases); and clinical genetics (inheritance patterns, diagnosis, treatment). 4865 MOL 214 S06-07 ST Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology Important concepts and elements of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and development are examined in the context of classic experiments. This course is strongly recommended for students intending to major in the biological sciences and counts as a requirement for entrance into medical school. 4866 MOL 220 S06-07 ST Microbes: Menace and Marvels This course will introduce the modern field of molecular biology through the lens of bacteria and parasites, emphasizing the impact of microbes on everyday life. Topics will include how microbes cause disease, interact with the landscape, serve the biotechnology and food industries, and advance our understanding of basic biological principles. Both canonical and state-of-the-art approaches will be explored in the laboratory and in lectures. Lectures will include weekly discussions of topics in microbiology that are socially relevant and of current public interest, such as antibiotic resistance, bioterrorism, forensics, and bioremediation. 4867 MOL 328 S06-07 U.S. Medical Research and Researchers: Health, Hope, Hubris Medical research aims to improve and maintain human health. Accordingly, researchers employ such strategies as understanding biology, defining disease mechanisms, and developing ways to prevent, treat, or cure. Today, the U.S. is the preeminent global power in medical research through interactions among government, academia, and industry. This course will trace the evolution of this country's research enterprise, describe its diverse cultures, focus on its greatest achievements (and achievers), and identify a number of challenges confronting it currently. How the U.S. copes with these challenges will influence the future of world health. 4868 MOL 348 S06-07 STX Cell and Developmental Biology The mechanisms that underlie development of multicellular organisms, from C. elegans to humans, will be examined using biochemical, genetic and cell biological approaches. The course will investigate the roles that gene regulation, cell-cell communication, cell adhesion, cell motility, signal transduction and intracellular trafficking play in the commitment, differentiation and assembly of cells into specialized tissues. 4869 MOL 350 S06-07 ST Laboratory in Molecular Biology The major objective of the course is to introduce students to a variety of tools required to conduct independent research in the field of molecular biology. While completing original research, students will employ a number of techniques that are used by molecular biologists, molecular geneticists, and biochemists. Upon completion of the course, students should have gained an understanding of how, when and why certain techniques and skills are used in a research setting. In addition, students will learn to write a research report modeled on the scientific literature. 4870 MOL 360 S06-07 QR Biological Dynamics This course is designed for students in the biological sciences with some basic background in mathematics, but who might not plan to pursue further study in mathematics. It is intended to be a survey of relevant mathematical methods commonly used in the biological sciences, including differential equations, linear algebra, time series analysis, finite difference equations, and probability and likelihood. 4871 MOL 430 S06-07 The Life and Death of a Cell This class will focus on two central issues in cell biology: cell cycle and cell death. We begin with a mechanistic examination of the cell cycle in bacteria, yeast, flies, and mammals, focusing on cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases. We then consider cell cycle exit, cell cycle and cell size, signaling pathways that regulate the cell cycle, and the cell cycles of transformed cells and stem cells. Cell death topics include the initiation, execution, and regulation of cell death in worms, flies, and mammals. We will emphasize biochemical and structural biology-based mechanisms of cell death, and the pathways that impinge on cell death. 4872 MOL 434 S06-07 Macromolecular Structure and Mechanism in Disease This course will examine structure-function relationships for a number of proteins involved in human diseases. Topics will include oncogenesis, signal-transduction and apoptosis, as well as protein folding, mis-folding, and trafficking. Classes will involve a mixture of lecture and discussion of original scientific papers, with emphasis given to developing an understanding of how to examine and evaluate primary literature. 4873 MOL 448 S06-07 Chemistry, Structure, and Structure-Function Relations of Nucleic Acids The chemistry and structure of mononucleotides, oligonucleotides, and polynucleotides and their helical complexes as a basis for understanding and predicting the structures and structure-function relations of naturally occurring DNAs and RNAs. Related functions may include fidelity of DNA replication, mutagenic mechanisms, molecular evolution, telomeres, recently discovered RNA functions, structure of the genetic code. 4874 MOL 450 S06-07 Stem Cells and Cell Fate Decision Processes in the Genomic Era Stem cell research has great promise for the future of regenerative medicine. Very little is known about the molecular biology that underlies stem cell fate determination. The completion of the human and mouse genome sequences, together with novel technologies to observe global gene expression offer unique opportunities to unravel stem cell regulatory mechanisms. This course will focus on the current state of stem cell research, and the future directions for this field. Parallels to other, more mature biological systems, will be explored. 4875 MOL 460 S06-07 STX Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices Within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns, a survey of normal childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Emphasis on the complex relationship between genetic and acquired causes of disease, medical practice, social conditions, and cultural values. Patient visits are an integral component of the course. 4876 MOL 506 S06-07 Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes Discussion of gene structure and organization, chromatin and chromosome structures, mechanisms of replication, gene expression and regulation in eukaryotic cells. Emphasis will be placed on unique features of eukaryotic systems with examples from higher and lower eukaryotes. 4877 MOL 507 S06-07 Developmental Biology Selected topics in the cell biology and development of multicellular organisms, with an emphasis on basic principles and underlying molecular mechanisms. Topics include gradients and pattern formation during embryogenesis, receptors and intracellular signaling, cell motility and cell movements, neuronal pathfinding and patterning in the vertebrate neural tube, redundancy and genomic redundancy. Classes center on critical reading of the primary literature. 4878 MOL 508 S06-07 Advanced Topics in Neurobiology This course will focus on original scientific literature and class discussion. Readings will center on major problems and current research in neuroscience. There will be three broad themes: information theory and neural coding; computation at the level of synapses, cells and circuits; persistent activity and oscillations. 4879 MOL 523 S06-07 Molecular Basis of Cancer We will explore the molecular events leading to the onset and progression of human cancer. We will review the central genetic and biochemical elements that make up the cell cycle, followed by a survey of the signal transduction pathways and checkpoints that regulate it. We will discuss oncogenes, tumor suppressor and mutator genes that act in these pathways and review the role of viral oncogenes and their action on cells. We will investigate the role of cancer stem cells and the interaction between tumor and the host environment. We will explore specific clinical case studies in light of the molecular events underlying different cancers. 4880 MOL 525 S06-07 Intercellular Signaling and Signal Transduction Explores the interactions of cells with their surroundings at a molecular and cell biological level. It begins with an introduction to a number of basic signal transduction pathways, a characterization of their respective receptors and the molecular pathways that communicate between the cell surface and the nucleus. Discusses how signaling establishes axes of cell polarity and migratory pathways by producing changes in the cytoskeleton, and how cells interact with extracellular matrix molecules. Addresses the cell's response to nutritional cues and other extracellular signals that influence cell growth, cell division and cell physiology. 4881 MOL 541 S06-07 Research Projects in Molecular Biology (Laboratory Rotations) 4882 MOL 548 S06-07 Special Topics in Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Skin Structure-function relationships in health and disease. Topics include the development and regeneration of mammalian epidermal and dermal structures, inflammation and wound healing, cancer and aging. Pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical interactions will also be addressed. 4883 MOL 561 S06-07 Scientific Integrity in the Practice of Molecular Biology This course satisfies the mandate of the National Institutes of Health for training of molecular biologists in the ethical practice of science. The nature of -- and response to -- personal "misconduct" will be a principle focus. Through case studies and class discussion, we will examine the societal framework for the public support of basic biomedical research, the rights and responsibilities of students and mentors in the conduct of that research, and the significance of intellectual property. We will also review regulations concerning research with human subjects and animals. 4884 MSE 301 S06-07 Materials Science and Engineering The course introduces students to the fundamentals of materials science and engineering. Basic concepts of bonding and structure are developed and provide a foundation for understanding the mechanical, electrical, optical, thermal, and magnetic properties of materials. Also emphasized is phase behavior, including comprehensive discussion of binary phase diagrams and the origin and nature of microstructure. The course covers the unique characteristics of ceramics, polymers, and metallic materials, as well as semiconductors, glasses and biomaterials. 4885 MSE 502 S06-07 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials Thermodynamics and kinetics applicable to phase changes and processing in materials. Phase equilibrium, nucleation and growth, phase separation, coarsening, and diffusion in solids. 4886 MSE 503 S06-07 Structure of Materials Symmetry of periodic solids as framework for understanding and determining crystal structures; structural analysis using diffraction and scattering of X-rays and neutrons, electron diffraction, high-resolution electron imaging, structure of ionic solids, intermetallics, and glasses; defects in crystals. 4887 MSE 505 S06-07 Characterization of Materials A multidisciplinary course offering a practical introduction to techniques of imaging and compositional analysis of advanced materials. Focus on principles and applications of various characterization methods. Covered topics include AFM, SEM, TEM, EDX/WDX, EELS, Confocal Microscopy, sample preparation and image processing, etc. Hands-on experience is emphasized. 4888 MUS 103 S06-07 LA Introduction to Music Music 103 is an introduction to Western Art Music (works from 1100 to the present). The course defines the basic elements of music - pitch, rhythm, melody, harmony, and form - and the historically significant styles and genres of composition. Emphasis is placed on the five most important premiere performances in music history. The course also explores the relationship between "high" and "low," "serious" and "popular" music. 4889 MUS 104 S06-07 LA When Music Is Made An introduction to the fundamentals of music theory through exercises in songwriting harmony, notation, ear-training, transcription, composition and analysis. A variety of musics will be studied. Students should have some knowledge of notation. The main emphasis in the course will be on song-writing as a means to master rudiments. 4890 MUS 106 S06-07 LA Music Theory through Performance and Composition A continuation of Music 105, with an emphasis on the harmonic and formal principals of Western classical music. We will focus on modulation, chromatic harmony, and form, continuing to study and compose music in classical and other styles. 4891 MUS 206 S06-07 LA Tonal Syntax Music 206 begins by making relevant connections between the modal counterpoint of the 16th century (studied in Music 205) and tonality as it evolved in the 18th century. Fundamental tonal concepts will then be explored in later music including Chopin and Brahms. 4892 MUS 213 S06-07 LA Projects in Instrumental Performance: Chamber Music Instrumental chamber music class of the standard repertory of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Preparation for performance of ensembles. Each ensemble's repertoire will be determined in consultation with the instructors during the first week of classes. 4893 MUS 214 S06-07 LA Projects in Vocal Performance : Lieder: Lieder Coaching in a masterclass format of 19th century German Lieder; performance in May; class open to singers and pianists. 4894 MUS 240 S06-07 LA Musical Modernism 1890-1945 This course is an overview of modernism in European and Euro-American art music, including movements such as symbolism, expressionism, and neoclassicism. We will listen to music of-among others-Bartók, Berg, Copland, Debussy, Ives, Mahler, Milhaud, Satie, Schoenberg, Scriabin, Stravinsky, and Varèse. Topics will include introduction to a wide variety of musical languages and forms, as well as different cultural contexts for music making (music and ethnicity, music's relation to other art forms such as dance and visual art, music and politics). 4895 MUS 245 S06-07 LA John Cage: Life, Works, Influences, Legacy This class introduces the life and work of composer John Cage (1912-1992) and his engagement with music, visual arts, dance, literature, religion, nature, and politics by studying his commitment to the work of Satie, Duchamp, Joyce, Rauschenberg, Fuller, Thoreau, and others. We will evaluate performances, study Cage's scores, texts, recordings, graphics, and collaboration with Merce Cunningham, and perform some of Cage's works. 4896 MUS 313 S06-07 LA Experimental Music Workshop The Experimental Music Workshop (chamber ensemble) will rehearse and perform experimental music composed during the last fifty years that explores unconventional and innovative notation, novel approaches to the production of sound, and spontaneous and interactive performance practices. 4897 MUS 317 S06-07 LA Princeton Laptop Orchestra Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) is an ensemble of computer-based musical meta-instruments. The students in this course act as performers, researchers, composers, and software developers. The challenges are many: What kind of sounds can we create? How can we physically "control" these sounds? How do we organize 15 players in this context with a conductor or a wireless network? The aim of this course is to develop the basic skills to tackle these problems and to explore their musical possibilities. The ensemble will perform works by students and guest artists during the semester. 4898 MUS 333 S06-07 LA Bach and Handel The lives and works of two great masters who represent the pinnacle of baroque music, from intimate keyboard music to triumphant operas and oratorios. We will enjoy every minute of learning what this music was all about. 4899 MUS 431 S06-07 LA Topics in History, Analysis and Interpretation: An Inquiry into Musical Understanding "Understanding" is one of several ways to engage with music, but is it necessarily better or worse than others? Where does the idea come from that we need, or even can, understand music, and why has it been so privileged in the west? This seminar, we will take both a historico-philosophical and analytical approach to the question. 4900 MUS 504 S06-07 Medieval Musical Style and Notation Style-critical problems, readings from the theorists, and practical exercises in transcription from the musical notations of the 13th to the 15th centuries. 4901 MUS 525 S06-07 Topics in Music from 1400 to 1600: Renaissance Music 4902 MUS 528 S06-07 Seminar in Musicology Original work in areas of current musicological significance are presented to and reviewed by the seminar as the occasion arises. Emphasis is given to student projects, but work in progress by any member of the seminar may be discussed or a topic of particular controversy examined. 4903 MUS 532 S06-07 Composition Emphasis will be placed upon the individual student's original work and upon the study and discussion of pieces pertinent to that work. 4904 MUS 534 S06-07 Ends and Means: Issues in Composition A workshop in unconventional music/theater from the stand point of a practitioner. By making something, we will confront questions of form, process, execution and integrity. 4905 MUS 542 S06-07 Instrumentation and Performance The course is a study of the characteristics of individual instruments, including extended contemporary techniques and writing arrangements for chamber ensemble and for orchestra. Special attention is given to problems of combining voice and instruments. The arrangements written for this class are performed by the Composers' Ensemble at Princeton and the Princeton University Orchestra, and problems of performance involving notation, rehearsal, and conducting are dealt with. 4906 MUS 545 S06-07 Contexts of Composition Music 545 will consider new approaches to understanding modern tonality, broadly construed. We will read "Geometry and Consonance," my book-in-progress, in which I attempt to explore some new geometrical ways to think about chords, scales, and centricity. We will analyze -- and perhaps attempt to compose in -- a range of twentieth-century tonal styles, including impressionism, minimalism, and jazz. We may consider various other approaches to complex tonal music, including those of Fred Lerdahl and Richard Cohn. 4907 NES 202 S06-07 LA Contemporary Arabic Literature in Translation This course will cover the wealth and variety of modern Arabic literature through an exploration of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and film. Together, we will look at how Arab writers from across the Middle East and North Africa have shaped and reshaped central themes, including colonialism, modernity, tradition and gender. Students of all backgrounds are welcome, and no prior knowledge is assumed. 4908 NES 217 S06-07 HA Ethnic Cleansing: Ottoman Muslims and the Rise of Modern Turkish Nationalism Focusing on the ethnic cleansing of the Ottoman Muslims in Europe from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries, this course examines the nationalization of religious identities. Special attention will be devoted to the expulsion of the Ottoman Muslims into Turkey and their gradual amalgamation into the Turkish nation. Students will develop a framework within which to evaluate some of the most significant recent and current events in former Ottoman lands: conflict in the Middle East; the Armenian catastrophe; Kurdish nationalism; the Balkan Wars; recent conflicts in Kosovo, Bosnia and Chechnya. 4909 NES 265 S06-07 SA Political and Economic Development of the Middle East The aim of this course is to gain a better understanding of the political and economic issues that both challenge and encourage development in the Middle East and Northern Africa. A second goal is students to think creatively about the issues raised by designing a development project aimed at tackling a specific problem in a Middle Eastern country. 4910 NES 268 S06-07 HA Political Islam For decades scholars predicted that as nations modernized, religion and its corresponding institutions would become increasingly irrelevant. No phenomenon has discredited the secularization thesis more than the powerful resurgence of Islamist movements that began in the 1970s. Given the rapid social and economic development experienced by most Muslim countries, why has political Islam emerged as the most potent force of political opposition in all of these countries? This course will examine the origins and discourse of political Islam and the goals and organization of Islamist groups. 4911 NES 307 S06-07 HA Afghanistan and the Great Powers, 1747-2001 The course traces the great powers' struggle for control over the Middle East, as it affected Afghanistan. It begins with an introduction to the social and ethnic background, touching on the rise of the tribal Afghan kingdom in the 18th century. It will then focus on the rivalries between Russia and Britain in the 19th century ("the Great Game"), and on those between the Soviet Union and the US in the 20th. We will conclude by studying Washington's support in the 1980's for Islamist groups fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, its consequences, and the Taliban movement. 4912 NES 313 S06-07 SA Israeli Culture and Society This course will examine Israel in social and cultural terms. The objective is to help students understand this small but complex country beyond the familiar categories of the political and the strategic. Topics to be explored include Israel's national narrative, secular/religious issues, gender, the kibbutz, and the army. Film, literature, art, and music will be brought to bear on these topics. 4913 NES 315 S06-07 War and Politics in the Modern Middle East Drawing on case studies of Middle Eastern wars, this course examines the changing nature of warfare from the second half of the twentieth century through the present day. The course begins with Clausewitz's theory of war and examples of conventional state warfare in the Middle East. It then moves on to cases of insurgency, and so-called fouth generation warfare and uses them to test Clausewitz's ideas and less state-centric alternatives. The goal of the course is to compel students to think seriously and critically about war and the ways in which it is and is not changing in the twenty-first century. 4914 NES 318 S06-07 LA The Hebrew Poetry of Medieval Spain Covers the rise of the golden age of Hebrew poetry in Muslim Spain; the Arabic literary background; lyrical, liturgical, and contemplative verse by great poets of the 11th and 13th centuries (Shmuel ha-Nagid, Ibn Gabirol, Judah Halevi, Todros Abulafia, etc.); and narratives in rhymed prose. Two weeks will be devoted to developments outside Spain: the 12th and 13th century martyrdom poems from France and the Rhineland, and, in conclusion, the adoption of Romance forms, especially the sonnet, in the Hebrew poetry of Italy. 4915 NES 325 S06-07 HA Christianity along the Silk Road Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic very similar to the language spoken by Jesus in first-century Palestine. Aramaic-speaking Christians in the Near East soon adopted Syriac as their literary language; by the early fourteenth century, Syriac Christianity spread from the western Mediterranean to China. In this seminar we shall be exploring the origins of Syriac Christianity in the Near East and its spread along the Silk Road before 1500. 4916 NES 329 S06-07 HA Religion in Culture--Culture in Religion: A History of Religion of the Ancient Near East The geographical setting for this course is the region corresponding roughly to modern Syria, Iraq, Levant and Turkey from the fourth through the first millennia B.C. Religion represents an essential part of the cultural system of the civilization of the Ancient Near East. We will explore the worldview, cosmologies, concepts of divinity and mankind, destiny, mortality, as well as official and personal cults, the position of the king in his intermediary function between the gods and the people. Primary sources and a range of scholarly literature will be the basis for our discussion. 4917 NES 347 S06-07 SA Islamic Family Law This course examines the oulines of Islamic family law in gender issues, sexual ethics, family structure, family planning, marriage and divorce, parenthood, child guardianship and custody, etc. The course starts with a general survey of Islamic legal system: its history and developments, structure and spirit, and the attempts of the Muslim jurists to come to terms with the challenge of time. 4918 NES 437 S06-07 HA The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800 This course surveys the history of the world's most enduring Islamic state, the Ottoman Empire. With its beginnings in the fourteenth century, it lasted into the early years of the last century. At is height it ruled over much of the Mediterranean as well as Central Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and today's Turkey. 4919 NES 506 S06-07 Ottoman Diplomatics: Paleography and Diplomatic Documents An introduction to Ottoman paleography and diplomatics. The documents will be in divani and rikca scripts. 4920 NES 524 S06-07 Introduction to Classical Armenian A systematic introduction to Classical Armenian grammar and syntax through detailed reading of passages from the Armenian Bible and early historical writings. 4921 NES 527 S06-07 The Turkish Novel An examination of Turkish novels. A reading knowledge of Turkish is required. 4922 NES 532 S06-07 Readings in Classical Arabic Literature A reading of selections of poetry and prose. Problems of narrative, poetics, and the like may be discussed according to the interests of the class. 4923 NES 539 S06-07 Studies in Persian Literature To acquaint students with the principal authors of epics, imaginative tales, and stories of spiritual initiation, throughout the Persian-speaking world (Anatolia, Iran, Central Asia and India), between the 11th and 19th centuries: including such poets as Firdawsi, Nizami, Attar and Rumi, and the 19th century Persian rendition of the "Thousand and One Nights". 4924 NES 545 S06-07 Problems in Near Eastern Jewish History The topic this year is the [Dhimma], the status of Jews and other non-Muslims in medieval Islam. In addition to the reading secondary literature, we will read and discuss primary sources in class. 4925 NES 547 S06-07 Intermediate Syriac Study of selected passages from various genres of Syriac literature. Knowledge of Syriac is required. 4926 NES 555 S06-07 Themes in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence Selected topics in Islamic law and jurisprudence. The topics vary from year to year, but the course normally includes reading of fatwas and selected Islamic legal texts in Arabic. 4927 NES 571 S06-07 Problems in Early Ottoman History The seminar is a study of the origins and development of the Ottoman state. The emphasis is on the characteristic features of its cultural, economic, and social life, as they were developed in the eastern Balkans. By retracing the establishment of Ottoman rule in Northern Greece it will examine the nature of Ottoman Administrative practices in the 14th and 15th centuries. 4928 NES 597 S06-07 Comparative Transformations in the Near East and Eurasia This seminar is a comparative survey of the political, intellectual, religious, and cultural transformations of the lands of the Near East and Eurasia from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. The course investigates the common geopolitical, economic, and intellectual challenges that Western Europe posed to the societies of the Near East and Eurasia. It seeks to understand the responses of the latter on their own terms, and to relate them to each other. The course aims to stimulate students to move beyond regional particularities and think outside the models and assumptions provided by European historiography. 4929 ORF 245 S06-07 QR Fundamentals of Engineering Statistics Statistics is the science of turning data into information. In this course, we will study the basic methods by which statisticians attempt to model real world phenomena and extract information from data. These will include many of the standard tools of statistical inference, their mathematical foundations as well as exploratory and graphical data analysis techniques. 4930 ORF 307 S06-07 Optimization Optimization of deterministic systems, focusing on linear programming. Model formulations, the simplex method, sensitivity analysis, duality theory, network models, nonlinear programming. Applications to a variety of problems in optimal allocation of resources, transportation systems, and finance. 4931 ORF 335 S06-07 QR Introduction to Financial Engineering Pricing and hedging of derivative securities. Binomial tree and Black-Scholes models. Term-structure of interest rates. Introduction to Credit Risk. 4932 ORF 374 S06-07 Special Topics in Operations Research and Financial Engineering: Autonomous Vehicles The course will investigate both the theoretical and the practical aspects of having machines independently achieve tasks as individuals and as communities. The practical objective is to design and build a competitive vehicle for the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge. The course will investigate the broader implication of automated highways as well as general communities of intelligent autonomous machines. Comparison, contrast and insight are drawn from biological counterparts. The problem is defined, study classical formulations and then constrain the problem sufficiently to be able to construct a pragmatic example. 4933 ORF 376 S06-07 Independent Research Project Independent research or investigation resulting in a report in the student's area of interest under the supervision of a faculty member. Open to sophomores and juniors. 4934 ORF 417 S06-07 Dynamic Programming Sequential decision problems, primarily in the context of the management of physical and financial assets. The course will focus on modeling and computational methods, using approximation techniques for a broad range of problem classes including multistate asset allocation, asset acquisition and technology swtiching, high dimensional shortest paths, dynamic assignment and related pricing problems. Techniques will focus on Monte-Carlo based methods for exploring state spaces and estimating value functions, including stochastic approximation methods, temporal-differencing, Q-learning, and methods for handling high-dimensional problems. 4935 ORF 478 S06-07 Senior Thesis A formal report on research involving analysis, synthesis, and design, directed toward improved understanding and resolution of a significant problem. The research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member, and the thesis is defended by the student at a public examination before a faculty committee. The senior thesis is equivalent to a year-long study and is recorded as a double course in the Spring. 4936 ORF 479 S06-07 Senior Project Students conduct a one-semester project. Topics chosen by students with approval of the faculty. A written report is required at the end of the term 4937 ORF 504 S06-07 Financial Econometrics This course covers econometric and statistical methods as applied to finance. Topics include: 1. Overview of Statistical Methods 2. Predictability of asset returns 3. Discrete time volatility models 4. Efficient Portfolio and CAPM 5. Multifactor Pricing Models 6. Intertemporal Equilibrium and Stochastic Discount Models 7. Expectation and present value relation 8. Simulation methods for financial derivatives 9. Econometrics of financial derivatives 10. Forecast and Management of Market Risks 11. Multivariate time series in finance 12. Nonparametric methods in financial econometrics* 4938 ORF 509 S06-07 Directed Research I Under the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out research and presents the results. Directed Research is normally taken during the first year of study. 4939 ORF 515 S06-07 Asset Pricing II: Stochastic Calculus and Advanced Derivatives This course covers the pricing and hedging of advanced derivatives including topics such as exotic options, greeks, interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives and real options. The course will cover basics of stochastic calculus necessary for finance. It is designed for Masters students. 4940 ORF 523 S06-07 Nonlinear Optimization An introduction to the central concepts needed for studying the theory, algorithms, and applications of nonlinear optimization problems. Topics covered include first- and second-order optimality conditions; unconstrained methods, including steepest descent, conjugate gradient, and quasi-Newtonian methods; constrained active-set methods; and duality theory and Lagrangian methods. Prerequisite: linear optimization. 4941 ORF 527 S06-07 Stochastic Calculus and Finance An introduction to stochastic analysis based on Brownian motion. Topics include local martingales, the Itô integral and calculus, stochastic differential equations, the Feynman-Kac formula, representation theorems, Girsanov theory, and applications in finance. 4942 ORF 531 S06-07 Computational Finance in C++ The intent of this course is to introduce the student to the technical and algorithmic aspects of a wide spectrum of computer applications currently used in the financial industry, and to prepare the student for the development of new applications. The student will be introduced to C++, the weekly homework will involve writing C++ code, and the final project will also involve programming in the same environment. 4943 ORF 534 S06-07 Financial Engineering Concepts and methods of financial engineering and financial optimization. Stochastic methods for valuing portfolios of assets and liabilities. Alternative definitions of risk. Diversification techniques for reducing risks within large financial organizations. Temporal issues. Customizing securities by means of asset and liability management systems. Portfolio optimization. 4944 ORF 547 S06-07 Dynamic Programming Sequential decision problems, primarily in the context of the management of physical and financial assets. The course will focus on modeling and computational methods, using approximation techniques for a broad range of problem classes including multistage asset allocation, asset acquisition and technology switching, high dimensional shortest paths, dynamic assignment and related pricing problems. Techniques will focus on Monte-Carlo based methods for exploring state spaces and estimating value functions, including stochastic approximation methods, temporal-differencing, Q-learning, and methods for handling high-dimensional problems. 4945 ORF 554 S06-07 Markov Processes Markov processes with general state spaces; transition semigroups, generators, resolvants; hitting times, jumps, and Levy systems; additive functionals and random time changes; killing and creation of Markovian motions. 4946 ORF 558 S06-07 Stochastic Analysis Seminar This seminar course will introduce the students to recent developments in stochastic analysis as they relate to the mathematical models of pricing and hedging in incomplete markets. 4947 ORF 569 S06-07 Special Topics in Statistics and Operations Research: Statistical Analysis of Ultra-High Frequency Data - Overview and a New This course has two objectives. One is to provides an overview on statistical analysis of ultra-high frequency (UHF) data and their related market microstructure theory. The other more important one is to elaborate a new nonlinear filtering approach. Topics include filtering with counting process observations, filtering with marked point process observations, their related filtering equations and computational methods, the Bayesian inference (estimation and model selection) via filtering of the models. Students will have hand-on experience on UHF data and related simulation and computational programs. 4948 ORF 570 S06-07 Special Topics in Statistics and Operations Research: Fundamentals of Queueing Theory This course serves as an introduction to the fundamental results of queueing theory. Topics covered include traffic, offered load, loss, and delay stochastic models. The course uses the theory of Markov chains and Poisson processes as well as Monte-Carlo simulation. Fundamental queueing results such as the Erlang blocking formula, Little's law and Lindley's equation are presented. Applications are drawn from communication network systems, inventory management, and optimal staffing. 4949 PER 102 S06-07 Elementary Persian II To develop the skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing modern Persian. The classes are conducted mostly in Persian with emphasis on oral drills and conversations. 4950 PER 107 S06-07 Intermediate Persian II The emphasis is on reading modern and classical prose, and writing modern prose. Classes are conducted mostly in Persian. Advanced grammar drills and translation exercises. 4951 PER 303 S06-07 LA Advanced Persian Reading This course is designed to improve the student's proficiency in the reading and comprehension of Persian texts. The emphasis is on reading, understanding, and translating modern prose. The class is conducted in Persian. 4952 PER 400 S06-07 LA Contemporary Persian Poetry Persian poetry, particularly notable for its evocative imagery and mataphors, is considered one of the most important forms of creative literature. This course on contemporary Person poetry will focus on the works published after World War II, particularly by well-known poets such as Ahmad Shamloo, Yadollah Royai, and Ali Babachahi. Emphasis will be on understanding the social and historical relevance of the works. 4953 PHI 202 S06-07 EM Introduction to Moral Philosophy Can questions about what is right or wrong have real answers independent of any sort of divine authority? Are there moral principles that any rational person must recognize, or is morality essentially an expression of our feelings or a product of our culture? Are we morally required to do our part in making the world as good as it can be, or does morality give us permission to pursue our own peculiar enthusiasms and interests? What should we do about world hunger, abortion, and war? This course will provide an overview of these and other issues in moral philosophy. 4954 PHI 218 S06-07 EC Learning Theory and Epistemology A broad and accessible introduction to contemporary statistical learning theory as a response to the philosophical problem of induction. It is intended for students of all backgrounds. Topics covered include pattern recognition, the Bayes rule, nearest neighbor methods, neural networks, and support vector machines. 4955 PHI 300 S06-07 EC Plato and His Predecessors We shall investigate Plato's developing views on ethics, knowledge, metaphysics, and the nature of the soul, along with his perspectives on some of his predecessors (particularly Parmenides). We will read and discuss Plato's dialogues philosophically - for their philosophical content - and not as an exercise in "cultural studies". Only those interested in reading Plato in this way should enroll. 4956 PHI 303 S06-07 EC Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz The course is an examination of the key works of two prominent 17th century rationalist philosophers, Descartes and Spinoza and one prominent 17th century empiricist philosopher, Locke. We will be focusing on related metaphysical, epistemological and psychological issues such as (a) the nature of reality; (b) the relation between extended substance (or body) and thinking substance (or mind); (c) scientific method and knowledge of the external world; (d) theories of the mind; (e) theories of ideas and their origin. 4957 PHI 309 S06-07 EM Political Philosophy Modern states exercise a great deal of power over the lives both of citizens and aliens. What justifies the exercise of these powers? In this course we will look at some answers to this question. We will then ask what these answers suggest about the proper scope of state action. We will look particularly at two sorts of question: When, if ever, should the state seek to shape the beliefs or values of citizens? When and how should it take into account a person's gender, ethnicity, race, or religion? 4958 PHI 313 S06-07 EC Theory of Knowledge Topics will include the history of the problem of induction, contextual epistemology, and subjective probability, with special reference to issues in the philosophy of science. 4959 PHI 321 S06-07 EC Philosophy of Science First half of course: Theories and space. "Gravity will stop operating tomorrow." All of your evidence is consistent with this claim. So why would it be absurd to blieve it? More generally, why is it reasonable for us to favor certain simple or beautiful scientific theories over ugly, artificial ones? What does relativity tell us about the connection between time and space? (Description continues in "Other information".) 4960 PHI 340 S06-07 EC Philosophical Logic In this course we will investigate various logics of necessity & possibility ("modal logic"). We will study formal proof procedures as well as possible worlds semantics. We will also prove various "meta" results, including completeness theorems. The techniques learned in this part of the course will then be applied to the study of natural language conditionals, including "counterfactuals." Further topics may include the logic of epistemological or deontological operators. 4961 PHI 501 S06-07 The Philosophy of Aristotle The seminar aims to explore Aristotle's conceptions of form, matter, and the divine in Metaphysics Lambda. 4962 PHI 514 S06-07 Recent and Contemporary Philosophy: Responsibilities The seminar will survey recent work on free will and moral responsibility with a special emphasis on Nomy Arpaly's new book, *Merit, Meaning and Human Bondage*. In the second half (time permitting) we will bring the discussion of moral responsibility to bear on problems in criminal law theory. 4963 PHI 515 S06-07 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Cartesian Dualism and 17th-century Materialism In this seminar, we will be discussing early-modern views on mind and its relation to body. What was Cartesian dualism really all about? In what way was it a continuation of earlier views of mind and the soul, and in what way did it depart from them? After discussing Cartesian dualism, we will turn to seventeenth-century materialism and discuss later early-modern attempts to reconcile the two positions. Though this will be a serious historical study of the issues, this course will not presuppose serious prior work in the history of philosophy, and will be appropriate for graduate students with little background in the area. 4964 PHI 516 S06-07 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Plotinus' Theory of the Soul This seminar will focus on the question of the nature of the soul and its contribution to the functioning of the living body or 'organism', at both the individual and the cosmic level. We will concentrate on two rather short but important texts from the *Enneads* (IV 2[4] and IV 7[2].9-15), but will also investigate other passages from the fourth *Ennead* that shed light on related problems. There will be some discussion of textual and historical issues, but the main emphasis will be on understanding the philosophical arguments underlying Plotinus' views. 4965 PHI 532 S06-07 Philosophical Problems in Logic Introduction to philosophical and especially formal aspects of non-classical and especially anti-classical logics. 4966 PHI 534 S06-07 Philosophy of Language Counterparts and Identity (Relative, Contingent and Transworld). 4967 PHI 535 S06-07 Philosophy of Mind Recent work in the philosophy of mind. Details TBA. 4968 PHI 539 S06-07 Theory of Knowledge Scientific representation: general issues concerning modeling, picturing, and forms of structural representation with respect to both theory construction and measurement, as well as paradoxes that beset attempts to formulate structuralist views of science. Special attention to work by Mach, Poincare, Russell, Carnap, Putnam, Ladyman, and Giere, as well as recent PSA symposia. 4969 PHI 540 S06-07 Metaphysics: Dispositions The seminar will focus on questions about the metaphysics of dispositional properties. 4970 PHI 599 S06-07 Dissertation Seminar Open to post-generals students actively working on their dissertations. The seminar aims at assisting students in the research and writing and at developing their teaching skills by improving their ability to present advanced material to less expert audiences. Students will make presentations of work in progress, discuss each other's work, and share common pedagogical problems and solutions under the guidance of one or more faculty members. It will meet for two hours each week throughout the academic year. 4971 PHY 102 S06-07 ST Introductory Physics II The goal of the course is to present an introduction to the fundamental laws of nature, especially optics, electricity/magnetism, nuclear and atomic theory. These are treated quantitatively with an emphasis on problem solving. The laboratory is intended to give students an opportunity to observe physical phenomena and to gain "hands-on" experience with apparatus and instruments. 4972 PHY 104 S06-07 ST General Physics II Schedule: One lecture, three classes, and weekly laboratory. Goals: to understand the basic laws of physics, in particular: electricity, magnetism and optics. Primarily geared to engineers and science majors. 4973 PHY 106 S06-07 ST Advanced Physics (Electromagnetism) We shall study electricity and magnetism, with special emphasis on the unification of these forces through the theory of special relativity. Subject matter is similar to that of Physics 104, but the treatment is more sophisticated. There will be application to physical optics and electromagnetic behavior of materials. Weekly laboratory. 4974 PHY 116 S06-07 ST Music and Physics This course teaches some basic physics using music. It is designed for non-scientists who love music and would like to learn more about how it is made. Unlike traditional courses in the physics of music that start with physical concepts and then move to the musical applications of those concepts, this course develops the physical concepts and musical applications together. This approach makes the course more accessible to non-scientists and better explains the interplay of music and physics. 4975 PHY 208 S06-07 STX Principles of Quantum Mechanics This is the Physics Department's introductory quantum mechanics course. Its intent is to present the subject in a fashion that will allow both mastery of its conceptual basis and techniques and appreciation of the excitement inherent in looking at the world in a profoundly new way. Topics to be covered include: state functions and the probability interpretation, the Schroedinger equation, uncertainty principle, the eigenvalue problem, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and the hydrogen atom. 4976 PHY 210 S06-07 ST Experimental Physics Seminar The seminar introduces students to techniques in modern experimental physics in a laboratory setting. In the first half of the course, students are introduced to analog electronics, data acquisition and control, vacuum technology, optics and lasers, cryogenics and other techniques. In the second half of the course, students working in small groups propose and perform an experiment. 4977 PHY 304 S06-07 Advanced Electromagnetism Electromagnetic theory based on Maxwell's equations. Electrostatics of conductor and dielectrics, including boundary value problems and energy considerations leading to the Maxwell stress tensor. Magnetostatics of steady currents and simple magnetic media. Electromagnetic waves, retarded potentials and radiation. Familiarity with vector calculus is assumed. 4978 PHY 312 S06-07 ST Experimental Physics Students perform four experiments in modern physics and biological physics, and complete the student shop course. The experiments are self-paced and include muon decay, beta decay, optical pumping, Mossbauer effect, Fourier optics, optical tweezers. Weekly lectures stress experimental methods, statistics and radiation safety. 4979 PHY 406 S06-07 Modern Physics II: Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics Introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics describing elementary particles and their interactions. Specific topics include symmetries and conservation laws; electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions between quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons; and experimental methods in particle physics. Selected topics covering current research in high energy physics will also be discussed. 4980 PHY 408 S06-07 Modern Classical Dynamics Discussion of the most beautiful and important parts of classical dynamics: variational principles, ergodicity and chaos, fluid dynamics of vortices, shock waves and solitons as well as the theories of developed turbulence. 4981 PHY 504 S06-07 The Mathematics of String Theory Mathematical aspects of recent advances in gauge theory. General theory: moduli spaces, deformation theory, integration, cohomology theories, localisation; noncommutative geometry; gauge theory: Chern-Simons and Donaldson invariants; Gromov-Witten invatiants, mirror symmetry; gauge/string correspondence: matrix models, partitions in two and three dimensions. 4982 PHY 506 S06-07 Quantum Mechanics II This is a one-semester course in advanced quantum mechanics, following Physics 505. After a brief review of some fundamental topics, more advanced topics will be covered, including many-body theory, operator theory, coherent states, stability of matter and other Coulomb systems and the theory of the Bose gas. 4983 PHY 510 S06-07 Relativistic Quantum Theory II Renormalization group, non-perturbative techniques (solitons, instantons), selected topics (quantum fields in curved space). 4984 PHY 521 S06-07 Introduction to Mathematical Physics An introduction to mathematically rigorous methods in physics, mainly in the area of quantum statistical mechanics. Possible topics include the study of thermodynamic limits, phase transitions, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity. Both lattice and continuous systems will be considered. 4985 PHY 526 S06-07 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics Course will cover a variety of topics in the area of "soft" condensed matter physics, centered around the areas of forces at the mesoscale, phase transitions, Landau mean field theory, fluctuations, critical exponents and scaling, generalized elasticity, topological defects and dynamics. 4986 PHY 529 S06-07 Introduction to High-energy Physics An overview of modern elementary particle physics and the Standard Model. Specific topics include: weak decays, W and Z physics, deep inelastic scattering, CP violation, neutrino oscillations, Higgs searches, with an emphasis on areas of current interest. The course also covers concepts in experimental tools and techniques. 4987 PHY 562 S06-07 Biophysics A physicist's perspective on the phenomena of life, from the dynamics of single molecules to learning and perception. 4988 PHY 564 S06-07 Physics of the Universe: Introduction to Theoretical Cosmology This course is the second semester of a survey of fundamental concepts in cosmology, designed for students who have taken a basic introduction (Physics 563, Astro 522, Astro 401 or equivalent). The semester spans the leading issues in contemporary cosmology including inflation, the cyclic universe, baryogenesis, dark matter and dark energy. The course emphasizes the connections between cosmology and particle/string physics, and discusses the origin and evolution of inhomogeneities, their effects on the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure. 4989 POL 240 S06-07 SA International Relations This course introduces students to the causes of conflict and cooperation among (and sometimes within) states. We critically examine various theories of international politics by drawing equally on security and economic affairs from across different historical eras. Security-related topics include: the causes of war, the sources of military effectiveness, civil war and genocide, and "new" issues such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and diseases like AIDS. Economics-related topics include: debates over free (and fair) trade, foreign aid, intellectual property rights, and energy politics. 4990 POL 309 S06-07 EM Politics and Religion Close study of a number of texts that have illuminated the connection between religiosity and politics, and, in particular, the role of religious language and ideas to establish, preserve, reform, and redeem republics. Special attention will be given to the religious dimensions of revolutionary and messianic politics, and to the role that religiosity has played in the development of contemporary social movements and in the moral and political resistance to totalitarian regimes. Two lectures, one preceptorial. 4991 POL 314 S06-07 SA American Constitutional Development A survey of the development of American constitutionalism, considered historically as the product of legal, political and intellectual currents and crises. Coverage includes the Founding, the Marshall and Taney eras, the slavery crisis, the rise of corporate capitalism, the emergence of the modern state, the New Deal crisis, and new forms of rights and liberties. Topics include the growth of Supreme Court power, the Court's relation to the states and the other federal branches, and the influence on constitutional understandings of economic developments, reform movements, wars, party competition, and legal and political thought. 4992 POL 316 S06-07 EM Civil Liberties An inquiry into the value of liberty and of particular civil rights and liberties. The course considers competing theoretical justifications for rights and liberties generally, as well as particular problems concerning freedom of speech and the press, religion, sexuality, abortion, and discrimination. Supreme Court opinions regarding the constitutionality of legislation in each of these areas will be discussed and criticized. 4993 POL 318 S06-07 SA Law and Society An examination of courts as unique legal and political institutions with distinctive approaches to resolving disputes and formulating law and public policy. Emphasis is on foreign, American and international courts. 4994 POL 324 S06-07 SA Congressional Politics This course introduces students to the many facets of the U.S. Congress-asking "What does Congress do and why?" In so doing it provides students with a set of tools useful for understanding how institutions create incentives for behavior. Some of the many topics we will examine include: congressional elections, the role of political parties and interest groups in the lawmaking and elections, how the organization of Congress affects lawmaking, and issues of representation accountability. 4995 POL 325 S06-07 SA The Presidency and Executive Power Topics to be covered include the origin, nature, uses and limits of presidential power; the presidential selection process; the relationship between the President and other significant political actors--Congress, the Press, executive branch agencies, and the public; presidential accountability and the importance of presidential personality. 4996 POL 333 S06-07 SA Latino Politics in the U.S. The course will explore the personal, political, historical, and sacred aspects of Latinas/Latinos in the United States from the perspective of a theory of transformation. The course intends to provide students from all backgrounds the opportunity to see a people in their own midst becoming and being political as they move forward to create a new culture and community in this country. 4997 POL 342 S06-07 SA The Politics of Gender and Sexuality This course is about power. We will analyze the assumption that gender and sexuality are important categories for political analysis by asking how gender and sexuality are: "political", codified by law, shaped by values and policies, deployed to affect political outcomes, and combined with other factors to help or hinder the expression of power. Contexts for analysis will include: legal definitions of sexuality and gender; politics and policies of marriage and family; consensual, non-consensual, and commercial sex; social expectations of masculinity and femininity; and the law and economics of gender politics. 4998 POL 347 S06-07 QR Mathematical Models in the Study of Politics An introduction to the use of formal game-theoretic models in the study of politics. Applications include: voting, legislative institutions, party formulation, evolution of cooperation, and international relations. Familiarity with mathematical reasoning is helpful. 4999 POL 352 S06-07 SA Comparative Political Economy This course forms part of the political economy core, and it introduces political economy models in the context of comparative politics. The course will emphasize the interaction between political institutions and economic goals and it will illustrate the application of the analytical and empirical methods developed in the other core courses in political economy. The course will apply the tools of political economy to understand the reasons for the differences among countries' levels of economic and political development, and to explain the interconnectedness of political and economic outcomes. 5000 POL 358 S06-07 SA State, Nation, and Cultural Identity This course examines the interaction between the modern state and national and cultural identities, focusing on the emergence of nationalism and ethnicity as vectors of modern politics, the politics underlying their mobilization, and their roles in the production of political order and disorder. We will examine the variety of forms assumed by nationalist and ethnic politics and the causes of large-scale ethnic conflict, drawing on examples from around the world. The course ends with a discussion of the ways in which ethnic conflict can be managed and cultural difference accommodated within or beyond the confines of the nation-state. 5001 POL 364 S06-07 SA Political Systems of the Middle East The course focuses on strategies of political actors in the Middle East in the light of long-term structures, cyclical patterns, and individual choices. Law will be privileged in the treatment of political systems and of crises, both domestic and international. Lectures will address enduring critical issues including legitimacy of states and rulers, political Islam, Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon. 5002 POL 366 S06-07 SA Politics in Africa This course provides an introduction to the study of African politics. The lectures and readings briefly review the social and historical context of contemporary political life. They then profile the changes of the early post-Independence period, the authoritarian turn of the 1970s and 80s, the second liberation of the 1990s, and problems of war and development. Although the lectures trace a narrative, each also introduces a major analytical debate and an important policy problem in the study of Africa and of other parts of the world. Broadly comparative with some special attention to selected countries. 5003 POL 375 S06-07 SA Politics after Communism This course focuses on the political and economic reform processes in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the collapse of communism. The course is not intended to provide a full survey of events in this particularly tumultuous time in post-communist history. Rather, we will focus on some of the more important aspects of the simultaneous political, economic and social transformations, emphasizing some key themes that emerge in the social science academic literature on the subject. 5004 POL 380 S06-07 SA Human Rights A study of the politics and history of human rights. What are human rights? How can dictatorships be resisted from the inside and the outside? Can we prevent genocide? Is it morally acceptable and politically wise to launch humanitarian military interventions to prevent the slaughter of foreign civilians? What are the laws of war, and how can we punish the war criminals who violate them? Cases include the Ottoman Empire, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Bosnia, and Rwanda. 5005 POL 383 S06-07 SA International Cooperation This course will examine the problems and potential of international cooperation in policy areas such as regional integration, economic sanctions, and nuclear nonproliferation. 5006 POL 392 S06-07 SA American Foreign Policy An examination of American Foreign Policy since World War II with emphasis on strategic issues and events influencing America's security posture. The course traces the evolution of national security strategies and their implementations through domestic and international means in support of American Foreign Policy during the Cold War. Students will become familiar with America's choices in using diplomacy, military or other options to carry out its foreign policy. There will be particular emphasis on challenges arising in the aftermath of the Cold War. 5007 POL 411 S06-07 EM Seminar in Political Theory: Theories of Justice In this seminar we examine several competing theories of justice, including virtue ethics, utilitarianism, liberal equality, communitarianism, libertarianism, and justice as care. We consider not only what these theories say about justice, but also their methodology: what makes them different from mere assertions of opinion? In order to better understand these theories and their limitations, we consider how well they serve us in thinking through a range of more "applied" issues, including animal rights, global inequality, humanitarian military intervention, and societies' obligations to persons with disabilities. 5008 POL 422 S06-07 SA Seminar in American Politics: Mass Media and American Politics This course considers the role of the mass media in American Politics and the influence of the media on Americans' political attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. We will examine the nature of news and news-making organizations, the role of the news media in electoral campaigns, and the impact of the media on Americans' political attitudes. In addition, we will look at media coverage of specific issues and events including the Gulf War, and American race relations, and address normative questions about the proper role of the mass media in a democracy. 5009 POL 423 S06-07 SA Seminar in American Politics: Politics of Supreme Court Nominations This course uses Supreme Court nominations as a window on the operation of the American separation of powers system. Using the nominations from FDR forward, we will study how presidents pick nominees, how hearings in the Judiciary Committee work, how and why the media cover nominations, the mobilization and counter-mobilization of interest groups, presidential efforts to "go public," the impact of the process on public opinion and vice versa, and the calculations and behavior of senators casting votes for or against nominees on the floor. Finally, we will consider the policy and normative consequences of the selection process. 5010 POL 431 S06-07 SA Seminar in Comparative Politics: Latin American Political Economy This seminar covers selected topics in the political economy of Latin America. The main emphasis will be on the international and domestic roots of the neoliberal economic reforms since the 1980s. We will pay special attention to the debate about the extent to which these reforms were compatible with democratic politics. We will also analyze the role of economic crisis as a driver of reforms and the implications of the region's high income inequality for the prospects of democracy and economic liberalism in Latin America. 5011 POL 500 S06-07 Research Methods This is a course in research design. We'll discuss issues in the philosophy of science, then analyze questions of conceptualization, proceeding to problems of descriptive inference, objectivity, and causal inference, including the role of causal mechanisms. The seminar will continue with analysis of how to avoid bias, then tackle issues of historical change. Students will present their own research designs and critique those of their colleagues. Emphasis will be on qualitative research. 5012 POL 505 S06-07 Introduction to Quantitative Empirical Methods Introduces students without a previous background in statistics to statistical techniques commonly used in political science. Hypothesis testing is introduced in the context of contingency tables and cross-tabulations. The course also covers basic descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, regression analysis, and the testing of composite hypotheses. (Does not prepare for the General Exam in Formal and Quantitative Analysis.) 5013 POL 513 S06-07 Modern Political Theory Selected issues and writers in political theory from Machiavelli to the present. The seminar does not survey this whole period but concentrates instead on a limited number of theorists or problems. 5014 POL 517 S06-07 International Political Theory An examination of contemporary controversies in international political philosophy. Topics include the morality of war, internvetion, human rights, global distributive and political justice, and the relationship between sectional and global values. Course open to Politics seniors by permission. 5015 POL 525 S06-07 Comparative Bureaucracy A seminar dealing theoretically and empirically with the role of bureaucracy as an integral part of the political system, with an emphasis on the relation of the governmental bureaucracy to other governmental institutions (political parties, executives, legislatures) and to nongovernmental institutions. All aspects are treated comparatively. 5016 POL 538 S06-07 Comparative Political Behavior This seminar examines mass political behavior from a comparative perspective. It seeks to explain how people become involved in politics, how they form political opinions, and how their behavior influences political outcomes. The seminar will cover a range of behaviors, including learning about politics, information processing, political participation, and voter decision-making. For each of these political behaviors, the purpose of the seminar is to address two questions: What are the causes and consequences of the behavior? To what extent and how do these causes and consequences depend on institutional or cultural/ historical settings? 5017 POL 548 S06-07 Political Psychology This course examines psychological perspectives on politics. Themes include human limitation vs. human capacity, how institutions shape or interact with individual opinion and behavior, discussion and deliberation, and the role of groups. We will also discuss methodological issues. 5018 POL 552 S06-07 Theories of International Politics Theories of international politics are examined and compared in the light of the evolution of the modern international political system. 5019 POL 565 S06-07 Theories of Judicial Review An introduction to the debate over the legitimacy and proper scope of judicial review and the empirical literature or judicial review and judicial politics, with a goal of connecting debates over what the Court should do with an understanding of what the Court can do and has done. 5020 POL 571 S06-07 Quantitative Analysis I A first course in applied statistical methods for social scientists. Students learn how statistical methods can be used to conduct causal inferences, exploratory data analysis, forecasting, and hypothesis testing. Course covers the linear model in some depth and if time permits also introduces generalized linear models. Course emphasizes practical data analysis, and students will learn elementary statistical programming. Course assumes the background taught in POL 502. 5021 POL 573 S06-07 Quantitative Analysis III:Applied Bayesian Data Analysis The course builds on the material covered in POL571 and 572 and introduces a variety of statistical techniques including Bayesian methods and causal inference. The goal is to show how to apply these methods to data analysis in political science research. The course is particularly useful, but not exclusively, for students planning to take the Quantitative part of the General Exam in Formal and Quantitative Analysis at Level III. Prerequisite: POL572. 5022 POL 575 S06-07 Formal Political Analysis I An introduction to mathematical models of political processes. The course develops the analytical foundations for examining problems in collective choice. The technical development focuses on the logical structure of formal models as well as on their use to develop testable hypotheses. The presentation of technical apparatus is combined with a wide range of applications. Topics include models of majority rule, direct and representative democracy, political competition under various electoral systems, and political economy. 5023 POL 583 S06-07 Democratic Theory and Public Policy We will examine policy-making in the contemporary American political system, focusing on two broad models--one emphasizing majoritarian aggregation of public preferences and the other emphasizing power, preference intensity, and bargaining. We will consider the normative foundations, logical coherence, and empirical veracity of each of these models and assess their utility as theories of democratic policy-making. 5024 POL 584 S06-07 Foundations of Political Economy Course focuses on modeling the interaction of politics and economics, with applications to a variety of substantive areas. Topics include: poltics of taxation and redistribution; governmental structure, political economy of constitutional arrangements, development, and growth. Familiarity with microeconomic theory and POL 575 or the equivalent are prerequisites. 5025 POL 592 S06-07 Social Movements and Contentious Politics Explores the study of social movements as well as other forms of unconventional collective action aimed at achieving or preventing social and political change (riots, demonstrations, strikes, terrorist movements, etc.). After examining various approaches to the field, we will investigate a number of issues of abiding concern within the field: repertoires, violence, repression, and the transnational dimensions of mobilization. Finally, we will turn to empirical applications in the study of revolutions, democratization, and nationalism. 5026 POL 593 S06-07 Research Seminar Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; and fourth-year students for 596. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. 5027 POL 594 S06-07 Research Seminar Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; and fourth-year students for 596. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. 5028 POL 595 S06-07 Research Seminar Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; and fourth-year students for 596. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. 5029 POL 596 S06-07 Research Seminar Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; and fourth-year students for 596. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. 5030 POL 597 S06-07 Research Seminars Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; fourth-year students for 596; and fifth-year students for 597. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. 5031 POR 108 S06-07 Introductory Brazilian Portuguese Normally open to students already proficient in Spanish, this course uses that knowledge as a basis for the accelerated learning of Brazilian Portuguese. Emphasis on the concurrent development of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The two-semester sequence Portuguese 108-109 is designed to provide in only one year of study a command of the language sufficient for travel and research in Brazil and Portugal. 5032 POR 109 S06-07 Intermediate Brazilian Portuguese Students will further develop their language skills, especially those of comprehension and oral proficiency, through grammar review, readings, film and other activities. The two-semester sequence POR 108-109 is designed to give in only one year of study a command of the Portuguese language sufficient for travel in Brazil, Portugal and beyond. 5033 POR 208 S06-07 Portuguese in Context: Studies in Language and Style Designed as a journey through the Lusophone world this course seeks to present the Portuguese language in context by exploring historical, social, political and cultural aspects of Brasil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa through the media, literature, film, music and other realia. Students will increase their fluency and accuracy in both written and spoken Portuguese, broadening their vocabulary and mastery of syntax through textual analysis, discussions, oral presentations and grammar review. An advanced language course and overview of the Lusophone world, POR 208 seeks to prepare students for further study of literature and culture. 5034 POR 209 S06-07 Portuguese Cultural Themes An advanced language course that emphasizes oral conversation and fluency while exploring broad cultural themes through literature, film and other media. This course serves as an introduction to the film, literature, history, culture, and language of the Brazilian Northeast. Beyond regional dialects and cultural practices, we will explore socio-political constructs and historical relations of power from within (and without) the northeast. Course material is roughly organized into four sections, representing distinct geographic areas of the Brazilian Northeast: a selva, o sertão, o terreiro, e a cidade. 5035 POR 301 S06-07 LA Modern Brazilian Literature and Culture An introduction to Brazilian Literature through the study of the representations of the city and of the urban spaces in poetry, contemporary narrative and film. Readings will range from Mario de Andrade's Paulicéia Desvairada (Hallucinated City) and from São Paulo as an emergent metropolis in the 20's, to the decayed lyricism of some bohemian and suburban zones. The failed utopianism of Brasilia will be discussed through the ambivalences of the avant-gardes of the 60's. We will also read short stories of R. Fonseca portraying Rio de Janeiro's violent city life and its representations on Brazilian contemporary cinema. 5036 POR 561 S06-07 Modern Brazilian Literature The seminar will analyze the confluence between Brazilian Concrete poetry and the Tropicalism of the 60's and 70's with the poetics of Latin American baroque and neobaroque. The main focus will be on the poetry and on the essays of Haroldo de Campos, but we will also read and discuss the works of Lezama Lima, Severo Sarduy, Julian Rios and Nestor Perlongher. 5037 PSY 101 S06-07 ST Introduction to Psychology The study of human nature from the viewpoint of psychological science. Topics range from the biological bases of human perception, thought and action to the social-psychological determinants of individual and group behavior. This course is a pre-requisite for majoring in psychology and can also serve as one of the two lab courses used to satisfy the natural science requirement. 5038 PSY 101A S06-07 ST Introduction to Psychology: Advanced Lab for Freshmen and Sophomores The study of human nature from the viewpoint of psychological science. Topics range from the biological bases of human perception, thought, and action to the social-psychological determinants of individual and group behavior. This course is intended for students who are considering psychology as a major. It can also serve as one of the two lab courses used to satisfy the natural science requirement. 5039 PSY 208 S06-07 EC The Brain: A User's Guide The course provides a basic introduction to neuroscience, especially as it impacts upon practical issues: mental disease, drugs, neurological disorders, development, learning, memory, etc. It is intended for students who are not planning to concentrate in the life sciences. It is hoped that some students may get stimulated by this course and decide to concentrate in aspects of psychology, biology, philosophy, or engineering as they relate to mind and brain. 5040 PSY 213 S06-07 EM The Psychology of Morality and Politics Moral motives are all around us, but are often hard to see because of our own moralism; we dismiss actions and people we disagree with as motivated by evil, or non-moral, motives. The first part of this course will be a primer on moral psychology, including the evolutionary basis of human morality and its cultural diversity. Then we'll move to politics, partisanship, and the culture war; then to religion and notions of communal or "hive" morality; and finally, to terrorism. A central theme is that politics, religion, terrorism, and racism cannot be understood without a full understanding of moral psychology. 5041 PSY 237 S06-07 EC The Psychology and Philosophy of Rationality The capacity to be rational is one of humanity's fundamental achievements. At the same time, there is ample evidence for irrationality in human affairs, including phenomena such as hysteria, addiction, lack of self control, wishful thinking, and self-deception. This course considers both errors and achievements, providing an introduction to a wide array of topics, such as logic, probability, decision theory, relativism, and psychopathology. We will contrast normative assumptions of rationality and the psychological mechanisms that guide behavior and produce systematic biases and errors. 5042 PSY 251 S06-07 QR Quantitative Methods The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the basic techniques of statistical analysis used in psychological research. Students will learn the logic underlying the statistical techniques and learn how to perform statistical analyses and interpret the results. 5043 PSY 254 S06-07 EC Developmental Psychology A survey of human development emphasizing the nature of children's minds and experience, developmental change, and the relation between child and adult mentation. How do children at different periods in development think, feel, and experience the world around them? Students will be actively involved in preschool settings. 5044 PSY 259A S06-07 EC Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience This course will offer an introduction to cognitive brain functions including higher perceptual functions, attention and selective perception, systems for short- and long-term memory, language, cerebral lateralization, motor control, executive functions of the frontal lobe, cognitive development and plasticity, and the problem of consciousness. Major neuropsychological syndromes (e.g. agnosia, amnesia) will be discussed. 5045 PSY 259B S06-07 ST Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience This course will offer an introduction to cognitive brain functions including higher perceptual functions, attention and selective perception, systems for short- and long-term memory, language, cerebral lateralization, motor control, executive functions of the frontal lobe, cognitive development and plasticity, and the problem of consciousness. Major neuropsychological syndromes (e.g. agnosia, amnesia) will be discussed. 5046 PSY 307 S06-07 EC Educational Psychology Principles of psychology relevant to the theory and practice of education. Through selected readings, discussion, and classroom observations, students study theories of development, learning, cognition (including literacy), and motivation, as well as individual and group differences in these areas; assessment; and the social psychology of the classroom. The course focuses on how learning by children and adolescents at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels is influenced by their own characteristics and experiences and the various contexts in which they learn: family, school, community and culture. One three-hour seminar. 5047 PSY 310 S06-07 EC Psychology of Thinking The aim of the course is to elucidate the main forms of thinking, namely, the estimation of chances, the deduction of new information from old, the construction of scientific hypotheses, the organization of concepts, and the evaluation of options. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the formal structure of a reasoning domain as an aid to interpreting experimental evidence about human thought. 5048 PSY 320 S06-07 SA Theories of Psychotherapy Examination of different theories, techniques, settings and issues in psychotherapy. A number of class meetings will take place in clinical field settings, including the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and the Forensic Center. 5049 PSY 326 S06-07 SA Social and Personality Development Major issues in social and personality psychology examined from a developmental perspective, with emphasis on developmental processes and change. Data on children, adolescents and adults will be considered. Topics include: attachment, self-concept, self-esteem, achievement, gender roles, moral development, prosocial behavior, and aggression. Particular attention to role of culture. 5050 PSY 327 S06-07 SA Close Relationships Close relationships are at the core of the human experience. You already have extensive experience with relationships of many sorts--family bonds, friendships, and probably romantic partnerships as well. The objective of this course is to introduce you to the scientific perspective on close relationships. You will learn how research psychologists apply the scientific method of data collection and analysis to investigate how people experience and think about relationships in general, and romantic relationships in particular. 5051 PSY 415 S06-07 EC Advanced Topics in Learning & Memory: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Seminar designed to expose students to current research on the cellular and molecular bases of learning and memory, providing an up-to-date analysis of what is, and is not, known about the neurobiology of learning and memory. We begin with a review of the model systems used to study learning and memory, including an analysis of the translational validity of certain model systems. We then deal with different forms of plasticity (synaptic and structural) as they pertain to learning and memory during development and adulthood. Finally, we apply some of these findings to evaluate the current status of research on aging and Alzheimer's. 5052 PSY 417 S06-07 EC The Neural Basis of Goal-Directed Behavior A fundamental property of human action is its orientation toward specific desired goals. Understanding the computations and neural mechanisms underlying this goal-directedness stands as a central challenge for both psychology and neuroscience. We will review major theories characterizing the role of goals in behavior, from cognitive, social and developmental psychology, animal behavior research, and artificial intelligence. We'll then review a range of neuroscientific data in an effort to sketch out the neural substrates of goal-directed behavior, considering the neural basis of goal evaluation, selection, representation, and pursuit. 5053 PSY 501 S06-07 Proseminar in Basic Problems in Psychology: Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Proseminar: Introduction to graduate level cognitive psychology for first year graduate students in psychology. This course will serve as the basis for more advanced graduate courses on specific topics in this area. 5054 PSY 502 S06-07 Proseminar in Basic Problems in Psychology: Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Neuroscience Proseminar: Introduction to graduate level neuroscience psychology for first year graduate students in psychology. This course will serve as the basis for more advanced graduate courses on specific topics in this area. 5055 PSY 504 S06-07 Experimental Design and Analysis in Psychological Research This course will provide students with a broad overview of multivariate statistics. Topics covered will include multiple regression, analysis of covariance, multivariate analysis of variance, discriminant function analysis, logistic regression, principal components analysis, factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling. 5056 PSY 511 S06-07 Current Issues in Neuroscience and Behavior Advanced seminar that reflects current research on brain and behavior. Research by seminar participants and articles from the literature will be discussed. 5057 PSY 543 S06-07 Research Seminar in Cognitive Psychology A seminar that deals with current research and issues in sensation, perception, and cognition. Ongoing research by seminar participants, research methodology, and current issues in the literature will be discussed. 5058 PSY 549 S06-07 Social Cognition, from Brains to Culture This course is designed as a critical overview of topics in social cognition, for graduate students with ambitions to be conversant in its theories, findings, and methods. The focus of social cognition is how people make sense of each other. We will cover the range of topics in social cognition, seeing where different areas of research and theory have been and are going. Each week's readings will include a chapter from 'Social Cognition, from Brains to Culture' and two recent empirical articles, posted weekly, to allow flexibility. 5059 PSY 551 S06-07 Design and Interpretation of Social Psychological Research An advanced seminar that considers current research in social psychology. Contemporary research conducted by the seminar participants will be discussed. 5060 PSY 591A S06-07 Ethical Issues in Scientific Research Examination of issues in the responsible conduct of scientific research, including the definition of scientific misconduct, mentoring, authorship, peer review, grant practices, use of humans and of animals as subjects, ownership of data, and conflict of interest. Class will consist primarily of the discussion of cases. Required of all first and second year graduate students in the Department of Psychology. Open to other graduate students. 5061 REL 210 S06-07 HA Religion and Evolution Analyzing the cultural and religious reception of Darwinism and evolutionism, this course will acquaint students with the major past and present religious discourses on evolution. We will deal with the Christian reception and rejection of Darwinism, with Neo-Hindu thinkers, with metaphysical philosophy, and with New Age and the so called posthumanism (the vision of immortality in the media). 5062 REL 222 S06-07 EC Religion in Modern Thought and Film This course surveys conceptions of religion that have been influential in the modern period, and critically examines the theories of knowledge, interpretation, society, and culture associated with them. Among the approaches considered are Augustinian theology, Enlightenment skepticism, Marxism, cultural anthropology, phenomenology, feminism, and Freudian psychology. Films by such directors as Hitchcock and Von Trier are used to explore the main issues covered. Two lectures, one precept, one screening. 5063 REL 224 S06-07 HA Buddhist Traditions of Sacred Biography An introduction to various forms of biographical and autobiographical literature in the Buddhist cultures of South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Tibet. The course will undertake close readings of primary sources (in English translation), together with a discussion of narrative genres, historical, political, and cultural contexts, and the material culture of Buddhist biographies including text production, visual representation, and ritual practice. 5064 REL 228 S06-07 HA Religion in Japanese Culture This course will provide an introduction to major themes and issues in Japanese religions from ancient to modern times, focusing on the role of religion in culture and history. We will examine representative aspects of Buddhist, Shinto, Kirishitan (Christian) and other religious traditions, as well as such topics as shamanism, magic, healing, religion and the state, and religion and modernity. A Japanese language precept can be made available, given sufficient interest. 5065 REL 253 S06-07 HA Early Christian Women: From Mary Magdalene to Martyred Mothers Explores different views in early Christianity on women and gender by critically examining ancient texts, from the New Testament, to Gnostic and other non-canonical writings, martyr-acts, and evidence from the material world (inscriptions, frescoes, mosaics, papyrus documents). The course introduces students to early Christian women in such roles as preachers and prophets, martyrs and monastics. How did Christian authors view the position of women in their communities and what can we extract from their writings about women and their roles in Christian communities? How do ancient debates relate to contemporary issues on gender and religion? 5066 REL 330 S06-07 SA Magic and Miracles in the Lands of Islam This course explores the changing cultural constructions of the categories of "religion" and "magic" in Islamic practice from the time of the Prophet through modern times. We will look at prophets, saints, sorcerers, jinn, demons and "spirits", and examine the different roles these figures have played in the religious discourses of both learned and "popular" Islam. For the modern period, we will also look at the way in which the concept of "science" has figured into discussions of religion and magic in Islam. 5067 REL 335 S06-07 HA Moses and Jesus in the Islamic Tradition The course will focus on the changing representations of the prophets Musa (Moses) and `Isa (Jesus) within the Islamic tradition. Course materials include readings in translation from the Qur'an, hadith, Sufi poetry, the popular "Tales of the Prophets" as well as modern Islamic texts on social justice, and novels. We will examine the ways in which these prophets, while recognized by Muslims as foundational figures in Christianity and Judaism, played and continue to play a prominent role, as monotheistic prophets and as religious examplars, in many diverse aspects of Islamic thought and practice. 5068 REL 341 S06-07 HA Judaism in the Greco-Roman Diaspora This course covers the development of Judaism in the diaspora from 33 BCE to 200 CE, including the rich body of literature produced by Egyptian Jewry, the best documented of the ancient diaspora communities, the archeological and epigraphic evidence for Judaism in Rome and Asia Minor, and the writings of ancient non-Jews on the Jews and Judaism. 5069 REL 344 S06-07 EM Jewish Political Thought Focuses on the conceptual dimensions of the Jewish political tradition. We will consider such questions as: To what extent does Judaism have a political tradition? How do Jewish sources address such perennial political issues as authority, legitimacy, types of government, consent, power, and justice? How does the Jewish political tradition compare with other traditions (e.g. Greece, Christianity, and modern liberalism)? What is the relationship between the State of Israel and the historic Jewish political tradition? 5070 REL 351 S06-07 HA Golem: The Creation of an Artificial Man The creation of an artifical human being has been an age-old dream of humankind. Among its ramifications are the robot, the computer and the clone. The seminar will follow the Golem tradition within Judaism throughout history up to its modern offshoots. It will deal with its origin in the Hebrew Bible, its manifestations in mysticism and magic (e.g. the Golem of Prague), in literature, in film and on stage, in art, children books, and the history of science. 5071 REL 359 S06-07 HA Religion and Immigration to the United States Covers a variety of texts dealing with religion and immigration, one of the major themes of American history. Readings include primary accounts of the experience of immigration and secondary analyses of immigration as a socio-historical factor in the formation of American civic and political culture. Themes will include immigration as religious experience; the transfer and transformation of religious practice from "old" world to "new"; religion as a "map of meaning" for immigrant communities; and religious institutions as social agencies and facilitators of change. 5072 REL 360 S06-07 SA Women and American Religion Is religion oppressive to women? Or does it enable resistance to restrictive gender roles? Can religion be exploitative and empowering at once? This course explores the dynamics of religion, gender, and power by using case studies from across American history, including Puritanism, African American Christianity, spiritualism, Native American traditions, Catholicism, and Orthodox Judaism, as well as late 20th-century developments related to feminism, the rise of American Islam, and Christian fundamentalism. Each student will choose a research topic, culminating in a final paper that will be presented to the class in several stages. 5073 REL 375 S06-07 HA Religion and Violence in America: From the Puritans to 9/11 This course examines the theoretical and empirical relationships between religious discourses, practices, communities, and institutions with systemic violence (war, age, race, and sexual discrimination) in American history. Students will be expected to read primary and secondary sources, participate in an informed fashion in discussions (including in-class writing), and produce a final research paper on a topic related to the course. 5074 REL 503 S06-07 Studies in East Asian Religions: Dunhuang Manuscripts and Chinese Buddhism An introduction to the range of Chinese manuscripts from the medieval period unearthed in western China early in this century. We will read selected texts in classical Chinese drawn from apocryphal scriptures, ritual texts, circulars of lay societies, and documents on social history. Reading knowledge of classical Chinese is required. Course also introduces research tools and methods in Dunhuang studies plus some secondary studies. Students from all departments welcome. 5075 REL 504 S06-07 Studies in Greco-Roman Religions: Literary and Documentary Papyrology This seminar introduces students to the exciting world of papyrology. Papyri have contributed greatly to our understanding of daily life, government, and textual transmission in antiquity. The course teaches students the skills to read and understand ancient documents and literature preserved on papyrus. Special attention will be paid to the importance of papyri for social history. 5076 REL 505 S06-07 Studies in the Religions of the Americas: Theory and Ethnography in the Study of American Religion This seminar concentrates on several related methodological innovations that have influenced the study of American religion in recent decades. We will read prominent works in feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory along with contemporary reflections on the history, sociology, and anthropology of religion in the U.S. The course relates directly to the third general exam in the RA subfield and is also meant to help students think methodologically in preparation for dissertation work. 5077 REL 508 S06-07 Studies in Religion and Morality: Christianity and Democracy in America This seminar will examine the interaction between religion and democracy in the thought of major figures (such as Tocqueville, Lincoln, and Thoreau) and in democratic social movements (such as abolitionism, the civil rights movement, and contemporary community organizing). 5078 REL 510 S06-07 Special Topics in the Study of Religion: Dharma, Country, and Sovereign in Premodern Japanese Buddhism We will consider premodern Japanese discourses about Japan's place in the Buddhist cosmology, concepts of "nation protection," Buddhism and the state, and relations between buddhas and Japanese deities (kami), exploring how such themes served to legitimate, redefine, or challenge particular understandings of Buddhism. Readings will include doctrinal and literary texts as well as secondary scholarship. 5079 REL 511 S06-07 Special Topics in the Study of Religion: The Life & Writings of Thomas Merton This seminar will investigate the evolving and sometime contradictory thought of Thomas Merton in the context of his life as monk, writer, and social critic. 5080 REL 512 S06-07 Studies in Greco-Roman Religions This course will consider apocalypticism and messianism in classical rabbinic literature in Hebrew and Aramaic from the Mishnah through the Babylonian Talmud, concluding with several early Byzantine works. It will examine their relationship to apocalyptic literature from the Second Temple period, contemporary Christian literature, related rabbinic material, and the hekhalot literature. 5081 REL 521 S06-07 Religion and Culture Workshop A seminar devoted to the critical discussion of research in progress, methods, and recently published work in the ethnographic and historical study of religion and culture. Includes research utilizing textual analysis, historical analysis, material culture, and quantitative as well as qualitative methods. 5082 RUS 102 S06-07 Beginner's Russian II The objective of RUS 102 is to give a basic knowledge of Russian: basic training in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending the Russian language in a cultural context. 5083 RUS 107 S06-07 Intermediate Russian II Major emphasis on the development of vocabulary and oral expression with continued presentation and review of grammar. Vocabulary thematically organized to include such topics as travel, city life, nature, hobbies, politics, etc. Training of all language skills in a cultural context. Vocabulary reinforced through film and reading of cultural texts. 5084 RUS 208 S06-07 Advanced Russian Reading and Conversation II A continuation of 207. Selected texts (19th and 20th-century poetry and prose) with discussion and analysis in Russian. Four classes. 5085 SLA 104 S06-07 Introductory Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian II This course is a continuation of SLA 103. It is designed to continue developing and refining the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), concentrating on conversational practice, advanced grammar points, oral drilling, increased reading (BCS literature, folklore, and expository prose, including works chosen according to students' interests), and viewing films. 5086 SLA 112 S06-07 Introductory Czech II A continuation (2nd semester) of the introductory Czech language course in all four language skills (reading, writing, listening comprehension, and speaking), teaching all fundamental aspects of Czech grammar and basic communication skills in a variety of situations. As the course progresses, the rich Central European culture of Bohemia and Moravia will be sampled through poetry, film, and fictional as well as expository prose. Successful completion of SLA 111 required. 5087 SLA 216 S06-07 SA Russia In Transition: Post-Communism as a Cultural Problem This course explores symbolic mechanisms and daily practices through which post-Soviet identities are constructed in contemporary Russia. We will look closely at such key concepts and institutions as ideology, space, crime, generation, and gender. What are the cultural contexts in which new identities emerge in today's Russia? What are the social, economic and cultural practices that influence this identity-construction process? To what extent does the Soviet cultural legacy still define the post-Soviet identity? Through fiction, film, and academic studies of post-Soviet life, we will analyze how Russia is being transformed. 5088 SLA 320 S06-07 LA History of Russian Literature, 1860 -1917 An examination of significant trends in Russian literature from the second half of the 19th century to the Russian Revolution. The course focuses on many masterpieces of 19th and 20th-century Russian literature. The works (mostly novels) are considered from a stylistic viewpoint and in the context of Russian historical and cultural developments. The course also focuses on questions of values and on the eternal "big questions" of life that are raised in the literature. 5089 SLA 321 S06-07 LA Soviet Literature, 1917-1965 To acquaint the student with the general development of Soviet literature from 1917 to 1965 by studying its best and representative works and by taking into account its social and political background. 5090 SLA 335 S06-07 Pushkin, Prokofiev, Meyerhold: Boris Godunov on the 20th-Century Stage A seminar to accompany Princeton's world premiere of the Meyerhold-Prokofiev production, rehearsed and then abandoned in 1937, of Pushkin's historical drama [Boris Godunov]. Topics include the Russian "Time of Troubles" (1604-1615), Pushkin as dramatist (1820s), Meyerhold's modernist theatre (1910s-1930s), and Prokofiev as composer of stage music. We will measure this production against the norms of Stalinist performance art, and then suggest why it would have been a political and artistic scandal. 5091 SLA 419 S06-07 LA 19th- and 20th-Century Russian Poetry This course will serve as an introduction to major Russian poets from Pushkin to the present. No prior knowledge of Russian literature is assumed. The focus of the course will be on close readings of individual poems, but the intention is, by generalization, to reach an understanding of the development of Russian literature as a whole. All readings will be in Russian, but some discussion will be in English. 5092 SLA 502 S06-07 Russian Morphosyntax A generative analysis of Russian lexical structure, morphology, syntax and theme/rheme structure. 5093 SLA 513 S06-07 Russian Literature before 1800 This course is a survey of the most significant works and genres of Russian literature from the medieval period throught the eighteenth century. 5094 SLA 520 S06-07 Topics in Contemporary Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture The course explores various metaphors of family used to organize and represent different social process in contemporary Russian culture. By analyzing recent film, fiction, and examples of popular culture, we will try to understand why metaphors of relatedness and narratives of belonging became especially prominent and effective after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 5095 SLA 530 S06-07 Topics in Russian Literature or Literary Theory: Stylistics The aim of the course is to help students identify and analyze the stylistic peculiarities of Russian prose that often become lost in English translations. The course focuses on the contrast between lofty language (marked with the use of Church Slavonicisms) and vernacular Russian (prostorechie), officialese and skaz, homiletic discourse and "the word with a loophole", as well as other stylistic layers of 19th-and 20th-century Russian literary language. 5096 SLA 537 S06-07 Boris Godunov A graduate course to accompany Princeton's world premiere of the Meyerhold-Prokofiev production of Pushkin's historical drama [Boris Godunov]. It will differ from the undergraduate SLA 335/COM 335 largely in the requirement and expectation that the literary works (and some critical works) are read in Russian. 5097 SLA 599 S06-07 Slavic Dissertation Colloquium A practical course devoted to scholarly writing intended to facilitate the proposal and dissertation writing process. The seminar meets every three to four weeks. Dissertation writers circulate work in progress for feedback and discuss issues that arise in the course of their work. The seminar is required of all post-generals students in Russian literature who are in residence. 5098 SOC 248 S06-07 SA Modern Mexican Society An introduction to social, political, and economic organization of modern Mexico. The course traces the evolution of Mexico's fundamental institutions from their birth after the Mexican Revolution of 1910, through their flowering during the 1950s and 1960s, to changes in the neoliberal era of the 1980s and 1990s. The course ends with a consideration of Mexico's current position as a partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement. 5099 SOC 284 S06-07 SA Mapping Globalization: History, Structures, and Challenges Covers the historical and sociological context of globalization, while training students in the use of statistical and graphic tools required to understand globalization's macro structural foundations. The course includes material on the historical antecedents, the infrastructural bases of, and current challenges to contemporary globalization. 5100 SOC 302 S06-07 SA Sociological Theory This course invites you to systematically review foundational texts in sociology. Attention is given to the formulation of concepts, hypotheses, and research methods. We explore social structure and action; change and conflict; norms and roles; social class and stratification; deviance; and the link between micro- and macro-sociology. We also consider phenomena such as modernization, urbanization, migration, industrialization, and global capitalism. Why does theory matter to contemporary politics and policy? These are among the questions we ask. 5101 SOC 339 S06-07 SA Sociology of International Migration This course provides an overview of immigration trends over the twentieth century and the sociological theory and research that informs our understanding about its causes and consequences. Some topics covered in this course include: the origins and settlement patterns of immigrants throughout the 20th century, immigrant entrepreneurship and political participation, the adaptation of second-generation immigrants, the role of religion in immigrant communities, and current immigration policy debates. We will also discuss similar topics with regards to immigration in Canada and Europe. 5102 SOC 364 S06-07 SA Sociology of Medicine This course uses "the sociological imagination" to explore the role and meaning of medicine in modern US society. Topics include sociocultural definitions of health and illness, the sick role, the doctor-patient relationship, the social determinants of health, the role of medicine in keeping society healthy, the education and socialization of health care professionals, and the social control function of medicine. We will also consider current bioethical dilemmas from a sociological perspective. 5103 SOC 502 S06-07 Contemporary Sociological Theory This course offers an introduction to contemporary sociological theory, viewed as a tool for improving the quality of research design, execution, and interpretation in the social sciences. The seminar goals include: 1) surveying major developments in social theory during the post-war era, including functionalism, structuralism, microsociologies, gender theory, neofunctionalism, postmodernism, rational-choice models, social constructionism, evolutionary theory, and the theory of complex systems; (continued in "Other Information") 5104 SOC 504 S06-07 Social Statistics This course provides a thorough examination of linear regression from a data analytic point of view. Sociological applications are strongly emphasized. Topics include: (a) a review of the linear model; (b) regression diagnostics for outliers and collinearity; (c) smoothers; (d) robust regression; and (e) resampling methods. Students taking the course should have completed an introductory course in probability and statistics. 5105 SOC 510C S06-07 Selected Topics in Social Structure: Race and Social Structure This half-semester course is a graduate-level introduction to the study of race and ethnicity. The readings for each week seek to orient and engage students with the major debates in the research literature, including issues of assimilation, identify formation and change, urban segregation, class differentiation, and labor market experiences among racial and ethnic groups. The first five weeks of the course focus primarily on the experiences of minority groups within the United States. 5106 SOC 510S S06-07 Selected Topics in Social Structure: Political Sociology: Political Sociology Weekly seminar covering such topics as state formation, revolutions, liberalism and democracy, and civil society and civic participation. 5107 SOC 520P S06-07 Selected Topics in Social Institutions: Economic Sociology: Economic Sociology This course seeks to introduce students to recent developments in economic sociology with an emphasis both on individual economic action and the dynamics of economic institutions. Particular foci to be covered include the rise and nature of economic firms, the informal economy, the economic relevance of social capital, and the interface between economic sociology and the sociology of national development. Students can expect readings of about 200 pages per week and will be responsible for class presentations based on these readings. 5108 SOC 521 S06-07 Religion and Public Life A seminar devoted to the presentation and critical discussion of research in progress by participants in the seminar. Focuses on the use of social scientific methods in the study of religion and on applications of recently published work about religion and society. Includes an emphasis on religion and public policy in the U.S. and in comparative perspective. 5109 SOC 530J S06-07 Selected Topics in Social Processes: Microsociology: Collins, Katz, and Zeruvabel: Microsociology: Collins, Katz and Zeruvabel This seminar will focus on the contemporary study of behavior including situations of face to face interaction. The class will begin with the work of Erving Goffman, focusing on the foundations he laid for discovering the hidden patterns and texture of everyday life in face to face interaction, and will trace the legacy of that work in the visions of three of the most creative sociologists working today. 5110 SOC 550 S06-07 Research Seminar in Empirical Investigation This course teaches you how to write a theoretically informed research paper. You will develop a research question that is related to one or more sociological traditions. To answer this question, you will then select a data set and analyze it with appropriate quantitative methods. The requirement is that you finish a paper that is suitable for submission to a professional journal or conference. 5111 SPA 102 S06-07 Beginner's Spanish II The development of Spanish communication skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and Hispanic culture appreciation. Language instruction complemented with audiovisual materials. 5112 SPA 107 S06-07 Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Designed for students who have successfully completed SPA 102 or SPA 103. An integrated approach to increase comprehension, oral and writing expression. Class activities reinforce language skills through aural/oral practice, grammar review, vocabulary acquisition, reading, editing compositions, oral presentations, and discussion of contemporary Spanish short stories, music and films. 5113 SPA 108 S06-07 Advanced Spanish An intensive course designed to prepare students to enter 200 level courses, with an emphasis on reading, oral and written proficiency. The course is aimed at developing advanced syntactical and lexical competence which it addresses through frequent rewrites of compositions, oral presentations, discussions of contemporary Spanish literary texts, music and film. [One] of the sections will focus on the language and the cultural implications of health-care professions. Interested students should sign up for this section (See "Other information"). 5114 SPA 207 S06-07 Studies in Spanish Language and Style An advanced course in Spanish composition and conversation. Its main purpose is to increase the student's fluency and accuracy in spoken and written Spanish. Importance is also given to understanding elements of Hispanic literature and culture through literary texts, Hispanic periodicals, and films. [One] of the sections will focus on the language and the cultural implications of health-care professions. Interested students should sign up for this section (See "Other Information"). 5115 SPA 209 S06-07 Spanish Language and Culture Through Cinema A course designed to improve oral and writing skills, while significantly increasing students' knowledge of cultural affairs in an ever changing Hispanic world. A significant amount of time will be dedicated to intensive debate on a wide variety of topics presented in films. Students interested in contemporary cinema may find this course especially enlightening. The grammar component of the course aims to ease the path to a more fluent communication in Spanish. The diversity of Hispanic culture is presented from the standpoint of a selected number of film directors. 5116 SPA 227 S06-07 LA Contemporary Issues in Spain and/or Latin America Focuses on current political, social, and cultural issues in Argentina, including social movements, the democratic transition, new developments in film, tango and rock, environmental conflicts in Patagonia, international tourism, and economic changes. The course will give students an introduction to present day events and trends, mostly through a perusal and analysis of local newspapers, recent academic essays, websites, and documentaries. 5117 SPA 307 S06-07 LA Advanced Spanish Language and Style For advanced students who wish to expand and improve their knowledge of written and spoken Spanish through analysis of, and practice with, a variety of writing styles as well as intensive work with grammatical structures that continue to pose challenges. Combination of writing workshops and intensive reading. 5118 SPA 313 S06-07 LA Art and Ideology in Medieval Iberia: Jews, Christians, and Moors As a result of its unique racial, ethnic, and religious evolution, Medieval Spain offers a dynamic forum for the study of hegemonic structures (political, religious, gender) and of resistance. The dramatic interplay of these discourses which collectively define Medieval Iberian culture will be considered through discussions of art, architecture, and especially literature, from the militant epic mentality, to the dissident lyric voices of Shem Tov, to the figure of the romanticized Moor. 5119 SPA 319 S06-07 LA Topics in Cinema and Culture: History of Spanish Cinema This course will explore the history and development of filmmaking and film culture in Spain. Beginning with its pre-Civil War origins, the Spanish cinema will be examined through its re-constitution in the fifties and sixties, the origins of the "new Spanish cinema," and directions that have characterized the post-Franco era. 5120 SPA 332 S06-07 LA Modern Latin American Poetry An introduction to the major poets and poetic trends in modern Latin America and the Caribbean. Intensive readings of texts by Martí, Rubén Darío, Huidobro, César Vallejo, Luis Palés Matos, Gabriela Mistral, Julia de Burgos, Borges, Xavier Villaurrutia and José Emilio Pacheco. Special attention to contemporary songs and lyrics by Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Violeta Parra, Spinetta and Carlos Varela. Special emphasis on close textual analysis and class discussions. Readings and discussions in Spanish. 5121 SPA 342 S06-07 LA Topics in Latin American Modernity: Republicanism, Revolution and Democracy This course will study the construction and consolidation of the nation-states in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 19th and 20th centuries. Discussion of the major debates on republicanism, liberalism, nationalism, and also democracy and socialism. The focus will be on key figures and texts of Latin American thought and politics, such as Mexicans Fray Servando Teresa de Mier and Jose Vasconcelos, Argentine Domingo Sarmiento, Cubans Jose Marti and Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Uruguayan Jose Enrique Rodo, and Peruvian Jose Carlos Mariategui. Secondary works on Zapata, Pancho Villa, and others. 5122 SPA 345 S06-07 LA Topics in Latin American Literature and Ideology: Ernesto Che Guevara entre historia y literatura This course will reconstruct the trajectory of a mythical personage from the history of contemporary Latin America. The point of departure will be the biographies of Ernesto Guevara recently published by Castañeda, Ignacio Taibo, Anderson, etc. The course will likewise focus on the reading and discussion of a group of literary texts centered on the figure of Guevara. Novels, poems, and memoirs by Neruda, García Márquez, Sábato and Cortázar, among others, will be used to study Che Guevara's impact on contemporary Latin American literature. 5123 SPA 399 S06-07 LA Comparative Studies in Spanish and Portuguese Literatures in Latin America This co-taught course will explore relations and contrasts between the Portuguese and Spanish colonial experiences in America from the late 15th to 17th century and their later uses in contemporary Latin American national discourses. The course will focus on the first texts of the conquest and the writings of figures such as Ercilla and Camões, Inca Garcilaso and father Anchieta, as well as on 20th-century novel, cinema, music, and essay. This comparative approach is intended to stimulate students into dialogue between the languages and cultures of both traditions. 5124 SPA 401 S06-07 LA Topics in Hispanic Culture (Europe and America): Intellectuals & Power in Latin America & the Caribbean This course will explore the works and significance of intellectuals in 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean where intellectuals have played a distinctive role. We examine the ways in which journalists and poets, historians and social scientists have grappled with the problem of power, how it works, how it changes, and how to seize it. How has concern about power shaped intellectual life? What role do intellectuals play in the making of public ideologies, conservative, nationalist, socialist? Classic texts selected from among Latin America's foremost writers to study such themes as revolution, democracy, nationalism, and exile. 5125 SPA 535 S06-07 Golden-Age Prose: Cervantes' Don Quijote A close reading of [Don Quijote] and a consideration of its literary and cultural backgrounds. 5126 SPA 540 S06-07 Main Currents of Spanish Thought, 1848 to the Present: History and Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture The course will explore how the Spanish II Republic and the Civil War have been narrated, remembered and revised in historiography, prose fiction, poetry, film, journalism and other cultural venues throughout the decades and the generations. The course will pay special attention to the politics of memory, but also to aspects of memory that challenge conventional political assumptions about history and memory. 5127 SPA 548 S06-07 Seminar in Modern Spanish-American Literature: Facundo de D.F. Sarmiento Historia, política, literatura This seminar will focus on Sarmiento's literary writing. His book Facundo and its particular production will serve us a point of departure for amore general study on the relations of literary genres and historical context. Particular emphasis will be given to methodological problems related to issues such as periodization, construction of periods and political uses of fiction. The debate will be centered in the multiple and contradictory networks implicit in the ideological relation of civilization with barbarity. 5128 SPA 551 S06-07 Culture and Revolution in Cuba, 1959-1971 This seminar will explore the important intellectual debates since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 until 1971, the most dynamic years of the Revolution from the cultural and ideological points of view. Special attention to the confrontation between liberal, Catholic and various socialist traditions. Works by Jorge Mañach, Cintio Vitier, Heberto Padilla, Fernández Retamar and others. Emphasis on key Cuban publications of the period, such as "Lunes de Revolución" and "Casa de las Américas". 5129 SPA 1027 S06-07 Intensive Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Spanish 102-7 is an intensive double course designed to help students develop an active command of the language. Reading comprehension and oral proficiency as well as reading skills and grammatical accuracy will be developed through various activities. A solid grammatical basis and awareness of the idiomatic usage of the language will be emphasized. Students will also be familiarized with some cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world through readings, videos and films. It is specifically designed for students contemplating study abroad and/or concentration in Spanish. 5130 SWA 102 S06-07 Elementary Swahili II Continuation of SWA 101. It emphasizes on increasing proficiency in reading and listening comprehension, speaking, and writing activities in Swahili. Cultural contexts of the east African societies where Swahili is spoken are incorporated in classroom activities in order to enhance communication and cultural proficiency. 5131 SWA 107 S06-07 Intermediate Swahili II While it continues to emphasize on conversational fluency and increased facility in reading and writing skills, this course introduces students to Swahili literature through which a survey on cultural aspects and more advanced grammer is undertaken. Students will be able to understand and analyze the main ideas and significant details of materials in Swahili such as media articles, short stories, poetry, short novels, films and plays illustrative of East African cultural issues and advanced level Swahili grammar, as well as development of expository writing skills. 5132 SWA 300 S06-07 LA East African Drama in Kiswahili Examines the genre of drama and performance in the literary tradition of Swahili-speaking East Africa. This course focuses on the origins of African drama in the epic and ritual traditions, as well as the sociopolitical and theoretical realities that have informed the current dramatic texts in Kiswahili. Readings address the pre-colonial performance traditions of the East African peoples, the role of the colonial experience and the politics of the post-colony in contemporary plays, and the effect of general theoretical trends on writing and performing drama in Kiswahili. 5133 SWA 305 S06-07 LA Kiswahili Novel Although the novel is the youngest genre in the Swahili critical tradition, it has experienced some of the most revolutionary and innovative experimentation since it gained mainstream prominence in Swahili literature, mainly during the post-colonial/independence literary revolution. This course focuses on a critical analysis of the socio-political and critical trends in the literary world that have influenced contemporary Swahili novelists. The colonial, independence, and post-independence experiences in East Africa are some of the motifs that inform the course readings and class discourse. 5134 THR 201 S06-07 LA Beginning Studies in Acting: Scene Study An introduction to the craft of acting through scene study monologues and, finally, a longer scene drawn from a play, to develop a method of working on a script. Emphasis will be placed on honesty, spontaneity, and establishing a personal connection with the scene's substance. 5135 THR 205 S06-07 LA Introductory Playwriting This is a workshop in the fundamentals of writing plays. Emphasis will be on solving problems of structure, dramatic action, and character. Attention will also be given to innerlife, language, atmosphere on stage, creating living dialogue, and examining the sources to be used in writing, etc. 5136 THR 287 S06-07 LA Acting Text: Turning Ideas into Action This basic acting course will focus on how to analyze a text -- to make choices and turn those choices into action. Students will learn to create characters, to assess the impact of different characters on a scene, and to give the intellectual a physical, visceral form. Since most of the texts are comedies, the work will be a great deal of fun. Students will work on classical, modern, and contemporary texts, performing each scene in a number of versions and taking some scenes into Prof. Barkan's COM 237 lectures on comedy. 5137 THR 301 S06-07 LA Intermediate Studies in Acting: Scene Study II A continuation of THR 201: Guide students in ways to develop a role and to explore important texts and characters in an imaginative and honest manner. The focus of the class this fall will be on monologues and scenes from Chekhov, Kushner, Williams and Mamet. 5138 THR 305 S06-07 LA Playwriting II: Intermediate Playwriting A continuation of work begun in Introductory Playwriting. 5139 THR 317 S06-07 LA Theatrical Design An exploration of the various aspects of theatrical design: lighting, set design, costuming. Emphasis will depend to some degree on instructor's area of interest and/or student interest. Studio projects will be designed to coincide with other theater and dance courses and currently scheduled productions. Critical discussion will explore the relationship between dramatic texts and design ideas. {The spring 2007 class will focus on lighting design.} 5140 THR 329 S06-07 LA The Boris Godunov Project The course centers on the world premiere staging of Pushkin's original version of Boris Godunov, one of the classics of Russian literature (Berlind Theater, April 12-14). Student actors, singers, dancers, architects, and musicians will collaborate on the production, featuring music written by Prokofiev for a proposed 1930s production of the play and a set inspired by the director Meyerhold's ideas for that production. Class meetings will often be used to investigate the play's performative possibilities. 5141 THR 330 S06-07 LA Special Topics in Performance Practice: Dramaturgy The dramaturg of a theater reads and assesses scripts; commissions and develops new plays; prepares classic plays for production; serves as a rehearsal consultant; writes program notes; advises on artistic policy; and works with education and marketing departments on the theater's "public face." Students will discover the historical roots of dramaturgy, study a variety of contemporary models, and evaluate scripts, both classic and contemporary, from a dramaturgical perspective. 5142 TPP 301 S06-07 SA Seminar on Learning and Teaching A study of essential dimensions of learning and teaching, including learner characteristics and needs, organization and structure of educational institutions, development of curriculum and instructional goals, preparation of evaluation and assessment, and design of subject/level specific methodologies and classroom management techniques. Students perform 18 hours of site-based field experience. Students attend two seminar meetings and a weekly evening laboratory session. 5143 TPP 401 S06-07 Seminar on Education Senior Seminar, taken concurrently with Practice Teaching (TPP402), is designed for those preparing to teach in public or private elementary and/or secondary schools. Course content includes: the development of learning goals and rubrics for assessment, the study of national and local issues in education and their impact on schools, the examination of current literature and research on teaching and learning, the discussion and evaluation of each student's performance as practice teachers, and the use of research to measure the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process. 5144 TPP 402 S06-07 Practice Teaching Supervised practice teaching in secondary or elementary school (a minimum of 8 weeks for seniors, and 12 weeks for 9th semester and graduate students). Teaching is done under supervision of a master teacher and a program staff member who regularly observes and discusses the student's practice teaching. Students gain firsthand experience in developing teaching strategies, planning and individualizing instruction, assessing student learning, and classroom management. Must be taken concurrently with TPP 401. 5145 TUR 102 S06-07 Elementary Turkish II Familiarity with all grammatical aspects of Modern Turkish. Reading text of moderate difficulty; developing communicative skills: ability to comprehend and engage in daily discourse; ability to write short compositions. 5146 TUR 107 S06-07 Intermediate Turkish II To enable students to communicate in Modern Turkish, and to read Turkish (current events, editorials, literature and academic writings) with some speed and accuracy. 5147 VIS 202 S06-07 LA Introductory Drawing This course approaches drawing as a way of thinking and seeing. Students will be introduced to a range of drawing issues, as well as a variety of media, including charcoal, graphite, ink and oil stick. Subject matter includes still life, the figure, landscape and architecture. Representation, abstraction and working from imagination will be explored. A structured independent project will be completed at the end of the term. Two three-hour studio classes. 5148 VIS 204 S06-07 LA Introductory Painting An introduction to the materials and methods of painting. The areas to be covered are color and its interaction, the use of form and scale, painting from a model, painting objects with a concern for their mass and interaction with light. Two three-hour studio classes. 5149 VIS 212 S06-07 LA Introductory Photography An introduction to the processes of photography through a series of problems directed toward the handling of light-sensitive material, camera, and printing. Weekly laboratory sessions will explore the critical issues of the medium in relation to both student work and the work of guest photographers. One three-hour class and three hours of independent laboratory. Prerequisite: instructor's permission. 5150 VIS 222 S06-07 LA Introductory Sculpture A studio introduction to sculpture, particularly the study of form, space, and the influence of a wide variety of materials and processes on the visual properties of sculpture. Students will develop an understanding of contemporary sculpture and a basic technical facility in a variety of materials and processes. Two three-hour studio classes. 5151 VIS 232 S06-07 LA Ceramics This is an introductory level course designed for students interested in learning the fundamentals of working with clay. A wide variety of hand building and wheel throwing techniques will be taught, enabling students to make utilitarian vessels as well as scuptural forms. Students will learn about glazing and colored engobe application methods and how to operate electric and gas kilns. Studio work may be complemented by readings, field trips and slide presentations. 5152 VIS 262 S06-07 LA Introductory Video and Film Production A film/video course introducing the techniques of shooting and editing digital video. Works of film/video art are analyzed in order to explore the development of, and innovations in, cinematic language. Production is oriented toward film/video as a visual art, including narrative, documentary, and experimental genres. Several short video projects produced during the semester. Two three-hour classes. Prerequisite: instructor's permission. 5153 VIS 304 S06-07 LA Intermediate Painting This course is designed to allow students to explore more deeply the process and meaning of painting. Students will complete a set of structured assignments and are encouraged to develop an independent direction. Contemporary critical theory is integrated into the course. Two three-hour studio classes. Prerequisite: 203, 204 and instructor's permission. 5154 VIS 309 S06-07 LA The Handprinted Image: Intaglio and Lithography This course introduces techniques of copper plate etching, lithography and relief printing. Assignments focus on applications of various printmaking techniques, while encouraging independent development of subject matter. Critiques will occur throughout the term. Students are encouraged to draw regularly outside of class to cultivate themes and content applicable to their prints. Field trips to the University museum and the library's graphics collection will complement class work. Additional independent workshop hours required. 5155 VIS 312 S06-07 LA Introduction to Color Photography An introduction to the theory, processes, and applications of color photography as an artistic medium, exploring camera technique, color film, and darkroom printing methods. A series of assignments introduces students to the formal issues presented by color as an element of the medium and analyze visual content in the broader project of photographic image-making. Weekly laboratory-seminars, slide lectures, readings, and discussion elaborate critical issues and historical precedents informing students' work. Prerequisite: 211 or 212 and instructor's permission. 5156 VIS 315 S06-07 LA Digital Photography An advanced seminar and lab which explores the aesthetic and theoretical implications of digital technology in relation to photography. The emphasis is on making the photographic print in the digital work space. Class will consist of both independent and collaborative projects. One three-hour class, one three-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: 211 or 212, or instructor's permission. 5157 VIS 342 S06-07 LA The Cinema from World War II until the Present The history of sound, and color film produced since World War II. Emphasis on Italian neorealism, American avant-garde, and the accomplishments of such major film makers as Bergman, Hitchcock, Bresson, and Antonioni. Modernism in film will be a central consideration. One lecture, one precept, weekly film screenings. 5158 VIS 344 S06-07 LA Special Topics in Film History: Documentary Film The documentary films viewed will include the work of Flaherty, Jennings, Huston, Antonioni, Anderson, Weissman, Lanzmann, Malle, Depardon, Herzog and Morris - consummate film artists working in a documentary format. The students will give thought to the aesthetics involved in making documentaries by analyzing the work of the aforementioned directors. They will consider what makes a particular documentary a work of art as opposed to a television program or an industrial film. Of course, intent is part of the artistic equation but so is approach, design and empathy for the material. 5159 VIS 349 S06-07 LA Screenwriting Students will write a short silent film, then will write it a second time as a script w/dialogue; then as a script w/dialogue and voice-over. The subject will derive from a painting or photograph. They will write a second series of short films: silent, dialogue and dialogue with voice-over; based on a model from world literature. Students will find a story in a newspaper & write a short film in which an act of violence occurs. They will adapt a short story or non-fiction article as a film treatment, so that it reads like a description of an intended film, not a literary work. They will take the treatment and transform it into a screenplay. 5160 VIS 362 S06-07 Intermediate Video and Film Production A second level film/video workshop focusing on digital media production. Short works of film/video art will be analyzed in class as a guide to the issues of aesthetic choice, editing structure, and challenging one's audience. Students will complete two short videos and a longer final project. Students must view one film each week outside of class time. 5161 VIS 411 S06-07 LA Advanced Problems in Photography Student-initiated problems in photography will be explored in close working relationship with the instructor. Emphasis will be on integrating practice and critical thought. One three-hour class, three hours of independent laboratory. Prerequisites: 211 or 212, and/or 313, and instructor's permission. 5162 VIS 421 S06-07 LA Advanced Sculpture A studio course in which formal problems are raised and explored through a range of materials. The central focus is on analysis and exploration of the nature of sculptural space. Two three-hour studio classes. Prerequisites: 221 or 222 and instructor's permission. 5163 VIS 462 S06-07 LA Advanced Video and Film Production A third-level film/video course to further develop video production skills. Students have the option of spending the term either creating a single long work or a series of short pieces. Short weekly shooting exercises. Students view one film each week outside of class time. One three-hour class. Prerequisite: 361 or 362 and instructor's permission 5164 WOM 400 S06-07 Contemporary Feminist Theory This course will address the question: What is feminism? Going back to the beginnings of contemporary feminist thought, it will proceed through the variety of feminist approaches that have marked the study of art, literature, cinema and popular culture, history, politics and society since the 1970's. 5165 WRI 101 S06-07 W The Animal Mind See the Princeton Writing Program website 5166 WRI 102 S06-07 W Liberal/Conservative See the Princeton Writing Program website 5167 WRI 107 S06-07 W Power and Liberty in Modern Political Thought See the Princeton Writing Program website 5168 WRI 109 S06-07 W Color Experience See the Princeton Writing Program website 5169 WRI 110 S06-07 W Imagining America See the Princeton Writing Program website 5170 WRI 112 S06-07 W The American Dream and the Novel See the Princeton Writing Program website 5171 WRI 113 S06-07 W The American Dream and the Novel See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5172 WRI 115 S06-07 W Wilde at Heart See the Princeton Writing Program website 5173 WRI 116 S06-07 W Wilde at Heart See the Princeton Writing Program website 5174 WRI 117 S06-07 W Literature of Transgression See the Princeton Writing Program website 5175 WRI 119 S06-07 W Religion and Sexuality See the Princeton Writing Program website 5176 WRI 120 S06-07 W The Meaning of Home See the Princeton Writing Program website 5177 WRI 121 S06-07 W The Culture of Consumption See the Princeton Writing Program website 5178 WRI 122 S06-07 W The Culture of Consumption See the Princeton Writing Program website 5179 WRI 124 S06-07 W The Enlightenment and Modern Social Ideals See the Princeton Writing Program website 5180 WRI 126 S06-07 W The Cyborg Age See the Princeton Writing Program website 5181 WRI 127 S06-07 W The Cyborg Age See the Princeton Writing Program website 5182 WRI 128 S06-07 W The Social Life of Things See the Princeton Writing Program website 5183 WRI 131 S06-07 W Cultural Heritage and the Law See the Princeton Writing Program website 5184 WRI 132 S06-07 W Cultural Heritage and the Law See the Princeton Writing Program website 5185 WRI 135 S06-07 W Civilization and Its Discontents See the Princeton Writing Program website 5186 WRI 136 S06-07 W Civilization and Its Discontents See the Princeton Writing Program website 5187 WRI 140 S06-07 W Global Pop Music See the Princeton Writing Program website 5188 WRI 141 S06-07 W Global Pop Music See the Princeton Writing Program website 5189 WRI 142 S06-07 W Refugees, Immigrants, and Social Justice See the Princeton Writing Program website 5190 WRI 143 S06-07 W Refugees, Immigrants, and Social Justice See the Princeton Writing Program website 5191 WRI 154 S06-07 W Religion, Myth, and Ritual See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5192 WRI 155 S06-07 W Religion, Myth, and Ritual See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5193 WRI 157 S06-07 W 1950s America Description to be entered by Writing Program Staff. 5194 WRI 158 S06-07 W 1950s America See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5195 WRI 159 S06-07 W Science in the Media See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5196 WRI 160 S06-07 W The Modern Metropolis See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5197 WRI 163 S06-07 W Music and Madness See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5198 WRI 165 S06-07 W Wit and Folly in the Age of Shakespeare See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5199 WRI 167 S06-07 W The Ethics of Human Experimentation See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5200 WRI 168 S06-07 W Pirates See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5201 WRI 169 S06-07 W Pirates See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5202 WRI 170 S06-07 W Modern Memory See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5203 WRI 171 S06-07 W Modern Memory See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5204 WRI 172 S06-07 W Memory and Social Change in Latin America See the Princeton Writing Program Website. 5205 WRI 173 S06-07 W Documentary Theatre See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5206 WRI 174 S06-07 W Documentary Theatre See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5207 WRI 175 S06-07 W The Archaeology of Sex and Gender See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5208 WRI 176 S06-07 W The Archaeology of Sex and Gender See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5209 WRI 177 S06-07 W Human Rights and the Rule of Law See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5210 WRI 179 S06-07 W The Culture Wars in Philosophical Context See the Princeton Writing Program websit 5211 WRI 180 S06-07 W The Culture Wars in Philosophical Context See the Princeton Writing Program website 5212 WRI 181 S06-07 W The Theatre of Everyday Life See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5213 WRI 182 S06-07 W The Theatre of Everyday Life See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5214 WRI 183 S06-07 W The Future of Food See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5215 WRI 184 S06-07 W The Future of Food See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5216 WRI 186 S06-07 W The Politics of Friendship See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5217 WRI 187 S06-07 W The Politics of Friendship See the Princeton Writing Program website. 5218 WRI 194 S06-07 W Antarctica See the Princeton Writing Program website 5219 WRI 195 S06-07 W Antarctica See the Princeton Writing Program website 5220 WWS 301 S06-07 EM Ethics and Public Policy Examines major moral controversies in public life. With the aid of readings in political philosophy and public policy, students will evaluate, debate, and write about justice and the common good. The course examines the content, formation, and implementation of policy in light of arguments over values such as fairness, openness, and respect for citizen autonomy. Possible topics include abortion and doctor-assisted suicide, justice in war, the moral standing of economic markets and corporations, gay marriage, and the place, if any, of religious argument in politics. 5221 WWS 306 S06-07 SA Public Leadership and Public Policy The course will consider the ethical and legal frameworks for making leadership decisions on major public issues in the United States, as well as the operational frameworks for effective and responsible public leadership. It will review several historical cases, discuss the policy decisions made in each case, and examine the decision-making processes in view of these frameworks. 5222 WWS 309 S06-07 SA Media and Public Policy Introduction to communications policy and law, covering such topics as freedom of the press and the development of journalism; intellectual property; regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, and cable; and policy challenges raised by the Internet and the globalization of the media. 5223 WWS 310 S06-07 SA The American City This course provides an introduction to issues and challenges confronting American cities and metropolitan areas and the policy remedies and options available to government and the private sector. First, we examine political, social, and economic explanations for the origin and evolution of urban environments. We trace the historical development of local government institutions, analyze urban coalitions, and investigate distributions of power. The second half of the course analyzes urban policies in the areas of growth, education, culture wars, housing, and poverty particularly in the post war period. 5224 WWS 322 S06-07 The Politics of Policy Making How and why do American policy makers enact the policies that they do? This seminar first explores the environment in which policy makers operate, giving special attention to public opinion and elections. This sets the stage for examining how Congress, the president, and other political actors make decisions. 5225 WWS 402 S06-07 Policy Task Forces In policy task forces, students work in groups of 8 or 9, first formulating the general problem, then engaging in individual research on subtopics, and finally presenting their inferences for discussion and debate and producing a collective policy report. 5226 WWS 452 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Inequalities This seminar examines various types of human inequalities and considers several thought-provoking explanations for their occurrence. The focus is primarily conceptual and philosophical, although the discussions will include references to current instances of inequality and policies designed to alleviate them. The readings include both classics in political theory and more contemporary works. 5227 WWS 453 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Patent Law and Innovation Policy This course aims to familiarize students with patent law (its history, doctrines, and policies) and at the same time to help students understand both the collaborative process by which patent applications are developed and the adversarial processes by which patents are interpreted and enforced. 5228 WWS 457 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: International Institutions and International Law This course will focus on the continual tension between international law and international politics. It will examine the impact of this tension on issues of intervention, such as the U.S. action in Iraq, but also on other issues of substantive importance, including environmental protection, trade, human rights, laws of war applicable to the "war on terror," and crimes of state. It will discuss recent developments affecting international institutions and recent changes in international law, such as the changing conception of "sovereignty." 5229 WWS 458 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Decision-Making on Environmental and Medical Risks This course will provide a basic introduction to formal methods of statistical decision theory, with emphasis on how these methods could be used to improve an increasingly prominent type of decision--cost-benefit choices regarding risks to health and the environment. Students will be exposed to various techniques for structuring decision problems, quantifying probabilities, consequences, and preferences, identifying optimal policy choices and optimal research strategies to resolve uncertainties, and evaluating retrospectively the results of those decisions. 5230 WWS 465 S06-07 Special Topics in Public Affairs: Strategic Asia Analysis of the recent evolution of strategic thinking in Northeast Asia with coverage linked to Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. Comparative responses to common challenges: division on the Korean peninsula, the rise of China, the post-Soviet space, competition over new inter-regional ties, and a search for regionalism. Scrutiny of views over the past five years. Interdisciplinary approaches; historical roots of ideas about security; cultural assumptions behind strategic views; social networks and interests; clashing perspectives in political divisions; evolving international relations. 5231 WWS 466 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: The Arab-Israeli Conflict The course examines the history and dynamics of the struggle between the Jewish and Palestinian national movements for sovereignty and control over territory each claims as its historic homeland. The course will review the inter-state dimension; the competition between national movements; wars and their aftermath; and diplomatic efforts to achieve peace. 5232 WWS 469 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Health, Housing, Employment: What Works for the Poor in Small Cities? Offers a hands-on research opportunity for students interested in urban poverty. We will be working with a non-profit organization in Trenton (Isles) on questions of public health (asthma and lead exposure), prisoner re-entry, and predatory lending as a barrier to low income home ownership, among other issues. Our "job" will be to understand the scholarly literature as background to these problems, learn the best practices that other cities and communities have developed to deal with them, and design new strategies for Isles as they move forward. Committed students, willing to visit Trenton and engage in team research, are welcome. 5233 WWS 478 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Indian Economic Development This course offers an analytical introduction to the main currents in Indian economic policy and performance. It will look at Indian economic problems in a comparative perspective, suitably informed by the relevant discourse in development theory. The course should enable students to appreciate the evolution of the Indian economy and its institutional framework. It should also help them use statistical information for analyzing public policy and introduce them to important research questions. 5234 WWS 479 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Religion, Cooperation, and Conflict Resolution This course will examine the recent explosion of research on the evolutionary foundations of religion, which sheds new light on how and why religion can promote the contradictory outcomes of cooperation, altruism, conflict, and war. Religion is and always has been a central component of motivations and justifications for conflict across the globe. On the other hand, religion is and always has been an unparalleled promoter of unity, charity and cooperation. Even in our scientific age, religion continues to pervade politics and foreign policy in the United States as much as anywhere else. 5235 WWS 481 S06-07 SA Special Topics in Public Affairs: Race and Public Policy Analyzes the historical construction of race as a concept in American society, how and why this concept was institutionalized publicly and privately in various arenas of U.S. public life at different historical junctures, and the progress that has been made in dismantling racialized institutions since the Civil Rights Era. 5236 WWS 502 S06-07 Psychology for Policy Analysis and Implementation This course covers basic concepts and experimental findings of psychology that contribute to an understanding of the effects of policy on human behavior and well-being. Also covered are psychological factors that affect the formulation, communication, and execution of policy. Topics include a descriptive analysis of boundedly rational judgment and decision making, a consideration of social motives and attitudes, and an introduction to the ways in which agents influence and negotiate with one another, including an examination of the psychological roots of conflict. 5237 WWS 504 S06-07 Policy Issues and Analysis of Nonprofits, NGOs, and Philanthropy Examines policy issues at international, national and local levels. Provides groundwork on nonprofits, NGOs, and philanthropy that can be followed with specialized courses on management and program evaluation. Emphasis on understanding how philanthropy, nonprofit, and NGO sectors operate, their niche alongside private and public sectors, revenue sources, impact on society, and converse effects of society and its institutions; the policy making process. Explores impact of reliance on government or overseas support for Third World NGOs; faith-based service provisions: accountability and transparency; advocacy; and government regulations. 5238 WWS 505 S06-07 Financial Management in the Corporate and Public Sectors An analysis of the investment, valuation, and financing of the corporation, focusing on the application of economic theory and analytic tools to the solution of financial problems. The interrelations between investment and financing policies and their dependence on security valuations are stressed. 5239 WWS 508B S06-07 Econometrics and Public Policy (Basic) Provides a thorough examination of statistical methods employed in public policy analysis, with a particular emphasis on regression methods which are frequently employed in research across the social sciences. This course emphasizes intuitive understanding of the central concepts, and develops in students the ability to choose and employ the appropriate tool for a particular research problem, and understand the limitations of the techniques. Prerequisite: 507b. 5240 WWS 508C S06-07 Econometrics and Public Policy (Advanced) Discusses the main tools of econometric analysis, and the way in which they are applied to a range of problems in social science. Emphasis is on using techniques, and on understanding and critically assessing others' use of them. There is a great deal of practical work on the computer using a range of data from around the world. Topics include regression analysis, with a focus on regression as a tool for analyzing non-experimental data, discrete choice, and an introduction to time-series analysis. There are applications from macroeconomics, policy evaluation, and economic development. Prerequisite: grounding in topics covered in 507c. 5241 WWS 512B S06-07 Macroeconomic Analysis Covers the theory of modern macroeconomics in detail. Focus is on the determination of macroeconomic variables - such as output, employment, prices, and the interest rate - in the short, medium, and long run, and addresses a number of policy issues. Discusses several examples of macroeconomic phenomena in the real world. A central theme will be to understand the powers and limitations of macroeconomic policy in stabilizing the business cycle and promoting growth. 5242 WWS 512C S06-07 Macroeconomic Analysis (Advanced) Courses 511 and 512 provide systematic exposition of principles and techniques of economic theory that are most useful in analyzing economic aspects of public affairs. The courses are divided into separate sections according to a student's previous experience with economics and the students level of mathematical sophistication. The basic level assumes a fluency in algebra as a minimum, while the advanced level assumes a fluency in calculus as a minimum. 5243 WWS 515B S06-07 Program and Policy Evaluation Course explores ways to judge the efficacy of policies and programs, to assess the benefits and costs of policy or program changes, to develop and implement research-based program improvement strategies, and to use program accountability systems for evaluation purposes. Students study a wide range of research tools, read and discuss a wide range of evaluation papers and reports, and complete an applied evaluation project. Pre-req:WWS507b/c or instr. permission. 5244 WWS 515C S06-07 Program and Policy Evaluation Introduces evaluation using advanced quantitative techniques. Explores ways to develop and implement research-based program improvement strategies and accountability systems; judges effects of policies and programs; assesses benefits and costs of changes. Uses domestic and international examples. Introduces a range of evaluation tools and designs by applying tools empirically with Stata, using data from several large-scale impact evaluations. Pre-reqs: 507c & 508c or instructor¿s permission. 5245 WWS 516B S06-07 Topics in Law & Public Policy: Globalizing International Law Traditionally, in'l law focused on only two normative systems: those promulgated by nation-states & those promulgated among nation-states. It has become clear that nation-states are not the only relevant norm-generating communities to study. Understanding this plural legal order requires a broader framework, one that draws on the insights not only of lawyers & int'l relations theorists, but also of anthropologists, sociologists, critical geographers, & cultural studies scholars. This course considers such insights, exploring the myriad ways in which legal norms are articulated and disseminated. 5246 WWS 516C S06-07 Topics in Law & Public Policy: Islamic and Middle Eastern Law A seminar that will provide students with a strong and comprehensive base in Islamic and Middle Eastern law. Topics will include a historical and geographical overview of what defines Islamic and Middle Eastern law; public law; private law; criminal law in Middle Eastern-related cases; Islam, international law, and human rights; water, environment, oil, and property; lawyering in the Middle East; Islamic/Middle Eastern law in the West. No Arabic or other Middle East language required. 5247 WWS 522 S06-07 Microeconomic Analysis of Domestic Policy Examines a series of major issues of policy designed to illustrate and develop skills in particularly important applications of microeconomics. Topics will include education and training, the minimum wage, mandated benefits, affirmative action, the theory of public goods and externalities, and the basic theory of taxation. Prerequisite: 511b. 5248 WWS 523 S06-07 Legal and Regulatory Policy Toward Markets This course employs the methods of microeconomics, industrial organization and law and economics to study where market failures warrant gov't intervention with policies implemented through the law or regulatory agencies. Topics include antitrust policy toward business practices and vertical and horizontal combinations; policy approaches toward R&D and intellectual property; reliance on tort law, disclosure law, and regulatory standards to mitigate information and externality problems pertaining to health, safety, and performance risks; and the implications for pricing, entry, and investment of different forms of public utility regulation. 5249 WWS 528A S06-07 Topics in Domestic Policy Analysis: Land Use Policy and Planning Examines theory and practice of land use policy and planning in the US. Explores concepts of sprawl and smart growth, then examines land use plan making, law, and regulation. Analyzes land use programs and issues, at diverse levels of government, including state smart growth programs, regional agencies, fair share and inclusionary housing programs, conservation and farmland preservation, and big city planning and redevelopment. Also analyzes the roles and interactions of executive agencies, courts, experts, advocates, property owners, profit-oriented and nonprofit developers, and citizens in land use issues. Fulfills URP WWS534 requirement. 5250 WWS 528B S06-07 Topics in Domestic Policy Analysis: Public Mgmt: Tools for the Common Enterprise This course covers management disciplines of the public and non-profit sectors, emphasizing those less frequently taught in public policy schools: recruitment and assessment of talent; interaction with the press; managing in uncertainty; the art of implementation; and others. Flexibility will be taught, practiced, and prized. 5251 WWS 528D S06-07 Topics in Domestic Policy Analysis: Press, Politics and Public Policy Who controls the news? The so-called newsmakers or the press? What can the public believe? An examination of the interaction of politicians, policymakers, the media and the impact on policy, the national interest, & personal reputation, drawn from case studies involving national security issues, Washington scandals, & political elections. Considers the moral, ethical, & practical issues that recur in news delivery. Looks at the arts of leaking & spinning & questions of bias & competitive pressure as well as the impact of so-called New Media. 5252 WWS 528E S06-07 Topics in Domestic Policy Analysis: Leadership What do leaders actually do? what kinds of traits are important for successful leadership? how do followers influence the behavior of leaders? and what impact does exercising power have on your personality? We will draw from classical political theory (including Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Max Weber), current "leadership literature," biographies and memoirs of leaders, and case studies of decision-making. Among the topics are expertise and collaboration, responsibility and accountability, women and leadership, and leadership in various kinds of organizations. (Limited to 20 students) 5253 WWS 528F S06-07 Domestic Policy Analysis: Information Technology and Public Policy Information technology plays an ever-growing role in our lives, our economy, and our government, putting pressure on existing policy arrangements and raising entirely new policy issues. This course will examine a range of infotech policy issues, including privacy, intellectual property, free speech, competition, regulation of broadcasting and telecommunications, cross-border and jurisdictional questions, broadband policy, spectrum policy, management of the Internet, computer security, education and workforce development, and research funding. Assignments will consist of weekly reading, weekly writing assignments, and a final project. 5254 WWS 535 S06-07 Planning Methods This course introduces a set of concepts and tools that are widely used in the practice of urban and regional planning. The focus is on developing an operational understanding of the models, techniques and data used in such applications as regional economic and demographic projections, cost-benefit analysis, and land use analysis. Emphasis is also placed on the limitations of the methods. 5255 WWS 538 S06-07 The Politics of Policy-making in Metropolitan Areas Analyzes political life in urban areas. Considers institutional arrangements of city politics, the role played by diverse communities in governance, and the intersection of local, state, and national governments in the policy process. Specific attention is given to several issue areas: economic development, fiscal management, welfare, culture politics, and education. 5256 WWS 540 S06-07 Urbanization and Development Examines the origins, types, and characteristics of cities in less developed countries and the ways in which patterns of urbanization interact with policies to promote economic growth and social equity. Readings and class discussions address three areas: a) a history of urbanization in the Third World; b) an analysis of contemporary urban systems, demographic patterns, and the social structure of large Third World cities; c) a review of the literature on urban dwellers with emphasis on the poor and their political and social outlooks. 5257 WWS 542 S06-07 International Economics Survey course in international economics for non-specialists. The first half covers microeconomic topics such as trade theory and policy, multilateral trade negotiations and regional economic integration. The second half addresses macroeconomic topics such as current account imbalances, exchange rates, and international financial crises. The course stresses concepts and real-world applications rather than formal models. . Prerequisite: 511b and 512b (concurrently). 5258 WWS 543 S06-07 International Trade Policy Evaluates arguments for and against protection and adjustment assistance and considers topics chosen from the following: non-tariff barriers, dumping, embargo threats and trade warfare, and the political economy of trade policy formation. Special attention is given to trade problems of the less-developed countries, including North-South trade relations and commodity price stabilization. Prerequisite: 511c. 5259 WWS 546 S06-07 American Foreign Policy Evaluates arguments for and against protection and adjustment assistance and considers topics chosen from the following: non-tariff barriers, dumping, embargo threats and trade warfare, and the political economy of trade policy formation. Special attention is given to trade problems of the less-developed countries, including North-South trade relations and commodity price stabilization. Prerequisite: 511c. 5260 WWS 547 S06-07 The Conduct of International Diplomacy Offers a comparative look at the making and implementation of policy in the international arena. It explores key concepts and theories concerning national interest, negotiation, strategies of action and influence, crisis management and conflict resolution, and it applies those concepts via case studies and simulations in diplomacy, counter-terrorism, foreign assistance, and security policy. 5261 WWS 549 S06-07 National Security Policy Examines the changing meaning of ¿national security¿ and the various policies and institutions through which states may seek to enhance it. Emphasis is on the formation and implementation of national security policy by the U.S. government. 5262 WWS 553 S06-07 Comparative Political Economy This course is designed to survey and critically discuss contemporary political economy; that is, the set of existing theories that model the impact of political conflict and political institutions on economic performance. The course is structured around the following main issues: the causes of growth; the relationship between openness, political institutions and economic policy-making, the causes and consequences of politically enforced redistribution. The course is analytical in its theoretical perspective and comparative from a methodological point of view. 5263 WWS 556A S06-07 Topics in International Relations: Designing International Institutions This course will seek to apply the insights generated by political science research on intern¿l regimes to the actual design of existing and new int¿l institutions. We will begin with the basics of regime theory, with a particular focus on the fit between different types of cooperation and coordination problems and the type of regime. Second, we will examine a range of formal and informal regimes, including transgov¿tl networks and broader policy networks including corporate and civic actors in the global arena. Third, we will develop normative criteria for judging the success of specific regimes. 5264 WWS 556B S06-07 Topics in International Relations: Empires and Imperialism Systematically situate America¿s `informal empire¿ in a comparative & historical context. Major point of comparison will be colonial empires of 19th & early 20th century, of Great Britain, Japan & France. Study how America¿s informal empire is similar to & how it differs from old colonial empires. Will take stock of the historical origins of US foreign policies. The focus, however, will be on the more recent US role in Asia, Latin America, & Middle East. Specific topics will include British colonialism in India & Nigeria, & Japanese colonialism in Korea. The second half will focus on the global activities of the US. 5265 WWS 556D S06-07 Topics in International Relations: Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the only significant security threats to the U.S. and its allies have been from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Historically, the US focus has oscillated between protection via nonproliferation and disarmament agreements, and via civil and missile defense. The course assesses the threats, both approaches to protection, and linkages made between policies on WMD and perceptions of "conventional" military threats. 5266 WWS 556E S06-07 Topics in International Relations: Europe, America and the World Will focus on European & American approaches, both historical and contemporary, to major global trends & challenges. Topics will include the future evolution of European integration, globalization, the greater Middle East and the rise of Asia, development assistance, environmental policy, counter-terrorism & counter-proliferation, the UN & other multilateral organizations, & the promotion of democracy & human rights. Emphasis will be on how to conceptualize new long-term trends in int'l relations & how the traditional transatlantic partnership can be refashioned for a new era. 5267 WWS 562B S06-07 Economic Analysis of Development (Basic) Introduction to the processes of economic growth and development. The course examines various theories of development; poverty and inequality measurement; and the role of markets for credit, labor and land, as well as education and health, in development. The role of public policy will be considered within each of these topics. The course may also cover topics such as foreign aid, commodity pricing, and tax policy. (WWS 512b can be taken concurrently.) Prerequisite: WWS 511B. 5268 WWS 562C S06-07 Economic Analysis of Development (Advanced) This course considers theories and evidence to explain processes of economic development. The course examines theories of economic growth, and the two-way links between development and poverty, inequality, social institutions, and the family. We will also examine policy debates on education, health, and social policy, and governmental and international aid. Prerequisite for 562c: 511c. 5269 WWS 572B S06-07 Topics in Development: Policy Implications of Globalization Explores the historical background of globalization including previous examples of this phenomenon. Proceeds with an overview of competing contemporary theories of the causes and consequences of globalization. Discusses the types of data required for analysis of the policy implications of globalization and how these can be utilized. Emphasis on the use of transactional data using network analysis. Students will use primary sources and databases in discussions of policy areas including trade, migration, security, media, etc. No formal training in statistics, database management, or networks required. 5270 WWS 572C S06-07 Topics in Development: Development Ethics Structured around the belief that the theory and practice of development need to be grounded in a historical, ethical, normative and ecological framework, not measured by economic growth alone. What then defines an ethically grounded development? We address the complex issues of North-South relations, consumption, the social nature of knowledge acquisition and production, our relationship and attitudes to Nature, the ¿insider¿ and the ¿outsider,¿ and well-being. 5271 WWS 572E S06-07 Topics in Development: Social Movements, Democracy and Justice Provides a theoretical & historical background, some analytical tools to better grasp the nature & scope of current social movements in Asia, Latin America & US. It offers overview & understanding of the struggles of peasants, workers, indigenous peoples, women & other concerned people, who are reclaiming their commons, demanding greater local autonomy, environmental and gender justice, more accountability from state & other national & global economic actors, while challenging conventionally held beliefs on democracy, ecology & justice. 5272 WWS 582A S06-07 Topics in Applied Economics: Financial Markets Examines financial markets from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Topics include modern portfolio theory, financial asset pricing theories such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and derivative security pricing theories; key issues in corporate finance such as capital budgeting, capital structure and corporate governance. Implications for public policy are emphasized. While modern finance is one of the more technically demanding areas of economics, this course imparts the important concepts without a high level of mathematical rigor; the case format is used extensively. 5273 WWS 582B S06-07 Topics in Applied Economics: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics This course introduces the use of economics in thinking about environmental and natural resource issues. It explores the concepts of market and policy failure, property rights, social cost-benefit analysis and sustainable development, and applies these concepts to problems related to local and transboundary pollution, natural resource management, sustainable development, population policy, and trade and the environment. 5274 WWS 582C S06-07 Topics in Applied Economics: The Economics of Health Analyzes health care issues from an economic perspective. Will review basic econ. theory, empirical strategies in health & overview of the fundamental institutional aspects of health care in the US. Some topics covered: What are the determinants of health? Do drug addicts behave rationally? Do health insurance markets work as other markets? Should the government regulate health care provision & insurance markets? Why have health care costs risen, is it a problem? What have been the effects of managed care? Are physicians paid more than they deserve? Possible comparison of health care systems across western countries. Prereq: 511b/c 5275 WWS 586D S06-07 Topics in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy: Global Environmental Governance Examines intl law & governance in the context of environmental problems. Considers the need for regulation under conditions of scientific uncertainty in issues such as climate change, bovine growth hormones, GMOs, fisheries management, biodiversity conservation, ozone depletion. Explores the efficacy of diverse regulatory approaches, mechanisms for scientific advice to policymakers & participation by business firms, NGOs. Considers intersections between environmental regulation (both domestic and international) with trade, investment, & multilateral development, aid programs. Co-taught with Prof. Richard Stewart, NYU School of Law. 5276 WWS 586F S06-07 Topics in STEP: Politics of Science/Environment Policy Examines the complicated intersection of science & politics by analyzing current attitudes toward science in Executive Branch & Congress & the consequences of those attitudes for policymaking. Analyzes how such attitudes have changed over time, how the changing political treatment of science reflects larger political changes in the federal govt, & what might be done to shape the political understanding & application of science in the future. Topics include specific issues being debated in Congress, climate change, clean air policy, forestry policy with an eye toward seeing how issues are increasingly framed as matters of "science." 5277 WWS 594A S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Evolution of the Int'l Monetary System This course will review the evolution of the international monetary system since the end of the Second World War, with particular attention to the roles of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the United States. It will focus on critical episodes that altered the system, but it will also examine developments in Europe, including the formation of the European Monetary Union (EMU), and the crises afflicting the emerging-market countries in the 1980s and 1990s. It will conclude with a review of recent proposals for reform of the IMF. 5278 WWS 594B S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Executive Branch Politics The executive branch is the nexus of policy making in the Post-War period in the US. The vague & sometimes conflicting policy mandates of the legislature, the chief executive, & courts get translated into real public policy in the bureaucracy. The course focuses on executive branch policy making & performance. It covers the people, external influences, organizations, and processes that shape & implement policy administratively. Some specific topics include the politics of bureaucratic structure, centralization & politicization as strategies of bureaucratic control, & contemporary techniques for measuring & improving agency performance. 5279 WWS 594D S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Int'l Disaster Response: Prevention, Relief & Recover Examine efforts of intl comm., and UN, to respond to humanitarian, recovery & reconstruction challenges due to natural & man-made disasters. Assess effectiveness of efforts to incorporate early warning & other natural disaster prevention measures; success of UN¿s Office of Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in managing disaster response & record of humanitarian agencies in providing relief; role of UNDP & others in managing transition from relief to devt. Examine new mechanisms to promote post-conflict reconstruction, assess efforts to address security req'ts in environments where a ceasefire/peace agreement has not put end to conflict. 5280 WWS 594E S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Poverty and Public Policy (Session I) This course examines poverty in the US in the last half of the twentieth century. Topics include 1) how poverty is measured and problems with the official measure, 2) trends and differentials in poverty, 3) causes and consequences of poverty, including sociological, economic, and political perspectives, and 4) anti-poverty policies, including cross-national differences in welfare states. (Acceptable as a half-course towards the demography certificate.) 5281 WWS 594F S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Lessons from OECD Social Policies How do patterns of poverty & social exclusion differ in the OECD countries, compared to the U.S.? This course is organized along the lines of the life course, focusing first on poverty & deprivation among the very young, proceeding to problems of education, then examining aspects of family formation/household structure, & labor market participation. We conclude with a discussion of old age poverty. Explores policy choices made by different kinds of countries in dealing with these problems & asks to what extent the lessons we learn from them are transferable to the U.S. context. 5282 WWS 594G S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Education Policy This course will consider the economic and educational benefits and costs of various education reforms. The passage of the "No Child Left Behind" Act (NCLB) in January 2002 provides an important watershed event in educational reform. After basic tools and approaches are covered, the course will consider the implementation and effects of the "No Child Left Behind Act." Other topics to be covered include the rate of return to schooling, vouchers, class size and training. 5283 WWS 594H S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Economics of Education This class will examine major policy issues in public education in the US today, including topics such as school financing, reform of school district governance, the role of unions, high-stakes testing, recruiting and managing the teacher labor force, school-based budgeting, and the education of children with special needs. The focus will be on the application of policy tools to the administration of public education. Guests will include senior policy leaders from around the NY-NJ-PA region. 5284 WWS 594I S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Political Economy of Central Banking These courses focus on the analysis of a variety of policy issues. Students can mix and match half-term courses, either within or across terms, choosing a combination of two that best suits their interests. Two half-term courses are the equivalent of one full-term course. Fall term courses are numnbered 593; Spring term courses are numbered 594. Courses with alternating letters beginning with "a" will be offered in the first half of the term, courses with alternating letters beginning with "b" will be offered in the second half of the term. 5285 WWS 594J S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Urban Poverty & Health in Developing Countries This course explores poverty and health in the cities of the developing world, with attention to both conventional conceptions of poverty (real income) and more broadly devined ones (social capabilities), including the neighborhood effects that may put slum-swellers at a particular disadvantage. In the health dimension, emphasis will be given to environmental health and maternal and child health. We will also explore how urban economic and social factors influence women's feelings of healthe self-efficacy. 5286 WWS 594K S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half Term): The Development Challenge of HIV/AIDS (Session 1) This seminar will review the origins of HIV, the multiple impacts of AIDS, the reasons for sustained global neglect, the foundations of effective prevention & treatment programs, & the urgent need to improve monitoring & evaluation. Special attention will be given to the role of social factors in the epidemic. Course participants will examine the policy-making process related to global public goods, & consider whether the world is better positioned to avert a resurgence of this pandemic or the emergence of the next threat. 5287 WWS 594L S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Public Health and Public Policy The philosophy, practice and politics of public health in the U.S. Considers the principles of epidemiology & social, political & institutional forces that shape public health policy; the determinants of health; government's role in minimizing risks & maximizing well-being; major organizational structures responsible for monitoring, protecting & promoting public health. Topics include environmental & occupational health; emerging infections; food safety; violence; tobacco control; immunization policy & promoting healthy living. 5288 WWS 594M S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (half-term): Mental Health (Session I) Int'l comparative and historical overview of concepts of mental illness and well-being. Evolution of diagnostic criteria for mental illnesses. History of psychiatry and psychoanalysis and the influence of neuroscience on them. Neurobiology of depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and narcotics addiction. Public perceptions of mental illness and their implications for policies pertaining to treatment and prevention programs: cross-national comparisons. Recent discoveries about neurogenesis and their implications for positive mental health and the future of psychiatry. 5289 WWS 594N S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Globalization and Infectious Disease (Session II) Investigates the interrelationships between macro-level political, social, & economic forces and the health of populations. British and French colonial experiences in Asia & Africa in the 19th & 20th centuries & their implications for human health. Evolutionary origins of bacteria, viruses, & parasites & the influence of ecosystem transformations on the transmission of tuberculosis, malaria, yellow fever, syphillus, gonorrhea, HIV, & other diseases. 1918 influenza pandemic & its lessons for health & social policies today. Impact of contemporary multinat'l corps on the health of local populations. 5290 WWS 594O S06-07 Election Strategies: How to Win Elections The most important decisions of American democracy--whether to go to war, how much each citizen will be taxed, the extent to which government will regulate private behavior, who will sit on the Supreme Court, how much support the government will provide to its neediest citizens--have one thing in common: all of those decisions will be made, ultimately, by those relatively few men and women who have and been elected to public office. Policy analysts and advisors play an important role in shaping the public debate, but in the end, it is those whom the voters have selected who will decide. 5291 WWS 594P S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Human Security and Development The publication of the Human Security Report in 2005 marks the emergence of human security as a more formal operational policy framework, but it remains an essentially contested concept. Explores the ethical, analytical, policy & operational dimensions of several approaches to human security. Particular areas of focus will include the "responsibility to protect," HIV/AIDS, & failed states. Requirements will include a presentation of the readings for one session, a debate, & a 12-15 page paper. 5292 WWS 594Q S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Public Health in Developing Countries (Sess I) Focus on public health in the developing world, drawing primarily from the field of economics. Review epidemiological and demographic evidence on the leading causes of mortality and morbidity across time and place, discuss economists¿ approaches to the topic including a summary of economic epidemiology. Also focus on how to evaluate the success of health-related policies, looking in depth at several public health issues (smoking, nutrition, HIV control, and the development of vaccines). If time allows, consider the interaction between health and wealth at individual/national level. 5293 WWS 594R S06-07 Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-term): Military Force Planning Decision Making (Sll) These courses focus on the analysis of a variety of policy issues. Students can mix and match half-term courses, either within or across terms, choosing a combination of two that best suits their interests. Two half-term courses are the equivalent of one full-term course. Fall term courses are numnbered 593; Spring term courses are numbered 594. Courses with alternating letters beginning with "a" will be offered in the first half of the term, courses with alternating letters beginning with "b" will be offered in the second half of the term. 5294 WWS 594S S06-07 Topics of Policy Analysis: Energy Terrorism, Security & Regime Stability Examine issues of terrorism, security, and regime stability in hydrocarbon producing and exporting states in the Middle East and Central Asia. Attention will be given to episodes of terrorism directed against energy infrastructure, terrorist motivations, and other sources of political instability. Potential threats and implications will be explored, as will their implications on global energy supplies. These topics will be studied in the relation to developments in both the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, Libya) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). 5295 WWS 594T S06-07 Topics of Policy Analysis: Political Change in the Gulf Monarchies Course examines their political systems in a comparative framework, comparing them both among themselves and with other developing countries, drawing on various approaches of political sociology and, in particular, political economy. Course will start with a review of ¿State formation and state-society relations in the Gulf: what is Gulf politics?¿ and conclude with a session on "Implications for US foreign policy." 5296 WWS 598 S06-07 Epidemiology Measurement of health status, illness occurrence, mortality and impact of associated risk factors; techniques for design, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic research studies; sources of bias and confounding; and causal inference. Other topics include foundations of modern epidemiology, the epidemiologic transition, reemergence of infectious disease, social inequalities in health, and ethical issues. Course examines bridging of "individual-centered" epidemiology and "macro-epidemiology" to recognize social, economic and cultural context, assess impacts on populations, and provide inputs for public health and health policy.