Authors read in LAT 330 vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list including epic and lyric poets, historians, orators, comedians and novelists, depending on the interests and needs of students. LAT 330 may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: Two courses at the 200-level or permission of the instructor. A study of the tradition of Roman story-telling, stressing the connections among myth, legend and history in narratives of the early city.

The sociology of a multiracial and ethnically diverse society. Comparative examinations of several American groups and subcultures. Enrollment limited to 35.

An introduction to the structure, design, and operation of the Internet, including the electronic and physical structure of networks; packet switching; how email and web browsers work, domain names, mail protocols, encoding and compression, http and HTML, the design of web pages, the operation of search engines, beginning JavaScript; CSS. Both history and societal implications are explored. Prerequisite: basic familiarity with word processing. Enrollment limited to 35. The course will meet for half of the semester only.

Arranged individually with graduate students.

Selections from the Aeneid, with attention to literary, historical, and cultural aspects. Prerequisite: 212 or permission of the instructor.

Sectioned course. The basic techniques of attack and defense, footwork, rules, equipment, strategies, and techniques involved in foil fencing. A brief historical background of the tradition and origins of fencing. Enrollment limited to 16 per section.

An introduction to the methods and concerns of American Studies.
We will draw on literature, painting, architecture, landscape design, social and cultural criticism, and popular culture to explore such topics as responses to economic change, ideas of nature and culture, America's relationship to Europe, the question of race, the roles of women, family structure, social class, and urban experience.

By permission of the Archaeology Advisory Committee, for junior or senior minors.

This is a high-intermediate course that aims at increasing students' ability to communicate comfortably in Spanish (orally and in writing). The course explores an array of issues relevant to the Spanish-speaking world, and prepares students to think more critically and in depth about those issues, with the goal of achieving a deeper understanding of the target cultures. Materials used in the class include visual narratives (film), short stories, poems, plays, and essays. Prerequisite: SPN 120, 200 or the equivalent.

This upper-level seminar explores central currents in film theory. Among the ideas, movements and concepts we will examine: formalist, realist, structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and post structuralist theories, and auteur, genre, queer and cultural studies approaches to questions regarding the nature, function, and possibilities of cinema. We will also consider how new media and new media theories relate to our experience in film and film theory. We will understand film theory readings through the socio-cultural context in which they were and are developed.