SEM: ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Topics course. This seminar focuses on Plato's central metaphysical insights and their implications for his treatment of virtue, politics and thriving. Readings include the Gorgias, Symposium, Republic, Statesman and Laws. Recommended background: PHI 124 or the equivalent.

TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTR & SOC

Topics course. This course investigates German film culture since the fall of the Third Reich. Included are works by Fatih Akin, Michael Haneke, Werner Herzog, Margarethe von Trotta and Wolfgang Staudte. Students learn to analyze film and conduct basic research in German. Discussion addresses aesthetic and technical issues; portrayals of race, gender, class and migration; divided Germany and its reunification; and filmic interventions into the legacy of Nazism. In German. Prerequisite: GER 250 or permission of the instructor.

ADVANCED ARABIC II

This course helps students reach advanced proficiency in Arabic through language study and content work focused on Arab history, literature and current events. We continue to focus on developing truly active control of a large vocabulary through communicative activities. Grammatical work focuses on complex grammatical constructions and demands increased accuracy in understanding and producing complex structures in extended discourse. Preparation for class and active, cooperative participation in group activities are essential to students' progress in this course.

THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1877

Survey of the major economic, political and social changes of this period, primarily through the lens of race, class and gender, to understand the role of ordinary people in shaping defining events, including industrial capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, mass immigration and migration, urbanization, the rise of mass culture, nationalism, war, feminism, labor radicalism, civil rights, and other liberatory movements for social justice.

CHINA TRANSFORMATION 750-1900

Chinese society and civilization from the Tang dynasty to the Taiping rebellion. Topics include disappearance of the hereditary aristocracy and rise of the scholar-official class, civil service examination system, Neo-Confucian orthodoxy, poetry and the arts, Mongol conquest, popular beliefs, women and the family, Manchus in China, domestic rebellion, and confrontation with the West.

FENCING II

Sectioned course. Building on skills learned in Fencing I (Foil) epee and sabre and the differences between each style will be taught. The class covers footwork, positions, offense, defense and tactics particular to each weapon. It incorporates dynamic stretching and plyometric training to improve students' fitness with emphasis on partner drills and bouting, leading to in-class tournaments. Students also learn about the world of competitive fencing from local events to World Cups and the Olympics. Prerequisite: Fencing I or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 10.

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE FRENCH

This course uses the same textbooks as FRN 102, at a faster pace and with additional work on reading, writing and oral skills; special attention to composition and building vocabulary. Additional materials include websites, podcasts, works by Colette, Maupassant, Sartre and others. Prerequisite: FRN 101. Students completing this course may be eligible to enter FRN 230. Students who take FRN 102 may not take FRN 103. Admission only by permission of the instructor.
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