Introduction to a block-structured, object-oriented high-level programming language. Will cover 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.

Advanced research, translation work or other scholarly project, normally building on work from a previous course with a faculty member appointed in comparative literature. Offered both semesters, with the permission of the instructor and of the program director. Qualified juniors and seniors should contact the instructor during the prior semester and must submit written proposals; to the director by the end of the first week of classes. The student presents her work publicly at the Collaborations event in April. Credits: 4

Topics course. The concept of cosmopolitanism has recently gone through a process of democratization. Dismissing the singular "cosmopolitanism" as a form of Eurocentric universalism, critics today study a plurality of cosmopolitanisms, focusing on transnational experiences, both elite and subaltern, Western and non-Western. How can we study comparative literature within this new framework? If the Western canon is no longer setting the standards, what are the new aesthetic values?

This will ordinarily be an enriched version of the 300-level courses currently offered.

This will ordinarily be an enriched version of the 300-level courses currently offered.

An introduction to Homeric Greek via selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey. May be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: 212 or permission of the instructor. Attention to features of oral style and epic diction, to the structure of the poem, and to the anger and evolution of Achilles, the quintessential Homeric hero.

Topics course. Application of group theory to coordination compounds, molecular orbital theory of main group compounds, and organometallic compounds. Prerequisite: 118 or 224.

Thermodynamics and kinetics: will the contents of this flask react, and if so, how fast? Properties that govern the chemical and physical behavior of macroscopic collections of atoms and molecules (gases, liquids, solids and mixtures of the above). Prerequisite: CHM 224 or CHM 118, and MTH 112 or MTH 114.

This final course in the chemistry core sequence provides a foundation in the principles of physical and inorganic chemistry that are central to the study of all chemical phenomena. Topics include quantitative treatment of thermochemistry, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry and reaction kinetics. Prerequisite: CHM 111 or equivalent and MTH 111 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 16 per lab section.

This final course in the chemistry core sequence provides a foundation in the principles of physical and inorganic chemistry that are central to the study of all chemical phenomena. Topics include quantitative treatment of thermochemistry, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry and reaction kinetics. Prerequisite: CHM 111 or equivalent and MTH 111 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 16 per lab section.