Topics course. This seminar explores the complex interaction between science, technology and society. Our aim is to examine how political, cultural and material conditions shape techno-scientific work and how science and technology, in turn, shape society. In doing so, we think critically about how scientific knowledge and artifacts are produced, by and for whom, and to what effect.

This course considers the unique perspectives, techniques and theories that anthropology offers for understanding the visual world. We focus on the production of visual materials (photographs and films, in particular) by anthropologists, as well as on the anthropological analysis of visual artifacts produced by other people. We consider the historical (particularly colonial) legacies of visual anthropology as well as its current manifestations and contemporary debates. Particular attention is paid to issues of representation, authority, authenticity, and circulation of visual materials.

This course offers an analytical history of American popular culture since 1865. We start from the premise that popular culture, far from being merely a frivolous or debased alternative to high culture, is an important site of popular expression, social instruction and cultural conflict. We examine theoretical texts that help us to "read" popular culture, even as we study specific artifacts from a variety of popculture sources, from television shows to Hollywood movies, the pornography industry to spectator sports, and popular music to theme parks.

Designed to support intermediate Italian students to help them improve their conversational skills, this course offers intensive practice in pronunciation, vocabulary, oral comprehension and conversation. It includes class discussions, role-playing and short oral presentations. Prerequisite: two semesters of ITL 110 or placement exam to ensure correct language level. 

Introduction to a block-structured, object-oriented high-level programming language. Covering language syntax and use the language to teach program design, coding, debugging, testing and documentation. Procedural and data abstraction are introduced. Enrollment limited to 48; 24 per lab section.

This class examines the effects of "going digital" since the introduction of the personal computer (1970s). As an introduction to this theme, we focus a range of interdisciplinary lenses onto the ethical and intellectual implications of "going digital" as it shapes thinking and making, playing and working, living and dying. Challenging standing notions of "digital nativity" and "the networked world," we study the limits imposed and possibilities opened by digital technologies and their effects on people, animals, plants and inorganic matter.

This course examines personal narrative, literature, visual art and performance created by women of color in North America to understand ideas of identity, belonging and difference. We study the formation of women of color feminism from the 1970's to the present through an interpretation of cultural forms, looking specifically at categories of race, indigeneity, gender, sexuality and class. We analyze how women of color authors and artists articulate frameworks of intersectionality, hybridity, coalition and liberation.

Focuses on several advanced programming environments, with a project for each. Includes object-oriented programming, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and principles of software engineering. Topics for fall 2016 cover the software development cycle, including versioning, code maintenance, cross-platform development, debugging as well as iterative testing and evaluation. Techniques include asynchronous and event-based programming, server-client development, data exchange via JSON. Prerequisite: 212.

A study of the English literary tradition from the Middle Ages through the 18th century. Recommended for sophomores. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.