Second Year Korean I is the first half of a;two-semester intermediate Korean course. It is;designed to provide students with intermediate;proficiency in Korean speaking,;listening, reading, writing, and culture. The;course will strengthen students' communicative;skills on familiar topics related to everyday;events and situations. Students will also develop;discourse/pragmatic competence in various social;contexts of communication.

Students in this course will continue perfecting;their knowledge of Arabic, focusing on the four;skills: speaking, listening, reading, and;writing. Students should expect text assignments;as well as work with DVDs, audio, and websites.;Exercises include writing, social interactions,;role plays, and the interplay of language and;culture. Students will use Al Kitaab, Book 2 (3rd;edition), completing Chapter 4 by the end of the;semester.

This course emphasizes speaking, listening, reading, and writing modern Japanese. Includes approximately 250 kanji. Supplements class work with audio and video.

The field of chemical biology applies chemical;perspectives and tools to the study of biological;systems. In this course, we will examine the ways;that synthetic chemistry has provided techniques;that support, complement, and expand on those;used in biochemistry, drug discovery, and;molecular and cell biology. Topics may include;solid phase biomolecule synthesis, combinatorial;chemistry, bioconjugation, molecular probes,;protein engineering, drug delivery, and synthetic;biology.

Yue Opera, an all-female art that flourished in;Shanghai in 1923, resulted from China's social;changes and the women's movement. Combining;traditional with modern forms and Chinese with;Western cultures, Yue Opera today attracts loyal;and enthusiastic audiences despite pop arts;crazes. We will focus on how audiences,;particularly women, are fascinated by gender;renegotiations as well as by the all-female cast.;The class will read and watch classics of this;theater, including Romance of the Western;Bower, Peony Pavilion, and;Butterfly Lovers.

This is an intensive course to consolidate and;expand students' competencies in the four;fundamental areas of language learning--speaking,;listening, reading, and writing. Students will;improve their oral fluency, study more complex;grammatical structures, and enlarge their;vocabulary. Emphasis on facilitating daily-life;interactions will be supplemented and expanded by;increasing discussion of broader issues in;society. Students will develop a deeper and;broader understanding of relevant aspects of;Chinese culture. This course is conducted mostly;in Chinese.

This course is a rigorous introduction to the study of protein molecules and their role as catalysts of the cell. Topics include general principles of protein folding, protein structure-function correlation, enzyme kinetics and mechanism, carbohydrate and lipid biochemistry, and metabolic pathways (catabolic and anabolic) and their interaction and cross-regulation. Biological transformation of energy is considered in light of the principle of thermodynamics.