Fundamental rights of persons and citizens as interpreted by decisions of the Supreme Court, with emphasis on the interpretation of the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment.

This seminar takes the foundational premise of SWG that culture constructs subjects and asks how do queer or non-normative subjectivities come into existence? By studying a selection of literary memoirs by women and men in the last half century in the U.S., we will explore the relationships between queer subjectivities, politicized identities, communities, historical moments, and social movements. The course depends on a second more radical premise that we do not have a life until we narrate it. How does life-writing as an expressive act create livable lives?

This course will focus on developing skills in both spoken and written Portuguese and is designed for students who have already mastered the fundamentals of grammar. Topics for compositions, class discussions, and oral reports will be based on short literary texts as well as articles from the media, music, and film. Prerequisite: POR125 or POR200 or permission of the instructor.

A one-semester introduction to Brazilian Portuguese designed for speakers of Spanish, aimed at basic proficiency in all four language modalities: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Classes will be in Portuguese and students' individual knowledge of Spanish will support the accelerated pace of the course, with contrastive approaches to pronunciation and grammar. The course will also provide an introduction to aspects of the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, with discussion of authentic audio-visual materials and short texts.

Topics course. Sociological perspectives on the arts in society, with particular attention to the fine arts (primarily painting), to literature, and to theatre, among other forms of cultural expression. Theories of the place of art in society, the social context of artistic production and the social production of the artist, as well as sociological perspectives on the changing nature of arts institutions and audiences, and the social position and aesthetic disposition of the artist. Permission of the instructor.

A continuation of 331. Prerequisite: 331 or permission of the instructor.

How do the world's religions picture the journey beyond death? This course examines conceptions of heaven, hell, and purgatory; immortality, rebirth, and resurrection; the judgement of the dead and the life of the world to come. Readings include classic and sacred texts such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, Plato's Phaedo, the Katha Upanishad, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Newman's Dream of Gerontius, and a variety of philosophical and theological reflections on the meaning of death and the hope for eternal life. Enrollment limited to 35.

An exploration of how states of consciousness arise from differential brain activity. Analysis of neurological case studies, ethical dilemmas, experiments addressing mind-body interactions. Active participation in discussions of readings is required. Prerequisites: PSY 100, PSY 201, and PSY 202, or permission of the instructor.

For this course we will read articles and attend talks on diverse topics in physics. The emphasis will be put on oral presentation and discussion of the new phenomena using knowledge from other physics courses. Prerequisite: PHY 315, or permission of the instructor. Restricted to juniors and seniors.

An advanced laboratory course in which students make use of advanced signal recovery methods to design and perform laboratory experiments covering a wide range of topics in modern physics. Available experimental modules include pulsed and CW NMR, optical pumping of atoms, single photon quantum interference, magneto-optical polarization, the Franck-Hertz experiment and the Hall effect. Experimental methods include signal averaging, filtering, modulation techniques and phase- sensitive detection.